CANopen Conformance Test Suite

• the test of the application layer services,
• the test of the EDS against the object dictionary of the CANopen device, and
• the verification of the network states and transitions.

The CANopen Conformance Test Suite, which is also used for the CANopen certification is available for any manufacturer of a CANopen device and for any user of CANopen devices. Anybody is able to check conformance of a CANopen device according to the standards and to prepare the CANopen device to pass the certification process.

There are two versions of the CANopen Conformance Test Suite avialable:

• CANopen Conformance Test Suite Version 2.0. This version is used to verify that a CANopen device is conformant to CANopen Version 4.01 and later.
  

  Description	Price
  Software only There is a CAN interface required on the PC running this software. Tha CAN interface has to provide the functionality defined in the COTI specification.	1,325.- EURO*
  Software and AT-CAN interface with one port on-board	1,530.- EURO*
  Software and PCI-CAN interface with one port on-board	1,685.- EURO*
  Software and PCMCIA (PC-Card) CAN interface with one port on-board	1,735.- EURO*

  * Prices don't include German VAT.
  ** Kits for Compact PCI/PXI and CAN two port boards are available on request.

• CANopen Conformance Test Suite Version 1.1. This version is used to verify that a CANopen device is conformant to CANopen Version 3.0. Currently, this CANopen version is obsolete. But as there are many devices on the market, this version will be available further more.
  

  Description	Price
  Software only There is a CAN interface required on the PC running this software. Tha CAN interface has to provide the functionality defined in the COTI specification.	1,325.- EURO*
  Software and AT-CAN interface with one port on-board	1,530.- EURO*
  Software and PCI-CAN interface with one port on-board	1,685.- EURO*
  Software and PCMCIA (PC-Card) CAN interface with one port on-board	1,735.- EURO*

  * Prices don't include German VAT.
  ** Kits for Compact PCI/PXI and CAN two port boards are available on request.

Both software versions requiring a CAN hardware interface installed on the PC to access the CANopen devices to be tested. The internal access of the software to the CAN hardware interface is based on well defined interface called CANopen Testing Interface (COTI). Currently, the following companies providing the hardware with that interface:

The CANopen Conformance Test Suites are available at National Instruments and at CAN in Automation (CiA):