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6 Kickstart Modules

Node Monitor
You can use the Node Monitor for a simple network overview which displays some basic information on every Node ID that is listed in the
Scanned Node IDs text field.

• Make sure the

Scanned Node IDs list is the list of nodes you want to monitor.

• Click the

Node Mon. Config to display a list of parameters that should be read for every node. You can drag additional Data Objects

from the

Object Editor

module, and drop them on the

Node Monitoring Configuration table.

• In the

UI Format column, use the updates: keyword to specify how the values should be obtained, e.g.

updates:r – read only once when starting the Node Monitor
updates:r2000 – read every 2000 milliseconds
(See UI Panel / UI Format Definition section for additional details on the

updates: specifier)

• Click on

Node Monitor to start the network overview / node monitoring.

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Node Monitor uses SDO transfer for reading out the values from the network nodes. Please make sure this is not
conflicting with other operations on the CANopen network, e.g. service operation tasks such as Firmware downloads.

6.5 Scope

Depending on the template, different modules / module names are available, i.e. the modules do not always have all the functions described
here.

The

Scope module allows the user to display data in scalable plots. Data can be recorded to a file and reviewed later.

6.5.1 The Scope – Getting Started

• Drag one or several Data Objects from the

Object Editor

, and drop them on the

Scope configuration table.

• Make sure the Sampling field is set to

Software mode. Use the Rate field to adjust the sampling rate (samples / msec). Use the Scaling

field to modify the values using a factor or a basic mathematical expression.

• Use the

Start and Stop toolbar buttons to enable or disable sampling.

• To create a Plot Panel for a monitored data object, double-click its row in the configuration table. The plot will display the latest available

data. To create a plot for multiple data objects, use

Create Plot, and choose the data object (or multiple objects) to include in the plot.

• To configure and toggle triggers, use the Triggers module.

• Click

Record to start a Recording and store all sampled data to a file.

• To load an existing recording, use the

Open button and select a .csv file. You can define Triggers to filter the recorded data.

• To go back to live scope and data logging, use the

Live Mode button.

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When opening a

.csv recording file, make sure that the matching .xml file is present in the same folder.