Appendix
A.3 CANopen glossary
SYNC (synchronization)
SYNC is a special message frame that synchronizes the CAN devices with each other. This
message frame has a very high priority.
TPDO (transmit PDO)
PDO transmitted by the drive (contains the actual position value, for example).
Variable
All the drive and CANopen functions can be accessed via variables.
Variables can be accessed via SDO or PDO.
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