Patent ID: 9176914
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a slave device connected to a control area network (CAN) open (CANopen) network to which a first slave device, a second slave device and a master device are connected, the method comprising: creating a process data object for transmission; designating identifier information for the created process data object; and transmitting the created process data object to a device corresponding to the designated identifier information, wherein the identifier information includes a communication object identifier allowing the first slave device, the second slave device or the master device to receive the created process data object, wherein the communication object identifier for the first slave device, the communication object identifier for the second slave device and the communication object identifier for the master device are matched, wherein transmitting the created process data object comprises transmitting the created process data object to the master device and the second slave device at the same time based on the matched communication object identifier.