Jim Fleig - CNC Services wrote: > FWIW > > I cannot speak to the issue of Bosch having proprietary rights to CAN-BUS > communication. I have seen CAN-BUS used on many machine tools that did not > have any Bosch software (that I know of) or hardware (I definitely know > there was no Bosch hardware). It was my impression that CAN-BUS was a form > of communication (like RS232, network, etc.) that could be implemented and > used by whomever understood how to set it up. More information about > CAN-BUS here: http://www.interfacebus.com/Design_Connector_CAN.html. > > If there are legal issues related to the use of CAN-BUS systems this is > certainly a consideration concerning EMC's open source status. Is it > possible that there is a particular flavor of CAN-BUS developed by Bosch > that is their proprietary system? > > Jim Fleig
As far as I know CAN is just an other Fieldbus. First mainly used in the automobile industry, but now, in a lot of automation systems used. There is: Profibus, developed by Siemens CC-Link, develop by Mitsubishi Can-Bus, developed by Bosch and Intel CanOpen, developed by ....? maybe B&R and some others? And all these Protocols are open, so that other manufacturer can provide these bus capability to there devices. Here http://www.softing.com/home/en/automotive-electronics/products/hardware/bus-interfaces/can-bus-pci-2.php?navanchor=3010017 you can find a CAN PCI card for your PC. The question is if there is a drive available which works with Linux and EMC2. Thomas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and code to build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of local resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR SDK and Ajax docs to start building applications today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
