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Users consistently praise the flexibility and ease of use of CANopen, highlighting its ability to support various industries and facilitate communication between multiple devices. Many appreciate its robust protocol structure, which enhances data integrity and collision-free communication. However, some users note a common limitation regarding limited scalability compared to other communication technologies.
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Verified User in Aviation & Aerospace
UA
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
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"Specialist in CAN/CANopen and deterministic networks (TTE, TSN, EtherCAT, ...)"
What do you like best about CANopen?

CANopen integrated services for network management (NMT), publish-subscribe model using PDO, and client-server model using SDO for large data transfers and runtime configuration Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CANopen?

Difficult to estimate latency and jitter for data transfers between the nodes. if there are hard real-time constraints, synchronous PDO transfers shall be used Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Anil D.
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Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
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"It’s highly safe, robust industrial protocol"
What do you like best about CANopen?

SDO, PDO and very clear objects classification Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CANopen?

Sometimes there are too many objects and certain designers abuse it by adding too many custom objects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Automotive
UA
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
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"CANopen : Flexible, open and versatile solution for data communication"
What do you like best about CANopen?

Openness and possibility of applying for many industries for data communications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CANopen?

CANopen is not scalabe with respect to other bus communication technologies. Physical layer can be made intact. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Food & Beverages
IF
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
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"CANOpen a really nice industrial protocol"
What do you like best about CANopen?

The flexibility it brings compares to other industrial protocols like Profibus or Profinet, and the excellent communication structure (SDOs, PDOs, etc..) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CANopen?

Perhaps for someone that hasn't been in touch before with a CANOpen the learning curve might be a little tricky (but for the rest, the benefits outweigh the problems). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Printing
AP
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
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"Can open is a very stable protocol for sensors and actuators!"
What do you like best about CANopen?

You can set priorities By the arbitration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CANopen?

The speed is low and that limits the range of the application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
UE
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
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"CanOpen For Wind Renewal Energy"
What do you like best about CANopen?

Multi Master functionality is most useful function of CanOpen Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CANopen?

Maximum number of Application data that can be sent in single frame Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Mining & Metals
UM
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
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"Not user friendly. Manuals are written poorly."
What do you like best about CANopen?

I like how you can view the status of multiple devices on the single interface. I also like how you can configure nodes from your laptop. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CANopen?

Difficult to get understand the canopen magic interface. Takes some time getting use to. Not very intuitive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Airlines/Aviation
CA
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
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"Using CANopen in avionics purpose"
What do you like best about CANopen?

communication validation at hardware level, possibility to connect multiple devices to one data bus Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CANopen?

need to program any type of message into the device Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Medical Devices
UM
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
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"CANopen is the best reliable & efficient open source communication protocol I have used so far."
What do you like best about CANopen?

Integrity of packet for corresponding destination, collision free communication Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CANopen?

There is nothing to dislike about CANopen Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Industrial Automation
UI
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
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"I have little experience in automotive industry"
What do you like best about CANopen?

The CANopen protocols supported by many international manufacturers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CANopen?

Limited connectivity options and it will reduce the signal integrity based on termination resistors Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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