The first implementation of a CAN bus communication protocol on Technosoft drives was TMLCAN, our own proprietary protocol based on CAN-BUS 2.0B specifications (29 bit identifier). This protocol enables the transfer of TML (Technosoft Motion Language) instructions over the CAN bus, allowing for great versatility when programming distributed intelligence motion systems.

Technosoft drives also support the standard CANopen protocol based on the CAN-BUS 2.0A specifications (11 bit identifier).

Especially for drives supporting the CANopen protocol, we have developed TechnoCAN, our own CAN-BUS 2.0a based proprietary protocol (11 bit identifiers). TechnoCAN is fully compatible with CANopen and, similar to TMLCAN, allows the transfer of TML (Technosoft Motion Language) instructions over the CAN bus. The only limitation of TechnoCAN compared to TMLCAN is the supported number of axes (31 axes vs 255).

Using both CANopen and TechnoCAN, our drives are able to combine the Technosoft Motion Language versatility with standard on-line CANopen commands.