Chapter 10 CANopen  Function and Operation 
 
10.4.3  Data Structure of EMERGENCY Request Message 
The Emergency request message communicates the slave error and alarm information. 
The following table shows the data format of the Emergency request message. 
PLC device 
Message 
header 
D25001  Reserved  Size (Fixed to 0) 
D25003~D25031 
Message 
Reserved 
  Command: Fixed to 01. 
  ReqID: the request ID. Whenever an Emergency message is sent, the message is given a ReqID for 
the CANopen master to identify. Before another Emergency request message is sent out, the original 
ID number must be changed. In other words, change the value of ReqID. The ReqID range is between 
00–FF (Hex) to trigger the sending the Emergency request message. 
  Node ID: the node address of the target equipment on CANopen network. 
 
The following table shows data format of the Emergency response message. 
PLC device 
D24000 
Message 
header 
ResID  Status code 
Message 
data 
D24016-D24019  Emergency4 
  Command: Fixed to 01(Hex). 
  When status code is 1, reading the Emergency message has succeeded. When status code is not 
equal to1, reading the Emergency message has failed and you should verify that the data in the 
Emergency message is correct. 
  Node ID: the node address for the target equipment on the CANopen network. 
  Total number of data: total number of Emergency messages CANopen master receives from the slave. 
  Number of data stored: the latest number of Emergency messages CANopen master receives from the 
slave (5 messages at most).