ctrlX Apps – Node RED CAN bus message processing

Purchase Bosch Rexroth products online at http://www.cmafh.com More frequently, manufacturing equipment interfaces with CAN bus to battery systems. Be it for battery testing, charging, discharging or use as energy buffer, e.g., using ctrlX DRIVE. The ctrlX App Node-RED can be used to - setup the communication, - read and write CAN bus messages, - create a Battery Node-RED dashboard, and - share data via the innovative ctrlX data layer with other Apps running in the ctrlX CORE. In this example, the CAN bus from the BMS (Battery Management System) of the Lithionics Battery® is connected to the USB-C port at the ctrlX CORE X3 using a “CANBUS to USB” adapter. • Video topics 00:08 Introduction 01:16 Adapter CAN bus to USB 03:05 ctrlX Works engineering software to connect with ctrlX CORE 03:24 Node-Red App in ctrlX CORE - Setup communication - Open and close communication - automatic control of communication channel - CAN bus communication status in dashboard 12:49 Decoding CAN bus messages proadcasted by the BMS (Battery Management System) - product ID of the BMS - battery voltage and current - decoding battery status information 21:02 Writing to the BMS - switch BMS DC contactors Off - switch BMS DC contactors On 23:32 Finalize the Web-based Node-RED dashboard for Lithionics Battery