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BT LWE180 CAN communication

Hello,

I'm trying to reproduce the BT LWE180 tiller arm as a PLC. I got the general communication going, but I'm unable to diagnose which CAN frame bits correspond to certain functions of the machine. For example I'm looking for information about how battery status or contactor functions are encoded in the CAN frame.

Here is a snippet of the CAN communication. Here the tiller arm was used to trigger the slow mode and move the machine. I'm expecting the 0x185 to describe the status of the curtis controller, so something like running, stopped, regenerating or to show bit representation of certain values like interlock on. The 0x281 I'm expecting to represent the battery management system.
0x205 wrP1 :node= 5 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x01
0x185 rdP1 :node= 5 0x00 0x0B 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x01 0x10 0xD0
0x281 rdP2 :node= 1 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x06 0x00
0x205 wrP1 :node= 5 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x01
0x185 rdP1 :node= 5 0x00 0x0B 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x01 0x10 0xD0
0x281 rdP2 :node= 1 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x06 0x00
0x205 wrP1 :node= 5 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x01
0x185 rdP1 :node= 5 0x00 0x0B 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x01 0x10 0xD0
0x281 rdP2 :node= 1 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x06 0x00
0x205 wrP1 :node= 5 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x01
0x185 rdP1 :node= 5 0x00 0x0B 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x01 0x10 0xD0
0x281 rdP2 :node= 1 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x06 0x00
0x205 wrP1 :node= 5 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x01
0x185 rdP1 :node= 5 0x00 0x0B 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x01 0x10 0xD0
0x281 rdP2 :node= 1 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x06 0x00
0x205 wrP1 :node= 5 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x40 0x01
0x185 rdP1 :node= 5 0x00 0x0B 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x01 0x10 0xD0
0x281 rdP2 :node= 1 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x06 0x00
0x205 wrP1 :node= 5 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x48 0x01
0x185 rdP1 :node= 5 0x00 0x0B 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x01 0x10 0x90
0x281 rdP2 :node= 1 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x06 0x00
0x205 wrP1 :node= 5 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x48 0x01
0x185 rdP1 :node= 5 0x00 0x0B 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x01 0x10 0x90
0x281 rdP2 :node= 1 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x06 0x00
0x205 wrP1 :node= 5 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x48 0x01
0x185 rdP1 :node= 5 0x00 0x0B 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x01 0x10 0x90
0x281 rdP2 :node= 1 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x06 0x00
0x205 wrP1 :node= 5 0xFF 0xA8 0x00 0x00 0x48 0x01
0x185 rdP1 :node= 5 0x00 0x0B 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x01 0x10 0x90
0x205 wrP1 :node= 5 0xFD 0x48 0x00 0x00 0x48 0x01
0x185 rdP1 :node= 5 0x00 0x0B 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x01 0x10 0x90
0x205 wrP1 :node= 5 0xFA 0x50 0x00 0x00 0x48 0x01
0x281 rdP2 :node= 1 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x06 0x00
0x185 rdP1 :node= 5 0x00 0x65 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x04 0x90
0x281 rdP2 :node= 1 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x08 0x06 0x00
0x205 wrP1 :node= 5 0xF7 0x58 0x00 0x00 0x48 0x01
0x185 rdP1 :node= 5 0x0C 0x74 0x00 0x00 0xFF 0xEF 0x01 0x90
0x281 rdP2 :node= 1 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x06 0x00
0x205 wrP1 :node= 5 0xF4 0xF8 0x00 0x00 0x48 0x01
0x185 rdP1 :node= 5 0x0E 0x82 0x00 0x00 0xFF 0xE1 0x01 0x90
0x281 rdP2 :node= 1 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x05 0xF0
0x205 wrP1 :node= 5 0xF2 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x48 0x01
0x185 rdP1 :node= 5 0x13 0x8E 0x00 0x00 0xFF 0xD3 0x01 0x90
0x281 rdP2 :node= 1 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x05 0xF0
0x205 wrP1 :node= 5 0xEF 0x08 0x00 0x00 0x48 0x01
0x185 rdP1 :node= 5 0x15 0x94 0x00 0x20 0xFF 0xC5 0x01 0x90
0x281 rdP2 :node= 1 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x06 0x00
0x205 wrP1 :node= 5 0xEC 0xA8 0x00 0x00 0x48 0x01
0x185 rdP1 :node= 5 0x16 0x99 0x00 0x20 0xFF 0xB2 0x01 0x90
0x281 rdP2 :node= 1 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x05 0xF0

Does anyone have any info or maybe a sort of sheet with the available status messages?
  • Posted 12 Mar 2026 21:54
  • By Arnas04
  • joined 12 Mar'26 - 1 message
  • Lithuania

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