remote frame

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remote frame

A message on the CAN bus with a particular bit set. The standard defines this message to mean a request for data, so the thought is that some node will see the remote frame and supply the requested data by sending an ordinary data frame.

Source CANdictionary (2016) - CiA CAN in Automation - www.can-cia.org