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- Page 1 PCAN-cPCI CAN Interface for CompactPCI User Manual Document version 2.4.0 (2016-07-06)
- Page 2 CAN connections The cover picture shows the product PCAN-cPCI Quad Channel opto-decoupled. The product version Dual Channel opto-decoupled has an identical form factor but differs in equipment (no additional front blind with CAN connectors) and in the board's components.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
PCAN-cPCI – User Manual Contents Introduction Properties at a Glance System Requirements Scope of Supply Installing the Software and the Card Connecting the CAN Bus Connection over D-Sub connector Voltage Supply of External Devices Cabling 3.3.1 Termination 3.3.2 Example of a Connection 3.3.3... - Page 4 PCAN-cPCI – User Manual Appendix C Quick Reference...
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Page 5: Introduction
PCAN-cPCI – User Manual Introduction The PCAN-cPCI card enables the connection of an industrial computer system with CompactPCI to CAN networks. There is galvanic isolation of up to 500 Volts between the computer and CAN sides. The card is available as a dual or four-channel version. -
Page 6: System Requirements
Extended operating temperature range from -40 to 85 °C (-40 to 185 °F) Note: This manual describes the use of the PCAN-cPCI card with Windows. You can find device drivers for Linux and the corresponding application information on the provided DVD in the directory branch Develop and on our website under www.peak-system.com/linux. -
Page 7: Scope Of Supply
PCAN-cPCI – User Manual Scope of Supply PCAN-cPCI card Slot bracket with D-Sub connectors for the CAN bus (only four-channel version) Device drivers for Windows 10, 8.1, 7 and Linux (32/64-bit) Device driver for Windows CE 6.x (x86 and ARMv4 processor support) -
Page 8: Installing The Software And The Card
PCAN-cPCI – User Manual Installing the Software and the Card This chapter covers the software setup for the PCAN-cPCI card under Windows and the installation of the card in the computer. Install the driver before you install the card. Do the following to install the driver: Start Intro.exe from the supplied DVD. - Page 9 Attention! Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage or destroy components on the card. Take precautions to avoid ESD. At the Quad Channel version of the PCAN-cPCI card (IPEH- 003022) connect the cables of the additional front blind to the 10-pin ports J1 (CAN 3) and J2 (CAN 4).
- Page 10 Do the following to check the operational readiness: Open the Windows Start menu. Type peakcpl and press Enter . The information window for PEAK hardware appears. The plug-in card must be displayed in the table on the CAN Hardware tab.
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Page 11: Connecting The Can Bus
CiA® 303-1. Figure 2: Pin assignment High-speed CAN (view onto a male D-Sub connector on the PCAN-cPCI card) Low power devices (e.g. bus converters) can be supplied directly with 5 volts over pin 1 and/or pin 9 of the CAN connector. Pin 1 and/or pin 9 are not in use at the delivery state. -
Page 12: Voltage Supply Of External Devices
CAN connector (independently for each connector). With a solder bridge per CAN channel on the PCAN-cPCI board, a 5-Volt supply can optionally be routed to pin 1 and/or pin 9 of the D-Sub connector. - Page 13 PCAN-cPCI – User Manual Figure 3: Positions of the solder fields on the PCAN-cPCI card for a 5-Volt supply, JP1 to JP4 for CAN channels 1 to 4 5-Volt supply Solder D-Sub connector Without Pin 1 Pin 9 Pin 1 and...
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Page 14: Cabling
The termination prevents interfering signal reflections and ensures the proper operation of the transceivers of the connected CAN nodes (CAN interfaces, control devices). The PCAN-cPCI card does not have an internal termination. Use the card on a terminated CAN bus. 3.3.2... -
Page 15: Maximum Bus Length
PCAN-cPCI – User Manual 3.3.3 Maximum Bus Length High-Speed-CAN networks may have bit rates of up to 1 Mbit/s. The maximum bus length depends primarily on the bit rate. The following table shows the maximum possible CAN bus length at different bit rates:... -
Page 16: Software And Api
PCAN-cPCI – User Manual Software and API This chapter covers the provided software PCAN-View and the programming interface PCAN-Basic. Monitor Software PCAN-View PCAN-View is simple Windows software for viewing, transmitting, and logging CAN- and CAN FD messages. Note: This chapter describes the use of PCAN-View with a CAN adapter. - Page 17 PCAN-cPCI – User Manual Do the following to start and initialize PCAN-View: Open the Windows Start menu and select PCAN-View. The Connect dialog box appears. Figure 6: Selection of the hardware and parameters Select an interface from the list. From the drop-down list, select the Bit rate that is used by all nodes on the CAN bus.
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Page 18: Receive/Transmit Tab
PCAN-cPCI – User Manual 4.1.1 Receive/Transmit Tab Figure 7: Receive/Transmit Tab The Receive/Transmit tab is the main element of PCAN-View. It contains two lists, one for received messages and one for the transmit messages. The CAN data format is hexadecimal by default. - Page 19 PCAN-cPCI – User Manual Enter the ID, the data Length, and the CAN message Data. Note: With the program version 4 of PCAN-View, the DLC field was renamed to Length. Latter reflects the actual data length. Enter a value into the Cycle Time field to choose manually or periodically message transmission.
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Page 20: Trace Tab
PCAN-cPCI – User Manual 4.1.2 Trace Tab Figure 9: Trace Tab On the Trace tab, the data tracer (data logger) of PCAN-View is used for logging the communication on a CAN bus. During this process the messages are cached in the working memory of the PC. -
Page 21: Pcan-Cpci Tab
PCAN-cPCI – User Manual 4.1.3 PCAN-cPCI Tab Figure 10: PCAN-PCI Tab (example) The PCAN-cPCI tab contains some detailed information about the hardware and driver. 4.1.4 Status Bar Figure 11: Display of the Status Bar The status bar shows information about the current CAN connection, about error counters (Overruns, QXmtFull) and shows error messages. -
Page 22: Linking Own Programs With Pcan-Basic
On the provided DVD, you can find files of the PCAN-Basic programming interface in the directory branch Develop. This API provides basic functions for linking own programs to CAN and CAN FD interfaces by PEAK-System and can be used for the following operating systems: Windows 10, 8.1, 7 (32/64-bit) Windows CE 6.x (x86/ARMv4) -
Page 23: Features Of Pcan-Basic
Use of up to 16 channels for each hardware unit (depending on the PEAK CAN interface used) Simple switching between channels of a PEAK CAN interface Driver-internal buffer for 32,768 messages per CAN channel Precision of time stamps on received messages up to 1 μs (depending on the PEAK CAN interface used) Supports PEAK-System’s trace formats version 1.1 and 2.0 (for... -
Page 24: Principle Description Of The Api
PCAN-cPCI – User Manual Extended system for debugging operations Multilingual debugging output Output language depends on operating system Debugging information can be defined individually Tip: An overview of the API functions is located in the header files. You can find detailed information about the PCAN-Basic API on the provided DVD in the text and help files (file name extensions .txt and .chm). -
Page 25: Notes About The License
Notes about the License Device drivers, the interface DLL, and further files needed for linking are property of the PEAK-System Technik GmbH and may be used only in connection with a hardware component purchased from PEAK-System or one of its partners. If a CAN hardware component... -
Page 26: Technical Specifications
160 x 100 mm Total: 175 x 130 mm (without locking lever) (See also dimension drawing in Appendix B on page Weight PCAN-cPCI Dual Ch.: 120 g PCAN-cPCI Quad Ch. + connection blind: 132 g + 56 g Continued on the next page... - Page 27 PCAN-cPCI – User Manual Environment Operating temperature -40 - 85 °C (-40 – 185 °F) Temperature for storage -40 - 125 °C (-40 – 257 °F) and transport Relative humidity 15 - 90 %, not condensing EN 55024:2011-09 EN 55022:2011-12...
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Page 28: Appendix Ace Certificate
PCAN-cPCI – User Manual Appendix A CE Certificate... -
Page 29: Appendix B Dimension Drawings
PCAN-cPCI – User Manual Appendix B Dimension Drawings Figure 13: Top view PCAN-cPCI card Figure 14: View of the front blind The figures don't show the actual size of the product. -
Page 30: Appendix C Quick Reference
Run the CAN monitor PCAN-View from the Windows Start menu as a sample application for accessing the PCAN-cPCI card. For initiali- zation of the PCAN-cPCI card select the desired CAN channel and the CAN bit rate. High-speed CAN connector (D-Sub, 9 pins)
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