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CAN Interface for PCI
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  • Page 1 PCAN-PCI CAN Interface for PCI User Manual Document version 2.5.1 (2017-02-10)
  • Page 2 IPEH-002067 opto-decoupled isolation for CAN connections The cover picture shows the product PCAN-PCI Dual Channel opto-decoupled. Other product versions have an identical form factor but vary in equipment. CANopen® and CiA® are registered community trade marks of CAN in Automation e.v.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    PCAN-PCI – 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-PCI – User Manual Appendix C Quick Reference...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    PCAN-PCI – User Manual Introduction The PCAN-PCI card enables the connection of a PC with PCI slots to CAN networks. The card is available as a single or dual-channel version. The opto-decoupled versions also guarantee galvanic isolation of up to 500 Volts between the PC and the CAN sides.

  • 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-PCI 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: Installing The Software And The Card

    PCAN-PCI – User Manual Installing the Software and the Card This chapter covers the software setup for the PCAN-PCI card in 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 8 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.

  • Page 9: Connecting The Can Bus

    D-Sub connector. The pin assignment for CAN corresponds to the specification CiA® 303-1. Figure 1: Position of the CAN connectors CAN 1 (lower position) and CAN 2 (upper position). Figure 2: Pin assignment of High-speed CAN connection (view onto a male connector on the PCAN-PCI card)

  • Page 10: Voltage Supply Of External Devices

    CAN connector (independently for each connector on the dual channel version). With a solder bridge per CAN channel on the PCAN-PCI board, a 5-Volt supply can optionally be routed to pin 1 and/or pin 9 of the D-Sub connector.
  • Page 11 PCAN-PCI – User Manual Figure 3: Position of the solder fields on the board’s bottom side for a 5-Volt supply at the CAN connection 5-Volt supply D-Sub connector Solder field Without Pin 1 Pin 9 Pin 1 and (Standard) pin 9...

  • Page 12: Cabling

    120 ohms at both ends. 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-PCI card does not have an internal termination. Use the card on a terminated CAN bus. 3.3.2...

  • Page 13: Maximum Bus Length

    PCAN-PCI – 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 14: Software And Api

    PCAN-PCI – 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 15 PCAN-PCI – 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 specific hardware and parameters Select an interface from the list.

  • Page 16: Receive/Transmit Tab

    PCAN-PCI – 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 17 PCAN-PCI – 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.

  • Page 18: Trace Tab

    PCAN-PCI – 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 19: Pcan-Pci Tab

    PCAN-PCI – User Manual 4.1.3 PCAN-PCI Tab Figure 10: PCAN-PCI tab The PCAN-PCI 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 20: 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 21: Features Of Pcan-Basic

    Use of up to 16 channels for each hardware unit (depending on the PEAK CAN interface used) Simple switching between the 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 22: Principle Description Of The Api

    PCAN-PCI – User Manual Extended system for debugging operations Multilingual debugging output Output language depends on operating system Debugging information can be defined individually Thread-safe API 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 23: 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 24: Technical Specifications

    PCAN-PCI opto: up to 500 V, separate for each Channel Supplying external PCAN-PCI: D-Sub pin 1 /pin 9; 5 V, max. 100 mA devices PCAN-PCI opto: D-Sub pin 1 /pin 9; 5 V, max. 50 mA Not assigned at delivery Internal termination none...
  • Page 25 PCAN-PCI – 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 Directive 2014/30/EU DIN EN 55024:2016-05...

  • Page 26: Appendix Ace Certificate

    PCAN-PCI – User Manual Appendix A CE Certificate...

  • Page 27: Appendix B Dimension Drawing

    PCAN-PCI – User Manual Appendix B Dimension Drawing Figure 13: Dimension drawing PCAN-PCI The figure doesn’t show the actual size of the product.

  • Page 28: Appendix C Quick Reference

    Software/Hardware Installation under Windows Install the driver from the supplied DVD, before you insert the plug- in card. Turn off the computer and insert the PCAN-PCI into a vacant PCI slot. The new hardware is detected at the next Windows start and the driver is initialized.

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