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Kvaser BlackBird Getting Started Guide
Copyright 2007-2014 Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden
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  • Page 1 We believe that the information contained herein was accurate in all respects at the time of printing. Kvaser AB cannot, however, assume any responsibility for errors or omissions in this text. Also note that the information in this document is subject to change without notice and should not be construed...
  • Page 2 Kvaser BlackBird Getting Started Guide 1 (47) (This page is intentionally left blank.) Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    5.1 Starting the configuration program ....5.2 Identifying your Kvaser BlackBird ....
  • Page 4 9.10 Connect to the built-in web server ....9.11 Scan for Kvaser BlackBirds ..... . .

  • Page 5: About This Manual

    4 (47) 1 About this manual This manual is intended for Kvaser BlackBird users. It contains a description of the setup programs and detailed instructions of how to connect the device to a wireless network. Basic knowledge about TCP/IP networks is assumed.

  • Page 6: Installation Summary

    9. Connect to the device (Chapter 6.2, Selecting the device you want to use, on Page 26). 10. The new remote CAN device should now be visible in Kvaser Hardware (Chapter 7, Using Kvaser BlackBird from your software, on Page 30).

  • Page 7: Driver Installation

    Install version 5.2 or later of the Kvaser CAN drivers by running kvaser_drivers_setup.exe Figure 1: Kvaser CAN Drivers Installation Wizard. After installing the drivers, plug in your Kvaser BlackBird into a free USB port on your computer. The “Found New Hardware” wizard in Windows will now start. Complete it as usual.
  • Page 8 Kvaser BlackBird Getting Started Guide 7 (47) Figure 2: Starting Kvaser Hardware from the Control Panel. Figure 3: Kvaser Hardware lists the connected devices. Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...

  • Page 9: Network Operational Modes

    The Kvaser BlackBird is normally connected to a computer via an access point (AP), this is referred to as infrastructure mode. The Kvaser BlackBird may also be connected directly to a computer using either ad-hoc mode or the “Wireless Hosted Network”...

  • Page 10: Infrasctructure Mode

    Note that most network cards only support WEP-64 and WEP-128 encryption in ad-hoc mode. 4.2 Infrasctructure mode If you are using an AP (Access Point), you should connect the Kvaser BlackBird in infrastructure mode. Figure 5: Infrastructure mode. In this case, your network probably has a DHCP server running. If your network does not have a DHCP server, you will need to assign a static IP address to your Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden —...

  • Page 11: Wireless Hosted Network

    Figure 6: Direct connection using Wireless hosted network. If you are using the “Wireless Hosted Network”, you should connect the Kvaser BlackBird in infrastructure mode. In this case, your computer probably does not have a DHCP server running and you will need to assign your Kvaser BlackBird a static IP address.

  • Page 12: Configuring The Kvaser Blackbird

    Select your device in the list and click Next. If you have more than one Kvaser BlackBird in the list, you can identify a specific unit by the serial number that is printed on the back of the unit. You can also...
  • Page 13 Kvaser BlackBird Getting Started Guide 12 (47) Figure 8: Kvaser Wireless Configuration starting up. identify a Kvaser BlackBird by right- clicking on it in the list and selecting “Locate Hardware (Flash LEDs)”. The LEDs on the selected device will now flash momentarily.

  • Page 14: Selecting Wlan Network

    Figure 10: Status tab in Kvaser Wireless Configuration. 5.3 Selecting WLAN network You will now enter the name of the WLAN network you are connecting the Kvaser BlackBird to. Go to the Configuration tab, see Figure 11 on Page 14.
  • Page 15 Kvaser BlackBird Getting Started Guide 14 (47) Figure 11: Configuration tab in Kvaser Wireless Configuration. Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...
  • Page 16 −70 dBm (as a rule of thumb, −70 dBm is weak, −60 dBm is fair, −50 dBm is good, and −40 dBm is strong). Figure 12: Availible networks in Kvaser Wireless Configuration. Wait for your network to show up among the Currently Available Networks. The scanning process can take a little while, so please be patient.

  • Page 17: Setting Wlan Keys And Security

    Channel setting. In order to connect, you also need to specify the Encryption key used by the network. This is done on the Security tab. Figure 13: Security tab in Kvaser Wireless Configuration. Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...
  • Page 18 5.4.3 About static WEP keys Some rules for setting up WEP: The Kvaser BlackBird must have one of the WEP keys specified on the AP in order to decode data sent from the AP to the Kvaser BlackBird. Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...
  • Page 19 Kvaser BlackBird Getting Started Guide 18 (47) The AP must have all of the Kvaser BlackBird’s keys so the AP can decode transmissions from the Kvaser BlackBird to the AP. The key must occupy the same slot on all nodes (AP and Kvaser BlackBirds).

  • Page 20: Network Setup And Device Name

    Chapter 6, Selecting the device from the network, on Page 26. Clicking on the Apply or Ok button will save the configuration to your Kvaser BlackBird and restart it. You may edit more than one tab before clicking Apply/Ok.
  • Page 21 Kvaser BlackBird Getting Started Guide 20 (47) Figure 15: Network tab in Kvaser Wireless Configuration. Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...

  • Page 22: Setting Device Accessibility

    Kvaser BlackBird. If you forget your flash parameter password, you have the option to reset the password when you connect the Kvaser BlackBird. However, this reset will also erase all settings back to the factory default values. Figure 16: Accessibility tab in Kvaser Wireless Configuration.

  • Page 23: Save The Configuration

    3. The signal strength should be better than −75 dBm. You may want to check the Info tab as well, see Figure 18 on Page 24, and verify that the “Device IP Address” is a valid address on your network. Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...
  • Page 24 Kvaser BlackBird Getting Started Guide 23 (47) Figure 17: Network connected in Kvaser Wireless Configuration. Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...
  • Page 25 Kvaser BlackBird Getting Started Guide 24 (47) Figure 18: Info tab in Kvaser Wireless Configuration. Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...

  • Page 26: Supplying External Power To The Device

    25 (47) 5.9 Supplying external power to the device Before you can start using your Kvaser BlackBird, you have to end the Kvaser Wireless Configuration and remove the device from USB. Don’t forget to supply external power to the device. See your Kvaser BlackBird user’s guide for more information.

  • Page 27: Selecting The Device From The Network

    Connect column should be “Yes” for your device, and the In Use column value should be “Free”. If the value of In Use is “Config”, close the Kvaser Wireless Configuration program from the previous section (and unplug the device from the computer’s USB port).
  • Page 28 Kvaser BlackBird Getting Started Guide 27 (47) Figure 20: Detected remote devices. Don’t forget to supply external power to the device, see Chapter 5.9, Supplying external power to the device, on Page 25. Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...

  • Page 29: Finding New Hardware

    Figure 19 on Page 26. 6.4 Verifying connection status When you select a device from the list in the Kvaser Network Device Selector window, status information about the connection will be displayed in the lower half of the window, see Figure 21 Figure 21: Verifying connection status in Kvaser Network Device Selector.
  • Page 30 Kvaser BlackBird Getting Started Guide 29 (47) Figure 22: Connection with the device have been established. Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...

  • Page 31: Using Kvaser Blackbird From Your Software

    30 (47) 7 Using Kvaser BlackBird from your software You can use the Kvaser BlackBird from any program that uses the CANlib API. You can view the channel information in the Kvaser Hardware program on the Device tabs by selecting a channel under the Kvaser BlackBird (Remote), see Figure 23.

  • Page 32: Configuring Host Computer

    Network, you most likely need to set a static IP address and Subnet mask on your computer. The IP address and net mask must be set so that the computer and Kvaser BlackBird can talk to each other. You can do this by using the following example:...

  • Page 33: Setting Up Wireless Hosted Network On Your Computer

    4. In the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties you should select “Use the following IP address” and enter your static IP address and subnet mask. The Kvaser BlackBird is currently not accessing any DNS server, so you may leave these fields empty.
  • Page 34 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHIME \SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\SharedAccess\Parameters Name ScopeAddress Name ScopeAddressBackup Name StandaloneDHCPAddress Table 3: Registry keys for setting IP of Wireless Hosted Network. Since the Wireless Hosted Network on it’s own lacks a DHCP server you need to Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...
  • Page 35 Kvaser BlackBird Getting Started Guide 34 (47) Figure 26: Wireless adapter supports hosted network. Figure 27: Example of setting up, starting and stopping a hosted network. Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...
  • Page 36 Kvaser BlackBird Getting Started Guide 35 (47) assign a static IP address to the Kvaser BlackBird, see Chapter 5.5, Network setup and device name, on Page 19 Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...

  • Page 37: Setting Up An Ad-Hoc Network On Your Computer

    36 (47) 8.3 Setting up an ad-hoc network on your computer If you want to connect to your Kvaser BlackBird in ad-hoc mode, you need to configure your network card for connecting to an Ad-hoc network. Since the ad-hoc network lacks a DHCP server you also need to assign a static IP address first, see Chapter 8.1, Setting static IP on your computer, on Page 31.
  • Page 38 Kvaser BlackBird Getting Started Guide 37 (47) Figure 28: Setting up ad-hoc network in Windows 7. Figure 29: Setting up ad-hoc network in Windows 7. Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...

  • Page 39: Connecting Your Computer To The Ad-Hoc Network

    Figure 30: Selecting wireless network in Windows 7. If it is not already connected, right click on the network and select “Connect”. Since we haven’t configured the Kvaser BlackBird, the computer will not find any devices yet. You can safely leave this running and continue below.

  • Page 40: Troubleshooting

    1.8 s and then off for 1.8 s. 9.2 Check connected status The Kvaser Wireless Configuration program should display “Connected”. If not, you may have an authorization problem. Check the WLAN passphrase, security keys, encryption, and authorization mode.

  • Page 41: Check Wlan Security Settings

    IP number has been assigned. If you have set a static IP, make sure both the IP number and Network mask are correct. 9.7 Check that your computer and Kvaser BlackBird recognize each other (ad-hoc mode) View available networks by selecting Start->Control Panel->Network and Internet->Connect to a network, see Figure 31 on Page 41.

  • Page 42: Check Channel Number When Using Ad-Hoc Mode

    Some computer (most notable are computers with Intel 3945abg WLAN chip) only connect to ad-hoc networks on a fixed preset channel. So it can find the Kvaser BlackBird ad-hoc net, but tries to connect to it on its own predefined channel, regardless of which channel the Kvaser BlackBird is using.
  • Page 43 Kvaser BlackBird Getting Started Guide 42 (47) Figure 32: Checking the WLAN link with ping. can talk to your Kvaser BlackBird and the WLAN link is working. Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...

  • Page 44: Connect To The Built-In Web Server

    43 (47) 9.10 Connect to the built-in web server The Kvaser BlackBird has a built-in web server that can be enabled on the Settings tab in the Kvaser Wireless Configuration tool, see Figure 33. Figure 33: Enable webserver for debugging.

  • Page 45: Scan For Kvaser Blackbirds

    9.11 Scan for Kvaser BlackBirds Using the Kvaser Network Device Selector tool, scan the network once again. Check the LEDs on the Kvaser BlackBird. The INFO LED should flash a few times when scanning is in progress. 9.12 Add the device manually In the Kvaser Network Device Selector tool, press the Add button.

  • Page 46: Service Status Indications

    9.15 Scanning will not detect devices on other IP networks The scanning process will only detect Kvaser BlackBirds on the local network. If the Kvaser BlackBird you are trying to use is behind a router of any kind, you must add it manually to the list.

  • Page 47: Check For Other Programs Running

    Kvaser BlackBird Getting Started Guide 46 (47) (both TCP and UDP) on your firewall. The Kvaser Network Device Selector tool might also need authorization from you. Consult your firewall software documentation for how to do this. 9.18 Check for other programs running If the service indicates a status of CONNECTION_UP but you can’t see the device...

  • Page 48: Kvaser Blackbird Getting Started Guide

    Added more info about ad-hoc 11 Mbit/s limit. Added more chapters to the Troubleshooting section. dated minimum CAN bus supply voltage. Minor edi- torial changes. 2013-11-28 Changed layout of references, figures. 2014-01-27 Updated for Windows 7 Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...

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