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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...
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Kvaser Leaf Pro HS v2 User’s Guide 2 (23) (This page is intentionally left blank.) Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...
Kvaser Leaf Pro HS v2 User’s Guide 4 (23) 1 About this manual This manual is intended for Kvaser Leaf Pro HS v2 users. This document contains a description of the hardware’s properties and general instructions for connecting the device to a computer.
CAN messages on the CAN bus with a high time stamp precision. The Kvaser Leaf Pro HS v2 is compatible with applications that use Kvaser‘s CANlib. This guide applies to Kvaser Leaf Pro HS v2 devices listed in Table 1 on Page 6. Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...
Table 1: Kvaser Leaf Pro HS v2 devices and their product numbers. Throughout this document, we use the name Kvaser Leaf Pro HS v2 to mean any one of the different Kvaser Leaf Pro HS v2 products listed in Table 1, unless otherwise noted.
The Kvaser Leaf Pro HS v2 is an interface and as such does not contain real-time clock (RTC), logger or SD card functionality. This means that the t functionality listed in Table 2 is not available on Kvaser Leaf Pro HS v2 as of version 3.2 of the t language compiler.
The Kvaser CANlib SDK includes everything you need in order to develop software for Kvaser CAN hardware. The SDK contains full documentation and many sample programs, written in C, C++, C#, Delphi, Python and Visual Basic. All Kvaser CAN interface hardware share a common software API. Programs written for one device type will run without modification on other device types.
In this section you can read more about the CAN channels, power supply and LED indicators. 3.1 Hardware installation The Kvaser Leaf Pro HS v2 may be inserted in any free USB socket on the host computer. You do not need to switch the power off before inserting or removing the device.
3.3 CAN channels The Kvaser Leaf Pro HS v2 has one CAN Hi-Speed channel in a CAN connector depending on the model. Either a 9-pin D-SUB or a 16-pin OBDII connector is used.
11 (23) 3.5 LED Indicators The Kvaser Leaf Pro HS v2 has one power LED and one traffic LED for the CAN channel as shown in Figure 5 on Page 11. Their functions are described in Section 4.1, Definitions of LED states and colors, on Page 12.
Kvaser Leaf Pro HS v2 User’s Guide 12 (23) 4 Appendices In this section you will find technical information about the Kvaser Leaf Pro HS v2 and its connectors. 4.1 Definitions of LED states and colors A Kvaser device has two basic types of LEDs; Power and Traffic. These are dual colored as shown in Table 3.
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This should not normally happen. If it does, please contact Kvaser support. This indicates low power supply, such as using an unpowered USB hub. The red Traffic LED indicating overrun will stay on until the device goes bus off.
Read the Kvaser t Programming Language guide that can be downloaded at www.kvaser.com/download for more information. The “on start” event will be triggered in the Kvaser Leaf Pro HS v2 when any of the following occurs: kvScriptStart() When a t program is started using the CANlib API ( When a t program is started from another t program.
Kvaser Leaf Pro HS v2 User’s Guide 15 (23) 4.3 Technical data In Table 6 on Page 15 you will find the Kvaser Leaf Pro HS v2’s technical specifications. CAN Channels CAN Transceivers MCP2561FD (Compliant with ISO 11898-2) CAN Controller...
Not connected Not connected Table 7: Configuration of the 9-pin D-SUB Kvaser Leaf Pro HS v2 devices that use the 16-pin OBDII plug (see Figure 7) have the pinning described in Table 8. Figure 7: OBDII Connector OBDII pin number...
The latest versions of firmware and drivers can be downloaded for free at www.kvaser.com/download. Connect the Kvaser Leaf Pro HS v2 to your PC with the USB cable and start the update.exe application. A window opens showing the Firmware Update Instructions, read and follow those carefully.
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Kvaser Leaf Pro HS v2 User’s Guide 18 (23) Figure 8: An example setup where all devices are synchronized via MagiSync. Figure 9: Not all devices are synchronized via MagiSync in this setup. Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...
Kvaser Leaf Pro HS v2 User’s Guide 19 (23) 5 Disposal and Recycling Information When this product reaches its end of life, please dispose of it according to your local environmental laws and guidelines. For information about Kvaser’s recycling programs, visit: http://www.kvaser.com/en/kvaser/recycling-policy.html...
KVASER AB’S WARRANTY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE CORRECTION OF DEFECTS, AND KVASER AB HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY OVER AND ABOVE THE REFUNDING OF THE PRICE PAID FOR THIS DEVICE, SINCE KVASER AB DOES NOT HAVE ANY INFLUENCE ON THE IMPLEMENTATIONS OF THE HIGHER-LEVEL SYSTEM, WHICH MAY BE DEFECTIVE.
Kvaser Leaf Pro HS v2 User’s Guide 21 (23) 6.2 EC Regulatory Compliance The product(s); 73-30130-00843-4, 73-30130-00849-6, is in conformity with the essential requirements of the following regulations and directives: WEEE Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council...
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MagiSync is a trademark of Kvaser AB. DeviceNet is a trademark of Open DeviceNet Vendor Association, Inc. NMEA 2000 is the registered trademark of the National Marine Electronics Association, Inc. For information about Kvaser related CAN patents, see www.kvaser.com/patent. Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...
Kvaser Leaf Pro HS v2 User’s Guide 23 (23) 7 Document Revision History Version history for document UG_98178_leaf_pro_hs_v2: Revision Date Changes 2015-08-10 Initial version 2015-10-29 Minor textual changes 2016-02-04 Minor textual changes 2017-01-09 Updated compliance text, added link to patents...
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