ZLG USBCAN-4E-U User Manual

ZLG USBCAN-4E-U User Manual

Industrial high performance can interface card

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USBCAN-4E-U
Industrial high performance CAN interface card
User
Manual
DS20151101
Guangzhou ZHIYUAN Electronics Co., Ltd.
V1.00
Date: 2017/03/09
User Manual

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  • Page 1 USBCAN-4E-U Industrial high performance CAN interface card User Manual User Manual V1.00 Date: 2017/03/09 DS20151101 Guangzhou ZHIYUAN Electronics Co., Ltd.
  • Page 2: Order Information

    The interface card connects the PC to the CAN network via a USB port to form a CAN-bus control node. USBCAN-4E-U is compatible with CAN2.0A/B specification. It supports the Baud rate between 5Kbps to 1Mbps, and provides the driver as well as tool software of various operating systems.
  • Page 3 Guangzhou ZHIYUAN Electronics Co., Ltd. USBCAN-4E-U User Manual Industrial high performance CAN interface card Interface Bus: USB2.0 full speed () Performance Rate: Transmission rate: Configuration Operating mode: API: Operating system support Windows 2000/XP/WIN7 Tool software support Universal CAN test tool CANTest...
  • Page 4 Guangzhou ZHIYUAN Electronics Co., Ltd. USBCAN-4E-U User Manual Industrial high performance CAN interface card Revision History Revision History Version Rev. Date Modifications V0.90 2015/11/01 Created the document. User Manual V1.00 Date: 2017/03/09 ©2017 Guangzhou ZHIYUAN Electronics...
  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    2.1.2 USB Bus Power Supply Mode.................. 5 2.2 DIP Switch of Terminal Resistance................5 2.3 CAN-bus Connector....................... 6 2.4 Signal Indicator........................7 2.4.1 USBCAN-4E-U Signal Indicator................7 2.5 System Connection......................8 2.5.1 CAN-bus Connection....................8 2.5.2 Bus Terminal Resistance....................8 2.5.3 USB Bus Connection....................9 Chapter 3: Driver Installation................10...
  • Page 6: Chapter 1: Introduction

    The USBCAN-4E-U high performance CAN interface card is a powerful tool for CAN-bus product development and CAN-bus data analysis. Furthermore, due to its small size and plug-and-play, the USBCAN-4E-U interface card is the best choice for portable system users. It is equipped with an electrical isolation module, which prevents damage from ground circulation and improves its usage reliability in severe environments.
  • Page 7: Product Appearance

    Guangzhou ZHIYUAN Electronics Co., Ltd. USBCAN-4E-U User Manual Industrial high performance CAN interface card 1.2 Product Appearance Figure 1- 1: USBCAN-4E-U 1.3 Specifications  PC interface is compliance with USB2.0 full speed specification.  It supports CAN2.0A and CAN2.0B protocols and conforms to ISO/DIS11898 specification.
  • Page 8: Specification

    Guangzhou ZHIYUAN Electronics Co., Ltd. USBCAN-4E-U User Manual Industrial high performance CAN interface card 1.4 Specification 1.4.1 Electric Parameters If no special instructions, parameters in this manual are measured in 25℃, as shown below. Table 1- 1: Electric Parameters Rating Value...
  • Page 9: Protection Grade

    Guangzhou ZHIYUAN Electronics Co., Ltd. USBCAN-4E-U User Manual Industrial high performance CAN interface card 1.4.3 Protection Grade Table 1- 3: Protection Grade Interface Test Item Test Standard Test Voltage (kV) Test Result Remark Static test IEC61000-4-2 Contact Capacitive Group pulse test...
  • Page 10: Chapter 2: Device Hardware Interface

    Use an external power supply (DC +9 ~ +36V, 450mA) to connect to the POWER socket of the USBCAN-4E-U interface card. At this time, the indicator PWR is yellow. The physical form of the power interface is the OPEN3 terminal, and the connector schematic diagram and signal definition are shown in Table 2-1.
  • Page 11: Can-Bus Connector

    Figure 2- 1: DIP switch 2.3 CAN-bus Connector The USBCAN-4E-U interface card is integrated with 1~4 CAN-bus channels, which connect with the CAN-bus network or CAN-bus interface. The commonly used electrical connectors for CAN-bus communication interface are DB9 socket, OPEN5 socket, OPEN3 socket and so on.
  • Page 12: Signal Indicator

     When the USBCAN-4E-U interface card is powered on, the power indicator is yellow and the SYS indicator is red to indicate that the device is powered on and the system is being initialized. Otherwise, it indicates that there is system power supply fault or serious system error.
  • Page 13: System Connection

    2.5 System Connection 2.5.1 CAN-bus Connection When the USBCAN-4E-U interface card is connected to CAN-bus Bus, users only need to connect CAN_L with CAN_L signal, CAN_H with CAN_H signal. The CAN-bus network uses linear topology, and the two terminals of bus should be connected with a 120Ω...
  • Page 14: Usb Bus Connection

    The USBCAN-4E-U interface card is connected to the PC via an external USB bus hub. If a USB hub powered by the bus is used, the USBCAN-4E-U interface card must use an external power supply (DC +9 ~ +36V, 200mA) and use the external power supply mode.
  • Page 15: Chapter 3: Driver Installation

    Driver Installation The following takes a PC with WinXP operating system for an example, introduces how to correctly install the USBCAN-4E-U industrial high-performance CAN interface card device. 3.1 Driver Installation Windows XP can automatically detect a new device (as shown in Figure 3-1) and activate the “Find new hardware”...
  • Page 16 Guangzhou ZHIYUAN Electronics Co., Ltd. USBCAN-4E-U User Manual Industrial high performance CAN interface card Figure 3- 3: Obtain driver installation file content Mark “Include this location in search” and click the "Browse" button. In the pop-up folder browsing dialog box, specify the location of the driver installation file. Click “Next”...
  • Page 17 Guangzhou ZHIYUAN Electronics Co., Ltd. USBCAN-4E-U User Manual Industrial high performance CAN interface card installation. Figure 3- 5: Complete driver installation Check the installation of the device via “Start → Control Panel → System”. Select the tab of “Hardware”, and then click the “Device Manager” button.
  • Page 18: Uninstall The Driver

    Guangzhou ZHIYUAN Electronics Co., Ltd. USBCAN-4E-U User Manual Industrial high performance CAN interface card Figure 3- 7: Check the status of driver installation 3.2 Uninstall the Driver You can uninstall the device driver via “Start → Control Panel → System”. Select the tab of “Hardware”, and then click the “Device Manager”...
  • Page 19 Figure 3- 9: Uninstall the driver Click the “OK” button in the “Confirm Device Delete” dialog box. The driver of USBCAN-4E-U will be uninstalled. The “Device Manager” will automatically refresh and show that the device has been removed. Figure 3- 10: Driver uninstalling confirmation User Manual V1.00...
  • Page 20: Chapter 4: Frequently Asked Questions

    USBCAN-4E-U interface card supports the simultaneous operation with up to eight PC-CAN interface cards of the same model. 4. What is the maximum data conversion rate for the USBCAN-4E-U interface card? The single CAN channel of the USBCAN-4E-U interface card supports the CAN bus data conversion rate of up to 5000 fps.
  • Page 21 The USBCAN-4E-U interface card provides four CAN ports, allowing users to operate different ports in the same program. The USBCAN-4E-U interface card is not allowed to share the way to open the device, and the same device can not be opened by different program through calling the VCI_OpenDevice function for several times.
  • Page 22 11. How to use the interrupt mode to operate communication card? The USBCAN-4E-U interface card does not provide an interface for direct operation interruption because the interruption has been processed by driver. Most of the...
  • Page 23 Guangzhou ZHIYUAN Electronics Co., Ltd. USBCAN-4E-U User Manual Industrial high performance CAN interface card milliseconds. When Wait is 0, the number of frames that were successfully read currently will be returned immediately in function call. If the receive buffer is empty, then it returns 0.
  • Page 24: Chapter 5: Rights & Statements

    Guangzhou ZHIYUAN Electronics Co., Ltd. USBCAN-4E-U User Manual Industrial high performance CAN interface card Chapter Rights & Statements Chapter Rights & Statements This document provides information about ZHIYUAN electronics products. This document does not grant any intellectual property license and does not grant any intellectual property license by express or implied, or by way of prohibited speech or other means.
  • Page 25 Guangzhou ZHIYUAN Electronics Co., Ltd. USBCAN-4E-U User Manual Industrial high performance CAN interface card Sales Information Guangzhou ZHIYUAN Electronics Co., Ltd Address:Floor 2, Building No.7, Huangzhou Industrial Estate, Chebei Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou. Zip Code:510660 Website:www.zlg.cn Nationwide service hotline:400-888-4005 Nationwide service hotline:400-888-4005 Sales and service network:...

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