In order to enhance the portability of the CAN-Logger200, this module is powered by the USB interface or M12 connectors of CAN Bus interface. CAN-Logger series CAN Bus data logger devices User Manual (version 1.0.1) Page: 4 ...
Power from CAN bus or from the USB side. Built-in real time clock with battery backup Provides a configuration utility that can be used to transmit/receive CAN messages CAN-Logger series CAN Bus data logger devices User Manual (version 1.0.1) Page: 7 ...
2.3. Pin Assignment The pin assignments of 5-pin male M12 CAN connector of CAN-Logger series is shown in the following tables. Table 2-1 Pin Assignment Pin No Name Description F.G. Frame Ground. Voltage Source Input. +10V ~ +30V Power Ground.
2.4. Rotary Switch When users would like to update the module’s firmware or change the CAN baud rate of the CAN-Logger series, use the rotary switch on the top side to achieve this purpose. Figure 2-5 Location of CAN-Logger100/CAN-Logger200 Rotary Switch There are 16 sections on the rotary switch.
2.5. LED Indicator There are 6 LEDs on the CAN-Logger series. One for power indication, one for hardware status indication, one for SD status indication and three for CAN Bus indication. The LED assignment and description are shown as follows.
Figure 2.8 CAN Bus network topology Each CAN-Logger series includes one build-in 120Ω terminator resistor, users can decide if it is enabled or not. The DIP switch for terminator resistor is under the top side. Figure 2-9 Location of Terminator Resistor DIP Switch of CAN-Logger100 Figure 2-10 Location of Terminator Resistor DIP Switch of CAN-Logger200 CAN-Logger series CAN Bus data logger devices User Manual (version 1.0.1)
4. Software Utility When users want to use user-defined CAN baud rate, CAN message filter and diagnostic function on the CAN-Logger series, the CAN-Logger Utility tool may be needed. 4.1. Install the CAN-Logger Utility Step 1: Get the CAN-Logger Utility...
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After installing the .Net Framework components, the software will continue to install the Utility tool. 1. Click the “Next” button to continue. 2. Select the installation path of the CAN-Logger Utility and click the “Next” button. CAN-Logger series CAN Bus data logger devices User Manual (version 1.0.1) Page: 19 ...
D CAN Bus status frame. After connecting with module, user can get the CAN Bus status information on this frame. CAN-Logger series CAN Bus data logger devices User Manual (version 1.0.1) Page: 22 ...
Please refer to the following steps to configure the CAN-Logger series. Step1: Select the necessary CAN-Logger module and then press the “Configure” buttom. CAN-Logger series CAN Bus data logger devices User Manual (version 1.0.1) Page: 23 ...
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‘1Mbps’. If you want to use user-defined CAN baud rate, user can set the ratary switch to ‘9’, and then set the “Defined Baud Rate” parameter to the CAN baud rate that you need. CAN-Logger series CAN Bus data logger devices User Manual (version 1.0.1) Page: 24 ...
The following steps listed how to used these two methods to send a CAN message. “Basic Mode” “Advanced Mode” Step 1: Connect with the selected CAN-Logger device. CAN-Logger series CAN Bus data logger devices User Manual (version 1.0.1) Page: 26 ...
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3. Enable the “Valid” parameter of the message that you want to transmit. 4. Press the “Send” button to start to send data to CAN Bus via CAN-Logger device. CAN-Logger series CAN Bus data logger devices User Manual (version 1.0.1) Page: 28 ...
CAN Bus will be shown on the “Receive frame”. The following picture is an example of data listed on the “Receive frame” and the detail information of each items on the “Receive frame” are shown below. CAN-Logger series CAN Bus data logger devices User Manual (version 1.0.1) Page: 29 ...
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Date time of the CAN-Logger device to transmit/receive/detect the message. “Timestamp”: Timestamp of the CAN-Logger device to transmit/receive/detect the message. The unit of this field is micro-second. CAN-Logger series CAN Bus data logger devices User Manual (version 1.0.1) Page: 30 ...
After connecting with the CAN-Logger device, the CAN Bus state of the device will be shown on the right-bottom of the main frame. The detail information of each items are shown below. CAN-Logger series CAN Bus data logger devices User Manual (version 1.0.1) Page: 31 ...
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‘ between the front side and back-end of the filter data. Example: Filter rule = [key string1] [operator] ‘[filter data1]’ [key word] [key string2] [operator] ‘[filter data2]’ CAN-Logger series CAN Bus data logger devices User Manual (version 1.0.1) Page: 34 ...
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Display messages that data on “Fdata” field is match ’11 22 33 44 55 66 77 88’ Filter rule: Fdata = ‘11 22 33 44 55 66 77 88’ CAN-Logger series CAN Bus data logger devices User Manual (version 1.0.1) Page: 35 ...
SDHC card. If user uses their own SDHC card, inorder to make the CAN-Logger series to have the best performance to read/write data from/to SDHC card, we suggest user to format the SDHC card to FAT32 with 32KB clusters before used.
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Power, MS, SD_ST, CAN_ST, CAN2, CAN1 LEDs of the module will scroll to flash per 200 milliseconds and users can upgrade the firmware of the CAN-Logger series module via USB and the module will become a “USB Mass Storage Device” and also shows a folder like following picture automatically.
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Step 9: Set the CAN1 baud rate of rotary switch to the necessary location. Step 10: Reboot the module and press the “Exit” button to exit. CAN-Logger series CAN Bus data logger devices User Manual (version 1.0.1) Page: 40 ...
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