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CAN/LIN Data Logger LE-270AR LE-270GR Instruction Manual The attached CD-ROM contains the latest instruction manual in a PDF format. The 8th Edition...
Contents NTRODUCTION1 NOTICE............................1 U SER LIMITATION.........................1 Safety Information ..........................2 Read this first ! ! ........................2 Software License Agreement.....................3 Chapter 1 Before Using the Product....................4 1.1 Composition........................4 1.2 Outline..........................4 1.3 Explanation of Each Part....................5 Chapter 2 Installation........................7 2.1 System Requirement......................7 2.2 Installation of USB Driver (Windows7/8.1/10)..............7 2.3 Installation of the Analysis Software ..................9 2.4 Set up for the internal RTC (Clock IC)................9 2.5 Setting for Wi-Fi........................10...
INTRODUCTION Thank you for your purchase of LINEEYE's protocol analyzer. To use it correctly, you are advised to read and understand this instruction manual thoroughly. Keep this together with the warranty. If you encounter any problems, you will find helpful information in this manual.
Safety Information Read this first ! ! This Safety Information includes the important information in order to not only have you learn the right way to use the analyzer, but also prevent you from causing damage to people and property. Before using, please read the main contents after you understand the following contents (symbols and marks).
5. Limitation of Liability In no event shall LINEEYE or its licensors be liable for loss of business or profits, or for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising from products of this software or the related software. Besides LINEEYE shall not be liable damages arising from the equipment or the medium.
: 1 (This book) Warranty * Please contact LINEEYE distributor or us if you find any insufficient part of any damage to the product caused by transportation. * Please keep the box carefully to use it when sending the product back to us for repair etc.
Self-check error, Unusual error *1: Do not remove the SD card while lighting. *2: Contact LINEEYE distributors or LINEEYE for support. CH1/CH2 : It displays the logic status of CH1 line (green) and CH2 line (red). U1/U2 : Able to light the U1 (green) /U2 (red) by trigger actions.
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This is for connecting the analyzer on the DIN rail. Pitch: 70mm. Depth: 3.5mm (max). 8) Connector for GPS antenna (Only for LE-270GR) SMA connector (female) for active GPS antenna Connect a GPS antenna. ・ Major differences between LE-270AR and LE-270GR LE-270AR LE-270GR Measurement port isolation ×...
Chapter 2 Installation Install the analysis software"LE-LIK27R" to the PC you are going to operate the analyzer. 2.1 System Requirement PC/AT Compatible (DOS/V) HDD: 20MB + capacity for recording communication log OS: Windows 7/8.1/10 Port: USB 2.0 port SD card drive: It is required for the Data Logger mode to save log files and to read configuration settings. *When you use Wifi function, Wi-Fi access point which supports IEEE 802.11 b/g/n (2.4GHz) is needed.
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5. Click “Install” and start installing the driver package. Mark on the check box and the same dialog will not be appeared again. 6. After installation has completed, click “Finish”.
2.3 Installation of the Analysis Software ■ Install 1. Insert the included CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive of the PC. Open the folder of “pcsoft” and click on “Setup.exe”. 2. Click “Yes” if the user account dialog box appears. 3. Follow the Install Shield wizard. 4.
2.5 Setting for Wi-Fi To use Wi-Fi function of LE-270AR/ LE-270GR, you need to power the analyzer after inserting SD card in which Wi-Fi configuration file (WLAN CFG.WL) is written. < How to make a Wi-Fi setting file > 1. Click LE Wireless LAN configuration from the start menu.
■ Protocol Analyzer Mode 1). Connect the USB cable to the analyzer 2). Connect LE-270AR/LE-270GR by USB or Wi-Fi with the PC to which the analysis software is installed. 3). Connect the analyzer and target devices using the LE-25M3A-1. Analysis software LE-LINK27R ●...
3.2 Configuration of Analysis Software ■ Data Window Execute the analysis software. From [Start] menu of Windows, go to [All programs] -> [LINEEYE] -> [LE-LINK27R]. Execute “LE-LINK27R” and then following display will be appeared. 1) → 2) → 3) →...
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<USB> “Serial number” (USB) Set the serial number of the analyzer to be controlled. You can select it from the drop down list when the analyzer is connected. <Wi-Fi> “Host name” Set the IP address of the analyzer. “Data Port” Set the port number for the send/receive of the measured data.
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● Measurement Tab Setting for the saving destination of the measured data, file size, and behavior in the protocol analyzer mode. [A folder to save the monitor data] This folder is for saving the measured data. To change the settings, click “Change” button. Then the window to select a folder will be appeared.
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■ Analyzer Settings Click “ ” on the tool bar of the data window (or click “Measurement” -> “Measurement setting”) to set the target bus, speed and so on. On the measurement setting window, every time you change the setting on the left side of the window, the contents of the setting (on the right side of the window) will be changed.
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● Data Monitor [Configuration] Set the speed of target devices. [Trigger] Set the trigger conditions and actions. ● Simulation data table [Table 0 to F] Set the frame to be sent. Note: When it is LIN master simulation, you can set the schedule setting from function selection display. ●...
Chapter 4 Monitor Function The purpose of the monitor function is to record communication data into files without affecting the communica- tion lines. The results will be displayed as CAN/LIN frames. Not only communication data but also time stamp and external signals are recorded. Besides, LE-270GR can register positioning by GPS receiver and acceleration information by acceleration sensor.
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● ID Filter Select the ID filter from “OFF”(invalid), “Acceptance”, “Pass”, “Cut”, “Pass & Cut”, or “Acceptance & Pass & Cut”. ・ Acceptance Captures the frames which have corresponding ID by a hardware filter. You can set bit-by-bit (“0”, “1”, “*”, (Don’t care)) from high-order bit by acceptance configuration tab.
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・ Cut NOT capture the frames which have corresponding ID by a software filter. Select standard format of extended format at the cut configuration tab and set the ID by HEX (“0” - “F”, “*”, (Don’t care)). (You can set up to 8 items) Configure values within the scope of ID:0 –...
● Frame End Select the frame end from “Time” (non-communication time exceeds the value set in “Frame End Time”) or “ID” (value of DLC field). Select “ID” for normal operation. If selecting “ID”, select DLC and method of calculating checksum for each ID. ●...
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■ Stop Measuring Click “ ” on the tool bar of data window (or click “Measurement” -> “Stop measurement”). It is able to scroll data after the measurement in the Data Monitor display. Data will be saved into the specified folder set in the configuration settings.
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Z axis (g) from the acceleration sensor module (±8G) *1: Nothing will be displayed in LE-270AR. If selecting OFF for GPS/Acceleration function, nothing will be displayed in LE-270GR. If selecting ON for GPS/Acceleration function, this item will be displayed, even though nothing is received from GPS module.
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● Error Data and Special Character Meaning Normal Frame SynchBreak error of LIN (When Dominant is 10bit) SynchField error of LIN (At the time other than 0x55) Parity error of LIN Data length error of LIN ("ID"is set in "Frame End" setting ) When the data of the Response of LIN is less than 1byte CRC error of CAN / Checksum error of LIN ACK error of CAN...
4.3 Watch Data Display It is able to display only specific ID frames while measuring. Only the latest data will be displayed and update it every one second. ■ Setting of Watch Data Display Click “ ” on the tool bar of the data window (or “tool” -> “Watch Data settings”). Set the target channels and ID.
4.4 Analog Waveform Display Display the analog waveform at the specified sampling cycle. ■ Analog mode setting Select “ANALOG” (Analog mode) at Function, then select sampling cycle (min.1ms, max.10min). * When selecting Analog mode, time stamp resolution can be selected from [Hr:Min:Sec] or [Min:Sec:x1ms]. Refer to “3.2 Configuration of Analysis Software ■...
Chapter 5 Simulation Function The simulation function performs a transmission/reception test according to the protocol as a communication partner of the device to be tested when the other device is not prepared at the initial stage of development. The data registered in the simulation data tables 0 to F can be sent with one touch on the operation panel.
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■ Sweep Setting (when data frame is selected) When Sweep is ON, set the following. ◆ Endian Select the storage order (LITTLE, BIG) of the data to be swept. For example, if 0123h is set, each byte order will be as follows. BIG: LITTLE: 23h ◆...
5.3 CAN Simulation By the CAN simulation, the data registered in the simulation data table can be transmitted with one touch on the operation panel. ■ Preparation for Simulation Click “Measurement”-> “Measurement setting” on the menu bar to open the measurement setting screen and make the following settings.
5.4 LIN Table Setting ■ Type Select whether to send the header part or response part of the frame. The operation will be as shown in the table below depending on the combination of the mode and type to be simulated. Type Master Mode Slave Mode...
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■ Registration of the Transmission Data ◆ Master Simulation Select each table (0 to F) in “Simulation data table”. When sending data to the slave node, in the settings for each table set the frame type to “Response”, set the slave ID to “ID”, and set the data to be sent to “Data”. When receiving data from a slave node, set the frame type to “Header”...
Chapter 6 Useful Functions 6.1 Trigger Function Trigger function is to start a specific action upon occurrence of a specific event as the trigger. A perplexing flow of data, which is not easy to be analyzed in the normal monitor operation, is analyzed on the basis of occur- rence of the specific event.
6.2 Text Conversion Measured data can be converted into text file or CSV file. Click “ ” on the tool bar of the data window (or “Tool” -> “Text Conversion”). ■ Text Conversion [Folder] Select the file to convert into text. [Conversion Options] Select the type of conversion.
8GB SD card: 7.4GB Per 1 frame Without GPS/ With GPS/ acceleration acceleration monitoring monitoring LE-270AR About 32 Bytes LE-270GR About 32 Bytes About 64 Bytes Regardless of the communication speed, it saves about 32768 frames (when without GPS/ acceleration monitoring) or about 16384 frames (when with GPS/ acceleration monitoring) for 1 file which has 1M size.
Reference for how long it can record (When max. file number: 450, filesize: 4MByte (1.8GB in total)) In the case that it transmit a frame in the interval of 1m second Frame number per 1 file (4M) Record time per 1 file (4M) Record time for 450 files About 131072 frames About 2 minutes and 10 second...
7.3 Receive the logger files by Wi-Fi connection. By using “lefiledownload.exe” in the attached CD-ROM, via Wi-Fi you can obtain a log file in the SD card inserted into the analyzer without stopping logging into your PC. For this function you need to copy the “lefiledownload.exe” to a folder in your PC and double click it, or when you use a PC in which the analysis software “LE-LIN27R”...
7.4 Auto Run/Stop Function By setting the specified start and stop time/date, the analyzer can automatically start and stop the measurement. Click “ ” on the tool bar of the data window (or click “Measurement” -> “Measurement setting”) to open the setting display and set the items at “Auto run/stop”. * Mode [Monthly] : Start measuring at the specified time...
Chapter 8 Update Firmware You can update to the latest firmware by the PC, which installed the USB driver. The latest firmware will be available from the LINEEYE website. Connect the analyzer to the PC and execute “LE8FIRM.EXE” and follow the instruction.
Chapter 9 Specifications 9.1 Interface (CAN/LIN/External Input) Dsub 25pin connector is for the port of CAN, LIN and external input signal. Pin NO Signal name Function BATT LIN Battery Power and Power for the analyzer Signal Ground Signal Ground EXIN1 External Input 1 EXIN2 External Input 2...
*2: LE-270AR does not have GPS function. *3: Only SD/SDHC cards sold or attached by LINEEYE are supported. *4: Wi-Fi function is available only in Japan, USA, Canada, and EU nations where the product is needed to be compliant with RE directive (2014/53/EU).
* LINEEYE will repair the product according to the warranty. * After the warranty period, LINEEYE will repair the product for you to use the functions properly at your own expense. If your product needs to be repaired, please tell us the model name, serial number, purchased date, and the details of problems.
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Please register your product for further support. We will provide you the firmware update information and sales information etc. LINEEYE CO., LTD. 4F., Marufuku Bldg., 39-1, Karahashi Nishihiragaki-cho, Minami-ku, Kyoto, 601-8468, Japan Phone : 81-75-693-0161 Fax : 81-75-693-0163 URL https://www.lineeye.com Email :info@lineeye.co.jp Printed in Japan M-8227RE/LE...
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