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- Page 1 PCAN-USB FD CAN FD Interface for High-Speed USB 2.0 User Manual Document version 1.2.1 (2015-06-10)
- Page 2 Copyright © 2015 PEAK-System Technik GmbH Duplication (copying, printing, or other forms) and the electronic distribution of this document is only allowed with explicit permission of PEAK-System Technik GmbH. PEAK-System Technik GmbH reserves the right to change technical data without prior announcement.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
PCAN-USB FD – User Manual Contents Introduction Properties at a Glance System Requirements Scope of Supply Installing the Software and the Adapter Connecting the CAN Bus D-Sub Connector Supplying External Devices via the CAN Connector CAN Termination Cabling 3.4.1 Termination 3.4.2... - Page 4 PCAN-USB FD – User Manual 5.2.2 Principle Description of the API 5.2.3 Notes about the License Technical Specifications Appendix A CE Certificate Appendix B Dimension Drawings Appendix C Quick Reference...
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Page 5: Introduction
PCAN-USB FD – User Manual Introduction The CAN FD adapter PCAN-USB FD allows the connection of CAN FD and CAN networks to a computer via USB. A galvanic isolation of up to 500 Volts decouples the PC from the CAN bus. The simple handling and its compact plastic casing make the adapter suitable for mobile applications. - Page 6 Extended operating temperature range from -40 to 85 °C (-40 to 185 °F) Note: This manual describes the use of PCAN-USB FD adapter with Windows. You can find device drivers for Linux and the corresponding application information on the provided DVD in the directory branch Develop and on our website under www.peak-system.com/linux.
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Page 7: System Requirements
PCAN-USB FD – User Manual System Requirements A vacant USB port (USB 1.1, USB 2.0 or USB 3.0) at the compu- ter or at a self-powered USB hub connected to the computer Operating system Windows 8.1, 7, Vista (32/64-bit) or Linux (32/64-bit) Note: Do not use a USB extension cable to connect the PCAN- USB FD adapter to the computer. -
Page 8: Installing The Software And The Adapter
This chapter covers the software setup for the PCAN-USB FD adapter under Windows and the connection of the adapter to the computer. Setup the driver before connecting the PCAN-USB FD adapter to the computer for the first time. Do the following to install the driver: Insert the supplied DVD into the appropriate drive of the computer. - Page 9 PCAN-USB FD – User Manual Do the following to connect the PCAN-USB FD adapter to the computer and complete the initialization: Note: Do not use a USB extension cable to connect the PCAN- USB FD adapter to the computer. The use of an extension cable does not comply with the USB specification and can lead to malfunction of the adapter.
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Page 10: Connecting The Can Bus
D Sub connector. The pin assignment for CAN corresponds to the specification CiA® 102. Figure 1: Pin assignment High-speed CAN (view onto connector of the PCAN-USB FD adapter) With the pin 1 devices with low power consumption (e.g. bus converters) can be directly supplied via the CAN connector. At delivery these pin are not assigned. -
Page 11: Supplying External Devices Via The Can Connector
Supplying External Devices via the CAN Connector On the PCAN-USB FD board (casing opened) a 5-Volt supply can optionally be routed to pin 1 of the D-Sub connector. Thus devices with low power consumption (e.g. external bus converters) can be directly supplied via the CAN connector. - Page 12 PCAN-USB FD – User Manual Figure 2: Top view PCAN-USB FD board, solder field JP4 For reassembly place the board overhead onto the top part of the casing. Ensure that the cable is lying with the strain relief in the cut- out of the casing, and that the LED is placed in the corresponding hole.
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Page 13: Can Termination
Attention! Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage or destroy components on the PCAN-USB FD board. Take precautions to avoid ESD when handling the card. Open the casing of the PCAN-USB FD adapter by cautiously pushing in the latches on both sides, e.g. with a flat tip screwdriver. - Page 14 PCAN-USB FD – User Manual Figure 3: Top view PCAN-USB FD board, solder fields JP1 and JP2 For reassembly place the board overhead onto the top part of the casing. Ensure that the cable is lying with the strain relief in the cut- out of the casing, and that the LED is placed in the corresponding hole.
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Page 15: Cabling
3.4.2 Example of a Connection Figure 4: Simple CAN connection In this example, the PCAN-USB FD adapter is connected with a control unit by a cable that is terminated at both ends. 3.4.3 Maximum Bus Length High-Speed-CAN networks may have bit rates of up to 1 Mbit/s. - Page 16 PCAN-USB FD – User Manual Bit rate Bus length 1 Mbit/s 40 m 500 kbit/s 110 m 250 kbit/s 240 m 125 kbit/s 500 m 50 kbit/s 1.3 km The listed values have been calculated on the basis of an idealized system and can differ from reality.
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Page 17: Operation
PCAN-USB FD – User Manual Operation Status LED The PCAN-USB FD adapter has a status LED which can be in one of the following conditions: Status Meaning Green There's a connection to a driver of the operating system. Green slow blinking A software application is connected to the adapter. -
Page 18: Software And Api
PCAN-USB FD – User Manual Software and API This chapter covers the provided software PCAN-View and the programming interface PCAN-Basic. Monitor Software PCAN-View PCAN-View is simple Windows software for viewing, transmitting, and logging CAN- and CAN FD messages. Note: This chapter describes the use of PCAN-View with a CAN- FD adapter. - Page 19 PCAN-USB FD – User Manual Do the following to start and initialize PCAN-View: Open the Windows Start menu or the Windows Start page and select PCAN-View. The dialog box for selecting the hardware and for setting the parameters appears. Figure 6: Selection of the specific hardware and parameters From the list Available PCAN hardware, select the desired interface to be used.
- Page 20 PCAN-USB FD – User Manual Note: Both transmission rates must match those which are used by all nodes on the CAN bus. You can create user-defined transmission rates using the button to the right of the drop- down lists. Under Filter settings you can limit the range of CAN IDs to be received, either for standard frames (11-bit IDs) or for extended frames (29-bit IDs).
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Page 21: Receive/Transmit Tab
PCAN-USB FD – User Manual 5.1.1 Receive/Transmit Tab Figure 7: Receive/Transmit tab The Receive/Transmit tab is the main element of PCAN-View. It contains two lists, one for received messages and one for the transmit messages. The representation of the data is done primarily in hexadecimal format. - Page 22 PCAN-USB FD – User Manual Figure 8: Dialog box new transmit message Enter the ID and the data for the new CAN message. With a length of more than 8 bytes, the data on the button to the right is entered beside the eighth data field.
- Page 23 PCAN-USB FD – User Manual You trigger selected transmit messages manually with the menu command Transmit > Send (alternatively Space bar). The manual transmission for messages being transmitted periodically is carried out additionally. Tip: Using the menu command File > Save the current transmit...
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Page 24: Trace Tab
PCAN-USB FD – User Manual 5.1.2 Trace Tab Figure 9: Trace tab On the Trace tab the data tracer of PCAN-View is used for logging the communication on a CAN bus. During this process the messages are cached in the working memory of the PC. Afterwards they can be saved to a file. -
Page 25: Pcan-Usb Fd Tab
PCAN-USB FD adapters on a computer at the same time. To identify a PCAN-USB FD adapter, you first go to the dialog box for selecting the hardware of PCAN-View (Figure 6 on page 19). In the list “Available PCAN hardware and PCAN-nets”, you can per- form a right-click on every USB adapter and execute the command "identify". - Page 26 ISO 11898-1. The revised CAN FD standard is not compatible with the original protocol. PEAK-System takes this into account by supporting both protocol versions with their CAN FD interfaces. If required, the user can switch to the CAN FD protocol used in the environment with the Enable / Disable button („Non-ISO“...
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Page 27: Bus Load Tab
PCAN-USB FD – User Manual 5.1.4 Bus load Tab Figure 11: Bus load tab On the Bus Load tab the current bus load of the connected CAN channel and its course over time are displayed along with statistical information. The bus load of a CAN bus reflects the utilization of transmission capacity. -
Page 28: Error Generator Tab
PCAN-USB FD – User Manual 5.1.5 Error Generator Tab Figure 12: Error Generator tab Via the Error Generator tab, the communication on the CAN bus can be disturbed for testing purposes by 6 consecutive dominant bits. This is a violation of the CAN protocol on the CAN bus which must be recognized as an error by the connected CAN nodes. - Page 29 PCAN-USB FD – User Manual The Destroy Single Frame area refers to the next CAN frame that is recognized by the PCAN-USB FD adapter after activation. Do the following to destroy a single CAN frame: Enter the Bit Position where in the CAN frame the error is to be generated.
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Page 30: Status Bar
PCAN-USB FD – User Manual 5.1.6 Status Bar Figure 13: Display of the status bar The status bar shows information about the current CAN connection, about error counters (Overruns, QXmtFull), and shows error messages. You can find further information about the use of PCAN-View in the help which you can invoke in the program via the menu Help or the F1 key. -
Page 31: Linking Own Programs With Pcan-Basic
On the provided DVD you can find files of the programming interface PCAN-Basic in the directory branch Develop. This API provides basic functions for linking own programs to CAN- and CAN FD interfaces by PEAK-System and can be used for the following operating systems: Windows 8.1, 7, Vista (32/64-bit) Windows CE 6.x (x86/ARMv4) -
Page 32: Features Of Pcan-Basic
Use of up to 16 channels for each hardware unit (depending on the PEAK CAN interface used) Simple switching between the channels of a PEAK CAN interface Driver-internal buffer for 32,768 messages per CAN channel Precision of time stamps on received messages up to 1 μs (depending on the PEAK CAN interface used) Supports PEAK-System‘s trace formats version 1.1 and 2.0 (for... -
Page 33: Principle Description Of The Api
PCAN-USB FD – User Manual An overview of the API functions is located in the header files. You can find detailed information about the PCAN-Basic API on the provided DVD in the text and help files (file name extensions .txt and .chm). -
Page 34: Notes About The License
Notes about the License Device drivers, the interface DLL, and further files needed for linking are property of the PEAK-System Technik GmbH and may be used only in connection with a hardware component purchased from PEAK-System or one of its partners. If a CAN hardware component... -
Page 35: Technical Specifications
PCAN-USB FD – User Manual Technical Specifications Connectors Computer USB plug type A D-Sub (m), 9 pins Pin assignment according to specification CiA® 102 Type High-speed USB 2.0 (compatible with USB 1.1 and USB 3.0) Specification CAN FD 1.0 (compatible with CAN 2.0) - Page 36 PCAN-USB FD – User Manual Environment Operating temperature -40 - 85 °C (-40 - 185 °F) Temperature for storage -40 - 100 °C (-40 - 212 °F) and transport Relative humidity 15 - 90 %, not condensing EN 55024: 2011-09...
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Page 37: Appendix Ace Certificate
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Page 38: Appendix B Dimension Drawings
PCAN-USB FD – User Manual Appendix B Dimension Drawings Figure 15: View PCAN-USB FD. The figures don't show the actual size of the product. -
Page 39: Appendix C Quick Reference
PCAN-USB FD – User Manual Appendix C Quick Reference Software/Hardware Installation under Windows Before connecting the PCAN-USB FD adapter to the computer set up the corresponding software package from the supplied DVD (with administrator privileges). Afterwards connect the PCAN-USB FD adapter to a USB port at your computer. The adapter is recog- nized by Windows and the driver is initialized.