ECM pmCAN Module Instruction Manual page 8

will be supplied with the adapter or be available on-line. ECM's Configuration Tool is
delivered on a CD or memory stick and is available for download from www.ecm-co.com
Once the adapter's driver and the Configuration Tool software are installed, and with the
module(s) powered and connected to the CAN adapter, start the Configuration Tool software.
Click on the "Modules" tab, select the CAN adapter, select the baud rate (all modules
shipped from ECM are set at 500kbaud except if they are to be used in a miniPEMS where
they are set at 250kbaud), and click on the "START" button.
The software will identify the modules on the bus and display them in the "Module" field. If
this does not happen, make sure that the CAN bus is properly terminated (i.e. termination
resistors), that all modules on the bus are set to the same baudrate, and that baudrate is
selected in the Configuration Tool. Open the Module field to see all the modules on the bus.
If a module is not listed, one reason could be that its Node ID is the same as another module.
To resolve this, remove all modules except the "missing" one from the CAN bus, STOP then
START the software, and change that module's Node ID. Another reason that a module is
not listed could be that the module is in EIB mode instead of stand-alone mode. All modules
must be in stand-alone mode.
To configure one of the modules (ex. change its Node ID) or to look at that module's data,
you have to select that module in the "Module" field.
There are three things you can do with modules using the Configuration Tool:
1. Configure a module.
2. Look at data coming from that module in real-time and optionally log it.
3. Produce a .dbc file to be used by a device receiving module data.
Alternatively, 1. and 2. (above) can be performed by direct CAN communication with the
pmCAN module using user-written software. For information on how to do this and detailed
information about the modules, refer to the pmCAN Programmer's Manual.
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