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Kvaser BlackBird Getting Started Guide
Copyright 2007-2025 Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden
https://www.kvaser.com
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Printed Monday 17
February, 2025
We believe that the information contained herein was accurate in all respects at the time of printing.
Kvaser AB cannot, however, assume any responsibility for errors or omissions in this text. Also note
that the information in this document is subject to change without notice and should not be construed
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  • Page 1 We believe that the information contained herein was accurate in all respects at the time of printing. Kvaser AB cannot, however, assume any responsibility for errors or omissions in this text. Also note that the information in this document is subject to change without notice and should not be construed...
  • Page 2 Kvaser BlackBird Getting Started Guide 2 (50) (This page is intentionally left blank.) Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Starting the configuration program ....Identifying your Kvaser BlackBird ....
  • Page 4 10.10 Connect to the built-in web server ....10.11 Scan for Kvaser BlackBirds ..... .

  • Page 5: About This Manual

    5 (50) 1 About this manual This manual is intended for Kvaser BlackBird users. It contains a description of the setup programs and detailed instructions of how to connect the device to a wireless network. Basic knowledge about TCP/IP networks is assumed.

  • Page 6: Installation Summary

    9. Connect to the device (Section 7.2, Selecting the device you want to use, on Page 31). 10. The new remote CAN device should now be visible in Kvaser Device Guide (Section 8, Using Kvaser BlackBird from your software, on Page 34).

  • Page 7: Driver Installation

    Install version 5.6 or later of the Kvaser CAN drivers by running kvaser_drivers_setup.exe Figure 1: Kvaser CAN Drivers Installation Wizard. After installing the drivers, plug in your Kvaser BlackBird into a free USB port on your computer. The “Found New Hardware” wizard in Windows will now start. Complete it as usual.
  • Page 8 Kvaser BlackBird Getting Started Guide 8 (50) Figure 2: Starting Kvaser Device Guide from the Control Panel. Figure 3: Kvaser Device Guide lists the connected devices. Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...

  • Page 9: Network Operational Modes

    The Kvaser BlackBird is normally connected to a computer via an access point (AP), this is referred to as infrastructure mode. The Kvaser BlackBird may also be connected directly to a computer using either ad-hoc mode or the “Wireless Hosted Network”...

  • Page 10: Infrastructure Mode

    Note that most network cards only support WEP-64 and WEP-128 encryption in ad-hoc mode. 4.2 Infrastructure mode If you are using an AP (Access Point), you should connect the Kvaser BlackBird in infrastructure mode. Figure 5: Infrastructure mode. In this case, your network probably has a DHCP server running. If your network does not have a DHCP server, you will need to assign a static IP address to your Kvaser BlackBird.

  • Page 11: Wireless Hosted Network

    Figure 6: Direct connection using Wireless hosted network. If you are using the “Wireless Hosted Network”, you should connect the Kvaser BlackBird in infrastructure mode. In this case, your computer typically have a DHCP server running and you will not have to assign static IP addresses.

  • Page 12: Quick Start Using Wi-Fi Pairing Tool

    Kvaser BlackBird to connect to it. 5.1 Initial network setup The easiest way to get started is to use the Kvaser Wi-Fi Pairing Tool to pair your Kvaser BlackBird with a host host computer that supports Wi-Fi Direct.
  • Page 13 CAN connector instead. The device will now turn up as a “Remote” device inside the Kvaser Device Guide, see Figure 11 on Page 15. For information about how to set up a WLAN connection to the Kvaser BlackBird, see the Kvaser BlackBird Getting Started Guide.
  • Page 14 Kvaser BlackBird Getting Started Guide 14 (50) Figure 9: In the Kvaser Wi-Fi Pairing Tool, click “Pair Device and PC” to start the pairing sequence. Figure 10: The Kvaser Wi-Fi Pairing Tool have successfully configured our Kvaser BlackBird. Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...
  • Page 15 Kvaser BlackBird Getting Started Guide 15 (50) Figure 11: The Kvaser BlackBird is marked as (Remote) to denote that it is now connected via Wi-Fi. Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...

  • Page 16: Configuring The Kvaser Blackbird

    Select your device in the list and click Next. If you have more than one Kvaser BlackBird in the list, you can identify a specific unit by the serial number that is printed on the back of the unit. You can also identify a Kvaser BlackBird by right-clicking on it in the list and selecting “Locate...
  • Page 17 The first time you connect to the device, the message shown in Figure 13. Figure 13: The device parameters are initially blank. Your Kvaser BlackBird ships without any passwords set. (If you decide to set a password, you will be asked for it next time you connect to the device. In that case, enter the password and click Finish.) For more information about setting a device...
  • Page 18 Kvaser BlackBird Getting Started Guide 18 (50) Figure 14: Status tab in Kvaser Remote Device Configuration. Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...

  • Page 19: Selecting Wlan Network

    19 (50) 6.3 Selecting WLAN network You will now enter the name of the WLAN network you are connecting the Kvaser BlackBird to. Go to the Configuration tab, see Figure 15. Figure 15: Configuration tab in Kvaser Remote Device Configuration.
  • Page 20 −70 dBm (as a rule of thumb, −70 dBm is weak, −60 dBm is fair, −50 dBm is good, and −40 dBm is strong). Figure 16: Availible networks in Kvaser Remote Device Configuration. Wait for your network to show up among the Currently Available Networks. The scanning process can take a little while, so please be patient.

  • Page 21: Setting Wlan Keys And Security

    If none channels are provided, device will attempt to use default channels, which are 1, 6 and 11 for Kvaser BlackBird. Another value that device needs to know is roaming threshold. It can takes values from 0 to 100 (0 to -100 dBm accordingly) and means the signal strength at which Kvaser BlackBird will consider roaming.
  • Page 22 6.4.3 About static WEP keys Some rules for setting up WEP: The Kvaser BlackBird must have one of the WEP keys specified on the AP in order to decode data sent from the AP to the Kvaser BlackBird. The AP must have all of the Kvaser BlackBird’s keys so the AP can decode transmissions from the Kvaser BlackBird to the AP.
  • Page 23 Kvaser BlackBird Getting Started Guide 23 (50) 6.4.4 Authentication algorithm When using WEP encryption, you can choose the Authentication algorithm: Open system means any station may connect to the AP whether that client station has the correct WEP key or not. This algorithm is also used in WPA and WPA2 encryption modes.

  • Page 24: Network Setup And Device Name

    Section 7, Selecting the device from the network, on Page 31. Clicking on the Apply or OK button will save the configuration to your Kvaser BlackBird and restart it. You may edit more than one tab before clicking Apply/OK. Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...
  • Page 25 Kvaser BlackBird Getting Started Guide 25 (50) Figure 19: Network tab in Kvaser Remote Device Configuration. Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...

  • Page 26: Setting Device Accessibility

    Kvaser BlackBird. If you forget your flash parameter password, you have the option to reset the password when you connect the Kvaser BlackBird. However, this reset will also erase all settings back to the factory default values. Figure 20: Accessibility tab in Kvaser Remote Device Configuration.

  • Page 27: Save The Configuration

    You may want to check the Info tab as well, see Figure 22 on Page 29, and verify that the “Device IP Address” is a valid address on your network. The Info tab in the Kvaser Remote Device Configuration tool will also show general information about the device such as MAC address, and hostname.
  • Page 28 Kvaser BlackBird Getting Started Guide 28 (50) Figure 21: Network connected in Kvaser Remote Device Configuration. Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...
  • Page 29 Kvaser BlackBird Getting Started Guide 29 (50) Figure 22: Info tab in Kvaser Remote Device Configuration. Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...

  • Page 30: Supplying External Power To The Device

    30 (50) 6.9 Supplying external power to the device Before you can start using your Kvaser BlackBird, you have to end the Kvaser Remote Device Configuration and remove the device from USB. Don’t forget to supply external power to the device. See your Kvaser BlackBird user’s guide for more information.

  • Page 31: Selecting The Device From The Network

    You may need to press the “Refresh list” button to update the list. The value in the Connect column should be “Yes” for your device. When you select a device from the list in the Kvaser Network Device Selector window, status information about the connection will be displayed in the lower half of the window, see Figure 24 on Page 32 In Figure 24 on Page 32, we can see that the device is being configured via USB.

  • Page 32: Finding New Hardware

    7.4 Verifying connection status Figure 25 on Page 33 shows what it looks like when the connection is established. Our device, “Kvaser Remote #17”, is connected to the computer Gram.kvaser.se at network address 10.0.3.35. The device driver service says CONNECTION UP, which means that the driver is installed and the computer is connected.
  • Page 33 Kvaser BlackBird Getting Started Guide 33 (50) Figure 25: Connection with the device have been established. Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...

  • Page 34: Using Kvaser Blackbird From Your Software

    34 (50) 8 Using Kvaser BlackBird from your software You can use the Kvaser BlackBird from any program that uses the CANlib API. You can view the channel information in Kvaser Device Guide by selecting a channel under the Kvaser BlackBird (Remote), see Figure 26.

  • Page 35: Configuring Host Computer

    Network, you most likely need to set a static IP address and Subnet mask on your computer. The IP address and net mask must be set so that the computer and Kvaser BlackBird can talk to each other. You can do this by using the following example: Kvaser BlackBird Computer IP address: 192.168.20.21...

  • Page 36: Setting Up Wireless Hosted Network On Your Computer

    4. In the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties you should select “Use the following IP address” and enter your static IP address and subnet mask. The Kvaser BlackBird is currently not accessing any DNS server, so you may leave these fields empty.
  • Page 37 Kvaser BlackBird Getting Started Guide 37 (50) Figure 28: Starting command prompt as administrator. Figure 29: Wireless adapter supports hosted network. Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...
  • Page 38 Kvaser BlackBird Getting Started Guide 38 (50) C: \ > netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode= a l l o w s s i d =mynet key= " passphrase " Hosted Networks automatically uses WPA2-PSK (AES) encryption and the key must be between 8 to 63 ASCII characters. In addition, wireless Hosted Networks do not automatically restart after the computer resumes from sleep, hibernate, or restarts.

  • Page 39: Setting Up An Ad-Hoc Network On Your Computer

    The Wireless Hosted Network typically starts a DHCP server, you can verify this by using ’ipconfig /all’ and examine the entry for the Hosted network. If you still would like to set a static IP address to the Kvaser BlackBird, see Section 6.5, Network setup and device name, on Page 24.
  • Page 40 Kvaser BlackBird Getting Started Guide 40 (50) Figure 31: Setting up ad-hoc network in Windows 7. Figure 32: Setting up ad-hoc network in Windows 7. Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...

  • Page 41: Connecting Your Computer To The Ad-Hoc Network

    Figure 33: Selecting wireless network in Windows 7. If it is not already connected, right click on the network and select “Connect”. Since we haven’t configured the Kvaser BlackBird, the computer will not find any devices yet. You can safely leave this running and continue below.

  • Page 42: Troubleshooting

    1.8 s and then off for 1.8 s. 10.2 Check connected status The Kvaser Remote Device Configuration program should display “Connected”. If not, you may have an authorization problem. Check the WLAN passphrase, security keys, encryption, and authorization mode.

  • Page 43: Scan For Networks

    IP number has been assigned. If you have set a static IP, make sure both the IP number and Network mask are correct. 10.7 Check that your computer and Kvaser BlackBird recognize each other (ad-hoc mode) View available networks by selecting Start->Control Panel->Network and Internet->Connect to a network, see Figure 34 on Page 44.

  • Page 44: Check Channel Number When Using Ad-Hoc Mode

    Some computer (most notable are computers with Intel 3945abg WLAN chip) only connect to ad-hoc networks on a fixed preset channel. So it can find the Kvaser BlackBird ad-hoc net, but tries to connect to it on its own predefined channel, regardless of which channel the Kvaser BlackBird is using.

  • Page 45: Connect To The Built-In Web Server

    Figure 35: Checking the WLAN link with ping. 10.10 Connect to the built-in web server The Kvaser BlackBird has a built-in web server that can be enabled on the Settings tab in the Kvaser Remote Device Configuration tool, see Figure 36 on Page 46.
  • Page 46 Kvaser BlackBird Getting Started Guide 46 (50) Figure 36: Enable webserver for debugging. Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...

  • Page 47: Scan For Kvaser Blackbirds

    10.11 Scan for Kvaser BlackBirds Using the Kvaser Network Device Selector tool, scan the network once again. Check the LEDs on the Kvaser BlackBird. The INFO LED should flash a few times when scanning is in progress. 10.12 Add the device manually In the Kvaser Network Device Selector tool, press the “Add”...

  • Page 48: Service Status Indications

    10.15 Scanning will not detect devices on other IP networks The scanning process will only detect Kvaser BlackBirds on the local network. If the Kvaser BlackBird you are trying to use is behind a router of any kind, you must add it manually to the list.

  • Page 49: Check Your Firewall

    49 (50) 10.17 Check your firewall The default port number used by the Kvaser BlackBird is 11416. This port is used for both UDP and TCP and should be open for both incoming and outgoing traffic (both TCP and UDP) on your firewall. The Kvaser Network Device Selector tool might also need authorization from you.

  • Page 50: Kvaser Blackbird Getting Started Guide

    Kvaser BlackBird Getting Started Guide 50 (50) 11 Document Revision History Version history for document IN_98027_blackbird_getting_started: Revision Date Changes 2008-04 Initial version. 2008-05-05 Updated screenshots, layout changes, several paragraphs cleaned up. 2009-09-25 Minor editorial changes. 2011-01-17 Added more info about ad-hoc 11 Mbit/s limit. Added more chapters to the Troubleshooting section.

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