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Kvaser USBcan Professional
User's Guide
Copyright 2001-2011 Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden
http://www.kvaser.com
Last updated Thursday, 28 April 2011
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 as a commitment by Kvaser AB.
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Page 1: Kvaser Usbcan Professional User's Guide
Last updated Thursday, 28 April 2011 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... - Page 2 Kvaser USBcan Professional User's Guide 2(23) (This page is intentionally left blank.) Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Kvaser USBcan Professional hardware ................7 Hardware installation ....................7 USB connector ......................7 CAN channels ......................7 LED indicators ......................9 How to use the Kvaser USBcan Professional ............. 11 Troubleshooting ......................11 Appendices ........................12 System requirements ....................12 Technical data ......................12 Performance ...................... -
Page 4: About This Manual
Kvaser USBcan Professional User's Guide 4(23) 2 About this manual This manual is intended for the Kvaser USBcan Professional users. This manual contains a description of the properties of the hardware and general instructions for connecting the device to a computer. -
Page 5: Introduction
3.1 Welcome to Kvaser USBcan Professional Figure 1. Kvaser USBcan Professional. Kvaser USBcan Professional is a powerful two channel real time CAN to USB interface. The Kvaser USBcan Professional supports Kvaser's MagiSync™ technology to synchronize time stamps across multiple units without extra wires providing flexibility for multi-channel applications. -
Page 6: Major Features Of Kvaser Usbcan Professional
Kvaser CANLIB SDK, which includes everything you need to develop software for the Kvaser CAN hardware. Includes full documentation and many sample programs, written in C, C++, C#, Delphi, and Visual Basic. All Kvaser CAN interface hardware shares a common software API. Programs written for one board type will run without modifications on the other board types! ... -
Page 7: Kvaser Usbcan Professional Hardware
4.1 Hardware installation The Kvaser USBcan Professional may be inserted in any free USB socket on the host computer. You do not need to switch the power off before inserting or removing the device. For the Kvaser USBcan Professional to communicate with the host computer, the correct version of the Kvaser driver and firmware must be installed. - Page 8 USB device connector Figure 2: Connections on the Kvaser USBcan Professional. The two CAN channels are on top of the picture and the USB device connector is on the bottom of the picture. Figure 3: The CAN channels on Kvaser USBcan Professional.
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Page 9: Led Indicators
Power and general status. CAN 1 (Yellow) Status for CAN channel 1. CAN 2 (Yellow) Status for CAN channel 2. ERR (Red) Indicates different types of errors. Figure 4. LEDs on the Kvaser USBcan Professional. Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com... - Page 10 Kvaser USBcan Professional User's Guide 10(23) Table 3: LED indicators, detailed meaning. CAN 1 CAN 2 Meaning (Green) (Yellow) (Yellow) (Red) Slow flash Waiting for USB connection with the PC. Power ON (The device is connected to Steady the computer).
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Page 11: How To Use The Kvaser Usbcan Professional
11(23) 5 How to use the Kvaser USBcan Professional To use the Kvaser USBcan Professional as a CAN interface; connect the unit to a free USB socket on your PC or USB hub. When used as a CAN interface, the green lamp will be illuminated and the yellow lamps will emit short flashes when CAN messages are transmitted and received. -
Page 12: Appendices
Kvaser USBcan Professional User's Guide 12(23) 6 Appendices In this section you will find technical information about Kvaser USBcan Professional and its connectors. 6.1 System requirements A USB interface. Use USB 2.0 HiSpeed for optimum results, although the device will work with a USB 1.1 interface too. -
Page 13: Performance
2 s Time stamp accuracy. Galvanic isolation. 6.4 CAN connectors The Kvaser USBcan Professional has two high-speed CAN channels which are equipped with either D-SUB connectors or RJ45 connectors. 6.4.1 D-SUB Both CAN channels have 9-pin D-SUB connectors (see Figure 5) with the pinning described below (see Table 6 and Table 7). - Page 14 Kvaser USBcan Professional User's Guide 14(23) Table 6: D-SUB pin configuration of the CAN channel 1. The CAN channel 1 has the following pin configuration. (Auto-reset fuses protect Pins 2, 3, 4, 7 and 9.) D-SUB pin number Color code Function Not connected.
- Page 15 Kvaser USBcan Professional User's Guide 15(23) Figure 6: The RJ45 connector pin numbers on a CAN channel. Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...
- Page 16 Kvaser USBcan Professional User's Guide 16(23) Table 8: RJ45 pin configuration of the CAN channel 1. The CAN channel 1 has the following pin configuration. (Auto-reset fuses protect Pins 1, 2, 3, 4 and 8.) RJ45 pin number Function CAN_H CAN_L Reserved;...
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Page 17: Updating The Firmware
17(23) 6.5 Updating the firmware Connect the Kvaser USBcan Professional to your PC with the USB cable. Double-click on the file ―update.exe‖. A small application opens where you should see the device listed if correctly connected to your PC (see Figure 7). Select the device to program and click the Next button. -
Page 18: Required Driver Version
6.6 Required driver version You need at least driver (CANLIB) version 3.9 to use your Kvaser USBcan Professional. 6.7 CAN bus termination Every CAN bus must be terminated with a 120 Ohm resistor at each end of the bus. The Kvaser USBcan Professional does not contain any CAN bus terminators, because their inclusion could cause severe disturbance in a system which is already correctly terminated. - Page 19 Kvaser USBcan Professional User's Guide 19(23) To save yourself a lot of trouble, always terminate the CAN bus properly. Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...
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Page 20: Frequently Asked Questions
Q: I want to read the messages sent on the CAN bus without interfering with the system, how can I do that? A: You should put the Kvaser USBcan Professional in Silent mode; that is, it doesn't send anything, not even ACK bits, on the bus. Reception works as usual. -
Page 21: Legal Acknowledgements
AND THE APPLICATION FOR WHICH THIS DEVICE WILL BE APPLIED, MAY USE THE DEVICE. PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU CAN INTEGRATE THIS PRODUCT AS A SUBSYSTEM INTO HIGHER-LEVEL SYSTEMS. IN CASE YOU DO SO, KVASER Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com... -
Page 22: Emc Compliance Statement
TO THE CORRECTION OF DEFECTS, AND KVASER AB HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY OVER AND ABOVE THE REFUNDING OF THE PRICE PAID FOR THIS DEVICE, SINCE KVASER AB DOES NOT HAVE ANY INFLUENCE ON THE IMPLEMENTATIONS OF THE HIGHER-LEVER SYSTEM, WHICH MAY BE DEFECTIVE. -
Page 23: Document Revision History
Original revision 2007-01-30 Updates photos. 2008-12-03 Correction: USBcan Professional can not be powered from the CAN bus side, only from the USB side. Added proper WEEE symbol. 2009-09-25 The ERR LED is only red and not bi-colored. Removed section 4.4 because the device is galvanically isolated and can not be...
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