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Kvaser Memorator Pro 5xHS User's Guide
Copyright 2014-2015 Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden
http://www.kvaser.com
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Printed Thursday 21
May, 2015
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 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 Memorator Pro 5xHS User’s Guide 2 (27) (This page is intentionally left blank.) Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    4.8 Updating the firmware ......4.9 Kvaser MagiSync ......

  • Page 4: About This Manual

    Kvaser Memorator Pro 5xHS User’s Guide 4 (27) 1 About this manual This manual is intended for Kvaser Memorator Pro 5xHS users. This document contains a description of the hardware’s properties and general instructions for connecting the device to a computer.

  • Page 5: Introduction

    CAN messages on the bus with a high time stamp precision. Kvaser Memorator Pro 5xHS can also be used as a powerful multi channel real time CAN to USB interface. It is compatible with applications that use Kvaser‘s CANlib.

  • Page 6: Major Features

    USB interface, it also makes it possible to log data from a CAN bus to a standard SD card. Kvaser Memorator Pro 5xHS can log continuously, or logging can be triggered by external triggers (rising or falling edge) and/or by messages on the CAN bus (triggered by identifier, data contents or error frames.) Pre- and post-trigger times...

  • Page 7: Configuration Software In The Pc

    Kvaser Memorator Pro 5xHS User’s Guide 7 (27) 2.4 Configuration software in the PC To be able to configure Kvaser Memorator Pro 5xHS, you need to install Kvaser Memorator Config Tool which can be downloaded at http://www.kvaser.com/download/. The Kvaser Memorator Config Tool will assist in: Configuration of the CAN controller (e.g.

  • Page 8: Kvaser Memorator Pro 5Xhs Hardware

    In this section you can read more about the CAN channels, power supply and LED indicators. 3.1 Hardware installation The Kvaser Memorator Pro 5xHS 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.

  • Page 9: Can Channels

    Figure 3: CAN connector on Kvaser Memorator Pro 5xHS 3.4 External trigger The Kvaser Memorator Pro 5xHS can be set up to trigger on an external input signal, where the edge can be configured for rising or falling. It is also possible to configure the Kvaser Memorator Pro 5xHS to send an external pulse, of...

  • Page 10: Sd Card

    Section 4.3, Technical data, on Page 15. 3.6 SD Card You can use SD, SDHC and SDXC cards with your Kvaser Memorator Pro 5xHS for logging. The Kvaser Memorator Pro 5xHS is built with industrial environments in mind, but please note that the SD card used can be a limiting factor. By using a quality card that matches the specifications of the Kvaser unit, you minimize the...

  • Page 11: Led Indicators

    11 (27) 3.7 LED Indicators The Kvaser Memorator Pro 5xHS has one power LED and one traffic LED for each CAN channel as shown in Figure 5 on Page 11. Their functions are described in Section 4.1, Definitions of LED states and colors, on Page 12.

  • Page 12: Appendices

    5xHS and its connectors. 4.1 Definitions of LED states and colors A Kvaser device has two basic types of LEDs; Power and Traffic. These are dual colored as shown in Table 2. A device with multiple CAN channels has one Traffic LED for each CAN channel.
  • Page 13 If the Power LED is showing yellow in the Interface mode for an extended period something is wrong, see Table 3 on Page 13. When the device is connected to Kvaser Memorator Tools (in Interface mode), the LED will be showing any of the states shown in Table 5.
  • Page 14 This is instead included in the indication of "Configuration file missing or corrupt", see Table 6. This should not normally happen. If it does, please contact Kvaser support. This also includes the case where a t program failed to load and start as configured.

  • Page 15: Start And Stop Of T Programs

    Read the Kvaser t Programming Language guide that can be downloaded at http://www.kvaser.com/download/ for more information. The “on start” event will be triggered in the Kvaser Memorator Pro 5xHS when any of the following occurs: kvScriptStart() When a t program is started using the CANlib API ( When a t program is started from another t program.

  • Page 16: Can Connectors

    Table 8: Technical Specifications. 4.4 CAN connectors Kvaser Memorator Pro 5xHS devices that uses the 26-pin HD D-SUB connector (see Figure 6) has the pinning described in Table 9 on Page 17. This table also describes how the HD26-5xDS9 splitter (see Figure 8 on Page 18) connects to fiveseperate 9-pin DSUB connectors, CAN 1 to CAN 5.
  • Page 17 Kvaser Memorator Pro 5xHS User’s Guide 17 (27) Figure 7: The male D-SUB 9 connector pin numbers HD D-SUB CAN 1 CAN 2 CAN 3 CAN 4 CAN 5 Function CAN_L channel 1 CAN_L channel 2 CAN_L channel 3 CAN_L channel 4...

  • Page 18: Can Bus Termination

    To save yourself a lot of trouble, always terminate the CAN bus properly. 4.6 External trigger input The Kvaser Memorator Pro 5xHS can be set up to trigger on an external signal and can be configured to react on both falling and rising edges. Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...
  • Page 19 Figure 9: Example of how to connect a button to the External trigger input. Internally, the External trigger input has a pull-up to +5 V, see Figure 10 Figure 10: The External trigger input inside the Kvaser Memorator Pro 5xHS. Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...

  • Page 20: External Trigger Output

    Kvaser Memorator Pro 5xHS User’s Guide 20 (27) 4.7 External trigger output The Kvaser Memorator Pro 5xHS can be set up to send an external pulse through the External trigger output pin. See Section 4.4, CAN connectors, on Page 16 for pin numbering.

  • Page 21: Kvaser Magisync

    Kvaser Memorator Pro 5xHS User’s Guide 21 (27) Connect the Kvaser Memorator Pro 5xHS to your PC with the USB cable and start the update.exe application. A window opens showing the Firmware Update Instructions, read and follow those carefully. To check the current firmware version, open “Kvaser Hardware” which can be found in the Control Panel.
  • Page 22 Kvaser Memorator Pro 5xHS User’s Guide 22 (27) Figure 14: Not all devices are synchronized via MagiSync in this setup. Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com...

  • Page 23: Disposal And Recycling Information

    Kvaser Memorator Pro 5xHS User’s Guide 23 (27) 5 Disposal and Recycling Information When this product reaches its end of life, please dispose of it according to your local environmental laws and guidelines. Dispose of batteries according to your local environmental laws and guidelines.

  • Page 24: Legal Acknowledgements

    KVASER AB’S WARRANTY SHALL BE LIMITED 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 25: Ec Regulatory Compliance

    Kvaser Memorator Pro 5xHS User’s Guide 25 (27) 6.2 EC Regulatory Compliance The product(s); 73-30130-00778-9, is in conformity with the essential requirements of the following regulations and directives: DIRECTIVE 2012/19/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 4 July 2012 (WEEE) REGULATION (EC) No.
  • Page 26 Kvaser Memorator Pro 5xHS User’s Guide 26 (27) Adobe, the Adobe logo, and Reader are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. MagiSync is a trademark of Kvaser AB. DeviceNet is a Trademark of Open DeviceNet Vendor Association, Inc.

  • Page 27: Document Revision History

    Kvaser Memorator Pro 5xHS User’s Guide 27 (27) 7 Document Revision History Version history for document UG_98165_memo_pro_5hs: Revision Date Changes 2015-01-30 Initial version 2015-02-16 Added note on handling of write protected SD cards and info about trigger on 32 bit signals.

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