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User Manual UMAX140900

Version 5

Firmware 5.xx

USER MANUAL

Ethernet to CAN Converter

P/N: AX140900

In Europe:
Axiomatic Technologies Oy
Höytämöntie 6
33880 Lempäälä - Finland
Tel. +358 103 375 750
Fax. +358 3 3595 660
www.axiomatic.fi

In North America:

Axiomatic Technologies Corporation

5915 Wallace Street

Mississauga, ON Canada L4Z 1Z8

Tel. 1 905 602 9270

Fax. 1 905 602 9279

www.axiomatic.com

Summary of Contents for AX140900

Page 1: ...140900 In Europe Axiomatic Technologies Oy Höytämöntie 6 33880 Lempäälä Finland Tel 358 103 375 750 Fax 358 3 3595 660 www axiomatic fi In North America Axiomatic Technologies Corporation 5915 Wallace Street Mississauga ON Canada L4Z 1Z8 Tel 1 905 602 9270 Fax 1 905 602 9279 www axiomatic com ...

Page 2: ...r IEC International Electrotechnical Commission IP Internet Protocol or Ingress Protection for housing ISO International Organization for Standardization L Length for size LAN Local Area Network LED Light Emitting Diode m meters MAC Media Access Control address MDIX Medium Dependent Interface Crossover MDI X ms millisecond PA Polyamide PHY Physical Layer Transceiver Ethernet chip P N Part Number P...

Page 3: ...15 3 3 2 CAN ID Mask Filters 16 4 CONVERTER DIAGNOSTICS 18 4 1 Health Status 18 4 2 Converter Rebooting 19 5 FIRMWARE UPDATE 20 5 1 Uploading the New Firmware 20 5 2 Applying the New Firmware 21 6 CONVERTER DEPLOYMENT 22 6 1 CAN Network Synchronization 22 6 1 1 Hardware Setup 22 6 1 2 Converter Configuration 23 6 1 2 1 Server Configuration 23 6 1 2 2 Client Configuration 24 7 CONVERTER DISCOVERY 2...

Page 4: ... the application firmware installed in the converter is covered by this user manual It can be done using any web browser connected to the converted over the Ethernet connection see Configuration Parameters section for more details The user manual is valid for application firmware with the same major version number as the user manual For example this user manual is valid for any application firmwar...

Page 5: ...indows application is provided to locate a converter on the LAN To ensure low latency in processing CAN and Ethernet messages the converter software runs under control of a real time operating system The converter is designed to work on off road machinery or in a harsh industrial environment with power transients high humidity and vibrations 2 1 Hardware Block Diagram The converter hardware block ...

Page 6: ...converter is powered CAN Power Output is in normal condition Red CAN Power Output is in a fault condition Ethernet 10 100 Green On Ethernet speed is 100 Mbit s Off Ethernet speed is 10 Mbit s Ethernet Link Act Green On Ethernet link is up Off Ethernet link is down Blinking Ethernet link is up and active 2 3 Firmware Organization The Ethernet to CAN Converter firmware contains two independent parts...

Page 7: ...CAN network traffic is high this number should be further reduced or the connections will become unstable due to limited internal resources of the microcontroller which are dynamically allocated between open connections The Communication Device can use either UDP or TCP internet protocol IP depending on the value of the Device Port Type configuration parameter 2 3 1 1 UDP Protocol The UDP protocol...

Page 8: ...protocol is used the Communication Device opens an individual data socket for each device connection see Figure 4 Data Socket New connection Listen to incoming connections No Yes Input Output Communication Try to connect to remote if AutoconnectToRemote True Connection established Yes No Up to 10 connections Server Client DeviceIpAddr DevicePort Device Communication Flow Data Socket Data Socket Ac...

Page 9: ...o change configuration parameters and upload the new firmware through this website The web browser should support JavaScript 2 3 3 Firmware Updates Starting from version 5 xx the firmware can be remotely updated through the web server 2 3 4 Network Discovery Starting from version 5 xx the firmware supports a proprietary Axiomatic discovery protocol It allows to locate a converter with unknown IP a...

Page 10: ...erter for the first time to your LAN for configuration To connect to the device run any web browser and point it to the Device IP Address It is not necessary to specify the Web Server Port if the web server uses a standard port 80 After a successful connection you will see the device home page see Figure 5 Figure 5 Converter Home Page The home page shows the device information including the conver...

Page 11: ... have tooltips clarifying their meaning see Figure 7 Figure 7 A Tooltip for the Auto Connect to Remote Configuration Parameter 3 1 Changing Configuration Parameters All configuration parameters except the CAN ID range and mask filter settings can be changed through the Main Settings web page The CAN ID range and mask filters have their own configuration pages CAN ID Range Filters and CAN ID Mask F...

Page 12: ...ngs before editing and the Set Defaults button will load the default values of the configuration parameters into the data fields on the page Figure 8 Converter Main Settings Page The configuration parameters have tooltips for the user convenience The Remote IP Address and Remote Port are disabled when Auto Connect to Remote is set to No The page runs a script to check the validity of the new confi...

Page 13: ...age showing a result of the saving operation For example if the user has successfully changed the Device Port value the following message will appear Figure 10 Settings Alert Configuration Parameters have been Changed Successfully The new configuration parameters are applied immediately after saving The converter performs all necessary internal reconfigurations and resets on the fly If the user ch...

Page 14: ...the IP protocol used by the device The device server and client use the same IP protocol Web Server Port 80 Any port value except the Device Port and the Discovery Protocol Port The communication port of the embedded web server Device Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Any IP address The device subnet mask Used also by the embedded web server Device Default Gateway 192 168 0 1 Any IP address The device def...

Page 15: ...is value to Yes can create an eternal loop when the same messages are bounced between two or more converters Use with caution 1 666 6 6 and 83 3 3 kbit s are set as 667 and 83 kbit s respectively in the drop down menu The 666 6 6 kbit s is absent in firmware V1 xx 4 xx The CAN filters have their own web pages for setting configuration parameters If all filters are disabled all input CAN messages w...

Page 16: ... the CAN message ID is regular or extended All CAN ID range filters run in parallel It is sufficient to satisfy requirements of any active filter to pass the CAN message to the Ethernet network If no active filters are defined it is considered that the CAN ID range filters are disabled and do not participate in the message filtering process In this case ID Range Filters are Off on the home page an...

Page 17: ...ion parameter 𝐼𝐷 ID configuration parameter Bitwise AND operator The EID box Extended ID box defines whether the CAN message ID is regular or extended All CAN ID mask filters run in parallel the same way as CAN ID range filters It is sufficient to satisfy requirements of any active filter to send the CAN message to the Ethernet network If no active filters are defined it is considered that the CAN...

Page 18: ...of the converter together with the CAN and Ethernet statistics The user can refresh the values on the page by pressing the Refresh Status button or reset the statistic counters by pressing Reset Counters button The Reboot Converter button activates the converter rebooting The converters do not retain the diagnostic information All information is lost when the power is shut down 4 1 Health Status T...

Page 19: ...ed when all operational statuses are in the Normal state If the Health Status is different from Normal the user will see a verbose message on the Diagnostics web page below the Health Status describing which operational status is causing a problem Figure 15 Health Status Message on CAN Error In case several operational statuses differ from Normal all of them will be shown on the Diagnostics page 4...

Page 20: ... new firmware version number on the converter home page in the browser The details of the firmware update are provided below 5 1 Uploading the New Firmware To upload the new firmware the user should activate the Firmware Uploading page Figure 17 by clicking on the Firmware link on the left side of the web page Figure 17 Firmware Uploading Page Then the user selects the new firmware file using the ...

Page 21: ...icrocontroller by pressing the Apply New Firmware button When the user presses the Apply New Firmware button the firmware update process is activated and the Firmware Upload page will show the countdown timer Figure 19 Firmware Update Countdown has been Started The countdown timer is set for 30 seconds necessary to complete the flashing process and reboot the unit after which the converter home pa...

Page 22: ...he majority of Axiomatic PC software tools support the Ethernet to CAN converter They can connect to the CAN bus using the Ethernet to CAN converter the same way as they connect to the bus using the USB to CAN converter The Axiomatic Electronic Assistant EA can communicate with the converter starting from version 5 11 82 0 and the CAN Assistant Scope and CAN Assistant Visual support the converter ...

Page 23: ...nchronized CAN networks see daisy chain connection in the Client Configuration section in Figure 25 6 1 2 Converter Configuration After the physical connection is established the converters should be configured to exchange messages between each other Since the converters support client server communication model one of the converters should be a server and the other one a client 6 1 2 1 Server Con...

Page 24: ...ate and set Loopback Messages to No The Loopback Messages configuration parameter must be set to No to avoid sending the same messages back and forth between converters which will lead to network saturation and communication failure An example of the converter configuration as a server is presented in Figure 23 Figure 23 The Converter Server Configuration Example 6 1 2 2 Client Configuration In th...

Page 25: ...te to Yes The CAN network setup is done similarly to the server mode the Baud Rate is set to the desired baud rate not necessarily the same as on the server and the Loopback Messages is set to No An example of the converter configuration in a client mode is presented in Figure 24 Figure 24 The Converter Client Configuration Example The values of the Device Port Type Remote IP Address and Remote Po...

Page 26: ...to the converter in the server mode When the converter is configured as a client it will still act as a server accepting connections on the Device Port from other clients This adds versatility to the converter configurations since the same converter can be used together with both client and server communication nodes As an example the user can establish an unlimited number of daisy chain client se...

Page 27: ...twork The converter discovery response includes the unit MAC Address IP Address web server port device port device port type the converter part number and serial number Figure 26 AxioDisc exe Converter Discovery Application The discovery protocol is also supported by the CAN ENET Software Support Package p n AX140910 and can be used for network discovery and plug and play connection to Axiomatic E...

Page 28: ... Drop 1V Maximum Protection Overcurrent Short to Battery Short to Ground 1A 8 2 Ethernet Table 7 Ethernet Parameters Parameter Value Remarks Number of Ports 1 Port Type 10BASE T 100BASE TX Auto configuration and full duplex supported MDIX Auto MDIX Auto crossover to eliminate cabling mismatch LED Indicators Speed Activity Protocols Ethernet IEEE 802 3 IP ICMP ARP UDP TCP HTTP Proprietary CAN messa...

Page 29: ...s Ethernet Jack can be used for experimenting The cable is rated 40 75 C 8 3 CAN Table 9 CAN Parameters Parameter Value Remarks Number of Ports 1 Port Type High Speed ISO 11898 2 compatible Twisted pair up to 1 Mbit s Shield connection is provided if shielded cable is used Baud Rate 1000 666 6 6 500 250 125 100 83 3 3 50 20 101 kbit s Programmable through web interface Protocol CAN Bosch 2 0A and ...

Page 30: ... 2010 and ISO13766 1 2018 Construction Machinery Electromagnetic Compatibility of Machines with Internal Electrical Power Supply Earth moving and building construction machinery Electromagnetic compatibility EMC of machines with internal electrical power supply Part 1 General EMC requirements under typical electromagnetic environmental conditions EN61000 6 4 2005 Emission Standard for Industrial E...

Page 31: ...verter Version 5 Page 31 35 8 6 Housing Injection molded enclosure and cover Material PA66 30 glass fiber reinforced flame retardant UL 94 V 0 Ultrasonically welded For dimensional drawing see Figure 27 Figure 27 Dimensional Drawing ...

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Page 33: ... the following disclaimer in the documentation and or other materials provided with the distribution 3 The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AS IS AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND...

Page 34: ...15 2016 Olek Bogush Added Firmware Update and Converter Discovery Sections Added description of the AxioDisc exe application and the CAN ENET Software Support Package Updated web browser screenshots that did not show Firmware upload option Other small updates throughout the manual Changed kBit s to kbit s Updated Technical Specifications section Added proprietary discovery protocol to the Protocol...

Page 35: ...UMAX140900 Ethernet to CAN Converter Version 5 Page 35 35 1 1 xx Feb 5 2016 Olek Bogush Initial release ...

Page 36: ...diagram application and other comments as needed SAFE USE All products should be serviced by Axiomatic Do not open the product and perform the service yourself This product can expose you to chemicals which are known in the State of California USA to cause cancer and reproductive harm For more information go to www P65Warnings ca gov DISPOSAL Axiomatic products are electronic waste Please follow y...

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