Installation
CAN-USB-Mini
Hardware Manual • Doc. No.: C.2064.20 / Rev. 1.4
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2. Hardware Installation
Please read carefully the safety notes at the beginning of this document!
Installation procedure:
1.
Switch off the PC (or Notebook) and all connected peripheral devices (monitor, printer, etc.).
Additionally, switch off all other CAN devices to whose network the CAN module is to be
connected in this procedure.
2.
Connect the CAN-USB-Mini-module with the USB bus of the PC.
3.
Connect the CAN bus to the 9-pin male DSUB connector.
Please remember that the CAN bus has to be terminated at both ends.
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offers T-connectors and
terminators. Additionally, the CAN-GND-signal has to be grounded at
exactly one
point in the
CAN network. Therefore the CAN termination connectors have got a grounding contact. A CAN
device whose CAN interface is not electrically isolated corresponds to the grounding of the CAN-
GND.
4.
Connect your PC to mains again.
5.
Switch on the PC, the peripheral devices and the other CAN bus devices.
6.
End of hardware installation.
Note:
The software installation is described in the manual ‘CAN-API, Installation Guide’.
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