Technical Data
3.5 Software Support
Software drivers for Windows
®
and Linux
®
are available. Drivers for other operating systems are
also available.
CANopen
®
and J1939 protocol libraries are available.
For detailed information about the driver availability for your operating system, please contact our
sales team (
).
INFORMATION
The CAN layer 2 (NTCAN-API) software installation and the software drivers are
described in the NTCAN-API manual (esd-order No.: C.2001.21):
“NTCAN-API Part 1: Application Developers manual” and
“NTCAN-API Part 2: Installation Guide”
CAN Tools
esd offers additional free-of-charge tools for efficient setup and analysis of CAN applications and
networks. The tools are operational with all esd PC-CAN interfaces (e.g. PCIe, USB,
EtherCAN/2 ...).
The following tools are available:
CANreal
Display and record of CAN message
frames
CANplot
Graphically display of CAN data
CANrepro
Replay of pre-recorded CAN
messages
CANscript
Python based scripting tool
COBview
Analysis and diagnostics of
CANopen® nodes
System Requirements:
- Windows 32 bit or 64 bit system
- 30 MB free HD drive space
- esd CAN driver installed
As part of the software development kit (CAN SDK) of the esd NTCAN-API, the tools are contained
on the CAN-CD, which is included in delivery of the CAN-PCI104/200.
The CAN-SDK can also be downloaded free-of-charge from the esd website.
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