Kvaser BlackBird Getting Started Guide
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If the text in the upper right hand corner of your selected network item is showing "Not
connected", then your PC is alone on the network. Please read the Kvaser BlackBird users
guide on how to connect the BlackBird. (This is the case in the picture above.)
Leave the Wireless Network Connection window open to monitor that your PC doesn't get
disconnected.
If the text in the upper right hand corner of your selected network item is showing
"Connected", then you have a connection with another device on the ad-hoc network.
Hopefully, the other connected device is your BlackBird.
9.8 Check channel number when using ad-hoc mode
It is strongly recommended that you follow the steps described in this document to connect to
your BlackBird in ad-hoc mode. This means; first connect your PC to the ad-hoc network, and
then connect the BlackBird via the built in Network Browser. This ensures that the correct
channel is set (the channel is not set to "Automatic").
Some PC (most notable are PCs with Intel 3945abg WLAN chip) only connect to ad-hoc
networks on a fixed preset channel. So it can find the BlackBird ad-hoc net, but tries to
connect to it on its own predefined channel, regardless of which channel the BlackBird is
using.
If you don't use the built in Network Browser, you must manually make sure that the channel
settings of all devices on the ad-hoc network are set to use the same channel number.
9.9 Check the WLAN link with the ping command
If the BlackBird shows up in the Kvaser Network Device Selector list, right-click on the device
and select
Ping (ICMP)
. If the BlackBird is not listed, you can use windows built-in ping
program to verify that the BlackBird is connected to the network. Select Start->Run.. type
"cmd", click OK. In the command window that appeared you now enter the ping command. If
your BlackBird's IP address was set to 192.168.171.1, you should write "ping 192.168.171.1"
and hit <Return>.
If you get a reply, which looks something like the one above, you can talk to your BlackBird
and the WLAN link is working.
