Configuration
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3 Configuration
3.1 Use PC Software for Configuration
The free LPA-View software package is needed in order to initially configure the
ICM. Once configured, the unit can be left connected to the CAN-bus network.
The ICM was designed to be as flexible as possible. There are large number of op-
tions for setting operating modes, test result formats, alarm settings, downloading
stored data etc.
The easiest approach is to use LPA-View to configure the test parameters and result
format. Then the customer application only has to read the results.
The CAN-bus parameters are configured from the Communication Settings dia-
logue, accessed from the ICM Settings dialogue (see the main ICM user guide for
more details).
Figure 1
Communication Settings
dialogue
The ICM can use either CAN 2.0A ``basic’’ format with 11 bit identifiers, or CAN
2.0B ``extended frame’’ format with 29 bit identifiers.
3.2 CAN 2.0B and J1939
The default 29 bit format is designed to be compatible with the J1939 standard. It
should also be possible to use the ICM with any system that permits arbitrary raw
CAN-bus 2.0B identifiers to be received.
