
5
Operation
5.1 Status LED
The LED can be in the following states:
Status
Meaning
On
There is a connection to the driver of the operating system.
Slow blinking
A software application is connected to the CAN interface.
Quick blinking
Data is transmitted via the connected CAN bus.
5.2 Unplugging the USB Connection
The PCAN-USB interface can be disconnected from the computer without further
actions. In Windows, the interface is not listed under "Safely Remove Hardware".
5.3 Distinguishing several PCAN-USB Interfaces
You can operate several PCAN-USB interfaces on a single computer at the same time.
The supplied program PCAN-View allows the assignment of device IDs in order to
distinguish the CAN interfaces in a software environment.
5 Operation
PCAN-USB
User Manual 3.0.0
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