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Document version 2.1.0 (2017-02-09) 

PCAN-Dongle 

Parallel Port to CAN Interface 

User Manual 

Summary of Contents for PCAN-DONGLE IPEH-002019

Page 1: ...Document version 2 1 0 2017 02 09 PCAN Dongle Parallel Port to CAN Interface User Manual...

Page 2: ...demarks of their respective companies They are not explicitly marked by and Copyright 2019 PEAK System Technik GmbH Duplication copying printing or other forms and the electronic distribution of this...

Page 3: ...er D Sub connector 10 3 2 Voltage Supply for External Devices 11 3 3 Cabling 13 4 Operation 15 4 1 Prerequisites for the Operation 15 4 2 Interface Information 16 4 3 Operating Modes 18 5 Software and...

Page 4: ...PCAN View and the programming interface PCAN Basic for the development of applications with CAN connection are included in the scope of supply Device drivers exist for different operating systems so p...

Page 5: ...P PCA82C251 CAN transceiver 5 Volt supply to the CAN connection can be connected through a solder jumper e g for external bus converter Galvanic isolation on the CAN connection up to 500 V only opto d...

Page 6: ...for Windows 10 8 1 7 32 bit and Linux 32 64 bit CAN monitor PCAN View for Windows CAN monitor PCAN View for DOS Programming interface PCAN Basic for developing applications with CAN connection Program...

Page 7: ...wing to install the driver 1 Start Intro exe from the supplied DVD The navigation program starts 2 Select in the main menu Drivers and click on Install now 3 Confirm the message of the User Account Co...

Page 8: ...piece at the cable of the PCAN Dongle to the keyboard port 5 Reconnect the keyboard to the free end of the T piece A configuration of the hardware is not needed However you should check the settings...

Page 9: ...the LED at the PCAN Dongle must light red This indicates that the power supply for the PCAN Dongle is correct Attention Don t remove PCAN Dongle from the computer while powered on red LED on PCAN Dong...

Page 10: ...ew onto connector of the PCAN Dongle Low power devices e g bus converters can be supplied directly with 5 volts over pin 1 and or pin 9 of the CAN connector Pin 1 and or pin 9 are not in use at the de...

Page 11: ...care to avoid unwanted short circuits on the board Attention Electrostatic discharge ESD can damage or destroy components on the board Take precautions to avoid ESD 1 Open the case of the PCAN Dongle...

Page 12: ...until the latches click in Figure 3 PCAN Dongle bottom view 5 Volt supply D Sub connector Solder field Without Standard Pin 1 Pin 9 Pin 1 and pin 9 CAN 1 JP9 Figure 4 PCAN Dongle opto decoupled top v...

Page 13: ...s the proper operation of the transceivers of the connected CAN nodes CAN interfaces control devices The PCAN Dongle adapter does not have an internal termination Use the adapter on a terminated bus 3...

Page 14: ...t rate The following table shows different maximum possible CAN bus length with different bit rates Bit rate Bus length 1 Mbit s 40 m 500 kbit s 110 m 250 kbit s 240 m 125 kbit s 500 m 50 kbit s 1 3 k...

Page 15: ...e Manager Do the following to assign an interrupt to the parallel interface under Windows 1 Open the Windows Device Manager 2 Under Ports COM LPT in the tree view of the Device Manager double click on...

Page 16: ...mation about the used interrupt and port address of the parallel interface Do the following to find out the interrupt and the I O range used by the parallel interface 1 Open the Windows Device Manager...

Page 17: ...e tab Resources 4 From the entries I O Range first value port address and Interrupt or IRQ in the list you can see the needed information Write down this information for later use Figure 9 Resource in...

Page 18: ...PeliCAN Mode PEAK Dongle CAN SJA EPP Extended Capability Port ECP extended CAN functionality CAN 2 0B incl 29 bit IDs The EPP PeliCAN Mode is recommended to gain the full CAN functionality at lowest...

Page 19: ...are PCAN View and the programming interface PCAN Basic 5 1 Monitor Software PCAN View PCAN View is simple Windows software for viewing transmitting and logging CAN and CAN FD messages Note This chapte...

Page 20: ...eters 2 Select an interface from the list and continue with step 6 3 If no entry is in the list press the button Add The dialog box Add CAN hardware appears If the mode of the parallel interface is se...

Page 21: ...ter settings you can limit the range of CAN IDs to be received either for standard frames 11 bit IDs or for extended frames 29 bit IDs 8 Activate the Listen only mode if you do not actively participat...

Page 22: ...w It contains two lists one for received messages and one for the transmit messages The CAN data format is hexadecimal by default Do the following to transmit a CAN message with PCAN View 1 Select the...

Page 23: ...than 0 to transmit periodically Enter the value 0 to transmit only manually 4 Confirm the entries with OK The created transmit message appears on the Receive Transmit tab 5 Trigger selected transmit m...

Page 24: ...ation on a CAN bus During this process the messages are cached in the working memory of the PC Afterwards they can be saved to a file The Tracer runs either in linear or in ring buffer mode The linear...

Page 25: ...and driver 5 1 4 Status Bar Figure 17 Display of the Status Bar The status bar shows information about the current CAN connection about error counters Overruns QXmtFull and shows error messages You c...

Page 26: ...u can find files of the PCAN Basic programming interface in the directory branch Develop This API provides basic functions for linking own programs to CAN and CAN FD interfaces by PEAK System and can...

Page 27: ...rating systems Windows 10 8 1 7 32 64 bit Windows CE 6 x and Linux 32 64 bit Multiple PEAK System applications and your own can be operated on a physical channel at the same time Use of a single DLL f...

Page 28: ...and device driver In Windows operating systems this is a DLL Dynamic Link Library The sequence of accessing the CAN interface is divided into three phases 1 Initialization 2 Interaction 3 Completion...

Page 29: ...ease the reserved resources for the CAN channel among others In addition the CAN channel is marked as Free and is available to other applications 5 2 3 Notes about the License Device drivers the inter...

Page 30: ...rious developments in the nineties Only the EPP extension existed during the time when the PCAN Dongle arose With version 1 9 the EPP extension already had similarities to the ECP extension which is u...

Page 31: ...sceiver NXP PCA82C251 Galvanic isolation up to 500 V only for IPEH 002020 Supplying external devices PCAN Dongle D Sub pin1 9 5 V max 100mA PCAN Dongle opto D Sub pin 1 5 V max 50mA via solder bridge...

Page 32: ...PCAN Dongle User Manual 32 Conformity EMV Directive 2014 30 EU DIN EN 55024 2016 05 DIN EN 55032 2016 02 RoHS 2 Directive 2011 65 EU DIN EN 50581 VDE 0042 12 2013 02...

Page 33: ...PCAN Dongle User Manual 33 Appendix A CE Certificate...

Page 34: ...keyboard port at the computer and the keyboard connector for power supply The LED must light red Software setup and startup under Windows Run the CAN monitor PCAN View for Windows from the Start menu...

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