Software Installation
3. Software Installation
INFORMATION
Access via esd's ntcan API is supported.
The software installation via esd's ntcan API is described in the manual ‘CAN-API,
Installation Guide’.
Installation procedure:
1. To install the CAN driver insert the CAN-CD into the drive of your PC.
2. Install the CAN driver.
Depending on your PC's Windows operating system, the installation will be guided by different
looking installation tools (
Found New Hardware
Wizard).
Follow the instructions of the installation tool. For further information refer to the manual:
'NTCAN-API: Driver Installation Guide.pdf'.
The PDF-file of the manual can be found on the CAN-CD under subdirectories
Documentation\English\Software_Documents\ CAN-API_Part2_Installation_Manual_en.pdf
In newer driver versions (from
can_usb2_winxx_268.zip
) the CAN-AIR/2 configuration
tool
canairconfig.exe
is installed at the driver installation.
You can open the configuration tool by clicking the
Tools
item in the
Settings
dialog of the device manager.
For further information see chapter „2.5 Configuration“ in
the manual „CAN-API Installation Guide“ from Rev. 4.3.
3. After successful CAN driver installation use the Windows-based configuration tool to configure
the CAN-AIR/2 modules for the application as described in the following chapter: "4. CAN-
AIR/2 Configuration" of this manual. All settings will be stored within the device.
The program file
canairconfig.exe.
is needed to use the configuration tool.
If the program file has not already been installed at the driver installation as described above,
the file can be installed from the included CD or you can download the file from the esd-website
as described in step 4.
4. Installation of
canairconfig.exe.
- Installation via included CD
Select the program file
canairconfig.exe
in the subdirectory
Win32\USB2\Tools\
or
Win64\USB2\Tools\
on the CD-ROM.
Store the file on your computer and start the program.
The program
canairconfig.exe
can also be started directly via the CD.
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