PCAN-Router Pro – User Manual
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Logging CAN Traffic onto a
CompactFlash Card
Note:
To optimize performance and reduce memory card
accesses, the PCAN-Router Pro saves incoming messages in
blocks. This means that the available storage space cannot be
used optimally. The size of the memory blocks is configurable.
For more information please contact our support:
6.1
Preparing a CompactFlash Card
To log CAN traffic with the PCAN-Router Pro the contents of a
CompactFlash card (CF card) must be prepared in a certain way.
What you need:
a Computer with card reader for CF cards
a CF card with a maximum of 2 GByte capacity
(enclosed: 1-GByte card, already prepared)
Do the following to prepare a CF card:
Important note:
When you want to insert or eject a
CompactFlash card, the PCAN-Router Pro must be turned off
(no power supply or power-down mode, Power LED off). Else
the card is not detected or data gets lost.
Attention:
Already existing data on the CF card will be lost
when following the described procedure.
1.
Insert the card into the card reader of the computer.