Kvaser Device Guide Help...Utility tool to setup configuration for a Kvaser Remote Device. Network Device Selector Tool to list available Kvaser Remote Devices on the network. You

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KvaserDeviceGuide

ThishelpfiledescribesthefunctionalityofKvaserDeviceGuide.

TheMainMenu

Themainmenuatthetopoftheprogramletsyouaccessthefollowing:

File

ContainsstandardcommandtoexitDeviceGuide.

View

ManagethevisibilityofvariouspartsofDeviceGuide.

BusParametersDisplayBusParametersofachannelintheDetailsList

DetailedInformationDisplayadditional,detailed,informationintheDetailsList

SynchronizedHardwareDisplayssynchronizedhardwareintheDeviceTree

DriverDiagnosticsOpensadialog,displayingmessagesfromconnecteddevices.

Tools

TheToolsmenuallowsyoutostartvariousothertoolstosetup,troubleshoot,and/ormaintainyourKvaserDevice.

RemoteDeviceConfiguration

UtilitytooltosetupconfigurationforaKvaserRemoteDevice.

NetworkDeviceSelectorTooltolistavailableKvaserRemoteDevicesonthenetwork.Youcansearchfor,add,andselectdevicestouse.

MemoratorToolsUtilitytooltocreateyourownconfigurationsforKvaserMemorator,KvaserMemoratorLight,KvaserMemoratorSemiPro,andKvaserMemoratorProfessional.

MemoratorConfigToolUtilitytooltocreateconfigurationsforKvaserMemorator(2ndgeneration)devices.

CustomerDataUtilitytooltohandlecustomerdata.

Help

Inadditiontothishelp,thismenugivesyouaccesstotheAboutwindowwhereyouwillfindtheversionnumberofDeviceGuideandCANlib,andalinktotheKvaserwebsite,ifyoushouldneedtocontactsupport.

RelatedtopicsDetailsListDeviceTreeDriverDiagnosticsSettingsDialogSynchronizationHardware

TheDeviceTree

Hardware

Thisviewshowsallconnecteddevices,connectedviausborremotely,andtheirrespectivechannels.Youcanaccessseveralactionsthroughthecontextmenu,suchaslocatingaspecificdevice.

Locatingadevice

Right-clickonadeviceandselectLocateHardware(FlashLEDs).ThiswillcausethedevicetoflashitsLEDsforacoupleofseconds.

Configureadevice

Deviceswitheditableconfigurations,memoratorsandremotedevices,canbeopenedwiththeirrespectiveconfigurationtool.RightclickonadeviceorchannelandchooseConfigureRemoteorConfigureMemorator.ConfigureRemotewilllaunchKvaserRemoteDeviceConfiguration.ConfigureMemoratorwilleitherlaunchKvaserMemoratorConfigToolorKvaserMemoratorTools,dependingonwhattypeofmemoratoristobeconfigured.ClickingonPairviaWi-FiwilllaunchtheKvaserWi-FiPairingToolwhereonecanpairawirelessKvaserdevicewithaPCinasimplemanner.

HardwareProblems

Ifthereisayellowexclamationmarkinthedeviceicon(seebelow)thedeviceisnotworkingproperly.Thiscanhappenforanumberofreasons.Byclickingthedeviceadescriptionoftheproblemwillappeartotheright.AnotherplacetolookwhatwentwrongmightbeontheDiagnosticssection.

SynchronizedHardware

Youcanalsochoosetoseesynchronizedhardware:deviceswhithclockssynchronizedwithmagisync.Toseesynchrnizedhardware,useView|SynchronizationHardware,orviathecontextmenu.

RelatedtopicsMainMenuChannelListDetailListSettingsDialogSynchronizationHardware

SynchronizationHardware

Thissectionprovidesinformationaboutthesynchronizationofthehardware.

KvaserMagiSync™

ThepatentedKvaserMagiSynctechnologyprovidessynchronizationbetweendevicessupportingKvaserMagiSync.Thesynchronizedhardwarewillsharethesameclock.ForthistoworkthedeviceswillhavetobeinthesameKvaserMagiSyncGroup(thatis,theymustbeconnectedtothesameUSBroothub).Iftheyarenottheywillnotbesynchronized.ThetreeviewtotheleftwillshowwhichKvaserMagiSyncGroupthedevicesbelongto.

AneasywaytolocatethehardwareinaKvaserMagiSyncGroupistorightclickonagroupandselectLocateHardware.ThiswillcausethedevicesinagrouptoflashtheirLEDsforacoupleofseconds.Tolocateasingledevice,clickonthedeviceandselectLocateHardware.

Note:inWindows98,thedetectionofthedifferentMagiSyncgroupsdoesnotworkduetoalimitationinWindows98.ThedetectiondoesworkinWindows98SecondEdition.

KvaserMagiSyncInfo

Byclickingadeviceinthetreeviewsomedeviceinformationwillbedisplayedtotheright.

USBSpeedshowswhetherthedeviceisrunninginUSBFullSpeed(12Mbit/s)orUSBHiSpeed(480Mbit/s).

USBControllerIddisplaysahexadecimalnumberwhichisthe"signature"oftheUSBroothub.AlldevicesinaKvaserMagiSyncgroupmustbeconnectedtothesameroothub.MagiSyncis"Running"ifKvaserMagiSyncisrunningontheselectedchannel.MaxDeviation,MinDeviationandCurrentDeviationdisplayssomemeasurementstatisticsaboutKvaserMagiSync.

Help

Inadditiontothishelp,thismenugivesyouaccesstotheAboutwindowwhereyouwillfindtheversionnumberofDeviceGuideandCANlib,andalinktotheKvaserwebsite,ifyoushouldneedtocontactsupport.

RelatedtopicsDetailsListDeviceTreeDriverDiagnosticsSettingsDialog

TheChannelList

Thisviewlistschannelsofdevicesandsomeinformationaboutthem.WhichchannelsarelisteddependsonwhatisselectedintheDeviceTree:WhentheHardwarenodeisselectedinthetree,alldeviceschannelsarelisted.Whenadeviceisselected,allchannelsoftheselecteddeviceislisted.

RelatedtopicsMainMenuDeviceTree

TheDetailList

Thisviewlistsinformationaboutthecurrentlyselecteddeviceorchannel.Youcanalterwhattypeofinformationshouldbevisible,eitherthroughViewinthemainmenu,orthroughthecontextmenu,whichyouaccessbyrightclickingintheview.

Informationcategory

Description

GeneralInformation

Basicinformationabouttheselecteddevice,suchasitsname,EAN,andfirmwareversion.

BusParameters

Thecurrentlysetbusparametersoftheselectedchannel,ifthechannelisbuson.Toseebusparameters:View|BusParameters,orviathecontextmenuclickViewBusParameters.Formoreinformationonbusparametersandbittiming,pleasevisitwww.kvaser.com/about-can/the-can-protocol/can-bit-timing/,orwww.kvaser.com/support/calculators/bit-timing-calculator/

DetailedInformation

Additional,moredetailed,informationabouttheselecteddevice,suchashardwaretype,manufacturingdate,anddrivername.Toseedetailedinformation:View|DetailedInformation,orviathecontextmenuclickViewDetailedInformation

WhenanodeunderSynchronizedHardwareisselected,informationrelatingtodevicesynchronizationwillbelistedinstead.Toviewsynchronizedhardware,seeDeviceTree

RelatedtopicsMainMenuChannelListDeviceTreeSynchronizationHardware

TheDriverDiagnostics

TheDriverDiagnosticsdialogdisplaysalistofmessagesfromdifferentKvaserdevices.Forexample,whenadeviceisinserted,afewdiagnosticsmessageswillbegenerated.Errormessagesmightappearhere,andcanbeusefultotroubleshootproblems.Errormessagesarealwaysclearlylabeledassuch.

PressingtheRefreshbuttonwillbringthedriverdiagnosticsmessagesuptodate.

UsetheClearbuttontoclearallcurrentdriverdiagnosticsmessages.

RelatedtopicsMainMenu

SettingsDialog

TheSettingsdialogholdsdriversoundssettingsthatarespecificallyhardwareorientedandapplicationoptions.

ApplicationSettings

AutoConnectOpenstheConfigurationTool,andconnectstotheselectedDevice.

DriverSettings

SoundSettingsfordeviceswithsoundcapabilities.

DisableallSoundsThe"DisableallSounds"optionenables/disablesalldevicessounds.

DisableautomaticsoundsondrivereventsThe"Disableautomaticsoundsondriverevents"enables/disablesthe

automaticsounds.

Help

Inadditiontothishelp,thismenugivesyouaccesstotheAboutwindowwhereyouwillfindtheversionnumberofDeviceGuideandCANlib,andalinktotheKvaserwebsite,ifyoushouldneedtocontactsupport.

RelatedtopicsDetailsListDeviceTreeDriverDiagnostics

ApplicationLaunchFailed

AnapplicationwasnotabletolaunchthroughKvaserDeviceGuide.Thisisgenerallyduetotheapplicationnotbeinginstalled,ortheversionoftheapplicationisnotcompatiblewithdeviceguide.

Applicationisnotinstalled

KvaserDeviceGuidecouldnotfindaninstallationoftheapplication.Pleaseinstallthelatestversionoftheapplicationfromwww.kvaser.com/downloads/.Iftheapplicationisinstalled,anditstillcan'tbelauncedfromDeviceGuide,thepathtotheinstallationmayhavebeencorrupted.Ifsoareinstallationoftheapplicationisrequired.

Note:KvaserDeviceGuidemustberestartedaftertheinstallation,inordertorecognizethattheapplicationhasbeeninstalled.

Applicationversionisnotcompatible

TheapplicationversionisnotcompatiblewithKvaserDeviceGuide.ThismaycurrentlyonlyoccurforKvaserMemoratorConfigurationTool,whereversion5.10orhigheriscompatiblewithDeviceGuide.Pleaseinstallthelatestversionoftheapplicationfromwww.kvaser.com/downloads/.

Note:KvaserDeviceGuidemustberestartedaftertheinstallation,inordertorecognizethattheapplicationhasbeeninstalled.

RelatedtopicsMainMenuDeviceTree

GlossaryErrorPassive

ACANcontrollerisErrorPassivewhenitsReceiveErrorCounteroritsTransmitErrorCounterexceeds128.

ErrorWarning

ACANcontrollerisintheErrorWarningstatewhenitsReceiveErrorCounteroritsTransmitErrorCounterexceeds96.

OffBus ACANcontrollerwhichdoesnottakepartintheCANbustrafficinanyway(neithersendnotreceive)issaidtobeOffBus.ACANcontrollergoesOffBusautomaticallywhenitsTransmitErrorCounterexceeds255.

OnBus ACANcontrollerwhichtakespartintheCANbustrafficissaidtobeOnBus.

SilentMode

SomeCANcontrollersmaybeinSilentMode,wheretheycanreceiveallmessagesonthebusbutdonotsendanything,notevenACKbits.Atypicaluseforthisisbusanalyzertools.

CANFD CANwithFlexibleData-Rate(CANFD)isanextensiontotheoriginalCANprotocol.CANFDallowupto64bytesofdataperframeandhigherbitrates.Seehttps://www.kvaser.com/about-can/can-fd/formoreinformation.

ArbitrationPhase

ThepartofaCANFDframethatisbeforetheBRS(Bit-rateSwitch)bit.ThenominalbitrateisusedduringthispartoftheCANFDframe.

DatePhase

ThepartofaCANFDframethatisaftertheBRSbit.IftheBRSbitisrecessivethedatabitrateisusedduringthispartoftheCANFDframe.

DevicehasProblems

Ifthistermisdisplayedinthedetailslistpaneitindicatesthatthereisconfigurationorfirmwareissuewiththedevice.Pleasecontactsupportifthisoccurs,[email protected]