Compaq I+ME ACTIA NetPorty II User Manual

Welcome to I+ME ACTIA !

Before acquainting you with your new I+ME Hardware we would first like to thank you for purchasing our product. We are extremely pleased that you have chosen to place your trust in I+ME ACTIA and will do our best to satisfy whatever needs you may have. The following is a brief explanation highlighting our background, areas of expertise and general product lines. This products and the list of our world-wide branch offices show that you have found a competent partner in I+ME ACTIA.

Since its foundation in 1986, I+ME ACTIA has made quite a name for itself. Our employees are dedicated to producing high-quality solutions in the field bus and multiplexed systems sectors. The knowledge of our experts allows to develop a spectrum of products which have been used in the automotive field as well as in general industrial environments. Our products can be used in all phases of system development: system definition, prototyping, evaluation and field application.

Informatik und MikroElektronik

Whether your professional background is into industry- process-control or development and test tools, we offer six product groups to fulfill your sophisticated needs.

Tried and tested under the most severe conditions the automotive industry has to offer, our products have proved themselves again and again.

Our six products groups are:

1 CAN System Test & Design Tools

Support of various user application phases: Learning, prototyping, testing and evaluation of networked systems. Comfortable Real-Time simulation of message transfer characteristics in CAN networks. Tools for mobile

diagnosis and tests.

2 CAN PC Interfaces

Easy interfacing between PCs, Laptops, notebooks and networks with automotive fieldbus – protocols. Available for all PC standard interfaces such as ISA-slot, PCI, backplane, RS232, Centronics and PCMCIA. Development of

applications under DOS/Windows according to RealTime requirements is supported

3 CAN Industrial I/O

NiPC is an intelligent hardware concept for sensor / actuator interfacing. A modular architecture allows the flexible change target micro controllers for process control.

4 CAN System Application Software

Enabling Real-Time system modeling, testing of networked systems as well as application support. Offering basic services for network communication which is applicable for various processors and programming

languages. Facilitating the application interface for distributed industrial process control according to the CAL standard by CiA. Support of Windows 3.1, Windows 95 & NT.

5 CAN System Know How

Promoting the understanding of various network protocols in practice. Understanding of CAN networks with CAL in practice. Developing HW/SW solutions for customer specific problems. We offer CAN / CAL workshops and in-house seminars to enable CAN users to benefit from I+ME ACTIA’s extensive knowledge.

6 Automotive Diagnostics

Assistance during the development phases. Diagnostic tools for quality control in production lines as well as after sales diagnostic, control and servicing tools are provided to manufacturers, suppliers and dealers of the car industry by I+ME ACTIA.

If you have any questions concerning our products or you look for specific solutions within our product groups,

don’t hesitate to call us and benefit from I+ME’s extensive knowledge - your need is our desire.

Our merger with the french corporation ACTIA in 1995 allowed us to become a powerful supplier for the European automotive industry. ACTIA products include diagnostic systems for automotive service and maintenance as well as development and production of high-quality on-board electronics. joining forces with ACTIA has enabled I+ME to better service it’s international customers not only in Europe, but throughout the world.

Headquarter:	Office Stuttgart:
I+ME ACTIA GmbH	I+ME ACTIA GmbH
Rebenring 33	Zettachring 4, 1.OG
38106 Braunschweig	70567 Stuttgart
Germany	Germany
T: [phone]	T: [phone]
F::[phone]	F: [phone]

WORLDWIDE REPRESENTATIVES

		SI-KWADRAAT	NOHAU ELEK. AB
ACTIA INC.			I+ME
		NOHAU UK LTD.	INDUSTRADE AG
		AiXIA SA ACTIA SA		DAIWA SANKO

I+ME ACTIA Representatives

SI-KWADRAAT		ACTIA SA
Nuenen, Netherlands		Toulouse, France
T: +31	40 2631185	T: [phone]
F: +31	40 2838092	F: [phone]
NOHAU ELEK. AB		ACTIA INC.
Malmö, Sweden		Bedford, Texas USA
T: +46	40 592200	T: [phone]
F: +46	40 592229	F: [phone]

If needed, please contact our associates below.

ATAL SPOL SRO		ACTIA DO BRASIL
Tabor, Czech Rep.		Porte Alegre, Brazil
T: [phone]		T: [phone]
F: [phone]		F: [phone]
ATON SYSTEMS SA		ACVIBUS SA
France		Mexico
T: +33	01 42071800	T: [phone]
F: +33	01 42078555	F: [phone]
VIDEOBUS SA
Madrid, Spain
T: +34	1 5001950
F: +34	1 5000607

Manual

NetPorty II

Contents

1	Introduction.........................................		1-1
1.1	Your I+ME NetPorty II ......................................		1-2
1.2	System Requirements ......................................		1-4
1.3	Delivery Contents .............................................		1-5
	1.3.1	Standard................................................	1-5
	1.3.2	Supplementary Support ........................	1-5
1.4	Technical Specifications ...................................		1-6
2	Installation...........................................		2-1
2.1	Overview...........................................................		2-2
2.2	Installing the Hardware.....................................		2-2
2.3	Installing the Software ......................................		2-4
	2.3.1	If you start at serial port ........................	2-4
3	2.3.2	If you start at parallel port .....................	2-5
	Hardware .............................................		3-1
3.1	Micro controller .................................................		3-2
3.2	Memory.............................................................		3-3
	3.2.1	NetPorty II internal buffers: ...................	3-3
3.3	Protocol Interface .............................................		3-4
3.4	Physical Interface .............................................		3-5
3.5	Optical interface................................................		3-5
3.6	Connector .........................................................		3-6
	3.6.1	9pol sub-min-D male.............................	3-6
	3.6.1.1 1 CAN Channel..................................		3-6
	3.6.1.2 More than 1 CAN Channel ................		3-8
	3.6.2	25pol sub-min-D male.........................	3-10
	3.6.3	Cable set for serial connection............	3-11
	3.6.4	Power Supply......................................	3-12
4 Troubleshooting & Techn. Support...			4-1
4.1	What to do if you have problems......................		4-2
	4.1.1	Solutions for all parts ... ........................	4-3
	4.1.2	Solutions for PCMCIA ...........................	4-4
	1.1.1	Non-Supported PCMCIA Drives ...........	4-5
	4.1.3	Solutions for NetPorty II ........................	4-6

5	Glossary ..............................................	5-1
6	Literature .............................................	6-1

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Your I+ME NetPorty II. Overview, Systemrequirements, Delivery contents and s.o.

1 Introduction

Introduction

Your I+ME NetPorty II

1.1Your I+ME NetPorty II

The NetPorty II is an improved portable network adapter. It is designed to connect devices with RS232 or Centronics interface to the CAN bus. With its features it is an ideal general purpose hardware for industrial and automotive analyzes and diagnostics.

With NetPorty II you can visualize bus-traffic and configure components within a CAN network. It enables you to transfer software from or to control components. The data can be exported to readable by standard PC programs like Excel. In this way the user can generate statistic diagrams, etc. to analyze the CAN communication.

In the I+ME standard software you can set bus specific values. For transmitted or received data it is possible to assign fix display to one CAN message.

In addition to the above mentioned features you can transfer your own programs to NetPorty II by the use of the RS232 link. The download utilities are included as well as sample programs.

The NetPorty II can optionally be equipped with an UART for automotive diagnosis. In this case it is a converter RS 232 or Centronics to ISO 9141 (K-Line).

Working with the parallel port is 2..5 times faster as the serial port access. The speed depends on the PC speed.

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Your I+ME NetPorty II

I+ME ACTIA is always eager to full fill the needs of our customers. If problems should occur, please refer to Troubleshooting. If the problem persists, then feel free to contact our after-sales support hotline using the following number:

After-sales service

* I+ME ACTIA GmbH

Rebenring 33

D-38106 Braunschweig

Germany.

Tel: ++ 49 (531) 38 701 38

Fax: ++ 49 (531) 38 701 88

e-mail : [e-mail]

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System Requirements

1.2System Requirements

PC requirements:

•standard PC with RS232 or Centronics (EPP 1.7 or 1.9) interface

•other device with standard RS232 interface (used signals described in chapter Hardware)

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Delivery Contents

1.3Delivery Contents

1.3.1Standard

Your NetPorty II delivery package (Order code: IME 1602401) includes:

•1 NetPorty II

•1 System user manual (hardware/software)

•Transfer tools to NetPorty II

•LevelX software driver for design of 32 bit Windows applications (Windows '95 and Windows NT), including sample programs running on standard firmware

•PCCANControl for Windows, Windows '95 and Windows NT version

•RS232 adapter cable set

1.3.2Supplementary Support

•Power supply

•Different cables for protocol interfacing (on request)

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