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 fie ld 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 industry­process-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 betwe en 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 inter-

facing. A modular architecture al-

lows 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
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F::[phone] F: [phone]

WORLDWIDE REPRESENTATIVES

ACTIA INC.

SI-KWADRAAT

NOHAU UK LTD.

AiXIA SA

NOHAU ELEK. AB

ACTIA SA

I+ME

INDUSTRADE AG

DAIWA SANKO

I+ME ACTIA Representatives

SI-KWADRAAT ACTIA SA
Nuenen, Netherlands Toulouse, France
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NOHAU ELEK. AB ACTIA INC.
Malmö, Sweden Bedford, Texas USA
T: [phone] T: [phone]
F: [phone] 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]
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ATON SYSTEMS SA ACVIBUS SA
France Mexico
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F: [phone] F: [phone]

VIDEOBUS SA
Madrid, Spain
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F: [phone]

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

2.3.2 If you start at parallel port .....................2-5

3 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

A LevelX API
B LevelX Demos
C PcCANControl

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Your I+ME NetPorty II. Overview,
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1 Introduction

Introduction

Your I+ME NetPorty II

1.1 Your I+ME NetPorty II

The NetPorty II is an improved portable network
adapter. It is designed to connect devices with RS232
or Centronics interfac e to t he C AN bus . With its features
it is an ideal general purpose har dware for industrial and
automotive analyzes and diagnostics.

With NetPorty II you can visualize bus-traffic and
configure components with in a CAN network. It en ables
you to transfer sof tware from or to control com ponents.
The data can be exporte d to readable by standard PC
programs like Excel. In t his way the user can generate
statistic diagrams, etc. to analyze the CAN
communication.

In the I+ME standard s oftware you can s et bus spec ific
values. For transmitted or rec eived data it is possible to
assign fix display to one CAN message.

In addition to the above mentioned features you can
transfer your own progr ams to NetPorty II b y 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 fas ter as the
serial port access. The speed depends on the PC
speed.

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Your I+ME NetPorty II

Introduction

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

1.2 System 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

1.3 Delivery Contents

1.3.1 Standard

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

• 1 NetPorty II

• 1 System user manual (hardware/software)

• Transfer tools to NetPorty II

Introduction

• 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

1.3.2 Supplementary Support

• Power supply

• Different cables for protocol interfacing (on request)

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