ICP DAS USA I-7540D Network Card User Manual


 
3.1 i-7540D Utility
The i-7540D Utility tool can be used to configure the operation condition
between the CAN and Ethernet communications. Also it can be used to transmit
or receive a CAN message for simple testing of the module’s functions. To start
the “i-7540D Utility”, please install the i-7540D Utility setup file and run the
i-7540D.exe file. The screenshot of the startup screen for this Utility is given in the
below figure. Connect the i-7540D’s Ethernet port with the PC’s Ethernet port via
a standard CAT 3 or CAT 5 network cable. Then the user can connect the CAN
interface into the CAN network based on the CAN specifications. For further
information related to this, please refer to section 2.2.2 and 2.2.3 of this manual
on how to make a hardware connection.
Network status
CAN pair
connection
parameters
COM status
CAN
p
arameters
Figure 3-1: i-7540D Utility
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