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PCAN-Light

PCAN-Light

PCAN-Basic recommended for new developments

Description | Features | Download and Documentation

Description

PCAN-Light is a software API (Application Programming Interface ) for Windows® 7/Vista/XP which allows the development of simple CAN applications for communication with PCAN hardware. The API consists of the actual device driver and an interface DLL, which provides the API functions.

NOTE: PCAN-BASIC is recommended for all new development. PCAN-Light is provided for customers who have existing CAN software based on PCAN-Light. A basic level of maintenance and support for will be available for the near future.

Features

  • Functions:
    • Logging on and off the device driver
      • Init: Initializing hardware, setting the baud rate, logging on to drivers
      • Close: Logging out of drivers
    • CAN communication
      • Write: Sending a CAN message (11/29-bit ID and RTR available)
      • Read: Reading a CAN message / status
      • ReadEx: Reading a CAN message or status inc. time stamp (new in Version 2.0)
      • SetRecvFunc: Event handling for incoming messages (new in Version 2.0)
      • ResetClient: Deleting the outgoing and ingoing buffer
      • MsgFilter: Registering messages to be received
      • ResetFilter: Resetting the CAN filter
    • Status information
      • Status: Reading driver status information (data in buffer, overruns, error codes…)
      • VersionInfo: Information on the device drivers used (new in Version 2.0)
      • DLLVersionInfo: Reading the DLL information (new in Version 2.0)
  • System Requirements: Windows® 7/Vista/XP (32/64-bit), at least 512 MB RAM from 1 GHz CPU

Download & Documentation

File Download Filename Size
PCAN-Light

Includes interface DLL, examples and header files for all conventional programming languages and documentation in html help format.

pcan-light 2.27 MB

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