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USB-CAN Bus Interface Adapter & CANalyst-II Analyzer Manual

USB-CAN Bus Interface Adapter

& CANalyst-II Analyzer Manual

Instruction VersionV2.02
Version Update Date2016.06.01

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Content
Chapter 1:

Product features ............................................................................................... 1

1.1 Product Overview ......................................................................................................... 1

1.2 Parameters.................................................................................................................... 1
1.3 Typical applications ..................................................................................................... 2
1.4 Packing Checklist............................................................................................................. 3
1.5 Technical support and services ....................................................................................... 3
1.6 Product Selection Table .................................................................................................. 3
Chapter 2: Appearance and interface.................................................................................. 5
2.1 Appearance of the product ......................................................................................... 5
2.2 Signal Definition ............................................................................................................ 6
2.3 Factory configuration...................................................................................................... 7
Chapter 3: Driver installation and USB-CAN tool .............................................................. 8
3.1 Driver installation .......................................................................................................... 8
3.2 USB-CAN tool software............................................................................................. 19
3.3 Software operation and Features ................................................................................. 26
3.4 Self-Test ...................................................................................................................... 29
3.5 Simultaneous use of multiple USB-CAN ....................................................................... 30

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Chapter 1: Product features

1.1 Product Overview
USB-CAN-2 (A / C) bus adapter is an intelligent CAN-bus adapter with USB2.0
interface and 2 CAN interface.
CANalyst-II analyzer is a CAN-bus adapter with USB2.0 interface and 2 CAN
interfaces and have CAN-bus protocol analysis function that support SAE J1939,
DeviceNet, CANopen, iCAN and customized advanced protocol analysis function, also It
is compatible with ZLG CANPro software and Can carry out bidirectional transmission.
USB-CAN bus adapter/CANalyst-II analyzer can be regarded as a standard CAN
node, It is a powerful tool for CAN-bus product development, CAN-bus equipment test and
data analysis. Using this interface adapter will enable PC to connect to standard CAN-bus
network via USB interface, forming the CAN-bus network control nodes for the data
processing, data communication and data collection applied in the CAN-bus networks
such as bus laboratory, industrial control, intelligent residential zone, auto electronics
network, and etc. Meanwhile, small size, easy installation features of USB-CAN Interface
Adapter / CANalyst-II analyzer makes it the best choice for the users who are using
portable operation systems.
There are three independent types of CAN-bus adapter:
USB-CAN-2A: CAN-bus is not isolated, powered directly by the USB.
USB-CAN-2C: CAN-bus circuit adopt Independent isolated DC - DC power supply
module and high-speed magnetic lotus root isolation module for electrical isolation,
making the interface adapter having strong anti-interference ability, greatly improved the
reliability of the system used in harsh environments. USB is isolated from CAN1 and
CAN2, but CAN1 is not isolated from CAN2.
CANalyst-II Analyzer: USB, CAN1, CAN2 are completely isolated.
We can provide USB-CAN-Tool software to help you operating the USB-CAN adapter
for CAN-bus configuration, sending and receiving directly. We also provide a uniform
application programmable interface and the complete demonstration code including VC,
VB, LabVIEW, Delphi and C++ Builder, which make it convenient for user to develop
programs.
You do not need to understand the complicated USB interface communication
protocol when you do your secondary software development with the USB-CAN bus
interface adapter and CANalyst-II analyzer.

1.2 Parameters
support protocol conversion between USB and CAN-bus;
USB-CAN-2(A/C) is dual-channel intelligent CAN interface module;
CANalyst-II Analyzer is dual-channel intelligent CAN interface module;
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PC interface supports USB2.0 protocol and is Compatible with USB1.1;

Support CAN2.0A and CAN2.0B protocols, support standard frame and extension
frame;
Support bi-directional transmission, CAN transmission and CAN receive;
Support data frame and remote frame;
CAN controller Baud rates from 10Kbps to 1Mbps, Can be configured by software;
USB-CAN-2A products: CAN-bus interface is not isolated;
USB-CAN-2C products: CAN-bus circuit adopt high-speed magnetic lotus root
isolation and Independent isolated DC - DC power supply module, USB is isolated from
CAN1 and CAN2, CAN1 is not isolated from CAN2.
CANalyst-II Analyzer: CAN-bus circuit adopts high-speed magnetic lotus root
isolation and Independent isolated DC - DC power supply module, USB, CAN1, CAN2 are
completely isolated;
Max data flow: more than 8000 fps (standard frame) for receiving and 8000 fps
(standard frame) for transmitting and can be run at the same time.
Buffer size: 1000 frames length buffer for transmission (with auto repeat
transmission when failed) per channel, 2000 frames length buffer for receiving per
channel;
Adopt USB bus power supply, no need for an external power supply;
USB-CAN-2A products: no electrical isolation;
USB-CAN-2C products: adopt electrical isolation, the isolation voltage is: 2500V;
CANalyst-II Analyzer, adopt electrical isolation, the isolation voltage is: 2500V;
Operating temperature: -20 ~ 85 ;
Physical size: (length) 70mm * (width) 45mm * (height) 24mm;
Product compatibility: Function library is similar to the library of Guangzhou ZLG
USB-CAN interface adapter.

1.3 Typical applications

Transmit or receive massages in CAN-bus network via PC or laptop's USB;
data collection, data analysis in the fast CAN network;
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CAN-bus-USB gateway;
USB interface to CAN network interface;
Extend CAN-bus line length;
Industrial site CAN network data monitoring.

1.4 Packing Checklist

N
O.

Name

Amount

Adapter host

Comment

CD-ROM

Includes: manual, USB driver,

secondary development library files,
the secondary development sample
program source code, USB-CAN
TOOL software, baud rate detection
tools, etc.

USB data cable

gift

8Pin Terminal Blocks

gift

3-inch Phillips screwdriver

gift

1.5 Technical support and services

Return goods unconditionally within 7 days from the date of receipt, 1 year free

maintenance, lifelong maintenance and upgrade services.

Technical support and purchasing information please refer to:

Email: [email protected]

1.6 Product Selection Table

Model

Channels isolation

USB-CAN-2A

no

USB-CAN-2C(Extreme
Edition)

yes

CANalyst-II
Analyzer(Extreme Edition)

yes

Isolation
voltage

Transparent
transmission
relay function

High-level
protocol
analysis
function

no

no

2500V

yes

no

2500V

yes

yes

Instructions:
1, All-models support: USB_CAN_Tool with the original code from our company, Zhou
LigongZLG CANTest and the latest version of Ji Yang electric CANTools.
2, CANalyst-II analyzer: Support the latest version of ZLG CANPro protocol analysis
platform software and High-level protocol analysis function.
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3, Extreme Edition dual channel equipment: support CAN relay function and transparent
transmission function.
Note: for instructions on CAN relay function and transparent transmission function please
refer to Relay, transparent transmission function and use of relay software instructions.

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Chapter 2: Appearance and interface

2.1 Appearance of the product
There are two sets of external interfaces on USB-CAN/ CANalyst-II analyzer
intelligent CAN interface adapter: A standard USB interface, an 8-pin binding post
terminals (CANalyst-II analyzer for 6 pin), CAN-bus interface is available.
Power indicator light of our products is red except CANalyst-II analyzer for highlighted
in red.
When LED- CAN1 Channel1 indicator light is red (CANalyst-II analyzer for blue)
indicate the transmitting or receiving state of the channel1.When the USB-CAN adapter
insert into a USB interface, the power is turned on, the LED- CAN1 indicator light flashes
twice for system self-test.
When LED- CAN2 Channel2 indicator light is red(CANalyst-II analyzer for highlighted
in red) indicate the transmitting or receiving state of the channel 2.When the USB-CAN
adapter insert into a USB interface, the power is turned on, the LED- CAN2 indicator light
flashes twice for system self-test.

Figure 1: USB-CAN products uniform appearance

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Figure 2: CANalyst-II analyzer uniform appearance

2.2 Signal Definition

Series of USB-CAN products

Name

Description

R+

Terminal resistance R+, R + and R- shorted, the internal 120

ohm resistor will be access to the bus

R-

Terminal resistance R-

CANH

CAN_H signal cable

CANL

CAN_L signal cable

PWR

Power indicator light

CAN1

CAN1 channel signal

CAN2

CAN2 channel signal

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CANalyst-II analyzer products

Name

Description

R1

Terminal resistance R1, Down to the ON state, the internal 120

ohm resistor will be access to the bus.

R2

Terminal resistance R2, in parallel with R1, same effect as R1

CAN_H signal cable

Shielded wire interface, unconnected with the CAN transceiver

directly, connected with resistors and capacitors.

CAN_L signal cable

PWR

Power indicator light

SYS

System status indication, under normal circumstances are

often off state

CAN1

CAN1 channel signal

CAN2

CAN2 channel signal

Method of operation:
CAN Transmit: When a user application calls the Transmit Function, a message will
be push to the channel T-Buffer (its a FIFO buffer) in USB-CAN adapter immediately,
then the CAN Controller transmit it to the CAN-Bus.
CAN Receive: The CAN Controller receives a CAN frame from CAN-Bus, and push it
to the channel R-Buffer (also a FIFO buffer) in USB-CAN adapter immediately, when a
user application call the Receive-Function, the message will be return.

2.3 Factory configuration

1) CAN-bus Baud rate: 1Mbps;
2) Acceptance mask register: 0xFFFFFFFF, means to accept all CAN frame;
3) Termination resistor is selectable: connect the R+ and R- (dial down the
corresponding switch for CANalyst-II analyzer) to get 120 euro internal resistor.
Note: ensure that there are two 120 ohm termination resistors on the CAN-bus;
otherwise it will lead to the CAN-bus work abnormality.
The above description is effective for each CAN channel.

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Chapter 3: Driver installation and

USB-CAN tool
3.1 Driver installation

3.1.1 Windows XP
Connect USB-CAN intelligent interface module to the PC with USB cable correctly.
The Windows will then auto run an installation wizard called new hardware is found after
the hardware is detected. Select Install the software automatically (Recommended).
Click Next to continue;

If the windows XP do not run the wizard, Right click "My Computer" and select
"Device Manager" and find the other devices in other devices list:

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Right click Unknown device, and select Update Driver from the menu:

Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) .Click Next to continue:

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Next, select Search for the best driver in these locations, and check Include this
location in the search:(do not select Search removable media
(floppy ,CD-ROM)otherwise it is possible to come with an exclamation point or tips after
successfully installed the driver and reboot the corresponding device in Device Manager
which causing the device unusable.). Then click Browse button to browse the driver
folder:

Select directory and install (driver located in the directory of CD directory [hardware
drivers]).
Select directory and install CANalyst-II or USBCAN (Depending on the model) in the
directory of [hardware drivers]. Use the Browse for Folder window selects where the
driver is:

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Click OK to finish selection:

Click Next to search and install driver:

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In some cases, the system will prompt a message that the WinUSBCoInstaller2.dll
cannot be found. Then, click "Browse", and select the WinUSBCoInstaller2.dll file from the
i386 (for 32 bit system) or AMD64 (for 64 bit systems) folder in the directory of drive
program directory "CANalyst-II or USBCAN".
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When the system suggest to restart, or an exclamation point on a model in the device
manager appear, please restart the system.

After installation, "CANalyst-II or USB_CAN Device" will be added to the directory of

device manager.
If installed "USB_CAN TOOL Setup. Exe", the corresponding USB drive will generate
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in the software installation directory, so can also install the driver from the file of
corresponding USB drive.

3.1.2 Win7 & win8 system

Connect USB-CAN intelligent interface module to the PC with USB cable correctly.
The Windows will then auto run an installation wizard called new hardware is found after
the hardware is detected. Select Install the software automatically (Recommended).
Click Next to continue;

If the windows 7 do not run the wizard, Right click "My Computer" and select "Device
Manager" and find the other devices in other devices list:

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Right-click unknown device, select update driver software, manually add the driver
of the device. Select the driver for installation from directory as showed in diagram below.
Then it will prompt a message said whether to confirm the installation, click confirm to
go.
Select Browse the computer to find the driver software and click next.

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Select directory and install (driver located in the directory of CD directory [hardware
drivers]). Select directory and install CANalyst-II or USBCAN (Depending on the model)
in the directory of [hardware drivers]. Use the Browse for Folder window selects where
the driver is:

In some cases, the system will prompt a message that the WinUSBCoInstaller2.dll
cannot be found. Then, click "Browse", and select the WinUSBCoInstaller2.dll file from the
i386 (for 32 bit system) or AMD64 (for 64 bit systems) folder in the directory of drive
program directory "CANalyst-II or USBCAN".

If installed "USB_CAN TOOL Setup. exe", the corresponding USB drive will generate
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in the software installation directory, so can also install the driver from the file of
corresponding USB drive.

After installation, "CANalyst-II or USB_CAN Device" will be added to the directory of

device manager.

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3.2 USB-CAN tool software

Run and install USB-CAN TOOL Setup.exe directly from CD-ROM directory\How to
use English software\USB_CAN TOOL\USB_CAN TOOLSetup(V2.xx).exe

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First time to install the USB-CAN please make sure to check run Engine .this
installation package is needed for the application developed from the LABVIEW
environment.

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If you need termination resistor, connect R+ with R-.

Note: must ensure that there are two 120 ohm termination resistors connected to the
bus, otherwise it will cause CAN-bus work abnormality.
Connect the USB interface of the device with PC via USB.
Run USB-CAN Tool.exe as shown in the following figure:

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3.3 Software operation and Features

Select Device
If use USB-CAN-2(A/C) or CANalyst-II Analyzer product, select menu Select

Device-> USB-CAN2.0(the default option).

Start/Stop Device
Select menu Device Operation-> Start, to open specified channel, USB-CAN Tool

forced to start all channels.

Select menu Device Operation-> Stop, to close all running channels.

Registers
Select menu Device Operation-> Registers, to view the registers information

(compatible the ZLG mode).

current configuration
Select menu Information-> ParamNow, to view the current configuration.

Device Information
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Select menu Information-> Device Information, to view the device information such
as product model, serial number, version number, etc.

Select Channel
USB-CAN-2(A/C) product have two channels, the index number is respectively 0, 1

(Ch1, Ch2).
Set CAN parameters to ensure that the setting is correct for each channel.

CAN Baud Rate

Select menu Settings -> CAN Settings, to modify the value into your needs
If connected with external devices, please must make sure baud rate is same to the

external devices then click "Set", there is a message when success.

Note: We recommend that you first set baud rate, then connect it to CAN-bus.

Work mode
USB CAN products support 3 kind of work-mode: normal, listen, self-Test (loopback).
Normal: The CAN module will appear on the CAN-bus, and it can send and receive

CAN messages.
Listen: The module will appear on the CAN-bus, but in a passive state. It can receive
CAN messages, but cannot transmit CAN messages or answer. This mode can be used
as a bus monitor because it does not affect CAN-bus communications but can observe
the CAN-bus states.
Self-Test (loopback): For adapter self-test, CAN module receives its own messages.
In this mode, the send part of the CAN module is connected internally with the reception
one. This mode will provide a "false" response, so that dont need another node to provide
the acknowledge bit. And the CAN messages will not sent to CAN-bus.

Filter
Users can set the filter-mode, ACR and AMR to filter the received CAN messages.
Note: please refer to 9.annex 2:CAN description parameter settingfor further

information.

Transmit messages
When transmit messages, need to select extend frame/standard frame, a remote

frame/data frame, frame ID, data length, data and other information.
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Please enter 16 hexadecimal format values In the CAN test software ID edit box and
data edit box, and each value need space. When sending ID up from the top 4 values,
data up to the first 8 values.
Note: The System time in data list is system time in computer, and compare with the
actual eventuate-time there may be up to 50ms difference.
Attention: The USB-CAN products will not receive acknowledge message when
it isnt connect to the CAN-bus or parameters settings error , then it will resend the
messages automatic until the message is received by other node in CAN-bus or the
USB-CAN product restart. There is 1000 frames length send buffer, it will return 0
when call the VCI_transmit function failure.

ID Format
There are two kind of format for ID format: SJA1000 mode (Align Left) and Real ID

(Align Right).
SJA1000 modeSJA1000 internal registers format, the highest bit of the ID and ID
byte Bit31 alignment. For example, standard frame ID = 2, make 0x00 00 00 02 shift left
21 bit, and the SJA1000 mode ID is 0x 00 40 00 00; if the frame is extended one, make
0x00 00 00 02 shift left 3 bit, then the SJA1000 mode ID is 0x00 00 00 10(temporary
invalid).
Real ID: The lowest bit (Bit0) of ID is aligned with the ID byte Bit0.For example, if ID =
2, then file 00 00 00 02 in the ID edit box directly. This format is simple and intuitive.
Each time the data will be displayed in the list box on the interface.

Enable/Disable Receive
Check CAN receive enable to open the receive thread. The latest messages will be

shown in list control in time. If uncheck CAN receive enable, when there are messages
on CAN-bus, the receive buffer on the USB-CAN adapter may overflow.
When in the high-speed receiving, it is best not operating the CAN settings, query etc.
Open the CAN bus receiver function, when check receiving box in the main interface,
receiving function is opened at the same time.
If the data received from the other CAN node will be displayed on the interface.

High-speed mode, show list data, information save

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These three items are located in Display menu.

When the High-speed mode is checked, show list data and information saves
become invalid.
When the show list data is checked, the latest messages will be shown in list
control make CAN message monitoring more in time.
When the information save is checked, the messages will be save to the specified
text-format excel-file for a long time.
We recommend that you check the "high-speed mode" in order to save
memory and CPU consumption when using the high-speed transceiver.

3.4 Self-Test
Each channel supports self-test mode.
Do Self-test in the following steps:
1) Plug the USB-CAN adapter into the PC's USB, and then run the USB-CAN Tool.
2) Select menu Select Device USB-CAN 2.0, then select menu Device
Operation Start to open the USB-CAN adapter, and set the work mode to self-test
in next popup dialog.
3) In the main UI Send area, set Frames=1, Send Interval=1000, check CAN
receive enable, then, click send button to send message. It will receive the same
message in same channel.
If there is no problem in the receiving function test shows that the USB - CAN adapter
no fault in the work.
USB - CAN - 2 (A/C), CANalyst-II has dual channel CAN interfaces, you also can
interconnect channel1 and cchannel2 to test. This test is more comprehensive, and can
direct response CAN transceiver failure, please refer to the USB - CAN bus adapter test
documentationfor more detail.
Tips:
If the above operation is not success, please check the correct steps carefully. If it still
does not work, please contact us.
If it cant receive messages after the USB-CAN adapter restart, may need to restart
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the USB-CAN Tool.

When using the adapter for external CAN equipment debugging, please put the USB
- CAN CANH, CANL corresponding connected with CANH, CANL of external CAN devices,
other line do not need to connect.

3.5 Simultaneous use of multiple USB-CAN

USB-CAN Tool supports the same computer to connect up to four USB-CAN modules
at the same time. Please refer to multiple cards operation at the same time instruction
handbookfor More details.
Note: more detailed information about USB - CAN tool, please refer tothe USB CAN tool instructions.

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