The SER-CAN is an adapter from serial port to CAN. It
connects a PC via any serial port to the CAN Bus. Many
computers still have a serial port, the installation is
simple.
CAN Bus is widely used in industrial applications as well as
in automotive monitoring and control. The SER-CAN can be
used to monitor the data traffic in such installations, as
well as sending control information.
Hardware flow control is used to increase the data
reliability. Even on RS232 the SER-CAN can handle High Speed
CAN transfers.
The ASCII conversion protocol is useful in developing and
testing any configuration. Users just open the serial port
via a Terminal Program, and have a simple way to talk to the
CAN controller. The same way they can also transmit and
receive CAN frames.
Applications programmed by users load the library (DLL),
which transparently handles the ASCII conversion.
Programmers handle only the CAN frames and status, they do
not have to care about the ASCII conversion in their
applications.
