Kvaser Ethercan Light User manual

Kvaser Ethercan Light User’s Guide
Copyright 2019 Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden
http://www.kvaser.com
Printed Sunday 3rd March, 2019
We believe that the information contained herein was accurate in all respects at the time of printing.
Kvaser AB cannot, however, assume any responsibility for errors or omissions in this text. Also note
that the information in this document is subject to change without notice and should not be construed
as a commitment by Kvaser AB.

Kvaser Ethercan Light User’s Guide 2 (22)
(This page is intentionally left blank.)
Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com

Kvaser Ethercan Light User’s Guide 3 (22)
Contents
1 About this manual 4
2 Introduction 5
2.1 Welcome to Kvaser Ethercan Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.2 Major features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.3 Additional software and documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3 Kvaser Ethercan Light hardware 7
3.1 Hardware installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.2 Network connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.3 Ethercan Factory Reset Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.4 CAN channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.5 Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.6 LED indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4 How to use the Kvaser Ethercan Light 10
4.1 Initial setup on network with DHCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.2 Initial setup on network with static IP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.3 Reset device to factory settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.4 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
5 Appendices 16
5.1 Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
5.2 CAN connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
5.3 CAN bus termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
6 Disposal and Recycling Information 18
7 Legal acknowledgements 19
7.1 Usage warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
7.2 EU Regulatory Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
7.3 Patents, copyrights and trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
8 Version history 22
Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com

Kvaser Ethercan Light User’s Guide 4 (22)
1 About this manual
This manual is intended for Kvaser Ethercan Light users. This manual contains a
description of the hardware properties and general instructions for connecting the
device to a computer.
Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com

Kvaser Ethercan Light User’s Guide 5 (22)
2 Introduction
This section will describe the functions and features of the Kvaser Ethercan Light.
2.1 Welcome to Kvaser Ethercan Light
Figure 1: Kvaser Ethercan Light
The Kvaser Ethercan Light is a powerful real time Ethernet to CAN interface. With
a time stamp precision of 100 microseconds, the Kvaser Ethercan Light handles
transmission and reception of standard and extended CAN messages on the bus.
The Kvaser Ethercan Light is compatible with applications that use Kvaser’s
CANlib.
This guide is applicable to the Kvaser Ethercan Light devices listed in Table 1.
Device Product Number
Kvaser Ethercan Light HS 73-30130-00713-0
Table 1: Kvaser Ethercan Light device and its EAN number.
Throughout this document, we use the name Kvaser Ethercan Light to mean any
Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com

Kvaser Ethercan Light User’s Guide 6 (22)
one of the different Kvaser Ethercan Light products listed in Table 1, unless
otherwise noted.
2.2 Major features
•Quick and easy plug-and-play installation.
•Supports ISO 11898-1 with both 11-bit and 29-bit CAN identifiers.
•Large on-board RAM buffer for CAN messages.
•100 % compatible with applications written for Kvaser hardware such as
LAPcan, PCIcan, and USBcan with Kvaser CANlib.
•One high-speed CAN connection (compliant with ISO 11898-2), 40 kbit/s up
to 1 Mbit/s.
•Fully compatible with J1939, CANopen, NMEA 2000 and DeviceNet.
•Ethernet connection with auto-MDIX using a standard shielded RJ45 socket.
•Built-in Power over Ethernet (PoE), allows the device to receive both data
and power over a single Ethernet cable.
•Small, lightweight plastic housing — easy to tuck away (e.g. in a vehicle
during a test drive)
•Supports extreme data throughput, quick reaction times and precise time
stamping — removing any bottlenecks.
2.3 Additional software and documentation
The Kvaser CANlib SDK includes everything you need in order to develop software
applications interacting with Kvaser CAN hardware. The SDK contains full
documentation and many sample programs, written in C, C++, C#, Delphi, Python
and Visual Basic. Kvaser CAN hardware is built around the same common
software API. Applications developed using one device type will run without
modification on other device types.
The latest versions of documentation, software and drivers can be downloaded for
free at www.kvaser.com/download.
Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com

Kvaser Ethercan Light User’s Guide 7 (22)
3 Kvaser Ethercan Light hardware
In this section you can read more about the CAN channels, power supply and LED
indicators.
3.1 Hardware installation
The Kvaser Ethercan Light may be inserted in any free Ethernet socket. If the
Ethernet socket does not support Power over Ethernet, power must be supplied on
the CAN connector. For the Kvaser Ethercan Light to communicate with the host
computer, the correct version of the Kvaser driver and firmware must be installed.
The firmware is downloaded and installed directly on the Kvaser Ethercan Light
and the driver is installed on the computer.
The delivery package Kvaser Ethercan Light contains:
•Kvaser Ethercan Light.
•Software and Driver CD, containing: drivers for Windows, Kvaser CANKing –
an easy to use CAN bus monitor, RP1210A support, LabView support,
DIAdem driver, and Kvaser CANlib Software Development Kit.
•Kvaser Ethercan Light User’s Guide (on the CD).
•Ethercan Factory Reset Device.
3.2 Network connector
The Kvaser Ethercan Light has a standard shielded RJ45 socket (STP) ethernet
connector, see Figure 2. Connect the Kvaser Ethercan Light to your network or
directly to your PC for first time configuration. For more information on how to
configure the Kvaser Ethercan Light see Section 4, How to use the Kvaser
Ethercan Light, on Page 10.
Figure 2: Network connector on the Kvaser Ethercan Light.
Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com

Kvaser Ethercan Light User’s Guide 8 (22)
3.3 Ethercan Factory Reset Device
The Ethercan Factory Reset Device, see Figure 3 on Page 8, is used to reset the
Kvaser Ethercan Light configuration. To perform a factory reset see Section 4.3,
Reset device to factory settings, on Page 14.
Figure 3: Ethercan Factory Reset Device
3.4 CAN channels
The Kvaser Ethercan Light has one CAN Hi-Speed channel with a 9-pin D-SUB
connector. See Section 5.2, CAN connector, on Page 16 for details about the
connector.
3.5 Power supply
The Kvaser Ethercan Light is powered either from the Ethernet connector using
PoE or from the CAN connector. The Kvaser Ethercan Light is compliant with PoE
IEEE 802.3af supporting both Mode A (endspan) and Mode B (midspan).
3.6 LED indicators
The Kvaser Ethercan Light has four LEDs as shown in Figure 4 on Page 9.
Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com

Kvaser Ethercan Light User’s Guide 9 (22)
Figure 4: LEDs on the Kvaser Ethercan Light.
LED General meaning
PWR (Green) Steady light when unit is powered and working.
CAN (Yellow) CAN channel status.
ERR (Red) Indicates different types of errors.
LAN (Yellow) LAN connection status.
Fast flashing when waiting for DHCP lease.
Slow flashing when ready for connection as remote device.
Steady light when device is connected as a remote device.
Table 2: LEDs on the Kvaser Ethercan Light.
The ERROR LED indicator can give more information about the cause of failure,
see Table 3.
ERROR LED Signal Auxiliary Signal General Meaning
Blink CAN LED blinks CAN channel is in error passive mode
Slower blink CAN LED blinks CAN channel is bus off
Short flash - Error frame detected
Table 3: ERROR LED Indicator Signals
Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com

Kvaser Ethercan Light User’s Guide 10 (22)
4 How to use the Kvaser Ethercan Light
4.1 Initial setup on network with DHCP
Connect the Kvaser Ethercan Light to the network and start Kvaser Network
Device Selector found in Kvaser Device Guide, see Figure 5.
Figure 5: Kvaser Network Device Selector is found in Kvaser Device Guide
The new device will be available in the Kvaser Network Device Selector, see
Figure 6 on Page 11.
Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com

Kvaser Ethercan Light User’s Guide 11 (22)
Figure 6: The new device is found in Kvaser Network Device Selector
4.2 Initial setup on network with static IP
The factory setting uses Windows APIPA1. To initially configure the Kvaser
Ethercan Light for a static IP, connect the device directly to your computer’s
network connector and the new device will be available in the Kvaser Network
Device Selector (using an IP in the range 169.254.0.1 to 169.254.255.254), see
Figure 7 on Page 12.
You can now connect to the device by clicking the Connect button, then start
Kvaser Remote Device Configuration (found in Kvaser Device Guide) and select
your device, see Figure 8 on Page 12.
You will be informed that the parameter area is blank, which is a normal condition
for new devices, see Figure 9 on Page 13.
Change the Network Settings to the preferred settings and click OK, see Figure 10
on Page 13.
1APIPA (Automatic Private IP Addressing) is a DHCP failover mechanism for local networks.
When a DHCP server fails, APIPA allocates IP addresses in the private range 169.254.0.1 to
169.254.255.254. APIPA exists in all modern versions of Windows except Windows NT.
Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com

Kvaser Ethercan Light User’s Guide 12 (22)
Figure 7: The new device is found in Kvaser Network Device Selector
Figure 8: Select device in Kvaser Remote Device Configuration
Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com

Kvaser Ethercan Light User’s Guide 13 (22)
Figure 9: Kvaser Remote Device Configuration starting up
Figure 10: Kvaser Remote Device Configuration network settings
Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com

Kvaser Ethercan Light User’s Guide 14 (22)
4.3 Reset device to factory settings
To reset the Kvaser Ethercan Light to factory settings using the Ethercan Factory
Reset Device, connect the Ethercan Factory Reset Device directly to the CAN
connector on the Kvaser Ethercan Light and follow the steps in Section 4.3.1
Factory reset procedure.
Figure 11: Ethercan Factory Reset Device schematic.
Male D-SUB (CN1) Function
3 GND
4 Not connected
9 Power supply to the device
Table 4: Ethercan Factory Reset Device pin configuration for Male D-SUB (CN1)
Female D-SUB (CN2) Function
3 GND
4 Factory Reset. By pushing the button SW1, this pin will be connected to
GND.
9 Power supply to the device
Table 5: Ethercan Factory Reset Device pin configuration for Female D-SUB (CN2)
If the Ethercan Factory Reset Device is connected to the Kvaser
Ethercan Light it can not be used for normal CAN traffic since
CAN high/low are not forwarded within the Ethercan Factory
Reset Device.
4.3.1 Factory reset procedure
Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com

Kvaser Ethercan Light User’s Guide 15 (22)
1. First connect the Ethercan Factory Reset Device to the Kvaser Ethercan
Light CAN connector. If the Kvaser Ethercan Light is powered through the
CAN connector the Ethercan Factory Reset Device should be placed in
between.
2. Press and hold the button on the Ethercan Factory Reset Device (this will
connect the Factory reset pin to ground).
3. Apply power to the Kvaser Ethercan Light
4. Let the device boot up and the CAN and ERR LEDs will have a steady light
5. After 5 s the CAN and ERR LEDs start flashing, release the button on the
Ethercan Factory Reset Device
6. The Kvaser Ethercan Light will now reboot with factory default settings.
If the button has not been released after 10 s, the device will continue normal
operation without reebooting. The CAN and ERR LEDs will now also stop flashing.
4.4 Troubleshooting
Use “Kvaser Device Guide” in the Control Panel to verify that the computer can
communicate with the Kvaser Ethercan Light. If the firmware version shown is all
zeros, there are communication problems. If the LEDs are not flashing or do not
light up at all, check the power supply.
Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com

Kvaser Ethercan Light User’s Guide 16 (22)
5 Appendices
In this section you will find technical information about Kvaser Ethercan Light and
the device’s connectors.
5.1 Technical data
In Table 6 below you will find the Kvaser Ethercan Light technical specifications.
CAN Channels 1
CAN Transceiver TJA1051T (Compliant with ISO 11898-2)
CAN Bit Rate 40 kbit/s up to 1 Mbit/s
Time stamp resolution 100 µs
Max message rate 8000 msg/s
Error Frame Detection Yes
Error Frame Generation No
Silent mode No
PC interface Ethernet (using Power over Ethernet)
Ethernet interface Ethernet IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX
Ethernet connector Shielded RJ45 socket STP
Galvanic isolation Yes
Power Supply PoE (Power over Ethernet) IEEE 802.3af or
CAN +9 V to +35 V DC
Power consumption Typical 1.2 W
Software requirements Windows (Vista or later)1.
Hardware configuration Done by software.
Dimensions 35 x 165 x 17 mm for body incl. strain relief
Weight 120 g including cables and connectors.
Operating temperature −20 ◦C to +70 ◦C
Storage temperature −40 ◦C to +85 ◦C
Relative Humidity 0 % to 85 % (non-condensing.)
Table 6: Technical specifications.
5.2 CAN connector
Kvaser Ethercan Light devices that use the 9-pin D-SUB connector (see Figure 12
on Page 17) have the pinning described in Table 7 on Page 17.
1For other operating systems, contact Kvaser support.
Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com

Kvaser Ethercan Light User’s Guide 17 (22)
Figure 12: The D-SUB 9 connector pin numbers
D-SUB pin number Function
1 Not connected
2 CAN_L
3 GND
4 Factory Reset
5 Shield
6 Not connected
7 CAN_H
8 Not connected
9 Power supply to the device
Table 7: Configuration of the 9-pin D-SUB
The Factory Reset input is only used to reset the device to factory settings, see
Section 4.3, Reset device to factory settings, on Page 14.
5.3 CAN bus termination
Every CAN bus must be terminated with a 120 Ohm resistor at each end of the
bus. The Kvaser Ethercan Light does not contain any CAN bus termination,
because their inclusion could cause severe disturbance in a system which is
already correctly terminated.
For laboratory or testing use, the exact value of the termination resistors is not
always critical. Sometimes a single terminator is sufficient. For production, proper
termination is essential. If you see error frames on the bus, you should check the
termination.
To save yourself a lot of trouble, always terminate the CAN
bus properly.
Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com

Kvaser Ethercan Light User’s Guide 18 (22)
6 Disposal and Recycling Information
When this product reaches its end of life, please dispose of it
according to your local environmental laws and guidelines.
For information about Kvaser’s recycling programs, visit:
http://www.kvaser.com/en/kvaser/recycling-policy.html
Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com

Kvaser Ethercan Light User’s Guide 19 (22)
7 Legal acknowledgements
7.1 Usage warning
WARNING FOR ALL USERS
WARNING! - YOUR USE OF THIS DEVICE MUST BE DONE WITH CAUTION AND A FULL
UNDERSTANDING OF THE RISKS!
THIS WARNING IS PRESENTED TO INFORM YOU THAT THE OPERATION OF THIS DEVICE
MAY BE DANGEROUS. YOUR ACTIONS CAN INFLUENCE THE BEHAVIOR OF A CAN-BASED
DISTRIBUTED EMBEDDED SYSTEM, AND DEPENDING ON THE APPLICATION, THE
CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR IMPROPER ACTIONS COULD CAUSE SERIOUS OPERATIONAL
MALFUNCTION, LOSS OF INFORMATION, DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT, AND PHYSICAL
INJURY TO YOURSELF AND OTHERS. A POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS OPERATING
CONDITION IS PRESENT WHEN THE FOLLOWING TWO CONDITIONS ARE
CONCURRENTLY TRUE: THE PRODUCT IS PHYSICALLY INTERCONNECTED TO A REAL
DISTRIBUTED EMBEDDED SYSTEM; AND THE FUNCTIONS AND OPERATIONS OF THE
REAL DISTRIBUTED EMBEDDED SYSTEM ARE CONTROLLABLE OR INFLUENCED BY THE
USE OF THE CAN NETWORK. A POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS OPERATING CONDITION MAY
RESULT FROM THE ACTIVITY OR NON-ACTIVITY OF SOME DISTRIBUTED EMBEDDED
SYSTEM FUNCTIONS AND OPERATIONS, WHICH MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS PHYSICAL
HARM OR DEATH OR CAUSE DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT, DEVICES, OR THE SURROUNDING
ENVIRONMENT.
WITH THIS DEVICE, YOU MAY POTENTIALLY:
•CAUSE A CHANGE IN THE OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM, MODULE, DEVICE,
CIRCUIT, OR OUTPUT.
•TURN ON OR ACTIVATE A MODULE, DEVICE, CIRCUIT, OUTPUT, OR FUNCTION.
•TURN OFF OR DEACTIVATE A MODULE, DEVICE, CIRCUIT, OUTPUT, OR
FUNCTION.
•INHIBIT, TURN OFF, OR DEACTIVATE NORMAL OPERATION.
•MODIFY THE BEHAVIOR OF A DISTRIBUTED PRODUCT.
•ACTIVATE AN UNINTENDED OPERATION.
•PLACE THE SYSTEM, MODULE, DEVICE, CIRCUIT, OR OUTPUT INTO AN
UNINTENDED MODE.
ONLY THOSE PERSONS WHO:
(A) ARE PROPERLY TRAINED AND QUALIFIED WITH RESPECT TO THE USE OF THE
DEVICE,
(B) UNDERSTAND THE WARNINGS ABOVE, AND
(C) UNDERSTAND HOW THIS DEVICE INTERACTS WITH AND IMPACTS THE FUNCTION
AND SAFETY OF OTHER PRODUCTS IN A DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM AND THE APPLICATION
FOR WHICH THIS DEVICE WILL BE APPLIED, MAY USE THE DEVICE.
PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU CAN INTEGRATE THIS PRODUCT AS A SUBSYSTEM INTO
HIGHER-LEVEL SYSTEMS. IN CASE YOU DO SO, KVASER AB HEREBY DECLARES THAT
KVASER AB’S WARRANTY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE CORRECTION OF DEFECTS, AND
KVASER AB HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY OVER AND ABOVE THE
REFUNDING OF THE PRICE PAID FOR THIS DEVICE, SINCE KVASER AB DOES NOT HAVE
ANY INFLUENCE ON THE IMPLEMENTATIONS OF THE HIGHER-LEVEL SYSTEM, WHICH
MAY BE DEFECTIVE.
Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com

Kvaser Ethercan Light User’s Guide 20 (22)
7.2 EU Regulatory Compliance
Company Name:
Postal address:
Postcode:
City:
Telephone number:
E-mail address:
Product:
EU Declaration of Conformity (DoC)
We
Kvaser AB
Aminogatan 25
431 53
M¨olndal
[phone]
[e-mail]
declare that the DoC is issued under our sole responsibility and belongs to the following product:
Kvaser Ethercan Light HS
Object of the declaration (identification of apparatus allowing traceability):
Product: Kvaser Ethercan Light HS
Type: 73-30130-00713-0
The object of the declaration described above is in conformity with the relevant Union harmonisation
legislation:
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Directive 2014/30/EU (Art. 6)
RoHS recast Directive 2011/65/EU (Art. 4.1)
The following harmonised standards and technical specifications have been applied
(title, date of standard/specification):
EN 55024 (2010) EN 55032 (2012)
EN 61000-6-3 (2007 + A1:2011) EN 50581 (2012)
Signed for and on behalf of:
M¨olndal
Place of issue
2018-10-04
Date of issue Claes Haglund, Supply Chain and Quality director
Kvaser AB, Mölndal, Sweden — www.kvaser.com