3. A Tour of ValueCAN 4 Industrial

Warning

Warning: Do not attempt to open the case unless specifically instructed to do so by a technician at Intrepid Control Systems. Otherwise, there is risk of possible injury or damage to the unit.

3.1. Case and Overall Design

The ValueCAN4 Industrial is enclosed in a solid anodized aluminum case. The device has been designed and tested for in-vehicle use. It is operational from -40°C to +85°C. An overall view of the ValueCAN 4 industrial can be seen in Figure 2.

Figure 2: ValueCAN4 Industrial Left Side

Figure 3: ValueCAN4 Industrial Right Side

3.2. Overview of the ValueCAN4 Industrial

The label of the ValueCAN4 Industrial shows the device serial number and the pinouts. ValueCAN 4 Industrial has a Din Rail case with LEDs indicating the status of the device and its networks. The device pinout is printed on the housing to make wiring easy. ValueCAN 4 Industrial is backed by a one-year warranty.

Multiple ValueCAN 4 Industrial devices can be linked together using Ethernet to allow additional CAN, CAN FD or LIN/KLine channels. In addition, DIN rails allow easy installation and organized way to handle compli- cated wiring circuits. The ValueCAN 4 Industrial will fit either 15 or 7.5 mm “high” off the mounting surface.

The ValueCAN 4 Industrial has been tested and verified to support independently galvanic isolated two high-bandwidth CAN FD networks, 1 LIN/KLine. This includes 100% utilization at 8 Mb/s data rates on both CAN FD channels.

The ValueCAN 4 Industrial can be used with Vehicle Spy software, a powerful vehicle bus analyzer for monitoring messages and configuring baud rates. Vehicle Spy’s other features include filtering traffic, decoding message data, building scripts, simulating nodes, creating GUIs to control, log and view data, and building graphical displays of data. Real-time acceleration and standalone mode enable high speed flashing, gateway, and ECU simulation.