Installation guide

Guide to Your Installation
CAN-API Installation
Manual • Doc. No.: C.2001.21 / Rev. 3.0 •
© 2000-2007 esd gmbh
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1. Guide to Your Installation
This document is valid for several esd-CAN boards. The boards are partly being sold installed into
closed cases (e.g. CAN-USB-Mini), but sometimes also just as boards. In generally applicable contexts
the term
modules
will therefore be used.
The installation descriptions given in this appendix are dependent on the module and operating system
used.
For the hardware installation please consult the module-specific manual 'Hardware Installation and
Technical Data’.
The CAN software is shipped on CD-ROM. The CD contains the CAN driver, the DLL, the
configuration programs and the SDK (Software Development Kit) with the files which are required for
developing and testing your own applications. The CD also contains CAN tools like the monitor
program CANreal, CANrepro, CANscript and CANplot.
For installation, please follow the steps below (except CAN-Bluetooth and EtherCAN module):
1. Installation of driver
Look for the column with ‘your’ operating system in the applicable table on the following pages.
In the lines of the table you will find your CAN module. These two points lead you to the field
which lists the chapters you need for your installation.
The first chapters describe the installation of the driver.
If you have a Windows operating system, you also have to carry out the second step and install
the SDK. For all other operating systems this is not required.
2. Installing the SDK (Software Development Kit - for Windows operating systems only)
After the driver has been installed, proceed to the installation of the SDK. This is described in
the chapter starting on page 53. The SDK installation is only required for Windows operating
systems.
Attention:
The installation of the CAN Bluetooth driver is an exception of these rules! The CAN
Bluetooth driver must always be installed last, that means after the installation of
possible other CAN drivers and after the installation of the CAN-SDK!
The installation of the EtherCAN driver can be executed at any time.