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I-2534(Industrial 4-port CAN bus Switch) and I-5534-M (Robust 4-port Industrial CAN bus Switch with metal casing): Firmware and Utility Upgrade
Product Update
2015-11-17

The I-2534 and I-5534-M are both CAN switches used to establish a connection among four CAN bus sub-networks. In order to solve the problem of the star topology within the CAN network, the I-2534 and I-5534-M are specially designed for integrating four CAN networks and solving the problems when using star topology. They are not only used as a CAN bridge, but also have more powerful features.
(1) Extend CAN bus working distance.
(2) Connect to four CAN sub-networks with different baud rate.
(3) Support Star or Tree topology.
(4) I-5534-M provides higher stability and reliability especially in harsh environment.
The upgraded firmware keeps the original features like the user-defined CAN baud rate, CAN bus message acceptance filter and routing path configuration. In addition, the upgraded firmware features the CAN-ID mapping mechanism to modify the received CAN-ID before process forwarding. Users could configure the CAN-ID mapping table. When the I-2534 and I-5534-M receives the specific CAN-ID, the CAN-ID will change to the corresponding CAN-ID by the mapping table before it is transmitted to another CAN ports. When CAN devices transmit the same CAN messages, the I-2534 or I-5534-M could change to another CAN-ID by the CAN-ID mapping mechanism.


The users could upgrade the I-2534 or I-5534-M modules by the software utility. The new firmware can be freely downloaded from the following link.
New Firmware v1.1:
https://www.icpdas.com/en/download/show.php?num=473&model=I-2534
Upgrade steps:
https://www.icpdas.com/en/download/show.php?num=465&model=I-2534
We also provide the new version of utility (I2534_I5534M_Utility) to configure the new function easily and quickly. For more information, please read the user manual.


Features:
- 4 CAN communication ports.
- TJA1042 CAN transceiver
- Compatible with CAN specification 2.0A and 2.0B.
- Fully compatible with the ISO 11898-2 standard.
- Baud rate : 5 k, 10 k, 20 k, 33.3 k, 50 k, 62.5 k, 83.3 k, 125 k, 250 k, 500 k, 800 k, 1 M bps and user-defined.
- CAN filter is configurable.
- CAN bus route path is configurable.
- 100 data frames buffer for each CAN channel.
- Max. data flow up to 2500 fps (frames per second) for all CAN channels.
- Selectable baud rate by rotary switch.
- Selectable 120Ω terminator resistor by DIP switch.
- LED for CAN status.
- 2500 Vrms isolation on the CAN side
- 3 kV galvanic isolation between the power supply and CAN channel
- 4 kV ESD protection for each channel
- Hi-Pot、Surge、EMI and EFT testing are all pass.
- The metal casing of I-5534-M provides higher protection on EMS or other electromagnetic noises.
- Utility tool for CAN filter, route path, user-defined baud rate and CAN-ID mapping (v1.10 firmware) configuration.
- Max. CAN-ID mapping data up to 32 for each CAN channel. (v1.10 firmware)
Comparison Table of CAN Repeater & Bridge Products:

For more information about I-2534 and I-5534-M, please refer to the following website:
https://www.icpdas.com/en/product/I-2534
https://www.icpdas.com/en/product/I-5534-M