The VxCAN Utility, a diagnostic and test software tool, is designed to unleash the power of all CAN products of ICP DAS. It is based on the Virtual CAN technique which creates the virtual CAN ports to match the physical CAN interfaces of the installed products (Users can refer to the website for details about the Virtual CAN technique
http://oldweb.icpdas.com/products/Remote_IO/can_bus/VxCAN_Driver.htm).

Therefore, by means of the VxCAN Utility, it is not necessary to adapt the various utilities or software interface due to the different CAN products. Users just need to focus on the project development and network diagnosis without concerning about what CAN product the system uses.

In order to satisfy in various applications, the VxCAN Utility provides not only the functions of sending and receiving CAN messages, but the functions for message trigger, group transmission and data record. Users can set some trigger conditions in the VxCAN Utility. If these conditions are reached, it will activate the specific messages, such as stopping the message reception, starting the data logger or sending some specific messages. The group transmission function allows users to arrange a group of messages. Users can arrange the CAN messages in advance which must be sent sequentially, and send the group by manual trigger or some specific rules. It is useful when users would like to control or configure the slave devices for testing. The reception messages of the VxCAN Utility are able to be saved in the file after enabling the function of message record. This can help users to know what happen in the system network clearly so that the system problems would be fixed more efficiently and simply.

Works as a CAN Master：

The VxCAN Utility provides basic sending and receiving functions. Through these functions, the CAN product, for example the I-7530, can work as a CAN master to control the CAN slave device as the following figure. Users just need to use the VxCAN Utility to send the corresponding commands of the CAN slave devices, the responses from the slave devices are shown in the reception list of the utility. If there are several commands needed to be sent sequentially, users can use the Group Send function to access the slave devices in specific regular time.

Works as a CAN Analyzer：

The VxCAN Utility could be a compact analyzer. When users would like to diagnostic the CAN network, the VxCAN Utility provides several useful functions, such as event trigger, data log and Bus loading trend. The event trigger can used to trigger the message transmission, data log or stop of messages reception. Users just need to use a CAN product such as I-7565-H2, the utility would be helpful users to monitor the communication of the network, access the CAN nodes, or diagnose the CAN Bus loading.

Simply and Friendly operation Interface：