Simga2N Traction Advanced Manual– V1.3 Page 37 (166) ©2021 DMC GmbH Herten Germany
4 Use of CAN Open Calibrator and DMC configurator
4.1 DMC CAN Open Calibrator
General
The DMC CAN Open Calibrator is designed for Setting up the Sigms2N
controller range. It also has a build-in dongle for setting up the
controller via PC and DMC Configurator (for details see [8]). The
calibrator can be plugged into connector B if a not-isolated CAN
controller is used or connected through connector A if an isolated
CAN controller is used calibrator can only be connected via connector
A (see 3.1.4 Wiring of the CAN bus).
CAN protocol setup
The DMC CAN Open Calibrator is fully compatible with all CAN
protocols used by DMC products (i.e. DMC CAN protocol, CAN Open
compatible protocol and Full CAN Open protocol). By default, the
DMC CAN Open Calibrator is setup in “Autoscan” mode, which
automatically recognises the active CAN protocol of the network.
CAN node setup
When connecting the DMC CAN Open Calibrator to a controller it will
“scan” the CAN bus for all available DMC Simga2N controllers, to
enable calibration of all DMC controllers on the same bus. All
controllers are by factory default set to Node 1. Therefore before
using the DMC CAN Open Calibrator, all DMC Simga2NControllers
MUST be given a unique Node number. To do this, the DMC Calibrator
must be plugged into one single DMC Simga2NController at a time to
give it an unique node number.
CAN baud rate setup
When connecting the DMC CAN Open Calibrator into a CAN network,
it will communicate at a selectable baud rate. By default the DMC Calibrator is set to use 250 kbit/s baud rate. In case
the baud rate of DMC CAN Open Calibrator and DMC Simga2N Controllers are not consistent, they will not communicate.
In case there is any device in the CAN network communicating at a baud rate different from the one set in the DMC
Calibrator or any DMC Simga2N Controller, the communication can undergo several issues. To this means, please make
sure all devices in the CAN network are communicating with the same baud rate.
4.1.1 How to change the Calibrator’s baudrate:
1) Press and hold the SEL button for more than 2 seconds in order to return to the calibrator’s main page.
2) Scroll with button to “About & Setup” menu; this is the calibrator menu for info and bit rate setup.
3) Press and buttons at the same time and information about calibrator will appear.
4) Scroll with button to “Bitrate” parameter.
5) Press or buttons to increase or decrease the Calibrator’s CAN bitrate.
6) When the desired bit rate is displayed press “SEL” button to confirm.
7) The calibrator will go back to the main screen and will operate on CAN bus at the selected bit rate.
4.1.2 How to change the Calibrator’s CAN protocol:
8) Press and hold the SEL button for more than 2 seconds in order to return to the calibrator’s main page.
9) Scroll with button to “About & Setup” menu; this is the calibrator menu for info and bit rate setup.
10) Press and buttons at the same time and information about calibrator will appear.
11) Scroll with button to “Protocol” parameter.
12) Press or buttons to select the new Calibrator’s protocol.
13) When the desired protocol is displayed press “SEL” button to confirm.
14) The calibrator will go back to the main screen and will operate on CAN bus with the selected protocol.
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