IMC CANSAS - MDB Database; Reset-Plug

General notes on working with imc CANSAS modules 111
imc CANSAS Users Manual - Doc. Version 1.9 - 05.12.2014© 2014 imc Meßsysteme GmbH
3.5.2 MDB database
All information is saved to a MDB database. Availability of this format in the dialog under the menu item
File / Open is required, and generated when using File / Save.
There is an additional possibility to export or import either everything or portions of it in XML format
using the menu items File / Import and File / Export.
Up to imc CANSAS version 1.6R6 only forward compatibility was guaranteed. Versions as of 1.6R7 are
compatible from version 1.6R6 backward.
Modules with absolutely incompatible properties are completely skipped and an associated message is
posted upon opening.
3.5.3 Reset-plug
The Reset-plug comes with the configuration software. It is a 9-pin DSUB-plug in which Pins 3 and 4 are
jumpered.
The Reset-plug is used to bring a module with unknown CAN-Bus settings up to a defined Baud-rate so
that it is possible to communicate with it.
Working with the Reset-plug:
1. Take a single imc CANSAS-module which you are unable to find on the CAN-Bus using the regular
integrating procedure.
2. Disconnect the module's power supply.
3. Attach the Reset-plug to the module. It is inserted into one of the module's two CAN-terminals.
Connect the module's other CAN-terminal to the CAN-adapter in the PC via an appropriate short
(e.g. 1m..2m) CAN-Bus cable. No other CAN-nodes may be connected. Don't worry if there is no
second terminator; the Reset-plug doesn't have any terminator. But for the Baud rate 125kbit/s
which is subsequently used, and a short cable, one terminator on the side of the PC's CAN-adapter
is enough. This manner of proceeding is of course only permissible as a temporary measure in
conjunction with the Reset plug. Otherwise, the CAN-Bus must always be correctly terminated at
both ends.
4. Now connect the power supply to the imc CANSAS-module.
5. The imc CANSAS-module boots up. You see the LED light up briefly. Then the LED goes off. The
module has been reset.
6. The module can now be located as having the Baud rate 125kbit/s, the Master-ID = 2032 , Slave-ID
= 2033 and standard identifiers. In the software, access the Integrating-Assistant, select individual
integration and then the setting "Default (or with reset plug)".