Introduction
This section covers how Dragon8 software is configured once hardware has been designed and installed
into a vehicle. All of Dragon8’s parameters have a default value and the amount of configuration needed
is dependent on your particular system.
The main topics are:
• DVT configuration tool: installation and use
• CANopen: an introduction to the protocol and its use in Sevcon products
• An overview of the configuration process outlining what needs to be done and the order in which it
must be done
• The configuration steps
DVT configuration tool
DVT is Sevcon’s proprietary configuration tool. It allows the user to monitor, configure and duplicate
the parameters of any Sevcon CANopen node such as the Dragon8 controller. The information presented
here is an overview only. Contact Sevcon for more information about DVT and the functions it provides.
DVT functionality
DVT provides the following facilities:
• Configuration of controller IO, CANbus and motor parameters
• Loading DCF configuration file into the Sevcon controller
• Saving of DCF configuration file from controller to file on computer
• Controller status and fault diagnosis
• Data logging of controller/motor performance on test bench or vehicle
• Update controller firmware
Saving, duplicating and restoring a node’s configuration
You can use DVT to:
• Save a node’s configuration. This can be used at some later date to clone the node’s configuration.
• Duplicate a node’s configuration, in real time, to another node on the CANbus.
• Restore a configuration to a node.
For example, if you want to save the Dragon8 controller configuration, you will need to create a DCF
file. To do this, open the helper by clicking the icon at the top of the DVT main window.
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