COMfalcon®
Extremely flexible CAN interface with numerous interfaces and powerful PowerPC. Ideal for use in development, production and service applications
Key Features
- 4× independent CAN interface
- WLAN interface
- RS232, RS422, RS485, K-Line
- Protocol handling
- Optional with data logging, scripting, CAN voltage level oscilloscope functionality
- Optional with integrated SD card
- Compact housing with protection class IP65
Description
Housing and status display
The interface has a robust aluminium housing with protection class IP65. Due to the compact design and the high shock resistance COMfalcon® can be used in different areas of the automation and automotive industry. Two 14-segment displays and nine LEDs always indicate the current operating status/error code of the device.
Interfaces
COMfalcon® has four CAN interfaces in total and is based on the CAN interface CIN with Freescale PowerPC architecture. The connection to the diagnostic PC is established via WLAN/LAN. In addition to the CAN channels, various other interfaces such as RS232, RS422, RS485 or K-Line are available for diagnostic purposes.
Error frame detection
With this feature COMfalcon® is able to take over the troubleshooting and diagnosis in a CAN network. The interface has its own logic, which detects error frames and counts them in an internal memory. Thus sporadic errors, such as the falsification of messages by a participant in the network, can be detected.
ID related level measurement – resistance measurement/current measurement
This feature enables the CAN levels to be read in IO-related as well as active and passive termination resistors to be measured and thus, for example, to carry out fault diagnosis on a vehicle or machine. This is particularly important if data is lost from the network, which can be caused by short circuits, for example.
Technical Data
| CPU | Freescale PowerPC |
| RAM | 64 MB |
| Memory | 16 MB (for data logging optionally up to 128 MB) |
| CAN | 4× CAN interface acc. to ISO 11898 |
| Baud rates | 50 Kbit/s up to 1 Mbit/s |
| CAN termination resistance measurement | Terminating resistor of the vehicle CAN network with active bus |
| CAN Port | 2× 7-pole M16 port (like Sontheim CANUSB-2) |
| RS232 | D-Sub9 Plug A |
| Serial multiplex interface | D-Sub9 Plug A 5 different serial interfaces, changeable via software |
| K-/L-Line | K-/L-Line (acc. to ISO 9141-2, ISO 14230-4) Baud rate up to 56 kBaud/s |
| RS485 | EIA/TIA-485 compatible Baud rate up to 10 Mbit/s no integrated termination resistor |
| RS422 | ANSI/TIA/EIA-422 compatible Baud rate up to 10 Mbit/s no integrated termination resistor |
| LAN | M12 4-pin female connector 100 Mbit LAN, D-coded |
| WLAN | 1× acc. to IEEE 802.11g, up to 54 Mbit/s |
| 14-segment display | Boot-information, K-line mode, RS-mode, measurement, error codes |
| LEDs | Power LED (green); LAN status LED (green and yellow); WLAN status LED (green and yellow); 4× CAN status LED (green and yellow); 2× RS status LED (green and yellow) |
| Dimensions (l×w×h) | 110 mm × 150 mm × 35 mm |
| Housing | Aluminium, protection class IP65 |
| Storage temperature | –40°C up to +85°C |
| Operating temperature | –20°C up to +60°C |
| Power Supply | a.) 6 up to 32 V DC with load-dump protection; b.) via USB V = 5 V, IMAX < 500 mA (with Mini-B-USB connection) |
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