Compaq NetPorty II manual Your I+ME NetPorty

Introduction

Your I+ME NetPorty II

1.1Your I+ME NetPorty II

The NetPorty II is an improved portable network adapter. It is designed to connect devices with RS232 or Centronics interface to the CAN bus. With its features it is an ideal general purpose hardware for industrial and automotive analyzes and diagnostics.

With NetPorty II you can visualize bus-traffic and configure components within a CAN network. It enables you to transfer software from or to control components. The data can be exported to readable by standard PC programs like Excel. In this way the user can generate statistic diagrams, etc. to analyze the CAN communication.

In the I+ME standard software you can set bus specific values. For transmitted or received data it is possible to assign fix display to one CAN message.

In addition to the above mentioned features you can transfer your own programs to NetPorty II by the use of the RS232 link. The download utilities are included as well as sample programs.

The NetPorty II can optionally be equipped with an UART for automotive diagnosis. In this case it is a converter RS 232 or Centronics to ISO 9141 (K-Line).

Working with the parallel port is 2..5 times faster as the serial port access. The speed depends on the PC speed.

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