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News Release from: Teleflex Electronic Systems | Subject: Windows configuration tool for CANtrak
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Team on 16 August 2006
Configuration tool for CANtrak
large-format LCD
Teleflex has launched a Windows configuration tool for the CANtrak range of large-format, automotive-grade LCD human-machine interfaces
Teleflex has launched a Windows configuration tool for the CANtrak range of large-format, automotive-grade LCD human-machine interfaces The powerful software allows application-specific instrumentation gauges to be created for handling SAE J1939-compatible CANbus engine data, for use in vehicles, or on diesel engine powered equipment such as pumps and compressors
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 6 May 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Called CCDM (CANtrak Configurable Display Module), the Teleflex software allows a wide range of engine instrument and alarm displays to be created.
Instrument formats include single analogue and digital gauges, and screens with up to four gauges or fault alarms presented simultaneously - an attribute made possible of CANtrak large 4.3x4.3inch/110x110mm display area.
Any J1939 data available can be manipulated and displayed.
A row of soft-key pushbuttons on the LCD panel allows users to navigate around multiple display screens.
To create instrumentation, users complete one initial form with basic information on the system, including the CANbus baud rate and data format (29-bit or 11-bit), the language used, and the graphic file to be presented at boot time.
Then, all the desired gauge screens are configured one by one, by means of one standard form offering a list of tick-box or fill-in-the-blanks options that determine the style of gauge, the units, minimum and maximum, and the name and soft-key function of the display hardware pushbuttons, etc.
The first gauge in the list is always presented to the user as the default display following boot-up.
When the configuration is complete, the CCDM built-in simulator allows the instrumentation to be checked and evaluated, without connection to any real-world equipment.
The instrumentation runs on the Teleflex CANtrak family of HMIs - which are purpose-designed for use in automotive and industrial environments.
Key features include: the use of FSTN (film supertwist nematic) LCD technology for visibility in direct sunlight; backlighting; a Deutsch connector interface to the CANbus; protection to IP67; and an operating temperature range of either -25 to +75 degrees C, or -40 to +75C.
The new software tool complements the Teleflex existing range of development options for its CANtrak displays which include a real-time software development kit for experienced embedded system developers, a generic diesel engine monitoring utility with a range of commonly required gauges and alarms, and a programming service.
CANtrak is in widespread use by OEMs in the off-highway vehicle and marine fields, and the new CCDM software can be used with any existing display from the CANtrak 26xx family.
In addition to providing this plug-on, user-configurable HMI solution for a diesel engine CANbus, Teleflex offers a complementary data acquisition module which provides a migration path to networked instrumentation for any non-J1939 engine sensors or transducer signals that might be required.
Called CCIM, the device transforms the outputs of up to seven analogue sensors to CANbus messages compatible with the SAE J1939 protocol, and is provided with a Windows configuration tool.
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