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4.3 CAN Menu

This page has an overview of the CAN menu in the VBOX Setup Software connected to a VBOX 25 Hz Speed Sensor (v2). This is where you can configure the CAN output settings and select transmitted identifiers.
Settings

Configure the output baud rates and termination and export the channel information as a .dbc file.
 

VBSS25-V2_VBOX Setup_CAN.png
 

Channel usage

This area will display the CAN bus channel load. 

If the bus loading is more than 70%, the icon in the top right corner will become red. When it is more than 75% the icon will start flashing. If you choose to write to the unit while the CAN bus loading exceeds 70%, you will trigger a warning message.

CAN Menu - Channel usage.png

Output

The software has four baud rate output values: 

  • 1 Mbit/s
  • 500 kbit/s
  • 250 kbit/s
  • 125 kbit/s
CAN Menu - Output.png

Output termination

Select to Enable or Disable CAN output termination.

CAN-termination.png

Output rate

Select to choose the CAN output rate:

  • 1 Hz
  • 5 Hz
  • 25 Hz
VBSS25-V2_VBOX Setup_CAN_Output Rate.png

Export to DBC

Create a .dbc file of the currently configured VBOX channels.

Export to DBC button.png
Transmitted identifiers

Select which CAN output identifiers you would like transmitted.


VBSS25-V2_VBOX Setup_CAN_Transmitted Identifiers.png

Send  To switch a CAN message on/off, tick or un-tick the box for the corresponding message. 
Default / Actual ID  This allows the modification of the CAN IDs transmitted by the VBOX unit. Default values are the Racelogic standard IDs of 0x301, 0x302 …. 0x307. 
Xtd  To change the identifier format from standard 11-bit to extended 29-bit, tick the Xtd box in the corresponding column. 
Data bytes  Shows which channels will be sent out in each message. 
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