| New Version of the SAE J1939 Protocol Software | Download/Link | |
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| Date | November 2010 |
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| Content | IXXAT now offers its SAE J1939 protocol software in an extended and revised version 2.02. Besides an adaptation of the user interface, which now allows an easy extension of the software functionality via optional modules, e.g. for NMEA 2000 and ISO 15 765, the support of J1939 devices with dynamically adjustable addresses has been improved... | |
| IXXAT’s IEEE 1588 PTP for STM32 | Download/Link | |
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| Date | November 2010 |
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| Content | The IEEE 1588-2008 protocol software from IXXAT, which is integrated in ap-plications worldwide, now is also available for the STM32Fx07 family from STMicroelectronics. These MCUs have an integrated IEEE 1588 hardware time stamping unit which allows the highly accurate synchronization of devices in a distributed network. On this base, an accuracy in the range of nanoseconds can be achieved. Typical applications are telecommunication, power management, measurement systems (e.g. LXI), and audio/video transmission... | |
| New Sales Director at IXXAT | Download/Link | |
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| Date | October 2010 |
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| Content | Thomas Waggershauser is the new Sales Director at IXXAT Automation GmbH. In his new position, Thomas Waggershauser (34) is responsible for the sales activities of IXXAT and the development and expansion of the existing international distributors. Mr. Waggershauser has been employed at IXXAT Automation GmbH as a Sales Engineer since 2004, with responsibility for CAN and Automotive Systems. Before this he was a Product Manager for remote maintenance systems und signal generators at Agilent Technologies. | |
| New VCI CAN driver from IXXAT supports Windows 7 32/64 bit and LIN | Download/Link | |
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| Date | September 2010 |
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| Content | The latest version 3.3 of IXXAT's Virtual CAN Interface (VCI) now also supports 32 and 64 bit Windows 7 operating systems. The VCI CAN driver supports all CAN interfaces offered by IXXAT and enables the development of customer-specific PC based applications as well as the operation of IXXAT's CAN tools. Customer specific applications can be programmed using the included .Net or C API. At this, the common application interface of the driver allows to easily switch between the interfaces without any adaptation or the customer application. Furthermore, the integration into LabView is directly supported by LabView VIs... | |
| Tool set for the complete analysis and surveillance of CAN networks | Download/Link | |
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| Date | July 2010 |
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| Content | The analysis and diagnostic tools from IXXAT have been complemented by the new CBT2plus and CANobserver, enabling an even easier analysis and monitoring of CAN networks during development, manufacturing and service... | |
| New boost for DeviceNet | Download/Link | |
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| Date | May 2010 |
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| Content | DeviceNet, the first implementation of the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) on CAN, which was developed more than 15 years ago, has seen a new boost because of the rising demand for EtherNet/IP, the Ethernet based version of CIP. Within the last 2 ½ years, more than 30 new DeviceNet vendors have registered an ODVA Vendor ID... | |
| New Management at IXXAT Automation GmbH | Download/Link | |
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| Date | March 2010 |
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| Content | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Konrad Etschberger, founder of IXXAT Automation GmbH and co-partner of IXXAT Holding GmbH will end his operational activities as the Managing Director of IXXAT Automation GmbH on March 31, 2010 and will take up the position of Chairman of the Advisory Board of IXXAT Holding. Together with the long-standing Managing Director and co-partner of IXXAT Holding, Dipl.-Ing. Christian Schlegel, Dipl.-Ing. Werner Sauter will manage the company as the Business Manager. Werner Sauter has worked for IXXAT since September 1, 2009 and is responsible for Sales, Marketing, Personnel and Business Management since January 1, 2010... | |
| New CANopen extension for IXXAT's canAnalyser | Download/Link | |
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| Date | March 2010 |
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| Content | With the new version 2.7 of the CANopen module, IXXAT offers a revised and considerably extended version of its proven CANopen extension for the canAnalyser. The CANopen module is an extension for the canAnalyser 2.7, enabling the display of received layer-2 messages according to the CANopen notation. At this, received messages are analyzed according to the communication objects defined in the CANopen protocol and assigned to the nodes. The message content is extracted and displayed in plain text... | |
| EtherCAT Master Stack | Download/Link | |
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| Date | March 2010 |
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| Content | IXXAT now offers an EtherCAT Master Stack, specially suited for the usage under real time operating systems on embedded platforms. At this, many conventional network interface cards are directly supported, so no special hardware is required for the Ethernet connection... | |
| Real-time Ethernet Seminar - Introduction, Protocols and Implementation | Download/Link | |
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| Date | January 2010 |
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| Content | With the new one-day real-time Ethernet seminar IXXAT presents a topical theme and enables de-velopers and decision makers to get a quick overview of the important currently available pro-tocols as well as the specific features and char-acteristics at the implementation. During the seminar, the protocols EtherNet/IP, Profinet RT & IRT, POWERLINK, EtherCAT, and SERCOS III are introduced. Besides functional criteria, e.g. the level of real-time capability, modeling of process and parameter data as well as data transmission functions, also implementa-tion options, extendability, flexibility and popularity are discussed. All this criteria are important for selecting the right protocol for a specific application. Furthermore, the fields of application as well as the strong and weak points of the protocols are introduced... | |
| CANobserver - Diagnostic tool for the long-term monitoring of CAN bus systems | Download/Link | |
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| Date | January 2010 |
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| Content | The new CANobserver from IXXAT enables the physical and logical long-term monitoring of CAN, CANopen and DeviceNet systems. For this, the device is permanently integrated into the network and continuously monitors and records the data transfer. Sporadic negative impacts, such as external EMC interferences or a slowly deteriorating signal quality caused by worn plug connections, can be detected by the physical layer diagnosis and logical frame monitoring in a timely manner. Thus, the CANobserver is able to inform the system operator before any communication error occurs... | |
| CARcorder – Data Logger for FlexRay and CAN | Download/Link | |
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| Date | January 2010 |
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| Content | The CARcorder is available as Basic or Plus version. The Basic version provides already six CAN interfaces (ISO 11898-2 / 11898-3), two LIN and two RS232 interfaces, an USB host/device interface as well as an interface switchable between SAE J1850 and K/L-line. In addition, the device comes with digital and analog inputs and outputs each providing eight channels. Furthermore, the Plus version of the CARcorder offers a FlexRay interface with two channels. The two processor architecture of the CARcorder enables the fanless device to record all data synchronous and without any losses in real time and with a time stamp accuracy of 1 µs... | |