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1. Schutzenweg 8a 82335 Farchach User s Manual m 4 Germany V 1 1 067 tr zh Ze LS0 CAN Channel Activates deactivates the Ethernet link of the LS1 Ethernet Link CAN specified channel The following settings Switch are valid and specify the state of the link 0 inactive 1 active LSx 0 LSx 1 Note that disabled Ethernet links will continue to transmit CAN status packets once per second and respond to IMCP packets CAN Channel UR1 0100 Sets the gap between subsequent emissions of Ethernet Update UDP IP packets containing received CAN Rate messages for the specified CAN channel in milliseconds as a 4 digit decimal number in the range of 0001 9999 Note that this setting does not affect the continuous transmission of CAN status packets every 100ms and once per second as broadcast and the ability of the CANflight to respond to IMCP packets CAN Channel RBO 0 Activates deactivates the readback of CAN Readback messages on the same channel as they are Switch transmitted The following settings are valid and specify the state of the readback 0 inactive 1 active RBx 0 RBx 1 Remote MAC MA1200 14 4F C3 B9 A2 MAC address of the remote host for Address communication with the specified CAN channel consisting of six two digit hexadecimal numbers from 00 to FF separated by colons All Letters A F have to be capital Remote IP IPO 192 009 200 051 IP address of the remote host for communication Address with the specif2. Urx MAx IPx LPx and RPx must use the corresponding fixed length format i e IPO 192 009 200 003 not IP02192 9 200 3 Tas Jee Format Example CANflight Name NME CANflight 1 A string of up to 32 bytes consisting of a human readable ASCII text that gives the CANflight unit a name This name can be read from the module via the GET MODULE INFO system call at any time All characters exceeding 32 bytes will be ignored LMA Local MAC LMA 00 01 02 03 04 05 MAC address of the CANflight unit consisting of Address six two digit hexadecimal numbers from 00 to FF separated by colons All Letters A F have to be capital Note that the first byte has to be 00 otherwise the Ethernet interface will not work LIP Local IP Address LIP 192 009 200 003 IP address of the CANFlight unit consisting of four three digit decimal numbers in the range of 000 255 separated by dots Alternatively CANflight may be directed to obtain its IP address from a DHCP server by specifying the IP address as the four letter acronym DHCP in capital letters CAN Baud Rate CB1 250 Baud rate of the specified CAN channel The following settings are valid and specify the baud rate in kbit s CBx 83 CBx 125 CBx 250 CBx 500 CBx 1000 Document CANflight_Users_Manual pdf Page 12 of 23 Stock Flight Systems 2011 Project CANflight Author M Stock Date 11 10 2011 Stock Flight Systems CANflig ht www stockflightsystems com
3. CANflight unit specified through the PMC825_IF interface structure for transmission The number of messages to be transmitted is specified by msg count Return Values Upon successful completion Pmc825RawCanWrite returns PMC825 OK Otherwise one of the following codes is returned PMC825 BUF OVERFLOW The number of messages specified by msg count exceeded the maximum number of MAX CAN MSG COUNT 7 5 Pmc825CanAerospaceRead Synopsis include pmc825 h include can as h int Pnc825CanAerospaceRead PMC825 IF intf CAN AS MSG msg Description The Pmc825CanAerospaceRead function tries to return one CANaerospace formatted CAN message from the buffer associated with the CAN channel of the CANflight unit specified through the PMC825 IF interface structure Return Values Upon successful completion Pmc825CanAerospaceRead returns PMC825_OK Otherwise one of the following codes is returned PMC825 NO MSG No message could be read from the module 7 6 Pmc825CanAerospaceWrite Synopsis include pmc825 h include can as h int Pmc825CanAerospaceWrite PMC825_IF intf CAN AS MSG msg int msg count Description The Pmc825CanAerospaceWrite function tries to write one or more CANaerospace formatted CAN messages to the buffer associated with the CAN channel of the CANflight unit specified through the PMC825 IF interface structure for transmission The number of messages to be transmitted is specified by msg co
4. If RUN is selected the data recording starts immediately after power on and stops on power off A new recording file is created each time when the seconds specified through the RFT tag have elapsed If CAN is selected the recording process is controlled through the TOP MARKER CANaerospace message either on CAN channel 1 or 2 If ETH is selected the recording process is controlled through the Ethernet interface Note that this mode is currently not implemented in the CANflight firmware CAN Channel DRC 3 Specifies which CAN channels are recorded Recording when the Flight Data Recording Mode is active Switch DRC 1 Channel 1 only DRC 2 Channel 2 only DRC 3 Channel 1 2 RFT 0060 Specified the time after which a new data recording file is generated when the Data Recording is active in the RUN mode in seconds as a 4 digit decimal number in the range of 0001 9999 Table 5 1 CANflight Configuration File Tags Document CANflight_Users_Manual pdf Page 14 of 23 Stock Flight Systems 2011 Project CANflight Author M Stock Date 11 10 2011 Stock Flight Systems CANflig ht www stockflightsystems com No Sch tzenweg 8a 82335 Farchach User s Manual m 4 Germany V1 1 DOT di e A sample CANflight configuration file is shown below CANflight Configuration File C Stock Flight Systems 2011 Board name max 32 bytes NME CANflight 1 This CANflight s MAC
5. decoupled from the Power supply contacts of the CAN Bus Connectors and electrically isolated from the USB Power Connector USB Connector Type B USB connector used to supply 5VDC power from an external computer to the CANflight The USB data connection is not used The maximum current drawn by the CANflight over this connector is 0 5A This USB power connection is isolated from the other CANflight power connectors 9 36VDC Power Connector and CAN Bus Connectors Status LED Bicolor LED which is illuminated in red during the start of the CANflight firmware or in case of an internal system failure This LED flashes green during normal operation with 90 on time versus 10 off time Left SSM LEDs These LEDs flash to indicate that the associated CAN channel is recording CAN messages on the USDHC card The longer the respective LED is illuminated in green the more CAN messages are recorded over time that is the higher is the CAN bus load Right SSM LEDs These LEDs indicate that the associated CAN channel is used for data recording by the internal CANflight firmware Both LEDs should be illuminated continuously when data recording is activated TX LEDs These LEDs flash with a frequency of 2Hz and a duty cycle of 50 to indicate that the CANflight currently transmits CAN messages over the associated channel RX LEDs These LEDs flash with a frequency of 2Hz and a duty cycle of 50 to indicate that the CANflight currently receives CAN messages
6. 1 CANflight Rear Panel Document CANflight_Users_Manual pdf Page 9 of 23 Stock Flight Systems 2011 Project CANflight Author M Stock Date 11 10 2011 Stock Flight Systems CANflig ht www stockflightsystems com Sch tzenweg 8a 82335 Farchach User s Manual m 4 Germany V 1 1 DOT di e 54321 Figure 3 2 CAN1 CAN2 D Sub Connector Pinout Pin Signal Name signat Description kan Jeep z 7 Table 3 1 CAN1 CAN2 Connector Signal Definition The CANflight IRIG B SMA connector accepts a signal according to IRIG Standard 200 04 on the center contact with the reference ground on the outer thread The mating SMA plug is shown in Figure 3 3 SMA Connector Plug 8mm Hex Nut Male Pin Inner thread Figure 3 3 Mating IRIG B SMA Plug Document CANflight_Users_Manual pdf Page 10 of 23 Stock Flight Systems 2011 Project CANflight Author M Stock Date 11 10 2011 Stock Flight Systems CANflight www stockflightsystems com Ww Sch tzenweg 8a 82335 Farchach User s Manual u Nar Germany V 1 1 Kr di e 4 Ethernet Interface CANflight uses its Ethernet interface for the communication between a theoretically unlimited number of other CANflight systems and or host computers as shown in Figure 4 1 The Ethernet interface auto negotiates its data rate with switches routers or other network nodes between 10 and 1000 Mbit s To support smooth integration into standard Ethernet networks CANflight responds to Internet C
7. 4 1036 CJ Graph View le 209 0556 1134 let unnamed 1 209 0557 1037 CJ Data Visualization i L 2090559 s1135 unnamed Ll 2090560 1208 1 209 0561 s1130 Ste ies Sp 2000562 sus BS Add Receive Window 1 209 0563 1132 e 1 2090565 315 B Add ARINC 825 Rx DH 209 0566 320 Add Trace Window 1 209 0567 1209 gt Add Graph View 1 209 0569 1210 c7 153 0 011984 zen 153 5 127540 807 153 0 005432 807 153 0 017042 0 00 c 153 0 002556 c 153 0 066000 ieu ee ee Hide Properties c 153 9 801000 C7 153 546 435974 Name X Unit i BI Oe Data Type Double 0 7 ay Precision 2 8 c 153 0 000019 C 153 0 000030 Min 3 Max 3 Ee color E endian sos E zen 153 0 000000 c 153 0 059826 c 153 0 234262 an c7 153 0 034958 ANA Pan Statistic zen 153 2 346170 C 153 546 435974 c 153 0 000000 Average 19 408 ms Inch E e 153 0xc Ox0c 0x00 0x00 3 Add Data Visualization i ER ele ASE m Minimum 13 834 ms S Add Node Service Window Maximum 25 036 ms I Add CAN statistic Jitter 11 202 ms 5 621 5 582 4 Add CAN Interface Total Messages 4728 Msg Total CANaerospace 20 19 18 Transmit Window xt C Show Properties s O D Alinterfaces 1 Spreading Gingle Message 5 id 311 B SESSESESESSESESESSESESEESE Profile EE 2 2 8 All Interfaces e Load Load All X Clear Me
8. Figure 2 5 Mating DC Coaxial Plug Figure 2 6 Lock Tab DC Coaxial Connector Pinout Figure 2 7 Type B USB Connector Pinout Figure 3 1 CANflight Rear Panel Figure 3 2 CAN1 CAN2 D Sub Connector Pinout Figure 3 3 Mating IRIG B SMA Plug Figure 4 1 CANflight Host Computer Communication Network Figure 8 1 XCT Main Window Document CANflight_Users_Manual pdf Page 2 of 23 Stock Flight Systems 2011 Project CANflight Author M Stock Date 11 10 2011 Stock Flight Systems CANflig ht www stockflightsystems com Ny Sch tzenweg 8a 82335 Farchach User s Manual xl Nar Germany V 1 1 067 tr di e 1 Introduction The CANflight interface system offers 2 optically isolated CAN 2 0B interfaces according to ISO 11898 an IRIG B time code input and a 10 100 1000 BaseT Ethernet interface To minimize CPU load on host computers the CANflight uses an onboard Xilinx Spartan 3 FPGA with dual Microblaze processors and 8 MByte SRAM to process and store CAN messages The CAN bus interfaces are accessible via two 9 pin D Sub connectors in the rear Figure 1 1 shows the CANflight hardware N ARINC 825 CANaerospace Interface 9 36 VDC AVIATION ALLIA en ETHERNET Oe USB SSM TX RX e cH1 N iilis cu 9 STATUS m SDHC TP2700 901 OM Model WWW ARINC825 C Figure 1 1 CANflight Hardware The CANflight features are Laptop ready Dual Core Processor Based Embedded Realtime Control System for Ground and Airborne Use Two isolated fu
9. N messages is accomplished though an IRIG B time code input providing 1us resolution An integrated uSDHC interface is used for data acquisition storage system configuration information and firmware upgrades CANflight is integrated into a rugged aluminum box which is powered from 9 36 VDC allowing it to run from standard 14V or 28V DC aircraft power buses according to the EN2282 specification The power input lines are protected against transient overvoltage and electromagnetic interference Alternatively CANflight runs off a USB power connection for direct use with laptop computers The total power consumption of a CANflight unit is 5W The CAN and Ethernet interfaces are serviced by different processors so that all interfaces may be used at the same time without any loss of data CANflight units may be connected to host computers using CANaerospace ARINC825 and the auto negotiating 10 100 1000 BaseT Ethernet interface with the CAN over Ethernet protocol standard developed by Stock Flight Systems The Wireless LAN IEEE 802 11 option for CANflight provides an integrated DHCP server and a web based configuration interface The SDHC card slot accepts cards with sizes up to 16GBytes CANflight units can work as either standalone systems or as intelligent nodes within simple or complex CAN CANaerospace and ARINC825 networks The interface between CANflight and host computer applications via Ethernet UPD IP either wired or wireless is realized through a
10. OCKET ERR At least one of the communication sockets could not be successfully initialized 7 2 Pmc825Stopilnterface Synopsis include pmc825 h void Pmc 25StopInterface PMC825 IF intf Description The Pmc825StopInterface function releases the connection between a CANflight unit and the host by closing the corresponding UDP IP sockets and releasing the allocated memory 7 3 Pmc825RawCanRead Synopsis include pmc825 h int Pmc825RawCanRead PMC825_IF intf CAN MSG msg Description The Pmc825RawCanRead function tries to return one unformatted CAN message from the buffer associated with the CAN channel of the CANflight unit specified through the PMC825 F interface structure Return Values Upon successful completion Pmc825RawCanRead returns PMC825 OK Otherwise one of the following codes is returned PMC825 NO MSG No message could be read from the module 7 4 Pmc825RawCanWrite Synopsis include pmc825 h Document CANflight Users Manual pdf Page 18 of 23 Stock Flight Systems 2011 Project CANflight Author M Stock Date 11 10 2011 Stock Flight Systems CANflig ht www stockflightsystems com NN Sch tzenweg 8a 82335 Farchach User s Manual ayy 4 Germany V 1 1 DOT di e int Pmc825RawCanWrite PMC825_IF intf CAN_MSG msg int msg count Description The Pmc825RawCanWrite function tries to write one or more unformatted CAN messages to the buffer associated with the CAN channel of the
11. Stock Flight Systems CANflight www stockflightsystems com Soy M L ST I CK Schutzenweg 8a 82335 Farchach User s Manual sath Germany V 1 1 Des ty e Interface A N ARINC 825 CANaerospac C 9 36 VDC AVIATION en USB ETHERNET SET zx LL TX RX LL H u Le e x b 3 ke 1111 CH STATUS pSDHC TP2700 901 OM Model WWW ARINC825 C Driven by VIATION ALLIANCE Document CANflight Users Manual pdf Page 1 of 23 Stock Flight Systems 2011 Project CANflight Author M Stock Date 11 10 2011 Stock Flight Systems CANflig ht www stockflightsystems com Sch tzenweg 8a 82335 Farchach User s Manual m 4 Germany V 1 1 DOT di e Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Front Panel Connectors and Indicators 3 Rear Panel Connectors 4 Ethernet Interface 5 CANflight Configuration 6 CANflight Firmware Upgrades 7 CANflight Application Programmer s Interface 7 1 Pmc825Startlnterface 7 2 Pmc825Stoplnterface 7 3 Pmc825RawCanRead 7 4 Pmc825RawCanwWrite 7 5 Pmc825CanAerospaceRead 7 6 Pmc825CanAerospaceWrite 7 7 Pmc825Arinc825Read 7 8 Pmc825Arinc825Write 7 9 Pmc825CtrlRead 7 10 Pmc825CtrlWrite 8 The XCT Toolbox 9 CANflight Supplier List 10 ARINC825 CANaerospace Websites Table of Figures Figure 1 1 CANflight Hardware Figure 1 2 CANflight Block Diagram Figure 2 1 CANflight Front Panel Figure 2 2 RJ 54 Connector with Status LEDs Figure 2 3 Typical uSDHC Card Figure 2 4 uSDHC Pinout
12. and IP address LMA 00 01 02 03 04 05 LIP 192 009 200 033 CAN interface baud rates 1000 500 250 125 or 83 1000 125 MAC IP addresses and local remote port numbers for CAN channel 0 MA0 200 14 4F C3 3C DE SUN IP0 192 009 200 051 LP0 34567 RP0 34568 LSO 1 URO 0010 RBO 0 MAC IP addresses and local remote port numbers for CAN channel 1 1 192 009 200 051 1 34569 1 34570 Flight Data Recording Settings FDR RUN DRC 1 RFT 0060 End of CANflight Configuration File For CAN channels which are not accessed via the Ethernet UDP IP interface the corresponding entries in the configuration file for MAC IP addresses and port numbers may be omitted All CAN channels that have no baud rate tag in the configuration file will be initialized to be bus off by default Specifying 255 as the last digit of an IPx tag sets up the corresponding interface for broadcast communication In this case multiple instances of XCT may connect to the same CAN channel of a CANflight unit port numbers are still relevant in this case The MAC address for broadcast channels is automatically set to FF FF FF FF FF FF by the CANflight firmware If the LIP tag is set to DHCP CANflight attempts to contact a DHCP server in the network and tries to Document CANflight Users Manual pdf Page 15 of 23 Stock Flight Systems 2011 Project CANflight Author M Stock D
13. any V 1 1 Des ty ARR Figure 2 4 USDHC Pinout Figure 2 3 Typical MSDHC Card Pin_ SignalName_ signal Description B p EG s yss Sem vage Grund p feeen Se Reserves Table 2 3 uSDHC Connector Signal Definition Figure 2 6 shows the pinout of the 9 36VDC Lock Tab DC Coaxial Connector This connector requires a mating 2 5mm 5 5mm plug with the supply on the center contact and the Power Ground connection on the outer ring A mating non locked plug is shown in Figure 2 5 9 36VDC Power Ground Figure 2 6 Lock Tab DC Coaxial Figure 2 5 Mating DC Coaxial Connector Pinout Plug Figure 2 7 and Table 2 4 describe pinout and signals of the CANflight USB connector which is used for power supply only Document CANflight Users Manual pdf Page 8 of 23 Stock Flight Systems 2011 Project CANflight Author M Stock Date 11 10 2011 Stock Flight Systems CANflight www stockflightsystems com Sexy M L STUCK Sch tzenweg 8a 82335 Farchach User s Manual ur Germany V 1 1 DEY tv Figure 2 7 Type B USB Connector Pinout Pim Signal Name signat Description DESEN Table 2 4 USB Connector Signal Definition 3 Rear Panel Connectors The CANflight rear panel is shown in Figure 3 1 The CAN1 CAN2 Sub D rear panel connectors combine the CAN interfaces and the power supply as shown in Figure 3 2 the usage and pin assignment of the connectors is described in Table 3 1 Figure 3
14. ate 11 10 2011 Stock Flight Systems CANflig ht www stockflightsystems com Sch tzenweg 8a 82335 Farchach User s Manual m 4 Germany V 1 1 067 to zb oda obtain a valid IP address from it Once this process has been completed successfully the CANflight unit will transmit a status message for CAN channel 0 once per second as a broadcast UDP packet Reception of this packet allows host computers in the network to determine the IP address of a CANflight based on its module name If the MAC address of a remote host is not known the corresponding MAx tag may be omitted In this case the CANflight will use ARP requests ten times per second to determine the remote hosts MAC address in order to establish communication with this host Specifying the remote hosts MAC address in the configuration file avoids this process and speeds up the link initialization The continuous transmission of Ethernet UDP IP packets with received CAN messages can be enabled or disabled using the LSx tag for each CAN channel individually Likewise the time between subsequent packets can be adjusted through the URx tag The minimum time gap between CAN receive packets is 1ms the maximum time gap is 9999ms Be aware that specifying large gap times may lead to data loss depending on the traffic on the corresponding CAN channel The LSx and URx tag settings do not affect the transmission of CAN status packets every 100ms and once pe
15. corresponding Application Programming Interface API for a variety of operating systems including Linux Solaris MacOS Windows and VxWorks 2 Front Panel Connectors and Indicators The CANflight front panel is shown in Figure 2 1 the usage of the various connectors and LEDs is described in Table 2 1 Note that the CAN channels are numbered CH1 and CH2 for indications and connectors but are referred to as channels 0 and 1 for all software functions including the configuration file sections 5 CANflight Configuration and 7 CANflight Application Programmer s Interface Figure 2 1 CANflight Front Panel Document CANflight_Users_Manual pdf Page 5 of 23 Stock Flight Systems 2011 Project CANflight Author M Stock Date 11 10 2011 Sch tzenweg 8a 82335 Farchach User s Manual we Germany V 1 1 DEY tv ETHERNET Connector Standard RJ 45 connector used for the interface between CANflight and other computer systems using 10 100 1000 BaseT Ethernet The CANflight Ethernet supports auto negotiating of the bus speed as well as support for ICMP echo requests so that CANflight systems respond to ping commands over the network Stock Flight Systems CANfI ig ht www stockflightsystems com M L STOCK 9 36VDC Power Supply Connector Lock Tab DC Coaxial Connector Bayonet Lock with 5 5mm outer diameter to supply 9 36VDC to CANflight if the rear CAN connectors or the USB connector are not used for that purpose This power connection is diode
16. e Write unformatted CAN messages Pmc625CanAerospaceRead Read CANaerospace formatted CAN messages Pmc825CanAerospaceWrite Write CANaerospace formatted CAN messages Pmc825Arinc825Read Read ARINC 825 formatted CAN messages Pmc825Arinc825Write Write ARINC 825 formatted CAN messages Pmc825CtrlRead Read a PMC825 control response packet Pmc825CtrlWrite Write a PMC825 control command packet Document CANflight Users Manual pdf Page 17 of 23 Stock Flight Systems 2011 Project CANflight Author M Stock Date 11 10 2011 Stock Flight Systems CANflig ht www stockflightsystems com Sch tzenweg 8a 82335 Farchach User s Manual n MICHAEL Germany V 1 1 DOT di e 7 1 Pmc825Startinterface Synopsis include pmc825 h int Pmc825StartInterface PMC825 IF intf unsigned int pm825_ip unsigned int host ip int rx port int tx port int channel Description The Pmc825StartInterface function establishes the connection between the specified channel of a CANflight unit and the host by the means of UDP IP sockets It initializes a PMC825 IF interface structure that refers to the CAN channel The interface structure is used by other I O functions to refer to that CAN channel Return Values Upon successful completion Pmc825StartInterface returns PMC825 OK Otherwise one of the following codes is returned PMC825 MEM ALLOC ERR The memory required to establish communication could not be obtained PMC825 S
17. forms sample C source code and the XCT toolbox connected to the CANflight via Ethernet UDP IP Figure 1 2 shows the CANflight block diagram Document CANflight Users Manual pdf Page 3 of 23 Stock Flight Systems 2011 Project CANflight Author M Stock Date 11 10 2011 Stock Flight Systems Sch tzenweg 8a 82335 Farchach Germany CANflight User s Manual V 1 1 CANflight CPU 0 Microblaze 96MHz Bosch DC DC C CAN www stockflightsystems com Des unt M L tv STOCK CPU 1 Microblaze 96MHz TEMAC Ethernet Converter Controllers Controller CAN Transceivers 10 100 1000 BaseT Ethernet CAN 0 CAN 1 Figure 1 2 CANflight Block Diagram Page 4 of 23 Stock Flight Systems 2011 Author M Stock Date 11 10 2011 Document CANflight Users Manual pdf Project CANflight Stock Flight Systems CANflig ht www stockflightsystems com Schutzenweg 8a 82335 Farchach User s Manual m 4 Germany V 1 1 Kr di e The CANflight CAN 2 0B interfaces are implemented with licensed Bosch C_CAN controller IP cores to ensure compatibility with the Bosch CAN standard and to allow precise hardware timing and control over the transmission and reception of CAN ARINC825 CANaerospace messages The Xilinx FPGAs and the CANflight firmware provide local buffering and 60ns time stamp resolution for all CAN messages and implement ARINC825 CANaerospace specific protocol functions High precision time synchronization of CA
18. he corresponding Ethernet signal assignment for the RJ 45 connector ze rarsmt Dalat Farsi ata ala x x a C mc ResveDas Table 2 2 RJ 45 Connector Signal Definition D e EJ CANflight offers a uSD card slot that supports FAT 32 formatted uSD and SDHC cards All standard uSD and USDHC cards with sizes ranging vom 2GB to 16GB maybe used with CANflight if they support the Serial Peripheral Interface SPI mode and are capable of operating under a sustained SPI data rate of 25 Mhz The standard pinout of uSDHC cards is shown in Figure 2 4 the corresponding signal assignment in Table 2 3 Figure 2 3 shows a standard SDHC card as an example All standard SD and SDHC cards with sizes ranging vom 1GB to 16GB maybe used with CANflight The yu SD card interface is fully compatible with the USD HC specification of the SD Card Organization www sdcard org The MicroSD card interface is used to configure the CANflight during startup using a dedicated configuration file see section 5 CANflight Configuration and to perform firmware upgrades see section 6 CANflight Firmware Upgrades Options for CAN data recording on USDHC card are available on request Document CANflight Users Manual pdf Page 7 of 23 Stock Flight Systems 2011 Project CANflight Author M Stock Date 11 10 2011 Stock Flight Systems CANflight www stockflightsystems com Soy M L ST I CK Schutzenweg 8a 82335 Farchach User s Manual d m Germ
19. ht www stockflightsystems com Ny Sch tzenweg 8a 82335 Farchach User s Manual s m MR Germany V 1 1 De Le st k 5 CANflight Configuration The CANflight configuration is accomplished through a human readable ASCII configuration file that is stored on a yu SD card which is inserted in the CANflight uSD card slot The configuration file has to have the case sensitive name CANFLITE CFG to be recognized by the firmware This file is read by the CANflight firmware from the uSD card slot each time power is applied The content is used to configure the CAN baud rate the local Ethernet interface and the board name used by XCT for additional reference and display of the board it is connected to The settings made through the configuration file are used on power up but may be changed at any time using the corresponding Application Programmer Interface API system calls Additionally the configuration file allows to specify default settings for the IP addresses MAC addresses and port numbers for the communication with XCT or the Ethernet API on a per CAN channel basis The configuration file format uses the case sensitive tags shown in Table 5 1 No spaces are allowed between the tag the and the following letters All data in the configuration file that does not begin with a recognized tag will be ignored This allows user comments in the file if caution is taken that no tag letters are used Note that all numbers for the tags LMA LIPz
20. ied CAN channel consisting of four three digit decimal numbers in the range of 000 255 separated by dots Local UDP Port LPO 34567 UDP port number of the CANflight unit used to Number receive Ethernet UDP IP packets from as a 5 digit decimal number in the range of 03000 65535 Note that port numbers below 3000 will create problems in many networks Remote UDP RP0 34568 UDP port number of the CANflight unit used to Port Number send Ethernet UDP IP packets to as a 5 digit decimal number in the range of 03000 65535 Note that port numbers below 03000 will create problems in many networks Document CANflight_Users_Manual pdf Page 13 of 23 Stock Flight Systems 2011 Project CANflight Author M Stock Date 11 10 2011 Stock Flight Systems CANflig ht www stockflightsystems com Sch tzenweg 8a 82335 Farchach User s Manual we we Germany V 1 1 067 tr zh Ze BRO CAN Channel Activates deactivates the bridge function of the BR1 Bridge Switch specified CAN channel If both channels have the bridge function activated all CAN messages are transferred between the channels in both directions The following settings are valid and specify the state of the readback 0 inactive 1 active BRx 0 BRx 1 Note that the bridge function is currently not implemented in the CAN light firmware Flight Data FDR RUN Activates the Flight Data Recording Mode The Recording Mode following settings are valid FDR RUN FDR CAN FDR ETH
21. lly independant Controller Area Network ISO 11898 ARINC825 and CANaerospace protocol compliant interfaces Integrated USDHC card based Flight Data Recording Option available IRIG B Time Code Input for High Precision Data Synchronization Auto negotiating 10 100 1000 BaseT Ethernet interface with CANaerospace over Ethernet CoE and ARINC825 over Ethernet A8250E protocol and Application Programmer Interface API IEEE 802 11 Wireless LAN Option with CANaerospace over Wireless CoW and ARINC825 over Wireless A8250W protocol available Frontpanel Activity LEDs for CAN and Ethernet Power Supply using USB cable or EN2282 Aircraft Power 9 36VDC Mechanical Dimensions 80mm x 47mm x 132mm weight 320g CAN ARINC825 CANaerospace toolbox for Linux MacOS and Windows Custom Software Options available on request The CANflight is a standalone computer system that utilizes its processing power to relief external computer systems from the tasks of transmitting receiving buffering and pre postprocessing low medium or high speed CAN CANaerospace and ARINC 825 messages It can handle up to 10096 bus load at the maximum CAN data rate of 1MBit s on both channels without data loss The driver software provides an easy to handle function call interface for CAN bus message transmission and reception including support for the CANaerospace and ARINC 825 higher layer protocols The CANflight software consists of host drivers for various operating systems and plat
22. nfiguration files allow to save and reload XCT configurations and exchange them with other XCT users Document CANflight_Users_Manual pdf Page 22 of 23 Stock Flight Systems 2011 Project CANflight Author M Stock Date 11 10 2011 Stock Flight Systems Schutzenweg 8a 82335 Farchach Germany CANflight User s Manual V 1 1 9 CANflight Supplier List www stockflightsystems com Des igre M L tv STOCK Supplier Contact Innovative Control Systems Inc 10801 N 24th Ave Suite 103 Phoenix AZ 85029 USA phone 1 602 861 6984 fax 1 602 588 9440 e mail support icsaero com website www icsaero com IATION ALLIANCE Stock Flight Systems Sch tzenweg 8a 82335 Berg Farchach Germany phone 49 8151 9607 0 fax 49 8151 9607 30 e mail info stockflightsystems com website www stockflightsystems com VIATION ALLIANCE Wetzel Technology GmbH Hermann Oberth Strake 11 85640 Putzbrunn Germany phone 49 89 460892 62 fax 49 89 460892 63 e mail info wetzel technology com website www wetzel technology com VIATION ALLIANCE Reiser Systemtechnik GmbH Oberer LURbach 31 85335 Berg H henrain Germany phone 49 8171 4373 0 fax 49 8171 4373 30 e mail info wreiser de web www reiser systemtechnik de VIATION ALLIANCE 10 ARINC825 CANaerospace Websites www arinc com www arinc825 com www canaerospace net Document CANflight Users Manual
23. ok as follows MBO Software Update File mbO srd found BO Software Update Programming Successful BO Software Update Verification Successful BO Software Update File Deleted oftware Update File mbl srd found Bl Software Update Programming Successful Bl Software Update Verification Successful Bl Software Update File Deleted Document CANflight Users Manual pdf Page 16 of 23 Stock Flight Systems 2011 Project CANflight Author M Stock Date 11 10 2011 Stock Flight Systems CANflig ht www stockflightsystems com Ny Sch tzenweg 8a 82335 Farchach User s Manual m 4 Germany V 1 1 DOT di e Firmware upgrades using the uSD card are possible for MicroblazeO Mictoblaze1 or both CANflight processors at the same time The current CANflight firmware is available online from www arinc825 com 7 CANflight Application Programmer s Interface The CANflight Application Programmer s Interface is a Socket Interface Library consisting of a set of functions which provide the interface between applications written in C and the CANflight resources using 4 3 BSD datagram sockets It is provided in source code and allows to be compiled and linked for various operating systems The Interface Library has successfully been tested with SUN Solaris SuSE RedHat Linux MacOS VxWorks and MS Windows Compilation for other Unix derivatives including realtime operating systems like LynxOS QNX or In
24. ontrol Message Protocol ICMP echo requests ping as well as to Address Resolution Protocol ARP requests The CANflight IP adress assignment may be either static or dynamic CANflight contains a DHCP client to support dynamic IP address assignment Figure 4 1 CANflight Host Computer Communication Network CANflight employs the User Datagram Protocol UDP for the communication with host computers IP addresses and UDP port numbers used by CANflight may be assigned for each CAN channel individually This maximizes flexibility for the integration of CANflight systems into already configured networks On power up CANflight obtains required Media Access Control MAC addresses from remote hosts using ARP request messages Note that delays introduced through switches routers or through network traffic generated by other network nodes may adversely affect the CANflight communication speed If response times are vital point to point Ethernet connections between CANflight and host computers should be preferred CANflight comes with an Application Programmer Interface API for the CANflight Ethernet link supporting various operating systems Linux Solaris MacOS VxWorks Windows For a detailed description of the API refer to section 7 CANflight Application Programmer s Interface Document CANflight Users Manual pdf Page 11 of 23 Stock Flight Systems 2011 Project CANflight Author M Stock Date 11 10 2011 Stock Flight Systems CANflig
25. over the associated channel USDHC Card Slot The uSDHC card slot accepts regular uSD or SDHC cards formatted with a FAT 32 file system Note that the cards have to be inserted upside down that is with the gold contacts facing upwards Table 2 1 CANflight Front Panel Elements The CAN activity LEDs located on the front panel TX RX indicate if a CAN channel transmits and or receives CAN messages Every CAN channels has a dedicated RX TX activity LED which flashes once for every transmitted received message or continuously at a rate of 2Hz in case of a steady message flow If the RX activity LED of a particular CAN channel stays dark in an active network the physical interface correctness of all network nodes including the used baud rates sample points and termination resistors should be verified Document CANflight Users Manual pdf Page 6 of 23 Stock Flight Systems 2011 Project CANflight Author M Stock Date 11 10 2011 Stock Flight Systems CANflig ht www stockflightsystems com Schutzenweg 8a 82335 Farchach User s Manual m 4 Germany V 1 1 DOT di e The CANflight ETHERNET Connector has a pinout according to the established RJ 45 standard as shown in Figure 2 2 This connector also contains two Status LEDS which indicate the negotiated Ethernet data rate and interface transmit activity Speed LED Tx LED Green 100 Mbit s Amber 1 Gbit s 12345678 Figure 2 2 RJ 54 Connector with Status LEDs Table 2 2 shows t
26. pdf Project CANflight Page 23 of 23 Author M Stock Stock Flight Systems 2011 Date 11 10 2011
27. r second as broadcast and the ability of the CANflight to respond to Internet Control Message Protocol ICMP echo requests ping as well as to Address Resolution Protocol ARP requests For communication with XCT the local and remote port numbers specified in the XCT setup have to match the CANflight configuration The default values are shown in Table 5 2 These values have to be specified correctly to enable communication between CANflight and XCT Logical CAN Channel Local CANflight Port Number Remote Host Port Number LPx Tag RPx Tag CH1 CAN1 o 34567 34568 CH2 CAN2 34569 34570 Table 5 2 Local and Remote Port Numbers for Communication with XCT Default Settings 6 CANflight Firmware Upgrades CANflight allows firmware upgrades to be made through the pu SD card interface The CANflight binary firmware upgrade files have to be stored on a uSD card which is inserted in the CANflight uSD card slot The files must have the case sensitive name mb0 srd and mb1 srd to be recognized by the CANflight firmware which checks for these files each time power is applied When these files are detected the content is automatically programmed into FLASH memory and the new firmware is started On success the CANflight firmware deletes the upgrade files from the uSD card and writes a log file INSTALL LOG to the card which provides information about the upgrade The content of this log file will typically lo
28. re for transmission Return Values Upon successful completion Pmc825Arinc825Write returns PMC825 OK Otherwise one of the following codes is returned PMC825 BUF OVERFLOW The number of messages specified by msg count exceeded the maximum number of MAX CAN MSG COUNT Document CANflight Users Manual pdf Page 21 of 23 Stock Flight Systems 2011 Project CANflight Author M Stock Date 11 10 2011 Schutzenweg 8a 82335 Farchach User s Manual ur Germany V 1 1 DEY 0 8 The XCT Toolbox CANflight is delivered with the eXtended CAN Tool XCT software a powerful CAN ARINC825 and CANaerospace network toolbox for Linux MacOS and Windows XP 7 Figure 8 1 shows the main window of Stock Flight Systems CANflig ht www stockflightsystems com Ny M L STOCK XCT default xct edited H iH Project 600000 unnamed O unnamed unnamed 89 All Interfaces 3 4 All Interfaces 3 A All Interfaces E 00 154 0 000000 Joi Ca Ro 2 00 154 0 000000 00 154 Mooooos 00 154 0 000000 s c7 153 0 010691 CAN PMCB25 pp open 3247 175 Time 209 0683 309 209 0686 310 l 209 0690 308 209 0694 S 306 209 0542 S311 2090543 312 2090544 321 209 0545 303 209 0546 304 C1 Receive Window e 1 209 0847 S305 E unnamed 1 209 0548 300 Transmit Window 1 209 0550 301 E unnamed 1 209 0551 302 CI ARINC 825 Rx l 209 0553 S1038 C Trace Window B 209 055
29. ssage Transmit FARING825 CANaerospace 128 Noname 118it 3 wNobar Eso ios mo Transmit Canld Name Mode Nodeld Data Type Service Msgld 13 834 ms 454 CANaerospace New Message Delete Selected Clear Transmit Selected 1 XCT 1 5 4 2010 Figure 8 1 XCT Main Window Among other features XCT contains an ARINC825 Communication Profile reader and editor realtime data visualization in raw ARINC825 and CANaerospace formats network traffic error statistics and an interface for CANaerospace ARINC825 Periodic Health Status Messages and Node Services XCT may be used also for interfacing to end systems corresponding to the ARINC specifications 812 and 826 which are both based on ARINC825 XCT contains all necessary functions for CAN CANaerospace and ARINC825 network compatibility verification end system testing CAN network timing analysis and ARINC825 communication profile generation and analysis The User s Manual for XCT is contained in the toolbox itself The current version for all supported operating systems may be downloaded from www wetzel technology com files XCT XCT has a window oriented interface that communicates with CANflight using an Ethernet UDP IP connection Multiple instances of XCT may connect to any CANflight channel and control transmission and reception of CAN messages XCT configuration files containing application specific settings Project can be generated and reloaded XCT project co
30. structure for transmission The number of messages to be transmitted is specified by msg count Return Values Upon successful completion Pmc825Arinc825Write returns PMC825 OK Otherwise one of the following codes is returned PMC825 BUF OVERFLOW The number of messages specified by msg count exceeded the maximum number of MAX CAN MSG COUNT 7 9 Pmc325CtrlRead Synopsis include pmc825 h int Pmc825CtrlRead PMC825_IF intf CTRL_MSG ctrl msg Description The Pmc825CtrlRead function tries to return one PMC825 control message from the buffer associated with the CAN channel of the CANflight unit specified through the PMC825 IF interface structure Return Values Upon successful completion Pmc825CtrlRead returns PMC825 OK Otherwise one of the following codes is returned PMC825 NO MSG No message could be read from the module Document CANflight Users Manual pdf Page 20 of 23 Stock Flight Systems 2011 Project CANflight Author M Stock Date 11 10 2011 Stock Flight Systems CANflig ht www stockflightsystems com NN Sch tzenweg 8a 82335 Farchach User s Manual m 4 Germany V 1 1 DOT di e 7 10 Pmc825CtrlWrite Synopsis include pmc825 h int Pnc825CtrlWrite PMC825 IF intf CTRL_MSG msg Description The Pmc825CtrlWrite function tries to write a PMC825 control messages to the buffer associated with the CAN channel of the CANflight unit specified through the PMC825 IF interface structu
31. tegrity 178 should require only minor code changes if any at all Example programs coming with the library show how applications make use of the library calls to attach to CANflight channels read and write CAN messages perform control functions and detach from a CANflight channel All relevant interface structures and definitions are contained in just three include files pmc825 h can as h arinc825 h to minimize integration effort The current version of the library may be downloaded anytime from www arinc825 com Compatibility of new versions to previous versions is ensured so that upgrading to a new library version does not require changes in already existing applications The functions provided by the CANflight Socket Interface Library are listed below The calls are not multithread safe Any application accessing the CANflight has to call Pmc825StartInterface once before using any other Socket Interface Library call Good practice is to call Pmc825StopInterface once the CANflight resource is not needed by the application anymore Failing to do so will prevent the CANflight from freeing resources by shutting down the open UDP IP socket The PMC825 Socket Interface Library provides the following user callable routines Pmc825StartInterface Establish a communication path to a PMC825 CAN channel Pmc625Stopinterface Release a communication path to a PMC825 CAN channel Pmc825RawCanRead Read unformatted CAN messages Pmc825RawCanWrit
32. unt Return Values Upon successful completion Pmc825CanAerospaceWrite returns PMC825 OK Otherwise one of the following codes is returned PMC825 BUF OVERFLOW The number of messages specified by msg count exceeded the maximum number of MAX CAN MSG COUNT Document CANflight Users Manual pdf Page 19 of 23 Stock Flight Systems 2011 Project CANflight Author M Stock Date 11 10 2011 Stock Flight Systems CANflight www stockflightsystems com Sexy Sch tzenweg 8a 82335 Farchach User s Manual m 4 Germany V 1 1 DOT di e 7 7 Pmc825Arinc825Read Synopsis include pmc825 h include arinc825 h int Pmc825Arinc825Read PMC825_IF intf ARINC825 MSG msg Description The Pmc825Arinc825Read function tries to return one ARINC 825 formatted CAN message from the buffer associated with the CAN channel of the CANflight unit specified through the PMC825_IF interface structure Return Values Upon successful completion Pmc825Arinc825Read returns PMC825_OK Otherwise one of the following codes is returned PMC825 NO MSG No message could be read from the module 7 8 Pmc825Arinc825Write Synopsis include pmc825 h int Pmc825Arinc825Write PMC825_IF intf ARINC825 MSG msg int msg count Description The Pmc825Arinc825Write function tries to write one or more ARINC 825 formatted CAN messages to the buffer associated with the CAN channel of the CANflight unit specified through the PMC825 IF interface
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