This is a guide for setting up your machine computer to configure the motor controller.
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- Motor Controller
- CANdapter
- Computer with USB port
- 12V Power SupplyMultimeter
Necessary Software:
- Prohelion Profinity CAN analysis software
- After downloading the installer, turn off Wi-Fi before running the installer
- Verify that the version is 1.12.4.4 by clicking the "About" option after running the software
- After verifying the software version, you can re-enable Wi-Fi
- It will ask to update whenever opening it again. Just ignore the update.
- CANdapter driver (probably not needed on Windows 11)
Set-up Procedure:
- Install the necessary software
- Plug in the CANdapter to your Computer
- Turn on the Power Supply to 12V
- Verify the voltage via the multimeter
- Turn off Power Supply
- According to the Motor Controller Datasheet:
- Plug in the CAN High and CAN Low wires from the CANdapter to the CAN High and CAN Low wire ports into one of the motor controller CAN ports
- Plug in the Power and Ground wires from the Power Supply Unplug anything plugged into CAN Outto the motor controller's +12V and GROUND wire ports
- Plug in the CAN High and CAN Low wires from the CANdapter to the CAN High and CAN Low wire ports into one of the motor controller CAN ports
- Turn on the Power Supply to 12V. There should be a green LED under the motor controller panel on
Software Set-up and Use
- Open the Profinity Software
- On first set-up:Click "CAN Adapters" and add the one that automatically appears
- Go to Add Devices and add Ewert Canadapter
- Repeat step a for Prohelion Virtual CAN to Ethernet Bridge
- Repeat step a for WaveSculptor22
- Select Ewert CANdapter under Profile→Default Profile->Adapters
- Go to the bottom left of the application and there should be a properties menu for the selected device
- Change the baudrate to 125k
- Change the COM port to reflect whatever Windows decided your CANdapter should be (look at Device Manager→Ports)
- Do similar to the WaveSculptor22 where you change the base address to 0x240
- Right click the Ewert CANdapter and connect
- All the dots next to three devices should become green
- Right-click on the WaveSculptor22 and select Setup and Configuration
- You can now modify the fields in the different tabs as you see fit