Controls Motor Controller Configuration Software Set-up Guide

This is a guide for setting up your computer to configure the motor controller. 

Necessary Hardware:

• Motor Controller
• CANdapter
• Computer with USB port
• 12V Power Supply

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:

1. Install the necessary software
2. Plug in the CANdapter to your Computer
3. According to the Motor Controller Datasheet:
   
   
   1. 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
       
   2. Plug in the Power and Ground wires from the Power Supply to the motor controller's +12V and GROUND wire ports
4. Turn on the Power Supply to 12V. There should be a green LED under the motor controller panel on

Software Set-up and Use

1. Open the Profinity Software
   1. Go to Add Devices and add Ewert Canadapter
   2. Repeat step a for Prohelion Virtual CAN to Ethernet Bridge
   3. Repeat step a for WaveSculptor22
   4. Select Ewert CANdapter under Profile→Default Profile->Adapters
   5. Go to the bottom left of the application and there should be a properties menu for the selected device
      
   6. Change the baudrate to 125k
   7. Change the COM port to reflect whatever Windows decided your CANdapter should be (look at Device Manager→Ports)
   8. Do similar to the WaveSculptor22 where you change the base address to 0x240
   9. Right click the Ewert CANdapter and connect
   10. All the dots next to three devices should become green 
   11. Right-click on the WaveSculptor22 and select Setup and Configuration
   12. You can now modify the fields in the different tabs as you see fit