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CAN SNIFFER CANLAB s.r.o.
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CAN SNIFFER

- Technical description -

Contents:

GENERAL DESCRIPTION 2

INSTALLATION 4

MOLEX CONNECTOR AND WIRE DESCRIPTION 5

Ing. David Spanl
Mgr. Vítzslav Rejda

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General description
When connecting external devices to CAN bus in the car or other system, there is
always risk of influencing the communication on the bus because of this device. E.g.
elementary mistake as incorrectly set bus speed, if the device is not in Listen only
mode, disturbs the communication on the bus, thus the car control units report error
and the car can be out of order. Listen only mode eliminates this risk, however, the
error in software of the connected device or error of device settings/configuration can
cause that this mode is not active and communication can be disturbed, e.g.
message can be generated at the CAN bus that could have unpredictable
consequences as extreme example.

Other problem that can occur during connection directly to engine-CAN without using
FMS gate or similar device approved by manufacturer of the car, is the electrical
conductible connection with CAN bus. It violates guarantee conditions for the car and
in case of accident, connected device could be considered to be the cause of the
accident. On the other hand, connection directly to engine-CAN is in cars without
FMS gate (with respect to the unavailability of the gate cars; or its high price) the
only possibility how to read real kilometers, fuel tank level and so on at reasonable
expense. In case of modern cars, reading from the engine-CAN provides more data
then FMS gate.

CAN SNIFFER device allows data reading from CAN bus by means of tapping and
signal reconstruction at the bus through its scanning from conductors through their
insulation. CAN SNIFFER is not conductibly connected with the car bus, thus,
the conductors are not disturbed, and communication at this bus cannot be
influenced.

CAN SNIFFER output is signal of CAN bus that can be connected to other device
that has input of CAN bus, high speed type. Output CAN is of high speed type
according to ISO 11898-2. Device works within the speed range of 83.3k ... 1Mbit.
Scanned CAN can be of high speed type or low speed type. Device works with both
variants of CAN. When using conductors of so called low speed CAN (11898-3 and
ISO 11992-1), low speed CAN is transformed into high speed CAN at the output.
Thus, it is also one-way converter of CAN low speed -> high speed.

If the communication speed of the connected device is incorrectly set, no data is
read. "CAN errors" are not sent to the car CAN bus. Short circuit of the CAN at
connected device does not show itself at the car CAN.

CAN SNIFFER contains own pulse transformer with input power range 8-32 V. Thus,
it is not requested to put in external stabilized voltage. Device consumption is 0.13 W.

Dimensions of the device: 58 mm x 33 mm. There is proprietary electronics protected
against humidity by means of epoxy layer on one side, and scanning surfaces and
MOLEX connector on the other side. This connector can be replaced with 4cable
harness upon request. CAN conductors in the car are fixed to the scanning surfaces
by means of 2 fixation formulations and 2 plastic rivets. It is not possible to
decompose those rivets without damage. After removal and subsequent montage,

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use new rivets. When using CAN SNIFFER just for short-time measurement, it is
possible to use clamping tapes.

Connected device must be used in normal mode. In the Listen only mode, there is
possibility of receiving of damaged packets. Packet reconstruction in CAN SNIFFER
device does not have to be always 100% with respect to ambient disturbance that is
indicated in scanning surfaces. Some packets can be reconstructed incorrectly with
respect to high disturbance, thus, the device must ignore them. Correct treatment of
CAN bus errors in the connected device is connected with that (BUS OFF etc). Error
rate is influenced also by place of connection to conductors in the car. CAN SNIFFER
can be connected also to blind branch up to 50 cm (in reality, this distance depends
on topology of the car net and distance between individual ECUs). In case of
connection to blind branch, higher error rate must be taken into account. However,
high error rate is not a problem, because information on the car CAN bus is repeated
so quickly that message failure is not perceptible. It must be emphasized that error
packets only between CAN SNIFFER and connected device have no (and can not
have) influence on car CAN!!!

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Installation
Device is connected to conductors in the car according to these steps:

1) Device must be installed in to the car so it cannot be in contact with water or
other liquids. It is suitable to install it for example into the dashboard. Device
can't be installed loosely to the engine compartment.
2) Fixation element is put between conductor CAN H and CAN L that puts out the
conductors to requested spacing.
3) CAN SNIFFER is added to this fixation element and all 2 pieces are joined by
means of supplied plastic rivets.
4) Power is connected to the car and CAN of the connected device.
5) It is suitable not to connect the power permanently, so it could be controlled by
signal 15 (ignition).
6) After installing, it is suitable to use e.g. USB2CAN device to control operation.
7) If CAN SNIFFER doesn't work, you must check if the CAN H and CAN L
conductors at the scanning surfaces are not switched.
8) If the error rate is high, you can move the CAN SNIFFER to the different place
at the CAN cable, farther from possible sources of disturbance (other
conductors, electronics).

Measured CAN bus H wire Plastic rivets

Measured CAN bus L wire Fixation element

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MOLEX Connector and wire description

Pin Description
1 Power 8-32V RED wire
2 GND WHITE or BLUE wire
3 CAN H BLACK wire
4 CAN L GREEN wire

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