User Manual

PCAN-USB – User Manual
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4 Operation
4.1 Status LED
The PCAN-USB adapter has a red status LED which can be in one of
the following conditions:
Status Meaning
On There's a connection to a driver of the operating system.
Slow blinking A software application is connected to the adapter.
Quick blinking Data is transmitted via the connected CAN bus.
4.2 Unplugging the USB Connection
Under Windows the icon for removing hardware safely is not used
with the PCAN-USB adapter. You can unplug the adapter from the
computer without any preparation.
4.3 Distinguishing Several PCAN-USB
Adapters
You can operate several PCAN-USB adapters on a single computer
at the same time. The supplied program PCAN-View allows the
assignment of device IDs in order to distinguish the adapters in a
software environment. Fore more information see section 5.1.3 on
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ge 23.