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MCP250XX User’s Guide
DS51266C-page 26  2004 Microchip Technology Inc.
FIGURE 3-4: MCP250XX COMMAND MESSAGES
3.3.1 Starting the Program
Because the start procedures are the same as in Section 2.3.1 “Starting the
Program”, there are references to figures in Chapter 2 “MCP250XX Basic View
Tutorial” in this section.
1. Start the software by any of the following:
• From the “Start” menu, select “Programs > Microchip > CANKing”
•Or select “C:\Program Files\Microchip\Mcan\WC32.exe”
• Or double-click on the desktop icon for the MCP250XX Development Kit
2. A notice will appear warning of the potential undesired results if connecting to an
existing CAN bus (Figure 2-7). Select “OK, I know what I am doing”.
3. Next, a dialog will appear asking if a new template or a saved project should be
opened. Select “New Template” (Figure 2-9).
4. When the template dialog appears, select “MCP250XX Evaluation”
(Figure 2-10).