IXXAT’s Automotive Test Platform (ATP) enables the fast integration of customer specific applications into automotive communication systems, without having own hardware or comprehensive knowledge of automotive bus systems.

The Automotive Test Platform is based on a dual processor concept, which is a
decisive advantage of this solution. The controller, which is responsible for the fieldbusses, is already pre-configured and provides all functions, necessary for communication, to the application processor via a simple API.

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Dear Customers

Please note, IXXAT will be closed for Christmas and New Year’s holidays from December 24th until January 6th.
Orders, received until December 19th, can still be delivered in 2008. Orders which arrive later, will be delivered right after our holidays.
In 2009 we are back for you on January 7th.

The new version 5.2 of the CANopen Master API now also supports the CAN@net II/VCI PC interface from IXXAT. This enables the connection of test applications to the CANopen network via Ethernet, providing various possibilities in the area of remote diagnosis and maintenance.
Further enhancements are the support of 64 bit operating systems and improvements at the status monitoring of CANopen nodes. Using the CANopen Master API 5.2 in conjunction with the CAN@net II/VCI requires the installation of the new version 3.2 of the IXXAT VCI CAN driver.

IXXAT provides on it’s webpage a free patch file for the canAnalyser, canAnalyser-lite and MultibusAnalyser, enabling the customers to update their software to the latest version 2.6. The patch file requires an installed version 2.5.14.1488 of the software.

The new version 2.6 now also supports Windows Vista and comes with a .NET API according to the latest 2.0 standard. In addition, the new graphic module, which is included in the canAnalyser patch file, was revised and extended (not content of the canAnalyser-lite and MultibusAnalyser patch file).

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Support of all important Industrial Ethernet Protocols.

At the upcoming SPS/IPC/DRIVES fair in Nuremberg, IXXAT will present the new Industrial Ethernet Module, which enables customers to easily connect their devices to networks based on an Industrial Ethernet standard.

The new Industrial Ethernet Module was designed from the ground up to support various protocol standards.
At this, a powerful Altera Cyclone III FPGA is used and low manufacturing costs for the module were a focus of attention.
As a result, the new Industrial Ethernet Module is more powerful, lower priced, smaller and can be used more flexible than its predecessor.

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IXXAT is pleased to announce the availability of a new tool that enables the user to inspect respectively convert CANopen and POWERLINK device description files conforming to the CiA 306 and CiA 311, as well as the upcoming EPL V2.0 XML specifications.

In 2007 CAN in Automation (CiA), the international users’ and manufacturers’ group governing the development of the CANopen specifications introduced a new XML based device description file format as CiA 311 – CANopen device description. CiA 311 is based on the ISO 15745-1:2003 specification which defines generic elements and rules for describing integration models and application interoperability profiles.
A new and more flexible device description format was required due to the numerous enhancements introduced in CANopen that were not covered by the original EDS format as specified in CiA 306. In addition to the general benefits of a XML based syntax, the CiA 311 format has the particular advantage of allowing for localized device description files, a feature becoming increasingly important with the global acceptance of CANopen.

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Conforms to the latest Powerlink
specification DS 1.0.0

The current version 1.04.05 of the Powerlink stack from IXXAT Automation GmbH provides the following features:

• Node monitoring on Controlled Nodes (CNs) via object 0×1016

• Support of all priority levels on Managing Nodes (MNs) for the allocation of the asynchronous communication channel

• Support of all mandatory and many optional objects according to the Powerlink specification DS 1.0.0

• Modification of the Node ID at run-time via the object dictionary

• Tool for the stack configuration with GUI for scaling and generation of the IXXAT Powerlink software (especially static parameters and the object dictionary)

• Switching between MN and CN functionality at run-time by changing the Node ID

• Bug fixes and adaptations to increase the compatibility with implementations of other vendors

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With IXXAT’s universal installation tester “CANcheck”, error diagnosis for CAN and CANopen systems becomes now even more easy.

Besides approved functions for physical wiring, cable, termination and line length tests as well as the operational tests including signal level, busload and display of message and error frames, CANcheck now offers additional functions for recording of measurement results as well as for verifying the plausibility of this results.

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With the new version 1.6 of the CANopen ConfigurationStudio, an extended version of the universal CANopen network configuration tool from IXXAT becomes available.

The CANopen ConfigurationStudio 1.6 simplifies the configuration of PDO messages within the “Visual Object Linker” significantly. PDO configuration is performed by simple drag & drop operations, so even users without an in-depth knowledge of fundamental CANopen mechanisms can operate the tool.

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Besides our comprehensive company webpage in German and English language, we created a new internet platform for international customers which was launched in mid-June.

The new, multilingual technology pages provide an overview of the IXXAT product range in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Swedish and Japanese language.

This enables visitors to get a brief description of the desired product in their mother language, with the possibility to switch to a detailed product description in English language.

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