Port, GmbH has ported the free can4linux driver to a tiny industrial Ethernet server from SSV Embedded Systems. The driver allows the IGW/900 server to work with CAN-REport, a client-server CAN device management and engineering tool from Port.

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SSV's IGW/900 was originally designed to add an Ethernet interface to serial interface equipped machines in factories, building control systems, and automotive applications. It is a fanless devices with a high-impact plastic case that supports DIN-rail mounting (shown at right). It measures 0.9 x 3.5 x 4.24 inches (22.5 x 90 x 108mm), and is based on SSV's DIL/NetPC DNP/5280, a tiny, 3.2 x 1.1 inch SBC powered by a 32-bit Motorola ColdFire processor clocked at 66MHz.

SSV says that today, “more and more data from bus-shaped CAN networks must be integrated” with industrial Ethernet networks. This led Port, of Halle, Germany, to adapt the open source CAN4Linux driver to the DNP/5280 board — and by extension, to the IGW/900.

SSV says its IGW/900 can now be used to simultaneously retrieve CAN and RS232 data via the web. Additionally, the device supports Port's CAN-REport CAN analyzer software, a client-server package that supports “remote engineering” over dial-up or LAN-based TCP/IP networks, SSV says, with “all measurement and control values available remotely.”

CAN-REport allows “remote engineering” of CAN networks and devices
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SSV's IGW/900 has been shipping for some time, and is now available with free, open source can4linux drivers.

Port's CAN-Report is available now for Linux or Windows 98/NT/2000/XP, priced at 390 Euros (currently about $483). CANopen and DeviceNet telegram display modules are also available, priced at 100 Euros (about $124) each.

 
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