Compatibility with Lawicel USB-CAN Adapter

[lucav]

I NXP,
have you already planned to add Freemaster comunication compatibility with Lawicel USB-CAN Adapter ?
https://www.can232.com/?page_id=16
Thanks

[RufusVS]

Was the Viewtool Ginkgo support added since this message?  I recently acquired one and wondered if FreeMaster would be a good tool for me.

[MichalH]

Hello @RufusVS,

yes FreeMASTER 3.2 does support the Viewtool Ginkgo interface. There is no support for Lawicel device yet though.

Regards,
Michal

[MichalH]

Hello, 

unfortunately, support of this vendor is not in our plans for 2020. But we will consider it for future updates.

Best regards,

Michal

[lucav]

Is available any documentation about comunication driver development ?

Thanks in advance

LucaV

[MichalH]

Dear Luca,

a general COM+ interface needed when designing a custom FreeMASTER communication plug-in is available in the FreeMASTER 3.0 installation in "FreeMASTER\userdev\include\mcbcom_i.idl" file. Unfortunately we do not provide a source code examples or any detailed guide how to create the plug-ins. So far, there were no interest from users to do so. 

I would recommend you to use one of supported CAN interfaces:

• IXXAT: USB-to-CAN and other compatible devices.
• Vector: VCAN and other compatible devices.
• National Instruments: NI-CAN and other compatible devices.
• Kvaser: Kvaser Leaf Pro HS v2 and other compatible devices.
• PEAK-System: PCAN-USB and other PCANBasic compatible devices.
• GLinker: USB-CAN GY8507 and other compatible devices.
• ZLG: USBCAN-II and other compatible devices.
• Intrepid Control Systems: ValueCAN and other compatible devices.

If it helps, we have also recently added a support for Viewtool Ginkgo USB-CAN interface. It is not officially released yet, but I can share a prototype with you.

We will consider adding the Lawicel device support by end of 2020.

Regards,

Michal