| Error Passive |
A CAN controller is Error Passive when its Receive Error Counter or its Transmit Error Counter exceeds 128. |
| Error Warning |
A CAN controller is in the Error Warning state when its Receive Error Counter or its Transmit Error Counter exceeds 96. |
| Off Bus |
A CAN controller which does not take part in the CAN bus traffic in any way (neither send not receive) is said to be Off Bus.
A CAN controller goes Off Bus automatically when its Transmit Error Counter exceeds 255. |
| On Bus |
A CAN controller which takes part in the CAN bus traffic is said to be On Bus. |
| Silent Mode |
Some CAN controllers may be in Silent Mode, where they can receive all messages on the bus but do not send anything, not even ACK bits.
A typical use for this is bus analyzer tools. |
| CAN FD |
CAN with Flexible Data-Rate (CAN FD) is an extension to the original CAN protocol. CAN FD allow
up to 64 bytes of data per frame and higher bitrates.
See https://www.kvaser.com/about-can/can-fd/
for more information. |
| Arbitration Phase |
The part of a CAN FD frame that is before the BRS (Bit-rate Switch) bit.
The nominal bitrate is used during this part of the CAN FD frame. |
| Date Phase |
The part of a CAN FD frame that is after the BRS bit. If the BRS bit is recessive
the data bitrate is used during this part of the CAN FD frame. |
| Device has Problems |
If this term is displayed in the details list pane it indicates that there is configuration or firmware issue with the device.
Please contact support if this occurs, [email protected]
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