I have an application where I want to send text strings over CAN on a very occasional basis. A tool for handling extended outgoing CAN frames for this task would be very useful.

Please include an auto ASCII converter in the tool.

Part four of the IQANdesign tutorial is now available, this one is introducing some of the Qcode sytax:

There are many applications that require a variation in units. Currently if I want to display a pressure gauge, I would need to create a PSI pressure gauge, and a BAR pressure gauge. Then control the visibility properties of the gauge to display the desired gauge.

It would be helpful to tie an integer parameter to the "Min value" and "Max value" of the gauge control or bar control. By doing this it would also be necessary to change the "Tick count" value with an integer parameter. This way the programmer would only need to make one gauge and control the properties inside the "Display application" as opposed to multiple gauges.

Updated versions of IQANdesign, IQANrun and IQANgo 7.05 are now available. 

Main feature update

IQANdesign display page conversion

IQANdesign 7.05.25 introduces a display page conversion feature. 

It is now possible to drag and drop display pages between modules of different size, with the option to scale the pages to fit the new size. 

Example of conversion from MD4-7 to MD5-8

When scaling, display controls are resized and repositioned to fit the new size. SVG images are scaled automatically. 

This version also has a feature for bulk export and replacement of images, making it easy to work with external tools to also rescale any PNG, BMP and JPEG images used on display pages. 

A full guide which also includes a method for image scaling can be found here

Display migration / Knowledge base / IQAN

This IQANdesign update is limited to the PC-tool, all included master module firmware remains on the original 7.05.19 version. 

Bug fixes

G12 firmware update

IQAN-G12 FW is updated to 2.01.8, solving a problem the previous version had that prevented connection to systems with older versions where the G12 wasn't enabled in the application. 

IQANdesign, IQANrun and IQANgo includes this new FW and can be used to update G12 firmware in the field. 

Release notes

More details in release notes:

Release notes - IQANdesign 7

Release notes - IQANrun 7

IQANgo on the App Store

IQANgo - Apps on Google Play

Can anyone point me in the direction of the iqan design 2.63 software download? I've been sent an .ida file and cannot open it in the more current versions. I went to the software downloads website and was unable to find any links or forum posts that were related to this. Thanks for your help ahead of time!

We have had multiple issues using ratiometric sensors that end up sending voltages below the 0.5 threshold. If the input drops to 0.250 then the system throws a VIN low error. The error value only exists for an instant. The sensor output is jumpy. I wish we could add some averaging, signal stabilization or add a delay on the error to filter out these events. Or maybe we could define the low error value instead of using the minimum/2. 

In retrospect, it realize I could have set the range to 0 V and extrapolated the value of the output to keep the calibration the same, but I cannot do this on an existing program because the min and max outputs are not part of the calibration. 

Does Parker IQAN team has any plan/interest to implement CAN-FD (Flexible Data Rate) capability in the future ? 

with XA2/XS2 as legacy models in IQANdesign 6 and 7 would we be able to have added legacy support for the XC10 to allow software support. this would help with avoiding rewriting software from newer versions to IQANDesign 5 as units get redesigned to phase out outdated controllers. Additionally with the release of the MD5 what would the legacy support of the MD4 when it is eventually phased out. 

Hi!

I want to put a IQAN MC42 to control crane on a timber truck that previously had Olsbergs CAN joystick controls.

I remember that older Olsbergs joysticks were tuned to use 165Hz PWM.

Maybe somone here has experience and is willing to share a correct PWM frequency to control Olsbergs valves with MC42 module COUT?

Maybe you have some tips on things to watch out for?

Thanks in advance.

Hello,

simple question. Is there a way to align channels in IQAN Design Code? For readability reasons.

I can't find the function and my colleagues have no idea either.