           DIAdem Driver for Kvaser CAN Hardware v4.1
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1. Features

The Kvaser DIAdem driver gives you access to the CAN signals based on a
CANdb signal description. It's possible to send and receive CAN
messages.

Features:

- Runs in DIAdem's standard measurement mode "DAC kernel with software
   clock". Interrupt mode is supported only for input blocks.

- More than one CANdb file per CAN channel.

- Works with signals in Intel and Motorola Format as well as mode signals.

- Easy to use, select CANdb messages and signals from a tree view.

- Supports the complete range of Kvaser CAN hardware (USB, PCI, etc).



2. Requirements

- Windows 7 or Windows 10, 32-bit or 64-bit, is required.

- The DIAdem driver has been tested with DIAdem 2017. The driver should also
  work with DIAdem 2015 but isn't extensively tested in that environment.

- A recent version of Kvaser CAN drivers must be installed on the computer.
  The DIAdem DLL will not load if this isn't the case.



3. Included Files

  kvcan64.dll:   Driver DLL for 64-bit systems
  kvcan64.g5d:   Message texts for 64-bit systems
  kvcan32.dll:   Driver DLL for 32-bit systems
  kvcan32.g5d:   Message texts for 32-bit systems
  kvcan.bmp:     Icons
  kvcan_1_1.ico: Icons
  kvcan_1_2.ico: Icons


4. Installation

The program folder for DIAdem is usually

  C:\Program Files\National Instruments\DIAdem 2017

You install the driver by copying the files to the appropriate subfolders in the program folder,
e.g. by issuing the following commands from a command prompt with administrative rights.
You can of course also copy the files with Explorer.

  set DIAPATH="C:\Program Files\National Instruments\DIAdem 2017" 
  copy /y kvcan64.dll    %DIAPATH%"\Addinfo\"
  copy /y kvcan64.g5d    %DIAPATH%"\"
  copy /y kvcan.bmp      %DIAPATH%"\Symbols\24 Bit\"
  copy /y kvcan_1_1.ico  %DIAPATH%"\Resource\BarSource\"
  copy /y kvcan_1_2.ico  %DIAPATH%"\Resource\BarSource\"

Register the driver DLL as described in the DIAdem manual.



5. Loading old (existing) schematics

If you want to load (existing) schematics where an earlier version of Kvaser's DLAdem DLL was 
used then the icon is not shown. To fix that, you can copy the graphics files
to the DIAdem folders using the old names:

  copy /y kvcan.bmp     %DIAPATH%"\Symbols\24 Bit\kcandrv.bmp"
  copy /y kvcan_1_1.ico %DIAPATH%"\Resource\BarSource\kcandrv_1_1.ico"
  copy /y kvcan_1_2.ico %DIAPATH%"\Resource\BarSource\kcandrv_1_2.ico" 

