ve.can:changing_nmea2000_instances
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=== Required hardware === | === Required hardware === | ||
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Changing the device instance requires an usb-canbus adapter to link the CAN-bus network to your computer: | Changing the device instance requires an usb-canbus adapter to link the CAN-bus network to your computer: | ||
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=== Related information === | === Related information === | ||
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For more detailed information, | For more detailed information, | ||
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- Open Actisense NMEA Reader | - Open Actisense NMEA Reader | ||
- Select data view (tab selection is at the bottom left) | - Select data view (tab selection is at the bottom left) | ||
- | - Right click the PGN: \\ {{: | + | - Right click on the PGN number. Note that this will only work on PGNs that allow changing their data instance: \\ {{: |
- And change the value: \\ {{: | - And change the value: \\ {{: | ||
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===== 4. Changing Instance Using Maretron N2KAnalyzer ===== | ===== 4. Changing Instance Using Maretron N2KAnalyzer ===== | ||
- | Maretron understands that it is sometimes difficult to know whether a particular product uses device instance or if it uses data instance to uniquely identify itself on an NMEA 2000 network. For this reason, | + | Maretron uses a term called " |
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+ | WARNING: At Victron we do not understand what and how the Maretron software works with regards to this. We advise to use another tool, not Maretron, so that you know what you are doing, ie know what instance you are changing. | ||
Open N2KAnalyzer and make sure that the " | Open N2KAnalyzer and make sure that the " |
ve.can/changing_nmea2000_instances.txt · Last modified: 2023-06-28 13:32 by sloges