Campbell Scientific RTDAQ Software User Manual
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Section 10. Utilities
The SDM-CAN allows readings from a vehicle network to be transferred to a
datalogger. This software helps those users move through the process of
defining their vehicle network messaging within a datalogger program, so that
the datalogger can read and store those values. SDM-CAN Helper will
significantly reduce the amount of technical support required to operate this
kind of a measurement system.
There are two main parts to SDM-CAN Helper:
1. A utility program called "DBC2PCK" converts industry standard ".DBC"
files to a picklist format, which is usable by Campbell Scientific software. The
.DBC file contains critical information about the data that can be digitally
captured from the CAN network of a vehicle.
2. An RTMC Project contains multiple screens that walk the user through the
process of configuring the SDM-CAN interface; connecting the SDM-CAN to
their datalogger; sending an appropriate program to the datalogger; and setting
up the configuration to read values from the CAN network and get them
inserted into the datalogger's storage.
For more information about the SDM-CAN Helper, please refer to the
Campbell Scientific website (
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