Benewake TF02 CAN Bus version and CAN BUS USB Dongle

Hardware Pixhawk family
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ok I just got it to work.

I download this driver first.

http://firmware.ardupilot.org/Tools/MissionPlanner/driver.msi

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For interfacing CAN object to a Windows I highly recommend a Babel board.

For me it has been worth itā€™s weight in gold

https://shop.titaneliteinc.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=1004

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Dave,

When it comes CAN BUS, are there different release of CAN protocol?

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Currently everything we are using is version 1.0 I believe

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So it really doesnā€™t matter what type/Brand of USB to CAN bus dongle one will use.

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Let me rephaseā€¦ it doenā€™t matter what can module you use, the babel board will work for all of them

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I canā€™t find your new TF02-pro blogā€¦

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@ppoirier @Dave84 @iampete @smartdave

I exchanged some emails with Benewake last night. the TF-02 ONLY works in serial mode with Ardupilot, the CAN is not supported at all with Ardupilot FCā€™s.

Thatā€™s a news to meā€¦

Re: Technical Support from Benewake

May 9 at 9:53 AM

Ibrahim č‰¾ä¼Æ ibrahim@benewake.com

the way of communication is different, protocol is different. we have two products with IIC protocol, one is compatible with ardupilot and the other is not although both have IIC protocol the reason is both have different sequence of data bytes transmission.

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Good day,
im using tf mini S on a mRo can node flashed with rangefinder firmware without issuesā€¦ soon i will start test others rangefinder sensor on it.

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Are you saying TF mini is compatible with Ardupilot in CAN mode?

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Im using tf mini S uartā€¦ instead of using uart im using it on a can node

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Ok sorry my brain is not functioning today.

So you are doing serial to CAN conversion?

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Yesā€¦on the bottom of the mRo can node there are uart padsā€¦diy soldering, few settings using Can Gui tool and on MPā€¦the sensor give measurement

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ok cool, but will it work with Pixhawk?

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im using mro x2.1 777fc

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Which is reduced version of PixHawk1. Interestingā€¦ok let us know how it works out.

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Yes correctā€¦reduced version of PixHawk1

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Received the CAN bus converter from Titan but someone from the post office stole itā€¦wow!

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Oh nooā€¦ Thatā€™s terrible