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On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 09:00:01 +0100 "Alan B. Pearce" <spam_OUTA.B.PearceTakeThisOuTrl.ac.uk> wrote: > > We are currently able to snoop and exchange > > VAN frames with the devices on the VAN Comfort > > bus (display, radio, stalk controls et al.) > > Do they not use a CAN bus, like most other manufacturers now? CAN is used for powertrain, VAN for comfort/utilities (radio, a/c unit, etc) -- - alex.

alex@voyager.it wrote: {Quote hidden}>On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 09:00:01 +0100 >"Alan B. Pearce" <.....A.B.PearceKILLspam@spam@rl.ac.uk> wrote: > > > >>>We are currently able to snoop and exchange >>>VAN frames with the devices on the VAN Comfort >>>bus (display, radio, stalk controls et al.) >>> >>> >>Do they not use a CAN bus, like most other manufacturers now? >> >> > > CAN is used for powertrain, VAN for comfort/utilities > (radio, a/c unit, etc) > >-- > > - alex. > > But is it Ethernet based or does it use some other lower level transport mechanism? /Ake -- --- Ake Hedman (YAP - Yet Another Programmer) eurosource, Brattbergavägen 17, 820 50 LOS, Sweden Phone: (46) 657 413430 Cellular: (46) 73 84 84 102 Company home: http://www.eurosource.se Kryddor/Te/Kaffe: http://www.brattberg.com Personal homepage: http://www.eurosource.se/akhe Automated home: http://www.vscp.org

On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 11:37:42 +0200 Ake Hedman <akheKILLspameurosource.se> wrote: > >>>We are currently able to snoop and exchange > >>>VAN frames with the devices on the VAN Comfort > >>>bus (display, radio, stalk controls et al.) > >>> > >>> > >>Do they not use a CAN bus, like most other manufacturers now? > >> > > CAN is used for powertrain, VAN for comfort/utilities > > (radio, a/c unit, etc) > But is it Ethernet based or does it use some other lower level transport > mechanism? The phy layer is pair of wires with differential 5V signals. On the top of it, there are VAN frames. VAN is an ISO standard, can't remember the number but it's on the WiKi :) -- - alex.

On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 11:46:06 +0100 "Alan B. Pearce" <.....A.B.PearceKILLspam.....rl.ac.uk> wrote: > > CAN is used for powertrain, VAN for comfort/utilities > > (radio, a/c unit, etc) > > Ahh, so what does it use as a hardware bus? what do you mean for "hardware bus" ? -- - alex.