PEAK-CAN Driver (32-bit) Version History

26.11.2009 - Version 2.49.14

• Bug fix for Windows 7: Pcan_pcc.sys caused BSOD on some systems when a card was plugged in

18.11.2009 - Version 2.49.13

• Bug fix: setting the baud rate with CAN_PARAM_BAUDRATE will activate the PCAN-USB device

18.11.2009 - Version 2.49.12

• Bug fix: CAN_RemoveHardware with non PNP devices (pcan_dng, pcan_dnp, pcan_isa) will always return CAN_ERR_OK even when no hardware is available

13.11.2009 - Version 2.49.11

• PCI detection from non plug and play driver (peakcan.sys) removed
• Could cause problems on multicore systems during startup of the driver (100% load on one CPU)        

21.10.2009 - Version 2.49.10

• RegisterNet() with same hNet does not return an error

16.09.2008 - Version 2.49.8

• Minor code changes to support quad core CPU's
• Release version

08.09.2008 - Version 2.49.7

• micro_time with real 128-bit arithmetic (former 64-bit) to prevent rounding errors in the timestamps

17.06.2008 - Version 2.49.3

• New parameter for PCAN-USB: CAN_PARAM_BUSPOWER (OEM hardware) added

23.04.2008 - Version 2.49.2

• Bug fix concerning the PCAN-Dongle PRO initialization

08.05.2007 - Version 2.48.16

• Release version

10.04.2007 - Version 2.48.15

• BSOD fix for PCAN-PC Card under Vista (32-bit)

16.10.2006 - Version 2.48.13:

• New parameter CAN_PARAM_AUTOBUSON added

20.03.2006 - Version 2.48.9:

• New parameter CAN_PARAM_SYSTEMTIME_ADJUST added

28.11.2005 - Version 2.48.6:

• PCAN-PCI 4 channel (SJA 1000)

08.08.2005 - Version 2.48.3.0:

• Release version

03.08.2005 - Version 2.48.2.0:

• PCAN-USB: SJA-Resetmode executes after every module initialization

15.06.2005 - Version 2.48.0.0:

• New driver parameter (registry value) CAN_PARAM_REGISTRYHARDWARELOADING added

14.05.2005 - Version 2.47.24.0:

• Increment MAX_IRQ from 63 to 127

04.04.2005 - Version 2.47.21.0:

• PCAN-PC Card: New parameter added. CAN_PARAM_BUSPOWER to set the +5V output on Pin 1

14.03.2005 - Version 2.47.19.0:

• RegisterNet() will return with ERR_ILLNET when net name already exists

19.11.2004 - Version 2.47.10.0:

• PCAN-PC Card: LED functionality implemented

06.11.2004 - Version 2.47.9.0:

• New API function "CAN_RemoveAllMsgs()" added

15.10.2004 - Version 2.47.7.0:

• Client parameter CAN_PARAM_MARK_SELFRECEIVED_MSG_WITH_MSGTYPE implemented
• Client parameter CAN_PARAM_ACCFILTER_COUNT implemented

01.10.2004 - Version 2.47.5.0:

• Feature PCAN-USB (firmware 4.x): CAN_PARAM_RCVERRFRAMES will also generate error frame messages with error counter changes
• New parameters added: CAN_PARAM_SELF_RECEIVE, MSGTYPE_SELFRECEIVE, CAN_PARAM_DELAYED_MESSAGE_DISTRIBUTION, and MSGTYPE_SINGLESHOT

31.08.2004 - Version 2.47.2.0:

• Power management for WDM-PCI, WDM-USB, and WDM-PCCARD

11.08.2004 - Version 2.47.1.0:

• Created with DriverWorks 3.1
• Win9x-VXDs no longer supported

09.07.2004 - Version 2.46.25.0:

• Support for the PCAN-PC Card CAN interface implemented

19.04.2004 - Version 2.46.23.2:

• Dto. in CAN_ConnectToNet

13.04.2004 - Version 2.46.23:

• Bug fix: after plug-in of PCAN-USB the RCVERRRAMES flag was not set again

16.03.2004 - Version 2.46.19:

• New functions added. CAN_RegisterMemory(), CAN_GetMemory(), and CAN_RemoveMemory() for dlls to get non paged pool memory
• Bug fixes concerning BSODs

16.03.2004 - Version 2.46.17:

• Code changes to support dual core CPU's

05.03.2004 - Version 2.46.16:

• Feature USB: no message box "Surprise Removal Dialog" when disconnecting PCAN-USB (Win 2000)

RegKey/DriverParams/SurpriseRemovalOK = 1

09.01.2004 - Version 2.46.9:

• Bug fix: "net stop peakcan" results in BSOD under WinNT

10.12.2003 - Version 2.46.8:

• New parameter PARAM_SERNR for PCAN-PCI cards added

19.11.2003 - Version 2.46.7:

• Performance improvements for PCAN-USB: USB uses 256-Byte packets for transmitting
• Release version

25.08.2003 - Version 2.46.1:

• CAN_Read_Multi() returns the "OR" of all CAN_Read() return values

11.08.2003 - Version 2.46.0:

• Created with Compuware DriverWorks 3.0

15.07.2003 - Version 2.45.9:

• Bug fix concerning CAN_Read_Multi() page fault

10.06.2003 - Version 2.45.8:

• PEAKCAN: all API functions running on PASSIVE_LEVEL

07.06.2003 - Version 2.45.5:

• Bug fix concerning USB timestamps

25.06.2003 - Version 2.45.4:

• New message queue handling
• New parameters CAN_PARAM_DELAYXMTQUEUEFILL, CAN_PARAM_DELAYXMTQUEUESIZE added
• Queue sizes <> 2^x are possible. They can also be set via registry parameters:

...\DriverParams\RcvQueueSize
...\DriverParams\XmtQueueSize
...\DriverParams\DelayXmtQueueSize
CAN_PARAM_XMTQUEUESIZE: GetHW,SetHW,GetHw
CAN_PARAM_RCVQUEUESIZE: GetHW,SetHW,GetClient
CAN_PARAM_DELEAYXMTQUEUESIZE: GetHW,SetHW,GetClient

27.05.2003 - Version 2.44.2:

• Special customer specific SDO feature for PCAN-USB

15.05.2003 - Version 2.44.1:

• Bug fix: buffer size for CAN_GetNetParam(PARAM_NETCLIENTS) changed
• All API functions running on PASSIVE_LEVEL

28.04.2003 - Version 2.44.0:

• USB driver for OEM USB hardware

24.03.2003 - Version 2.43.0

• New net parameter "CAN_PARAM_NET_MASTER" added

02.03.2003 - Version 2.42.4

• Release version

24.02.2003 - Version 2.42.2

• New driver parameter "CAN_PARAM_TIMERFIX" added. A value <> 0 activates a workaround for performance counter "jumps"

11.02.2003 - Version 2.42.1

• Fixed BSOD problems with PEAKCAN.SYS under WinNT 4

30.01.2003 - Version 2.42.0  

• Release version

22.01.2003 - Version 2.41.9:

• New parameter PARAM_USBACTIVATEDELAY added

22.11.2002 - Version 2.41.5:

• New driver parameter CAN_APRAM_FCPU to check the CPU frequency in kHz added

22.11.2002 - Version 2.41.4:

• Bug fix concerning USB, hwpkusb.cpp: SetParam SERNO can cause BSOD

11.11.2002 - Version 2.41.3:

• Tests regarding a timestamp problem
• Microsoft knowledge base  Q274323 confirms that QueryPerformanceCounter "jumps" forward depending on used PCI-Chipsets

05.11.2002 - Version 2.41.1:

• Bug fix: In _controller_(de)install() the XmtQueue was not flushed
• Feature: Firmware of the PCAN-USB can be read with the following parameters: CAN_PARAM_FIRMWARE_MAJOR and CAN_PARAM_FIRMWARE_MINOR

29.10.2002 - Version 2.41.0:

• Release version

10.10.2002 - Version 2.40.14:

• New parameter CAN_PARAM_USER_LOCATION_INFO added

30.09.2002 - Version 2.40.11:

• New parameter CAN_PARAM_EXACT_11BIT_FILTER added
• Extra software filter for 11-bit IDs implemented

24.09.2002 - Version 2.40.10:

• Bug fix concerning USB with a firmware version >= 0.6: transfer size set to 128 bytes
• Better performance when using a transfer rate of 1 Mbit and full busload

16.09.2002 - Version 2.40.8:

• Bug fix concerning messages with MSGTYPE_STATUS (CAN_Read() return value)

11.09.2002 - Version 2.40.7:

• Bug fix concerning the counters RXERRCOUNT/TXERRCOUNT
• Bug fix concerning the error frame handling with PCAN-USB

03.09.2002 - Version 2.40.6:

• New API function "CAN_Read_Multi()"
• New data type TCANRcvMsg
• TCANMsg is byte aligned, (#pragma pack)

28.08.2002 - Version 2.40.5:

• Bug fix concerning a problem after reboot
• Bug fix: the API function CAN_GetHwParam with parameter CAN_PARAM_HWNET will always return a net (fixed in RegisterHardware() -> hw_plugged_in())

05.08.2002 - Version 2.40.4:

• Created with Compuware DriverStudio 2.7

30.07.2002 - Version 2.40.1:

• Adds the availability of the SJA1000 error counters in error frame messages:

byte[2] = rxerrorcounter
byte[3] = txerrorcounter

26.07.2002 - Version 2.40.0:

• Created with Numega DriverStudio 2.6
• PCI_WDM and USB_WDM can now be used at the same system

17.04.2002 - Version 2.38.5:

• Enhanced filter settings:
• 29/11-bit distinction
• HW_PARAM_ACCCODE/MASK renamed to HW_PARAM_ACCCODE/MASK_EXTENDED
• HW_PARAM_ACCCODE/MASK_STD returns 11-bit code and mask
• New: CAN_SetClientFilter() to set the client filter
• Setting the filters through RegisterMsg() or CAN_SetClientParam() will only reset the hardware, when the filter settings were changed for the hardware

16.04.2002 - Version 2.38.4:

• Bug fix in hwpkusb: timestamp improvements concerning PCAN-USB

22.03.2002 - Version 2.38.1:

• PARAM_XMTBUFFSIZE and RCVBUFFSIZE implemented
• Internal message buffer size incremented from 2047 to 32767 CAN messages

02.03.2002 - Version 2.38.0:

• New hardware parameter CAN_PARAM_RCVERRFRAMES for SJA1000 based hardware added. If <> 0 error frames will be received as virtual messages. Various error codes can be unlocked with bit masks:

0x01 = bit errors
0x02 = form errors
0x04 = stuff error
0x08 = other errors

• In TCANMsg.MSGTYPE the bit MSGTYPE_ERRFRAME = 0x40 is set when CAN_Read() will return an error frame
• The virtual error frame message has 2 data bytes

TCANMsg.ID is set to the bit coded error (see above)
TCANMsg.DATA[0]:   1, for rcv, 0 for xmt
TCANMsg.DATA[1]:   SJA1000, register ECC, seg4..seg0
  

17.12.2001 - Version 2.37.0:

• New driver parameter CAN_PARAM_ISRTIMEOUT added
• New feature for reading driver, hw, and net parameters from Registry implemented

30.11.2001 - Version 2.36.0:

• Internal message buffer size incremented from 1023 to 2047 CAN messages

25.10.2001 - Version 2.35.0:

• Bug fix concerning the function CAN_DisconnectFromNet()

05.09.2001 - Version 2.33.0:

• Internal message buffer size incremented from 511 to 1023 CAN messages

24.08.2001 - Version 2.33.0:

• SJA1000: bit 0x40 (bypass internal comparators)

19.08.2001 - Version 2.32.0:

• Release version

19.08.2001 - Version 2.31.5:

• Support for multiple PCAN-USB devices at the same time

25.06.2001 - Version 2.31.3:

• WDM for PCAN-PCI

06.06.2001 - Version 2.31.0:

• USB-Hot-plugging implemented

22.03.2001 - Version 2.30.1.2-6:

• Debug releases

19.03.2001 - Version 2.30.1:

• Uses format 2 of the PCAN-USB (timestamps)

07.03.2001 - Version 2.30:

• First version for PCAN-USB
• "Listen_only" parameter for SJA based hardware added

15.09.2000 - Version 2.20.2:

• Bug fix concerning CMOS-Time -> VTD_Get_Date_And_Time (Win9x)

08.09.2000 - Version 2.20.1:

• Bug fix: advanced PIC (APIC) used more than 16 Interrupts -> MAX_IRQ set from 15 to 63

01.09.2000 - Version 2.20.0:

• First release for PCAN-PCI card
• The function "GetVersionInfo()" is now also available under Win9x