Re: [micro-manager-general] Question about Zeiss CAN29 messaging

[Stuurman, N. <Nic...@uc...>]

On 5/19/19 12:24 PM, Wiktor Phillips wrote:
> Quick question: Is there any kind of documentation of the 
> low-level/platform independent communications protocol for the CAN29 
> bus? Or am I stuck inferring the byte commands/responses from the 
> implementation in the Zeiss CAN29 device adapter..?

You should ask Zeiss.  If I am not mistaken, description of the 
communication interface comes with the MTB (but I may very well be 
wrong, and you may need to request this separately).  They have very 
good documentation and supported it (at least in the past) very well.

You can also study the code of the Micro-Manager ZeissCAN29 device 
adapter, which should give you a clear idea how to go about this. 
Indeed, the low level protocol is an extension of the original CAN 
protocol.  However, that only tells you something about the structure of 
the messages, not the content.  I do remember that this protocol was a 
pleasure to work with, so well structured that it was very straight 
forward to implement new devices. Thanks for the mention of the 
emulator!  Regretfully, I will have no time to work on that, but 
hopefully it can help others to improve and extend the existing code.

Best,


Nico