Configuring TC8V2 for Video VBOX

Connect TC8 to VBOX Setup software as described here.
 

To allow the TC8 to communicate with the Video VBOX it must be set into Timed Mode.

In this mode, the TC8 will send CAN data at intervals determined by the timer value. 
 

The parameters highlighted below must be configured as follows:
 

Baud Rate

Make sure that this is set to 500 kbit/s.

The Baud Rate sets the bit rate of the CAN messages.
 

Timer

Set the required time intervals for the output data. 

A smaller Timer value means data will be sent more frequently, a larger value means data will be sent less frequently.

You can enter a value between 0 and 65535, however, the minimum value that should be used is 10. If you set a lower value, data values may be repeated on successive cycles. If you enter a value of 0, the module will change it to 1 when it is power-cycled next.

You can calculate the frequency output as follows:

Freq = (1/Timer) * 1000
The Timer value for a required frequency can be calculated as follows:
Timer = (1/Freq) * 1000

Below are some example Timer values against the frequency output:

Pack Data

Make sure that the Pack data option is unticked so that the data is sent with separate CAN IDs for each of the 8 channels. 

Byte-packing can is used to reduce the number of CAN messages required to transmit the data.

When this is disabled, each of the eight channels will be sent using a separate CAN Identifier message with a Data Length Code (DLC) of 4 bytes.

When this is enabled, channels will be combined into pairs for transmission over CAN, each message will have a DLC of 8 as shown in the table below:

For further information on working with elements and creating scenes, please see the Video VBOX User Manual here.