Software Installation¶

Connections to computer¶

Internal autopilots¶

Each Veronte Autopilot 1x must be connected to a computer individually to configure it. The Management Board must also be connected individually.

There are two ways to connect a Veronte Autopilot 1x to a computer: USB or serial with RS-232. Both options require power supply for the connected Autopilot 1x. Attach the 4x Redundant Harness to the Connector 4 to connect a computer and any Autopilot 1x.

Note

To use the RS-232 connection with a computer, an USB-RS232 converter is required.

USB connection diagram — **USB connection to Autopilot 1x**¶

Serial connection diagram — **Serial connection to Autopilot 1x**¶

If there is any doubt about electrical connections, check the Main Connector pinout and the Arbiter Connector pinout in this manual.

Management Board¶

Autopilot 4x with hardware version 1.8 has a Management Board, which is composed by 2 arbiters. Both arbiters have the external communications separated and both require configuration. Hence, Management Board requires two differents connections to a computer, each one configuring a different arbiter. Previous hardware versions only had one arbiter, requiring only one connection and configuration.

Arbiter A can be connected to a computer via RS-232 or CAN (through one internal 1x).

To connect a computer to Arbiter A via RS-232, the connection is as follows:

../_images/arbiter.png — **Arbiter connection**¶

Another way to connect a computer to arbiter A is to use an Autopilot 1x as a CAN tunnel, so messages travel through intenal CAN connections. Nonetheless, an Autopilot 1x requires a configuration to perform tunnel communications, which is explained in the Arbiters communication - Integration examples section of the 1x PDI Builder user manual.

Arbiter B does not have RS-232 port, hence the only way to connect B with a computer is through CAN, as explained before.

Arbiter connection diagram — **Arbiter connection via CAN tunnel**¶

Important

Each arbiter will be identified by software applications as a different device.

Software manual¶

To configure each Veronte Autopilot 1x and the arbiters, read the 4x Software Manual.