The canAnalyser is a full featured, powerful, versatile tool for development, testing and servicing CAN-based networks.
Using current Windows technologies, the canAnalyser V2 has improved flexibility and reliability. The software package is modular, combining exceptional openness and unlimited versatility. Customer specific functions can be easily integrated via a .NET programming interface in the form of individual modules.
In the standard version the canAnalyser offers powerful functions covering many areas of application
- Online monitoring of bus traffic
- Transmission of one-off or cyclic messages and entire message sequences
- Parallel monitoring of several CAN buses
- Recording of CAN messages with various trigger conditions
- Static evaluation of the message traffic
- Recording and display of bus load
- Graphic display of message contents over the time axis
- Creation of command controlled message sequences
An integral part of the canAnalyser is the processing of message databases. With this, each CAN identifier can be allocated a message name and the signals transmitted in the data field can be interpreted and displayed as physical parameters in different ways. The canAnalyser also processes the widely used CANdb format. In all modules the relevant message name from the database is displayed in addition to the CAN identifier.
Additional functions are provided by optional add-on modules, such as the protocol specific display of messages of CANopen, DeviceNet or J1939 based systems.
Highlights
- Multilingual 32-bit software for Windows 2000/XP
- Support of all CAN interfaces supplied by IXXAT
- Support of 11 and 29 bit identifiers (CAN 2.0A/2.0B)
- Timestamping of receive objects with a resolution of 500 µsec (depending on the interface used)
- Passive mode (no transmission of Ack bit and error frames, thus it creates no interference on the CAN network)
- Detection and display of error frames
- Integrated support of project databases
- Online trace on hard disk with various trigger conditions
- Support of all CAN controllers available on the interface board (multi-line mode)
- Display of the CAN controller status and bus load
- Documented .NET programming interface for extension by user-specific modules
- Execution of Scripts
Functions:
Configuration and Operation
The control panel of the canAnalyser is the central element for configuration. Supported by a Wizard, the required CAN interface is selected and the CAN controller on the board is configured. It also defines which function modules are assigned to the CAN controllers. The configuration is clearly displayed in the form of a tree and the module assignment occurs intuitively by means of drag and drop. Each CAN bus can be assigned a database. Using the control panel, the individual modules are started and terminated and the module windows are arranged, minimized and restored.
Programmability
Due to the open programming interface, the canAnalyser can be extended by the user's own modules or user interfaces. With common Windows development systems (e.g. Visual Studio.NET), new, independent modules can be developed and added to the canAnalyser. It is possible for users to create interfaces for their systems or for certain devices or tools with system specific analysis functions.
Scripting Host
The Scripting Host provides the canAnalyser user a powerful interface that combines the advantages of graphic Windows programs with the flexibility of scripts. By using the Scripting Host the canAnalyser can be quickly and easily adapted to specific measuring and analysis tasks. This allows the user to simulate devices and protocols or to test existing devices in the simulated restbus and to put them into operation. Specific test environments can be easily created using any Windows interface components. The Scripting Host supports the standard script languages C# and Visual Basic .NET. The incorporation of DLLs also enables the integration of further modules. The Scripting Host can be used to manage an unlimited number of scripts which are started either manually or automatically.
Receiving and displaying CAN messages (Receive Module)
The CAN messages transmitted on the CAN bus can be displayed online in different ways. Either all messages or only certain ones, selected via an adjustable filter, are displayed. Messages can be displayed in two ways. In scroll mode, the messages are displayed together with the time of reception one after the other in a list. This form of display is particularly suitable for monitoring message sequences. On the other hand, in the overwrite mode the messages received are listed according to the identifier and permanently overwritten with the incoming data. Each message is assigned a counter, which displays the commonness of its transmission. Here the altered byte is highlighted in color. With cycle time monitoring, the regularity of reception is observed and an icon indicates whether or not the message was updated within the expected time. Therefore, this form of display is suitable for determining the current value of certain messages.
For monitoring certain message groups the receive module supports multiple instances. For this an individual message filter is set up for each instance so that an accurate overview of the CAN system is insured. Filter configurations can be defined and assigned symbolic names, working in the same manner as the format templates in Microsoft Word.
add-on modules: CANopen Module, DeviceNet Module, SAE J1939 Module
