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Can Manager

Handlers​

connection​

Manages the current CAN connection.

OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS

  • autodetect (str): Attempt autodetection of the bus protocol. One or more of the following values can be specified; passive, obd and/or j1939.

dump​

Stores messages from the CAN bus to a file until a limit or duration is reached.

ARGUMENTS

  • file (str): Write data to a file with the given name. Supported file extensions are .asc, .blf, .csv, .db and .log.

OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS

  • duration (int): How many seconds to record data? Default value is 1.
  • limit (int): The maximum number of messages to read.
  • receive_timeout (float): The amount of time in seconds to wait for a reply message. Default value is 0.2.
  • skip_error_frames (bool): Skip any reply message marked as an error frame. Default value is False.
  • keep_listening (bool): Continue listening for messages in the background? Default value is False.
  • buffer_size (int): The limit of messages that the internal queue can hold. If the value is less than or equal to zero, the queue size is infinite. Default value is 0.

OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS FOR ASC AND BLF FILES

  • channel (int): The default value to use when a message does not have a channel set. Default value is 1.

OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS FOR CSV FILE

  • append (bool): Append messages to an existing file where no header line is written or truncate and start with a newly written header line? Default value is False.

OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS FOR DB FILE (SQLITE)

  • table_name (str): The name of the table to store messages in. Default value is messages.

OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS FOR LOG FILE

  • channel (str): The default value to use when a message does not have a channel set. Default value is vcan0.
  • append (bool): Append messages to any existing file or truncate it? Default value is False.

filter​

Manages the CAN filters.

note

For now it is only possible to view the active filters.

j1939_query​

Queries a J1939 PGN on the CAN bus.

ARGUMENTS

  • pgn (int): Number of the PGN to query.

OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS, J1939 SPECIFIC

  • priority (int): The priority to use for the request message. Default value is 6.
  • destination_address (int): The destination address of the request message. Default value is 0.
  • source_address (int): The source address of the request message. Default value is 249 (Service Tool).
  • auto_filter (bool): Ensure to apply filtering to only include reply message for the specific PGN. Default value is True.
  • auto_filter_mask (int): The bitmask to use when the filter is applied. Default value is 0x00FFFF00.

OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS, GENERAL

  • ensure_filtering (bool): Ensure that reply messages not matching the filters are excluded. Default value is True.
  • flow_control (list): List of flow control ID resolvers to enable. Options are obd and custom. Default value is False (disabled).
  • replies (int): The amount of reply messages to wait for within a timeout.
  • skip_error_frames (bool): Skip any reply message marked as an error frame. Default value is True.
  • skip_remote_frames (bool): Skip any reply message marked as a remote frame. Default value is True.
  • strict (bool): Raise an error when no reply messages are received or if the amount of expected reply messages is not met within the timeout. Default value is True.
  • timeout (float): The amount of time in seconds to wait for a reply message. Default value is 0.2.
  • output (str): Select obj, dict or str as the output data type of the reply messages. Default value is str.

monitor​

Monitors messages on the CAN bus until a limit and/or duration is reached.

OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS

  • duration (int): How many seconds to record data? Default value is 1.
  • limit (int): The maximum number of messages to read.
  • receive_timeout (float): The amount of time in seconds to wait for a reply message. Default value is 0.2.
  • skip_error_frames (bool): Skip any reply message marked as an error frame. Default value is False.
  • keep_listening (bool): Continue listening for messages in the background? Default value is False.
  • buffer_size (int): The limit of messages that the internal queue can hold. If the value is less than or equal to zero, the queue size is infinite. Default value is 0.
  • output (str): Select obj, dict or str as the output data type of the reply messages. Default value is str.

obd_query​

Queries an OBD-II PID on the CAN bus.

ARGUMENTS

  • name (str): Name of the command.

OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS, OBD-II SPECIFIC

  • mode (str): Service section of the PID.
  • pid (str): Code section of the PID.
  • bytes (int): Byte size of individual returned frame(s). Default value is 0.
  • frames (int): Expected frame count to be returned?
  • strict (int): Enforce strict validation of specified bytes and/or frames. Default value is False.
  • decoder (str): Specific decoder to be used to process the response.
  • unit (str): Unit of the result.
  • auto_filter (bool): Ensure to apply filtering to only include OBD-II reply messages. Default value is True.
  • auto_format (bool): Ensure that the PID request message always has a fixed data length of 8 bytes (zero padding). Default value is True.
  • id (int): Use a custom CAN arbitration ID for the PID request message.
  • is_ext_id (int): Enforce to use extended CAN arbitration ID or not (29 or 11 bit) for the PID request message.

OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS, GENERAL

  • ensure_filtering (bool): Ensure that reply messages not matching the filters are excluded. Default value is True.
  • flow_control (list): List of flow control ID resolvers to enable. Options are obd and custom. Default value is False (disabled).
  • replies (int): The amount of reply messages to wait for within a timeout.
  • skip_error_frames (bool): Skip any reply message marked as an error frame. Default value is True.
  • skip_remote_frames (bool): Skip any reply message marked as a remote frame. Default value is True.
  • strict (bool): Raise an error when no reply messages are received or if the amount of expected reply messages is not met within the timeout. Default value is True.
  • timeout (float): The amount of time in seconds to wait for a reply message. Default value is 0.2.

play​

Sends all messages from one or more dump files on the CAN bus.

ARGUMENTS

  • *files (str): Specify one or more dump files for playback.

OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS

  • ignore_timestamps (bool): Ignore the timestamps of the messages and use the min_gap parameter as the time between messages instead. Default value is False.
  • min_gap (float): Minimum time between sent messages in seconds. Default value is 0.0001.
  • skip_gaps_gt (float): Skip periods of inactivity greater than this (in seconds). Default value is 86400.
  • include_error_frames (bool): Also send messages marked as error frames? Default value is True.

query​

Queries by sending one or more request messages on the CAN bus and then waits for one or more reply messages.

ARGUMENTS

  • *messages (can.Message): CAN request messages to send.

OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS

  • ensure_filtering (bool): Ensure that reply messages not matching the filters are excluded. Default value is True.
  • flow_control (list): List of flow control ID resolvers to enable. Options are obd and custom. Default value is False (disabled).
  • replies (int): The amount of reply messages to wait for within a timeout.
  • skip_error_frames (bool): Skip any reply message marked as an error frame. Default value is True.
  • skip_remote_frames (bool): Skip any reply message marked as a remote frame. Default value is True.
  • strict (bool): Raise an error when no reply messages are received or if the amount of expected reply messages is not met within the timeout. Default value is True.
  • timeout (float): The amount of time in seconds to wait for a reply message. Default value is 0.2.
  • output (str): Select obj, dict or str as the output data type of the reply messages. Default value is str.

send​

Sends one or more messages on the CAN bus.

ARGUMENTS

  • *messages (str): CAN messages to send.