CAN bus protocol monitor

- CAN send and receive

- symbolic decoding

- CANopen decoding

- SAE J1939 decoding

- including ISOBUS and NMEA2000

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Bus Monitoring

Trace and analysis of data traffic.

Decoding

Decode the data on your bus.

Access over Network

Work in your office instead at the machine.

Possibilities

The CANvision Protocol monitor

is the most used CAN software tool in our house. It is used for developing, setup and monitoring of CAN networks. Because it is network capable, it is not necessary to be present at the measuring place.

See and analyze the data traffic, filter, send your own messages.

Configuration

In General

The user interface explains mostly itself with tooltips and status text. So you have a steep learning curve and a short training period. From the window of CANvision server, you start the clients for transmitting and receiving. Prior you should set the baud rate for your interface. The data is stored in an own data format disables you to mix up something.

Beside the different baud rates, you are able to adjust the bit timing to your devices. You can switch the CAN controller passive to make your listening nonreactive. Over a network share of the CANvision server on the PC connected to the network, you can reach the bus comfy from your office. A share over the internet (VPN) is possible, save the money for flying an expert in.

The view of data windows are changeable, makes it possible to hide non-relevant data to get an undistorted view of the relevant data. The overwrite mode puts your data into some kind of table.

Filter specific messages, trigger specific messages, decode the data with the symbol editor to get clear text data from your sensors and actors.

CANvision Server

Server

The CANvision protocol monitor has a modular structure with the “Server” as the central element. Besides the control and configuration of the CAN interfaces, this server works as an operator between the client applications and the interface (CCI).

The CCI itself is a driver layer, that offers support for some of the commonly used CAN-Interfaces from different manufacturers to build up a consistent interface. For the recognized CAN interfaces client applications for transmitting and receiving can be started.

CAN / CAN FD Transmit

CAN / CAN FD Receive

CAN Receive

Besides the simple listing of the messages on the bus, the protocol monitor is able to sort data in a table-like view. You not only see endless scrolling columns of figures (scrolling mode) but a steady overview with changing values (overwrite mode). Measure intervals between messages of one node or see the absolute time. A counter tells you how many messages came from a node.

Additionally, you can edit specific symbol files for your machine. This will not show only numbers but real values and the meaning in a neat arrangement.

CANopen Receive

The client “CANopen Receive” reads the messages of your CANopen bus system. It interprets all received messages according to the CANopen specification. The messages are decoded and showed as SDO, PDO, NMT, Sync, Timestamp, heartbeat and emergency objects.

SDO transfer can be displayed in a buffered mode, so you can see the whole transmission in one.

The modes “scrolling” and “overwrite” can be used here as well.

The decoding of data can be done by using the universal CIA device profile for the node or perfectly by loading the manufacturer specific EDS-file.

CANopen FD Receive

SAE J1939 Receive

SAE-J1939 (ISOBUS, NMEA2000) Receive

Instead of badger yourself by decoding CAN messages, the meaning of message data is showed decoded and sorted on your screen.

An extensive filter function allows it, to find needed information and messages fast. You can search the full text or presort in source addresses, PGN’s and SPN’s. Colored markings lead your eye.

So you concentrate easily on principal tasks.

The program also decodes the messages defined in ISOBUS and NMEA 2000 standards.

Licence Model

License Model

The trial mode introduced from software version 1.28 allows you to test the software without purchasing it. You only need the starter set and at least one valid license if you want to save files or actively work on the bus for more than five minutes at a time. The license installs itself on the dongle and can be taken from one PC to another.

The starter set contains the USB dongle and a manual. The software has not been delivered on CD since 2019. Please download the latest version from this website instead.

With the purchase of a license you acquire the support for a full year, you receive the updates appearing in this period free of charge. With inexpensive support term extensions, you will stay up to date after this period. But also with the purchase of an additional license, you acquire a full year of support, which is valid for all purchased licenses. You can download the current program version as well as the previous versions from this website.

If you want to use the functions via your network, a license on the computer connected to the CAN is all you need. The computers accessing it do not need their own license.

	Unlizensiert (Trial)	Lizensiert
Dongle (Starterkit) needed	no	yes
Saving	no	yes
Network share into LAN (Microsoft Bonjour service) Share CAN-Interfaces Use of shared CAN-Interfaces	no yes	yes yes
Import and decode CANtouch trace files / Export in CSV format	5 min.	yes
CAN / CAN FD Send CAN / CAN FD Receive Symbolic Decoding	5 min.	yes
CANopen / CANopen FD Receive and Decode	5 min.	yes
SAE J1939 / NMEA2000 / ISOBUS Receive and Decode	5 min.	yes

Key
can be unlocked by license

Technical Data

Systemvoraussetzungen Hardware
Processor	at least 2.0 GHz (2.4 GHz dual core recommended)
Memory	at least 512 MB RAM (1 GB recommended)
Graphics Card	with 24-bit color depth (32-bit recommended)
Resolution	1024×768 pixels or higher
for the installation media	CD/DVD ROM drive alternatively: download from the support area
for the USB License dongle	free USB port
Supported operating systems
Microsoft Windows® 7 (32 bit and 64 bit) Microsoft Windows® 8.1 (32 bit and 64 bit)
Supported CAN hardware / interfaces
GEMAC CAN-Bus Tester 2 IXXAT VCI (e.g. USB-to-CAN, PC-I 04/PCI) PEAK PCAN (e.g. PCAN-USB, PCAN-PCI) Vector XL (e.g. VN1600, CANboardXL) Kvaser

The video explains the basics of the program and shows the most important features.

Order Information

Product	Description	GEMAC order number / shop link
CANvision Trial version	CANvision – Protocol Monitor with limited time and functionality	Download
CANvision – Protocol Monitor Starter-Set	CANvision – Protocol Monitor (German/Englisch), user manual (German/Englisch), USB dongle The software can be downloaded from this homepage, it is not supplied on a data media. The dongle is required once per active installation. The purchased licenses are permanently stored on that device. The starter set without an installed license does not unlock any function.	PR-22570-00
Support extension 1 year	Entitle to use all published software updates within the support period (one year is already included when purchasing a license). If you do not extend the support period, you can, of course, continue to use the existing version.	SW-22570-00
CANvision Client “CAN Transmit / Receive”	License key for ● CANvision Client CAN Transmit / Receive 1-year support (updates) included	SW-22570-10
CANvision Client „CANopen Receive“	License key for ● CANvision Client CANopen Receive 1-year support (updates) included	SW-22570-11
CANvision Client „SAE J1939 Receive“	License key for ● CANvision Client SAE J1939 Receive 1-year support (updates) included	SW-22570-12