cangaroo

open source can bus analyzer

written by Hubert Denkmair hubert@denkmair.de

building on linux

• to install all required packages in a vanilla ubuntu 16.04:
  • sudo apt-get install build-essential git qt5-qmake qtbase5-dev libnl-3-dev libnl-route-3-dev
• build with:
  • qmake -qt=qt5
  • make
  • make install

building on windows

• Qt Creator (Community Version is okay) brings everything you need
• except for the PCAN libraries.
  • Get them from http://www.peak-system.com/fileadmin/media/files/pcan-basic.zip
  • Extract to .zip to src/driver/PeakCanDriver/pcan-basic-api
  • Make sure PCANBasic.dll (the one from pcan-basic-api/Win32 on a "normal" 32bit Windows build) is found when running cangaroo, e.g. by putting it in the same folder as the .exe file.
• if you don't want Peak support, you can just disable the driver: remove the line "win32:include($$PWD/driver/PeakCanDriver/PeakCanDriver.pri)" from src/src.pro
• if you want to deploy the cangaroo app, make sure to also include the needed Qt Libraries. for a normal release build, these are: Qt5Core.dll Qt5Gui.dll Qt5Widgets.dll Qt5Xml.dll

changelog

v0.2.1 unreleased

• make logging easier
• refactorings
• scroll trace view per pixel, not per item (always show last message when autoscroll is on)

v0.2.0 released 2016-01-24

• docking windows system instead of MDI interface
• windows build
• windows PCAN-basic driver
• handle muxed signals in backend and trace window
• do not try to extract signals from messages when DLC too short
• can status window
• bugfixes in setup dialog
• show timestamps, log level etc. in log window

v0.1.3 released 2016-01-16

• new can interface configuration GUI (missing a suid binary to actually set the config)
• use libnl-route-3 for socketcan device config read
• query socketcan interfaces for supported config options
• new logging subsystem, do not use QDebug any more
• some performance improvements when receiving lots of messages
• bugfix with time-delta view: timestamps not shown when no previous message avail

v0.1.2 released 2016-01-12

• fix device re-scan ("could not bind" console message)
• fix some dbc parsing issues (signed signals, ...)
• implement big endian signals

v0.1.1 released 2016-01-11

• change source structure to better fit debian packaging
• add debian packaging info

v0.1 released 2016-01-10

initial release \o/

todo

backend

• allow for canfd frames
• support non-message frames in traces (e.g. markers)
• implement plugin API
• embed python for scripting

can drivers

• allow socketcan interface config through suid binary
• socketcan: use hardware timestamps (SIOCSHWTSTAMP) if possible
• cannelloni support
• windows vector driver

import / export

• export to other file formats (e.g. Vector ASC, BLF, MDF)
• import CAN-Traces

general ui

• give some style to dock windows
• load/save docks from/to config

log window

• filter log messages by level

can status window

• display #warnings, #passive, #busoff, #restarts of socketcan devices

trace window

• message filtering
• assign colors to can interfaces / messages
• limit displayed number of messages
• show error frames and other non-message frames
• sort signals by startbit, name or position in candb

raw message generator

• provide a simple way to generate raw can messages

CanDB based generator

• generate can messages from candbs
• set signals according to value tables etc.
• provide generator functions for signal values
• allow scripting of signal values

replay window

• replay can traces
• map interfaces in traces to available networks

graph window

• test QCustomPlot
• allow for graphing of interface stats, message stats and signals

packaging / deployment

• provide clean debian package
• gentoo ebuild script
• provide static linked binary
• add windows installer