rbei-etas/busmaster

BUSMASTER is an Open Source Software tool to simulate, analyze and test data bus systems such as CAN. BUSMASTER was conceptualized, designed and implemented by Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions (RBEI). Presently it is a joint project of RBEI and ETAS GmbH.

busmaster's Issues

Support of transport protocol MCnet

MCnet (Mobile Communication Network) is an old transport protocol based on CAN. It is mainly used in the infotainment domain. Information is available at: http://www.vector.com/vi_mcnet_en.html.

Wiki link on project page does not work

While the wiki link on the project page seems to be an ordinary github wiki link, it doesn't work. To me it seems like there is currently no wiki actived for this project, so maybe you need to change the project settings somewhere?

CAPL_2_C build fails due to flex&bison tool at hard coded location

The CAPL_2_C build process uses flex(&bison) to generate "lexer.h". Unfortunately the build fails because flex has a hard coded location at an unknown server.

The error is in "Language_Converter.vcproj".
The command line contains "\missl_nts2\EMC_Server\EDI\EDI-OLD-PROJECTS\CAN_Monitor_Maintenance-Documents\References\Flex&Bison\flex.exe".

The flex tool is provided by cygwin or gnuwin32.

This issue was raised on customer feedback.

Support of transport protocol J1939

It would be great to support the J1939 transport protocol based on CAN.

Improve DIL interface API

The hardware selection functionality to assign physical to logical CAN channels should be taken out of the driver and into DIL_Interfaces. This would especially shift the functions ListHardware and GetSelectedHardware out of the drivers.
Instead of a manual driver selection via menu, a window with all found interfaces across all drivers should be shown.

Path to utilities in standard installation incorrect

in the standard Installation, the utilities are looked up at \BUSMASTER\MinGW\OBJ...exe
but they are located (installed) in the BUSMASTER main directory ...

Simply execute one of the convertion tools ...

Support of description format FIBEX

Provide import/export filters for FIBEX. FIBEX supports the configuration of CAN, FlexRay, LIN, MOST and some other bus systems. It is available in multiple versions. We should use the most current version.

Support of transport protocol ISOBUS (ISO 11783)

This is based on J1939 and NMEA2000.

Unable to connect with PCAN-USB device

I've already update the latest driver from peak website
http://www.peak-system.com/Produktdetails.49+M578cbdb898b.0.html?&L=1&tx_commerce_pi1[catUid]=6&tx_commerce_pi1[showUid]=16

and PCAN-USB device can be used with free PCAN-view normally.

But it can't be launched by busmaster and report error msg: "Driver selection failed"

Support of transport protocol NMEA 2000

NMEA 2000 is an extension of J1939 used in maritime applications.

Logging longer than 2 minutes

Is it possible to increase the size of the log file? Currently the tool only records approx. 2 minutes.

In our environment the interesting messages (errors on CAN) are seen after 5 minutes and are not recorded.

This issue was raised on customer feedback.

Associate different databases per channel

Please provide support to associate different databases per channel.

Use case: Testing a gateway by monitoring all connected CAN channels in parallel.

This issue was raised on customer feedback.

Support of log format MDF4

MDF is the Measurement Data Format standardized at ASAM.

Import and export filters for Vector log format (ASC)

The main use case for BUSMASTER seems to be logging and replay. Many customer scripts depends on the log format from Vector (ASC), which is also a textual format. So let's provide import and export filters for it. Best would be to provide it as external tool.

Support of IXXAT hardware

It would be great to support IXXAT hardware.

No Close method found in the API

Hello,

I cannot find any Close or Finalize method for the BUSMASTER Application in the API.
What is the correct mechanism for 'clean' closing of this tool within a C# script?

Regards
Marc (ETAS AES France)

Provide multi-platform support

Port BUSMASTER to a platform library that is OS-independent, e.g. .NET, Java, QT or anything other appropriate.

Provide a wizard for the top three use cases

Provide a wizard that guides through the most important settings:

• 80%: Logging, analysis and replay of CAN messages
• 15%: Simulation of CAN messages
• 5%: Conversion of CAPL code to BUSMASTER C code

Support of transport protocol UDS (ISO 14229)

Download of new installable exe does not work

https://github.com/downloads/rbei-etas/busmaster/BUSMASTER%20Installer_Ver_1.0.1.exe

Tried to download the executable ...

Got the following XML error ...

AccessDeniedAccess Denied1E745D3EBB2B7B71XFqdIISqLGlKq+gt6aQz1xYm16NkSmsNdFmi+IxdPuUdHwae3uVmCQ8fiPhHehgR

Support of transport protocol XCP/CCP

CCP is the CAN Calibration Protocol.
XCP is an extended version that also supports CAN, Ethernet, FlexRay and USB.

Corruption of first two timestamps in Message Window

One of our customers reported a problem with the display of "Time" in the "Message Window". On the CAN bus he has a continuous stream of message. The "Time Mode" is set to "Absolute Time". The "Overwrite Mode" is set to "Disabled". Directly after connecting to the CAN bus the first two messages displayed have a wrong timestamp. The timestamp is not anyhow related with starting the application or connecting to the bus. A screenshot shows me 119:18:16:7037 followed by 119:18:16:7293. The time difference is however consistent with the message frequency. A quick guess would be that the timer reset is done after the first messages are received, instead of the opposite order.

I send you the screenshot per e-mail as GitHub provides no possibility to attach it to this issue.

Integrate Signal Graph window

Introduction of Signal Graph window to visualize signal across time

Support of transport protocol CANopen

Ctrl + W should close window not Save As (WinXP EN)

Ctrl + W usually means close document window. It's very strange to have this call up a Save As... dialog.

Support of bus system FlexRay

It would be great to support the FlexRay bus system beside CAN.

Support of transport protocol GMLAN

GMLAN is based on ISO 15765-2.

Prevent save changes dialog when nothing has changed.

On of our customers reported that the save changes dialog ("You have made changes to the configuration. Do you want to save it?") pops up any time he want to close the BUSMASTER, even if there were no changes.

This should come up only, if there were really some changes.

Support of bus system PSI5

DBC to DBF Conversion

I have tried to convert a few different DBC files to DBF only 1 out of the 3 worked and the one that did generated a lot of Errors. Since I have managed to get one of the files to work, after a fashion, I guess that there must be some thing in the formating of these files that is causing a problem.

Is there a specific Version of DBC file that the files have to comply with or could you post an example/s of your 'gold standard' DBC file so that I can compare it against the files that I have.

Note: I have read these DBC files in other programs, other than Vector Tools, and they have been read in correctly.

Support of transport protocol J1587

Support of transport protocol CANaerospace

Support of bus system SAE J1708

Pictures missing in User Manual

I have tried IE 8 and Firefox 6.0.2 to view the User Manual. Some of the pictures are not visible, for example, the Test Automation and Signal Graph.

Do I need a specific plugin ??

Support of transport protocol ISO 11783

ISO 11783 is based on J1939 for agricultural applications.

Runtime Error on sending messages

One of our customers reported that he was able to reproducible crash BUSMASTER.

In the Tx Message Window, do the following steps:

• Insert 10 messages into the list
• TxMode: Cyclic
• Trigger: Activate "Time Delay" to 10ms, activate "Key" and set it to "All"

After the communication started, a message is sent every 10ms.
First after pressing the Key, all 10 messages are send every 10ms.

However the transmission cannot be stopped again.
The Start/Stop button is without function, the transmission continues.
Some time later the BUSMASTER reproducable crashes (or after trying to "Disconnect" the hardware).

There is a window "Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library" that reads "Runtime Error!" and "abnormal program termination". There is no further information that helps in solving the problem.

Documents should be part of repository

The documents describing the development environment and other things should be part of the repository. If they are only available in the downloads section (as of now), they are NOT included in forked repositories. Therefore any forked repository is currently without any instruction documents.

Support of VCI hardware and D-PDU API (ISO 22900-2, J2534, RP1210)

There are at least three similar or extending standards defining a standardized D-PDU API to access Vehicle Communication Interfaces (VCI):

• [http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=41276](ISO 22900-2): Modular vehicle communication interface (MVCI) -- Part 2: Diagnostic protocol data unit application programming interface (D-PDU API)
• SAE J2534/1: Recommended Practice for Pass-Thru Vehicle Programming
• TMC RP1210. TMC is the Technology & Maintenance Council of the ATA (American Trucking Associations).

There are already multiple products out there in the market including some products from ETAS. We should support this.

Support of Kvaser hardware

ETAS has a strategic partnership with Kvaser. Let's be the first to provide support for their hardware in BUSMASTER.

Hardware Selection dialog

One of our customers reported that the hardware selection dialog only pops up once after program start or after selecting the hardware interface.

It would be good if we provide a menu entry to reopen the hardware selection dialog (maybe "Hardware Selection" as first entry in the "Configure" menu?) as it is not very intuitive to select force and back the hardware interface to get the dialog again.

Provide a modern user interface

First feedback from our customers was that the user interface is not very intuitive. Of course this might be true for other tools also, we should think of a redesign. This covers icon design, menu structures and probably ribbon design.

rbei-etas account needs more details

This is not directly related to the project sources. The organization account "rbei-etas" should have more contact details, like website, contact email and a human recognizable name, see https://github.com/eclipse for an example.
Open source is also about open communication. :)

ES581.3 requires manually copied icsneo40.dll

Why does the tool only finds an ES581.3 if the %system32% folder contains a manually copied „icsneo40.dll“?
INCA finds an ES581.3 without manual changes in the %system32% folder.

This issue was raised on customer feedback.

Support of AUTOSAR description format

AUTOSAR defines a configuration format based on FIBEX. It similar, but not identical. We should support this.

Enhance remote control API

Provide further extension of remove control API for other applications, e.g. to make sure BUSMASTER provides the BusTrace functionality for INCA. Synchronous of start/stop event, of time and of database details.

Integrate Waveform Generator window

Introduction of Waveform Generator window to send arbitrary sequences of signals on the bus, e.g. sawtooth RPM signals.

Support of bus system LIN

I would be great to also support the LIN bus system beside CAN.

Please support VectorXL driver library

BUSMASTER does not work with Vector devices (CANcards, CANcases, ...). By supporting the VectorXL driver library BUSMASTER will make use of these devices.

This issue was raised on customer feedback.

Missing abbreviations in design doc

SEI, DIL, CAN, BOA all mentioned in first two pages of text and missing from list of abbreviations.

Support for second CAN channel of ES581.3

While the ES581.2 (ValueCAN2) has only one CAN channel, the ES581.3 (ValueCAN3) has two CAN channels. Only one of them (the first?) is shown in BUSMASTER.

This issue was raised on customer feedback.