PCAN-Explorer 7 is a comprehensive, professional software for working with CAN CC (Classic), CAN FD, and CAN XL buses. By connecting to one or more CAN buses, users gain access to a wide range of options for monitoring the CAN traffic, individual messages, or specific data signals. Through manual or periodic message transmission, the bus can be directly influenced, for example, for control purposes or simulations.

A central feature of the program is the symbolic representation of CAN messages. With the help of PEAK-System‘s Symbol files or compatible third-party databases, the program instantly translates the hexadecimal CAN IDs and payload data into a readable and easily understandable format.

The trace function allows recording and playback of data traffic from or to several buses simultaneously. For in-depth analysis, playback can be done step by step or with breakpoints. Incoming CAN messages as well as recordings can be filtered using various criteria.

Special requirements as well as the automation of complex processes can be implemented using simple macros, advanced scripts in Python or VBScript, and callback functions. For this, the entire PCAN-Explorer 7 object model is accessible via Python and VBScript.

Furthermore, the functionality of PCAN-Explorer can be extended. PEAK-System offers add-ins that improve data presentation and manipulation capabilities, add compatibility to third-party data definitions like CANdb or ARXML, and even add support for standards such as J1939.

CAN XL:

CAN XL (Extended Data-Field Length) was designed to improve cooperation with Automotive Ethernet and to enable transmitting larger data streams for use cases such as ECU flashing. For this, the new standard provides transmission of up to 2048 bytes payload data per message and data bit rates of up to 20 Mbit/s.