PCAN-Explorer is a general-purpose monitor for overseeing the data traffic on a CAN network.

Individual messages can be provided with dedicated identifiers (symbols) to simplify their allocation.

There is integral support for Visual Basic Script, making it an easy matter to create custom tools for the CAN bus.

The integrated data logger can receive and record the data traffic on the bus.

PCAN-Explorer 3 takes the form of an automation server. COM objects can be addressed via dual interfaces, meaning that access is possible via the IDispatch interface or a COM interface.

• Displaying all incoming messages complete with ID, length and data bytes
• Displaying incoming remote frames complete with number and receive gap
• Any number of messages can be included in a transmit list and sent at fixed intervals, manually or in response to a remote frame
• Saving and retrieving created transmit lists in order to emulate different CAN nodes
• CAN bus and controller errors are displayed along with error frame counters
• Symbolic representation of messages by allocation of identifiers
• Symbolic representation of data within data bytes by flagging of bit groups and allocation of identifiers and data types combined with scaling and offset
• Displaying incoming symbols by message ID, qualifier byte and variable
• Support for float data types in accordance with IEEE754, byte sequences in Intel and Motorola format, and Enum
• Configurable, integrated data logger
• Function keys can be assigned individual transmit messages or macros
• Macro creation in Visual Basic Script, integrated editor
• Macros can access all program elements via the PCAN-Explorer object model
• Easy integration of external tools
• Integration of add-ins for enhanced functionality, e.g. stripchart (which is included as standard)
• Browser for networks, active symbols, symbol files, macros etc.
• Logging of timeout

The features of the integrated Datalogger :

• Possible to use circular or linear data buffer
• Option to trace the logged data by single step the receive buffer.
• Logging of errors possible
• Export logged Data in textfiles and import them into Excel, MathLab ...etc.
• Logging of symbols with filter function
• Filter logged data with different symbol files
• Status window to watch state of logging.
• Max. log buffer dependent on hard disk space

PCAN-Explorer 3 have a easy to use VB-Script Interface which help you developing your own tools:

• complete integration of the VBScript language. All objects of the PCAN-Explorer could be used in the VBScript.
• for example send a e-mail when a temprature reach a limit or start a testtool when received a trigger Msg. Open Excel when a Event come up and write the data into the sheet - use some graphic to show the information. VB-Script is completly integrated in the Microsoft Offiice Line and the Windows Operating Systems.
• Ierfect to develop your own testtools for benchmark or testing CAN Prototypes.
• Your scripts could run without the PCAN-Explorer in front and could be start by batch files with a lot of command line options.

Optional AddIn Tools:

• Plotter
  
• CANdb-Import/Export
  
• UserPanel
  

• PCAN-Explorer 3 installation CD incl. AddIn-Line Light
  
• Documentation in CHM format