Vector first offered CANalyzer on the market in 1992 – the world’s first CAN software tool. CANalyzer has been continually updated since then, and today it is considered the world’s leading analysis tool for CAN buses. Besides its primary field of application, which is in-vehicle electronic networking in the automotive industry, CANalyzer is also used in many other industries such as rail transportation, heavy-duty vehicles, special-purpose vehicles, avionics, medical technology and many more. New technologies based on IP architectures in the automotive industry are supported by CANalyzer. In addition to its robust bus monitoring functionality, CANalyzer also contains many stimulation and analysis functions for triggering and analyzing message traffic and data contents. These functions are incorporated in a measurement setup. Users can configure and extend the tool’s functionality with an integrated compiling programming language. Data is displayed and evaluated in both raw and symbolic formats. Back in 1992, Vector had already developed the DBC data format, which has become the de facto standard in the automotive industry for exchanging CAN descriptions. Relevant standards are supported for other bus systems as well, such as FIBEX for FlexRay, LDF for LIN and EDS/DCF/XDD for CANopen.
Versions
Version 1.0 was released in 1992.
Program Levels
CANalyzer is available in different variants. They relate to the software’s functional features, supported bus systems and supported higher-level protocol options
Additional resources
Pfeiffer, Ayre, Keydel: Embedded Networking with CAN and CANopen, RTC Books San Clemente, USA, 2003
Pfeiffer, Ayre, Keydel: Embedded Networking with CAN and CANopen, RTC Books, Japan, 2006
CAN-Show-Premiere, Report about the CiA booth on the fair Interkama 1992, in Markt&Technik Nr.45, November 6, 1992
Develop CAN applications faster - CAN tools: News at a glance, in Markt&Technik Nr.45, November 6, 1992
Networking with CAN and CANopen, RTC Books San Clemente, USA, 2003
Pfeiffer, Ayre, Keydel:
Embedded Networking with CAN and CANopen'', RTC Books, Japan, 2006
