Release of February 28, 2025

Major changes:

• Updated PCANBasic DLL to v4.10.0 (964)
• Updated CAN API V3 sources to rev. 1467
  • Added an ASCII parser for CAN messages*
  • Added property PEAKCAN_PROPERTY_DEVICE_GUID**
• Updated GoogleTest framework to v1.15.2
• Updated CAN API V3 testing to rev. 1412
  • Few plastic surgeries
• Updated CAN API V3 utilities to rev. 1481
  • Added new utility can_send
  • Optimized commandline argument handling
• Updated Python wrapper to v0.3.2
• Updated C++ examples

*) The syntax is taken from SocketCAN utility can-utils/cansend
**) But it isn't supported by my PCAN devices :(

Service Release of August 2, 2024

Major changes:

• Updated CAN API V3 sources to rev. 1356
• Updated GoogleTest framework to v1.15.0
• Updated CAN API V3 testing to rev. 1373
• Updated CAN API V3 utilities to rev. 1375
  • Added an option to send extended frames (can_test)
  • Fixed a bug with receiving extended frames (can_moni)

Service Release of June 12, 2024

Major changes:

• Updated PCANBasic DLL (version 4.9.0)
• Updated CAN API V3 sources to rev. 1312
• Updated CAN API V3 testing sources to rev. 1336
• Removed upper size limit of string properties
• Reworked CAN API V3 return values (C vs. C++)
• Optimized PeakCANBasic wrapper (can_api.c)
• Integrated generic CAN API V3 Utilities (re. 1323)
• Updated release documents

Release of April 23, 2024

Major changes:

• Added an unified version file
• Recreated the library projects
• Updated all MSBuild environments
• Updated PCANBasic DLL (version 4.8.2)
• Updated CAN API V3 sources to rev. 1270
• Updated CAN API V3 testing sources to rev. 1273
• Removed unused attributes from class CPealCAN
• Changed the resolution of CTimer to 64 bit
• Implemented identifier acceptance filtering
• Added test suites for acceptance filtering
• Added filtering option to utility can_moni
• Added option /LIST-BITRATES to the utilities
• Fixed a bug with flag ESI in TC05.20
• Fixed a bug with Peak vs. CiA bit-rate settings
• Fixed compiler warnings with legacy CAN 2.0 frame format
• Updated the Python wrapper
• Updated the examples

Service Release of November 8, 2023

Major changes:

• Updated PCANBasic DLL (version 4.8.0)
• Updated CAN API V3 sources to rev. 1212
• Updated CAN API V3 testing sources to rev. 1219
• Updated the trial program
• Updated deployment rules

Service Release of September 19, 2023

Major changes:

• Updated CAN API V3 testing sources to rev. 1201
• Updated CAN API V3 sources to rev. 1187 and applied the changes
  • Fixed a small bug in btr_compare_bitrates
  • Reworked formatting of message flags
• Reworked handling of receive queue empty
• Made the utilities more generic
• Updated the Python examples

Service Release of August 25, 2023

Major changes:

• Migrated to VS 2022 (version 17.7.2)
• Updated PCANBasic DLL (version 4.7.1)
• Updated CAN API V3 sources to rev. 1155 and apply the changes:
  • Added old error code -40 as queue overrun error and renumbered error error frame received from -40 to -19
  • Removed unused error code CANERR_ERR_FRAME (note: the error code -19 is marked as reserved)
  • Removed flag fdoe and brse from struct can_speed_t (note: the flags are marked as reserved)
  • Integrated reworked module can_btr:
    • btr_check_bitrate: if FDOE w/o BRSE then check data phase field acc. OPTION_CANBTR_DATA_FIELDS
    • btr_bitrate2speed: no range checks anymore, calculation is done completely in float
    • btr_bitrate2index: returns the index if an index is given
    • btr_bitrate2string: no range checks anymore
    • btr_sja10002bitrate: set data phase field acc. OPTION_CANBTR_DATA_FIELDS
    • btr_compare_bitrates: comparision on basis of transmission rates (new function)
    • Removed flag fdoe and brse from struct btr_speed_t (standalone variant)
    • Documented all interface functions by Doxygen comments
    • Added header file CANBTR_Defaults.h
    • Reworked the bit-rate string scanner (btr_string2bitrate):
      • Return a flag if any data phase key is found
      • Return a flag if no. samp. key is found
      • Return BTRERR_ILLPARA on error
      • Removed the range checks
      • Set miminum frequency to 1
      • Checked for duplicated keys
      • Accept only case sensitive keys
    • Reworked the bit-rate string printer (btr_bitrate2string):
      • Added a parameter to output data phase keys
      • Added a parameter to output no. samp. key
      • Added a parameter for maximum buffer size
    • Fixed a bug with strtol if a correct value is outside the range of representable values (note: long is 32 bit wide for MS compilers and 64 bit for gcc based compilers!)
  • Added property values for transmit queue properties (note: values for filtering has been shifted by 8)
  • Fixed a bug with saturation of CAN FD DLC conversion
  • Updated description of compiler switches
• Reworked handling of status and error frames
• Removed old bit-rate mapping functions
• Fixed a bug with property GET_DEVICE_NAME
• Synchronized the Utilities with MacCAN-Wrapper
  • Fixed an issue with option --verbose
• Added CAN API V3 Tests with GoogleTest

Service Release of August 3, 2022

Major changes:

• Updated CAN API V3 sources to rev. 1082
• Fixed a bug with transceiver off in function can_reset
• Fixed a bug with field SAM in BTR0BTR1 register
• Fixed a bug with BTR0BTR1 register in CAN FD mode
• Fixed a bug with mapping CAN FD bit-rate settings to Peak bit-rate string
• Fixed a bug with uncleared initialization flag when all channels released
• Realized feature NXTD and NRTR (software solution)
• Updated class CPeakCAN (some property keys)
• Updated the trial program
• Updated the utilities

Service Release of February 7, 2022

Major changes:

• Updated CAN API sources to rev. 1036
• Fixed a bug with message flag sts on reception
• Fixed a bug with getting properties from device
• Changed resolution of property GET_BUSLOAD
• Implemented device property GET_CAN_CHANNEL
• Added a check for minimum required PCANBasic DLL version (4.5 or later)
• Added two operations to class CPeakCAN to query channel information
• Updated the utilities to get the list of CAN channels from the library

Service Release of January 4, 2022

Major changes:

• Updated PCANBasic DLL (version 4.6.0)
• Updated CAN API sources to rev. 1020 and applied the changes
• Resolved firmware version vs. software version confusion
• Fixed an issue with missing copy constructor (avoid dynamic allocation of class members)
• Fixed some bugs with getting properties from device and from library:
  • accept NULL pointer for SET_FIRST_CHANNEL and SET_NEXT_CHANNEL
  • getting device properties requires a valid handle
  • string values must be at least one byte in size
• Fixed some issues with vendor-specific property values
• Fixed findings from static code analysis (incl. C statement style)
• Updated Python examples (although they do not work under Windows)
• Updated my beloved utilities (and added GPL license text)