Release of August 2, 2024

Major changes:

• Integrated changes from PCBUSB library version 0.13:
  • Acceptance filtering by setting parameter:
    • PCAN_ACCEPTANCE_FILTER_11BIT
    • PCAN_ACCEPTANCE_FILTER_29BIT
    • PCAN_MESSAGE_FILTER
    • PCAN_RECEIVE_STATUS
  • Suppression of status frames by setting parameter:
    • PCAN_ALLOW_STATUS_FRAMES
  • Suppression of remote frames by setting parameter:
    • PCAN_ALLOW_RTR_FRAMES
• Updated CAN API V3 sources to rev. 1356:
  • Implemented acceptance filtering
  • Solved an issue with PCAN_RECEIVE_STATUS
• Updated CAN API V3 testing to rev. 1373:
  • GoogleTest framework v1.15.0
  • Test suites for acceptance filtering
• Updated CAN API V3 utilities to rev. 1375:
  • Filtering options (can_moni and can_test)
  • Option to send extended frames (can_test)
  • Fixed a bug with extended frames (can_moni)
• Updated the Python wrapper and examples
• Fixed an installation issue on Linux

Note: This release requires version 0.13 (or later) of the PCBUSB library to be installed.

Service Release of June 12, 2024

Major changes:

• Updated CAN API V3 sources to rev. 1312
• Updated CAN API V3 Xcode testing to rev. 1334
• Updated CAN API V3 GoogleTest testing 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)
• Fixed a bug with compiler switch __MAC_11_0
• Fixed some findings from static code analysis
• Moved the run-time loader into a separate file
• Integrated generic CAN API V3 Utilities (rev. 1323)
• Updated release documents

Service Release of April 26, 2024

Major changes:

• Added common Version.h to the project
• Updated CAN API V3 sources to rev. 1270
• Updated CAN API V3 testing sources to rev. 1273
• Removed unused attributes from class CPeakCAN
• Changed the resolution of CTimer to 64 bit
• Added option --list-bitrates to the utilities
• Updated Makefiles and build_no.sh
• Improved compiler and linker flags
• Updated the Python wrapper
• Updated the examples
• Updated the deployment rules

Service Release of November 7, 2023

Major changes:

• Updated PCBUSB header file (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
• Replaced deprecated gettimeofday() and usleep()
• Added linker option -rpath /usr/local/lib (issue #15)

Tested with PCBUSB-Library version 0.12.2

Service Release of September 21, 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
• Fixed a possible string truncation
• Made the utilities more generic
• Updated the examples
• Linux support

Tested with PCBUSB-Library version 0.12.1

Service Release of August 25, 2023

Major changes:

• Updated PCBUSB-Library header (version 4.7.0.1)
• Added a compatibility check from PCAN_CHANNEL_VERSION (v0.9 or higher)
• Updated CAN API V3 sources to SVN 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 (except frequency greater than 0)
    • 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
      • Check 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 status message and error frame handling (mode flag err and message flag sts)
• Synchronized the Utilities with PCBUSB-Utilities v0.5.7
  • Fixed an issue with option --verbose
• Added CAN API V3 Tests with GoogleTest
• Updated CAN API V3 Xctest suites
• Updated the trial program

Tested with PCBUSB-Library version 0.12.1

Service Release of August 2, 2022

Major changes:

• Updated CAN API V3 sources to SVN rev. 1082
• Updated CAN API V3 Testing sources to SVN rev. 1084
• Fixed a bug with transceiver off in can_reset
• Fixed a bug with BTR0BTR1 register in CAN FD mode
• Fixed a bug with mapping CAN FD bit-rate to Peak string
• Realized feature NXTD and NRTR (software solution)
• Updated class CPeakCAN (some property values)
• Updated the trial program
• Updated the Python wrapper
• Updated the utilities

Tested with PCBUSB-Library version 0.11.2

Service Release of February 6, 2022

Major changes:

• Updated CAN API sources to rev. 1036
• Fixed a bug with property GET_DEVICE_TYPE (re-renamed property GET_DEVICE_CHANNEL into GET_DEVICE_TYPE to display the device type as specified instead of the channel no of the device)
• Fixed a bug with reading property GET_DEVICE_VENDOR and GET_DEVICE_DLLNAME (they can also be read without a handle)
• Fixed a bug with message flag sts on reception
• Added operations GetFirstChannel and GetNextChannel to class CPeakCAN to query channel information
• Updated the utilities to get the list of channels from the library (like can_boards[] in C interface)

Service Release of January 5, 2022

Major changes:

• Updated CAN API sources to rev. 1020 and applied the changes
• Renamed C interface function can_software in can_firmware
• Reworked output of function can_hardware and can_firmware
• Added a check for minimum required PCBUSB library version (v0.9 and above)
• Fixed an issue with missing copy constructor (to avoid dynamic allocation of class members)
• Fixed a bug with uncleared initialization flag when all handles have been released
• Fixed a bug with vendor-specific property values
• Fixed a bug with enumeration of PCAN channels
• Activated option for PCBUSB issue 198 (old messages in URB of the reception queue)
• Added an Xctest target for CAN API V3 C interface to the trial program:
  • workaround to run the test suites with PCBUSB.dylib in Xcode
  • workaround for PCANBasic init delay issue and PCBUSB flag QXMTFULL issue
• Set all Xcode deployment targets to macOS 11.0 (Makefiles still work on OS X 10.13)
• Updated the Makefiles to build the artifacts as Universal macOS Binary

Service Release of June 8, 2021

Major changes:

• Added a check for valid identifier range in can_write
• Added a check for valid messages flags in can_write
• Added a check for operation capability in can_init
• Added a check for operation mode bit FDOE when bit BRSE is set
• Fixed a mistake with channel name displayed instead of device name
• Fixed a bug with casting from CAN API channel to PCAN handle
• Fixed an out-of-bound violation in companion module can_btr
• Repaired the Python examples (they still not work with Python 2.7)
• Switched to a dual-license: BSD-2-Clause OR GPL-3.0-or-later