/canbusexplorer

Canbus traffic analyser

Primary LanguageJava

Canbus Explorer

Capture and understand the traffic on Canbus networks.

See the documentation site: https://CraigJPerry.github.io/canbusexplorer

Deployment Overview

+-------------+     +--------------+     +--------+     +-------------+
| OBD Vehicle |     | USB / WiFi / |     |   PC   |     | Web Browser |
| Diagnostics | --> |   Bluetooth  | --> |   or   | --> | (PC or      |
|    Port     |     |    Dongle    |     | Server |     |  Mobile)    |
+-------------+     +--------------+     +--------+     +-------------+

You'll need a bluetooth, wifi or usb OBD dongle with the ELM327 (or ST1170) chip.

This application needs Java installed on the host PC or Server. Supported operating systems for the PC or Server include: Windows, MacOS, Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris.

The front end is HTML5 based and can be accessed locally from the PC with the OBD dongle or remotely. For example, from a phone or tablet connected to the same wifi network as the host PC or Server.

Usage

  • Download canbusexplorer.jar
  • From a command window run java -jar canbusexplorer.jar
  • Visit the announced URL http://localhost:8080/