VSCP Level I driver for devices
vscpl1drv-can232 is a VSCP level I driver (CANAL driver) for the Lawicel CAN232 CAN adapter and other compatible slcan devices.
The linux port of this driver is created by (ice@geomi.org)
Info about the adapter is available at (https://www.can232.com)
This driver interface is for the can232 adapter from Lawicel (or other slcan drivers). This is a low cost CAN adapter that connects to one of the serial communication ports on a computer. The driver can handle the adapter in both polled and non polled mode, which handled transparently to the user. It is recommended however that the following settings are made before real life use.
- Set the baud rate for the device to 115200. You do this with the U1 command. This is the default baud rate used by this driver. * Set auto poll mode by issuing the X1 command.
- Enable the time stamp by issuing the Z1 command.
- Linux
- Windows
vscpl1drv_can232.dllvscpl1drv-can232.soFrom version 14.0.0 the driver is installed in /var/lib/vscp/drivers/level1
From version 14.0.0 the driver is installed in /program files/vscpd/drivers/level1
All level I drivers are configured using a semicolon separated configuration string.
The driver string has the following format (note that all values can be entered in either decimal or hexadecimal form (for hex precede with 0x).
> comport;baudrate;mask;filter;bus-speed[;btr0;btr1]The serial communication port to use.
For windows use 1,2,3...
For Linux use /dev/ttyS0, /dev/ttyUSB1 etc.
A valid baud rate for the serial interface ( for example. 9600 ).
The mask for the adapter. Read the Lawicel CAN232 manual on how to set this. It is not the same mask as for CANAL/VSCP.
The filter for the adapter. Read the Lawicel CAN232 manual on how to set this. It is not the same as for CANAL/VSCP.
is the speed or the CAN interface. Valid values are
| Setting | Bus-speed |
|---|---|
| 10 | 10Kbps |
| 20 | 20Kbps |
| 50 | 50Kbps |
| 100 | 100Kbps |
| 125 | 125Kbps |
| 250 | 250Kbps |
| 500 | 500Kbps |
| 800 | 800Kbps |
| 1000 | 1Mbps |
Instead of setting a bus-speed you can set the SJA1000 BTR0/BTR1 values directly. If both are set the bus_speed parameter is ignored.
If no device string is given COM1/ttyS0 will be used. Baud rate will be set to 115200 baud and the filter/mask to fully open. The CAN bit rate will be 500Kbps.
Not used. Set to zero.
The CanalGetStatus call returns the status structure with the channel_status member having the following meaning:
| Bit | Description |
|---|---|
| Bit 0-7 | TX Error Counter. |
| Bit 8-15 | RX Error Counter. |
| Bit 16 | Overflow. Cleard by status read. |
| Bit 17 | RX Warning. |
| Bit 18 | TX Warning. |
| Bit 19 | TX bus passive. |
| Bit 20 | RX bus passive. |
| Bit 21 | Reserved. |
| Bit 22 | Reserved. |
| Bit 23 | Reserved. |
| Bit 24 | Reserved. |
| Bit 25 | Reserved. |
| Bit 26 | Reserved. |
| Bit 27 | Reserved. |
| Bit 28 | Reserved. |
| Bit 29 | Bus Passive. |
| Bit 30 | Bus Warning status. |
| Bit 31 | Bus off status |
> 5;115200;0;0;1000Uses COM5 at 115200 with filters/masks open to receive all messages and with 1Mbps CAN bit rate.
> /dev/ttyUSB1;57600;0;0;0;0x09;0x1COn Linux uses serial USB adapter 1 at 57600 baud with filters/masks open to receive all messages and with a CAN bit-rate set to 50Kbps using btr0/btr1
<!-- The can232 driver -->
<driver enable="false"
name="can232"
config="/dev/ttyS0;19200;0;0;125"
flags="0"
translation="0x02"
path="/var/lib/vscp/drivers/level1/vscpl1drv-can232.so"
guid="FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:F5:01:00:00:00:00:00:00:04"
/><!-- The can232 driver -->
<driver enable="false"
name="can232"
config="com1"
flags="0"
translation="0x02"
path="/program files/vscpd/drivers/level1/vscpl1drv-can232.so"
guid="FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:F5:01:00:00:00:00:00:00:04"
/>Install Debian package
> sudo apt install ./vscpl2drv-can232_1.1.0-1_amd64.debusing the latest version from the repositories release section.
or
./configure
./make
sudo make install
use the switch --enable-debug if you want a debug build.
Warning !!! Currently this is very much experimental
wget -O - http://apt.vscp.org/apt.vscp.org.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -then add
deb http://apt.vscp.org/debian buster main
deb http://apt.vscp.org/debian eoan mainto the file
/etc/apt/sources.listreplace eoan with the os-release you have installed and debian to debian, ubuntu or raspian
Install using the binary install file in the release section.
git clone https://github.com/grodansparadis/vscpl1drv-can232.git
cd vscpl1drv-can232
git submodule update --init
./configure
make
make installDefault install folder is /var/lib/vscp/drivers/level1
You need build-essentials and git installed on your system.
sudo apt update && sudo apt -y upgrade
sudo apt install build-essential gitThe source contains a Visual Studio project. Use this project to build the driver.
There are many Level I drivers (CANAL drivers) available in VSCP & Friends framework that can be used with both VSCP Works and the VSCP Daemon (vscpd) and other tools that interface the drivers using the CANAL standard interface. Added to that many Level II and Level III drivers are available that can be used with the VSCP Daemon.
Level I drivers is documented here.
Level II drivers is documented here
The VSCP project homepage is here https://www.vscp.org.
The manual for vscpd contains full documentation. Other documentation can be found on the documentaion portal.
The vscpd source code may be downloaded from https://github.com/grodansparadis/vscp. Source code for other system components of VSCP & Friends are here https://github.com/grodansparadis
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