Using The Recorded Can Traffic - Peak PCAN-Router Pro User Manual

PCAN-Router Pro – User Manual
6.3

Using the Recorded CAN Traffic

The recorded CAN traffic on the CompactFlash card (CF card) is
binary-coded in the trace.btr file. For further use you must
convert the data in an appropriate format.
Possible conversion targets:
Target Format
PCAN-Trace
Vector ASC Trace
Character Separated
Values (CSV)
Do the following to get the trace data:
1. Eject the CF card from the PCAN-Router Pro and insert it
into the card reader of the computer.
2. Copy the PEAK-Converter to your local hard disk. You can
find the software in the PCAN-Router Pro package under
Tools or on our website.
Link to the PCAN-Router Pro Package:
www.peak-system.com/quick/DL-Packages-E
Link to the software website:
www.peak-system.com/quick/DL-Software-E
3. Start the converter program PEAK-Converter.exe.
4. Select the file trace.btr from the CF card at step Source
files.
5. Make the settings for the conversion in the following steps.
Do not save the target file on the CF card.
File Explanation/Usage
Ending
Text-based trace format by PEAK-System; viewing
.trc
of the data in the PCAN-Explorer or playback of the
CAN messages with the PCAN-Trace program.
Text-based trace format by the Vector company
.asc
that also can be used by some third-party
programs.
.csv Common, text-based format for import into a
spreadsheet (semicolon as separator).
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