Software Support for Kvaser Hardware

Support from our Technical Associates

Our Technical Associates are leading-edge companies who offers state-of-the-art CAN solutions that run on Kvaser platforms. Our Technical Associates offer solutions in the areas of Analysis, Simulation, Calibration, Debug, and more. These tightly integrated solutions ensure a high quality product.

• Click to view the list of third party products, like CAN bus analyzers, calibration tools, etc.

Customized PC applications

Customized PC applications for Kvaser hardware written using Kvaser CANlib SDK provides compability with present and future hardware from Kvaser. An application using Kvaser CANlib SDK can be used on another platform without modifications. In addition, we provide the following standard APIs:

• J2534 API
• RP1210 (RP1210A, RP1210B) API

The SDK also includes support for writing LIN and SAE J1708/J1587 applications, provided you have got the appropriate Kvaser hardware - see the product page.

Driver support

On our web site you will find driver support for our hardware, including

• Windows (all flavors) drivers
• Linux drivers
• Windows CE driver
• National Instrument's DIAdem™ driver
• National Instrument's LabView™ library
• CANking - a free CAN bus monitor for Windows
• For Vector CANalyzer™ and Vector CANoe™, the supporting software is included with these products. Just use our standard Windows drivers.
• Here's a table comparing the driver support for the different products.

Other drivers and software

• The Ocera project (www.ocera.org) provides a Linux driver for PCIcan.
• Broccoli Engineering has a CAN bus viewer and a LIN traffic generator available for free download.
• Do you want to write your own driver? Check the technical documentation, download CANLIB SDK to get code snippets, and contact our support if you have any questions!