cansend

manual page for cansend 2018.02.0-1

Provided by: can-utils (Version: 2018.02.0-1)
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SYNOPSIS

cansend - simple command line tool to send CAN-frames via CAN_RAW sockets.

DESCRIPTION

Usage: ./cansend <device> <can_frame>. <can_frame>:

<can_id>#{R|data}: for CAN 2.0 frames
<can_id>##<flags>{data}: for CAN FD frames

<can_id>:

: can have 3 (SFF) or 8 (EFF) hex chars

{data}:

: has 0..8 (0..64 CAN FD) ASCII hex-values (optionally separated by '.')

<flags>:

: a single ASCII Hex value (0 .. F) which defines canfd_frame.flags

EXAMPLES

: 5A1#11.2233.44556677.88 / 123#DEADBEEF / 5AA# / 123##1 / 213##311 1F334455#1122334455667788 / 123#R for remote transmission request.