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Automotive Ethernet capture tool: open a pcap or pcapng file (or capture live on Linux) and see the
decoded packets — Ethernet, 802.1Q VLAN, IPv4/IPv6, ARP, UDP/TCP — with the automotive protocols on top
recognised: SOME/IP (and SOME/IP-SD), DoIP, gPTP (IEEE 802.1AS), AVTP (IEEE 1722, with the stream
id and sequence number) and LLDP (neighbour chassis/port, system name, TTL). SOME/IP carried over TCP
(reassembled across segments) and SOME/IP-TP segmented messages are decoded in full; a SOME/IP services
card lists the services offered in Service Discovery (ids, version, endpoints, offer count), and when the capture
contains gPTP a time-sync card summarises the grandmaster and its clock quality, the clocks and domains seen,
and the configured and observed Sync rate. Filter by protocol, address or port, see the protocol breakdown, and
export back to pcap. Live capture needs root/CAP_NET_RAW and a tap or mirror port for a full view.
Much larger MCP surface. The can-mcp server gains diagnostics tools — OBD-II (obd_status, obd_dtcs, obd_vin, obd_supported, obd_read, obd_clear) and UDS (uds_read_did, uds_read_dtcs, uds_reset, uds_routine, uds_request) — protocol decoding (decode_protocol), more reverse-engineering verbs
(timing, related_signals, capture_reaction), transmit by name (send_message), and list_interfaces.
The bus is also exposed as read-only resources (can://status, can://identifiers, can://frames, can://database) and guided prompts (reverse-engineer an identifier, diagnose trouble codes, find a signal).
New permission tiers gate them: --allow-diagnostics (safe reads), --allow-control (active diagnostics) and --allow-send (transmit), each granting the ones below it. --interface/--channel are now optional — the
server can start unconnected and the agent opens a bus itself with the connect tool (after list_interfaces),
and can switch buses with disconnect. A database can be loaded or cleared at runtime (load_database / unload_database).
In-app MCP server. The GUI can host the MCP server for a connection it already has open (the Agent…
button on the Trace toolbar), so an agent attaches to the same live bus you are watching — which a separate can-mcp process usually cannot, as most adapters are single-access. It is off by default, listens on 127.0.0.1 only over the streamable-HTTP transport, is gated by a generated token, and uses the same permission
tiers (read-only by default).
OBD-II page (SAE J1979 over CAN): a dedicated page for the standard emissions diagnostics. Scan a vehicle
for its VIN, MIL status and supported values; watch the live values (engine speed, vehicle speed, temperatures,
load, throttle, fuel level, voltage…) as tiles; and read the stored and pending trouble codes (decoded to P/C/B/U codes) or clear them. Built on the UDS/ISO-TP stack; an ObdServer answers for use without a
vehicle.
NMEA 2000 and J1587 trace decoders. NMEA 2000 (the marine protocol, built on J1939) decodes the common PGNs
into fields — engine, position, COG/SOG, heading, wind, depth, speed, battery — in marine units, with Fast Packet
reassembly. J1587 decodes the older heavy-truck bus's messages (MID and PIDs), with common parameters scaled;
J1708 is a serial bus (not CAN), so the decoder works on J1587 message bytes from a log or gateway, not a live
capture. Both are selectable as the connection protocol, like J1939 and CANopen.
Bit-transition activity map in the reverse engineering view (the Activity tab): a raster of every bit of
the selected identifier across the whole capture — frames across, bits down (byte 0 at the top) — so counters
(diagonal ramps), constant bits (flat), toggles and multiplexed regions stand out at a glance, with changed bits
highlighted. Complements the frame-at-a-time temporal replay.
Interactive scripting console in the reverse engineering view (the Console tab): run Python over the
frames captured so far, with the reverse-engineering primitives (collect, analyse, BitField, candidates, signal_groups, correlate) and the current frames, found fields and helpers in scope, with Python syntax
highlighting. Variables persist between runs and a trailing expression's value is shown, like a REPL — the
scriptable surface the MCP service gives an AI agent, for a human at the keyboard.
Frame-interval (Δt) and per-byte timing graphs in the reverse engineering view: Plot Δt graphs a
selected identifier's inter-frame interval over time (on the Signals page, with cursors, statistics and CSV
export) to spot gateways, bursts and event-triggered messages, and Plot bytes graphs every payload byte as
a value over time.
GM Class 2 / SAE J1850 VPW support, for the pre-CAN GM vehicles such as the 1999–2006 P01/P59 PCMs. A new
python-can interface (elm327_vpw) drives an ELM327/OBDLink adapter in J1850 VPW mode (AT SP 2), so the
10.4 kbit/s single-wire Class 2 bus appears in the connection dialog and the whole application — trace,
dashboard, reverse engineering, recording — works on it, with each VPW frame's
three-byte header (priority, target, source) in the extended identifier. A J1850 / Class 2 diagnostics page
(shown on these connections) runs SAE J1979 over the shared adapter: read current-data PIDs and the VIN, read
the stored trouble codes (P0143…) or clear them, and send raw requests. Monitoring and diagnostics are
time-multiplexed on the one adapter. Scripts use can_explorer.core.j1850 (J1850Client) and can_explorer.core.elm327_vpw; a Class2EcuSimulator allows trying it without hardware.
ARXML SOME/IP descriptions: the SOME/IP tool reads AUTOSAR ARXML service interfaces (chosen by the .arxml extension) in addition to FIBEX, resolving the SOMEIP-SERVICE-INTERFACE-DEPLOYMENT service/method/event
ids to the referenced interfaces and their data types to decode payloads into named signals. The same subset as
FIBEX is supported — scalars, fixed and dynamic arrays, strings and nested structures.
AUTOSAR E2E protection library (can_explorer.core.e2e): the AUTOSAR CRC routines (crc8, crc8h2f, crc16, crc32, crc32p4, verified against the published check values) and E2E Profile 2 protect/check, for
verifying a SOME/IP or signal PDU's end-to-end CRC and sequence counter.
German, French, Japanese and Chinese translations for the newer views (Ethernet capture, SOME/IP, OBD-II,
J1850, the AI agent/MCP dialog and the reverse-engineering panels), which were previously untranslated.
Changed
mcp is now a core dependency, not an optional extra: the can-mcp command and the in-app Agent server
work out of the box (no pip install 'can-explorer[mcp]').
More reverse-engineering over MCP. New tools let an agent inspect raw bit behaviour and test and commit its
own hypotheses: bit_activity (per-bit set/flip rates and a per-byte summary), extract_field (decode a
candidate bit range over time without a database), mark/clear_markers/reaction_at_markers (find the fields
that react at the moments of a repeated action); timing gains a series option (the Δt over time) and promote_to_dbc can now write field specs the agent supplies (fields=[…]), not only auto-found fields.
Download buttons on the documentation home page: per-platform buttons (Windows, macOS, Linux AppImage and
.deb) that link straight to the release's installers, resolved from the GitHub release at page load and with the
visitor's platform highlighted; they fall back to the releases page without JavaScript.
Expanded documentation: the MCP page leads with the in-app server and a screenshot, plus runnable Python
scripting examples for both the in-app server and the can-mcp command; the OBD-II page gains a screenshot and an ObdClient scripting example.
Fixed
UDS discovery scans now stop immediately when Stop is pressed, and the button returns to Start.
Stopping interrupts the in-flight request instead of only taking effect between requests (so a scan of an
unresponsive bus, or an ECU looping on "response pending", no longer appears to ignore Stop until the per-request
timeout elapses), and the running state is updated once the scan task has actually finished.
Closing a connection no longer leaves the remaining connection's view squeezed into a narrow column: the
connection views are no longer hosted in a StackLayout, which did not reliably resize its current view when a
connection was added or removed.
Closing a connection no longer empties the sidebar's view list: when a connection was removed, the current
view binding kept pointing at the destroyed delegate, so the per-connection views (Dashboard, Trace, …)
disappeared from the sidebar for the connection that remained; it now re-resolves when connections change.
UDS/OBD requests now skip stale responses left on a shared response id (for example by a live poll that was
just stopped), rather than mistaking the first unrelated response for the answer — a response is accepted only if
it matches the request's service. This fixes an intermittent "Unexpected response …" failure when reading trouble
codes right after toggling live data off.
Reverse-engineering frame replay steps by frame, not by time, so stepping and scrubbing are exact even when a
coarse clock gives several frames the same timestamp (seen on Windows); playback still runs at the recorded pace.
Example engine simulation: the coolant temperature now cools down when the engine is off or idling instead of
only ever warming up — it tracks a load-dependent operating temperature and falls toward ambient when off.
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Inline comments:
Review comments at @can_explorer/core/elm327_vpw.py:
- Around line 55-58: Update parse_vpw_line to treat ATH1 responses as complete
J1850 frames, including the checksum: reject frames shorter than four bytes and
pass the full frame to J1850Message.decode, returning None when decoding raises
J1850Error. Update the parser documentation and fixtures to include valid CRC
bytes, adjusting expected payloads to exclude the checksum.
Review comments at @can_explorer/gui/obd.py:
- Line 125: Update IsoTpClient to support separate flow-control transmit and
receive addressing, using the physical request ID for flow-control frames while
preserving tx_id for requests. In the GUI, use 0x7E0 for the default 0x7DF/0x7E8
pair; update UdsEcuSimulator to receive flow-control frames on that physical ID
while continuing to receive requests on 0x7DF. Add coverage for a functional
request returning a multi-frame VIN and at least three DTCs, and document the
0x7E0/0x7E8 workaround until the fix is available.
Review comments at @can_explorer/gui/python_highlighter.py:
- Line 23: Update the _WORD pattern used by PythonHighlighter so it matches
Unicode letters in identifiers, including characters accepted by char.isalpha(),
while preserving support for underscores and digits after the first character.
Review comments at @can_explorer/gui/uds_scan.py:
- Line 284: Update the scan cancellation flow at self._task.cancel() so a
cancelled request’s response is drained or otherwise prevented from being
consumed by a later probe. Ensure responses are matched to the requested DID
before assigning scan results.
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Walkthrough
This release adds Ethernet capture, OBD-II and J1850 diagnostics, expanded MCP tools and server access, reverse-engineering tools, and J1587 and NMEA 2000 decoders. It also changes UDS scan cancellation, connection-view sizing, the Spirit theme, and release packaging.
Adds pcap loading, filtering, export, Linux live capture, packet summaries, and Ethernet navigation.
MCP service and server
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Service lifecycle, permissions, and tools can_explorer/mcp/service.py, can_explorer/mcp/server.py, can_explorer/mcp/__main__.py, tests/unit/mcp_interface/test_service.py, tests/unit/mcp_interface/test_server.py
Supports optional bus connection and runtime connection management. Adds diagnostics, control, and send permission tiers, plus inspection, analysis, database, resource, and prompt capabilities.
In-app HTTP server and GUI controls can_explorer/mcp/http_server.py, can_explorer/gui/mcp_server.py, can_explorer/gui/connection_manager.py, can_explorer/gui/qt/CanExplorer/McpServerDialog.qml, tests/unit/mcp_interface/test_http_server.py, tests/unit/gui/test_connection_features.py
Adds an in-app MCP server with token-authenticated HTTP access and GUI controls for its state and access tier.
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participant McpServerDialog
participant McpServerController
participant InAppMcpServer
participant MCPClient
McpServerDialog->>McpServerController: start selected permission tier
McpServerController->>InAppMcpServer: start attached CanService
InAppMcpServer->>McpServerController: return URL and token
McpServerController->>McpServerDialog: publish server state
MCPClient->>InAppMcpServer: request with token
InAppMcpServer->>MCPClient: forward authenticated MCP request
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Reverse-engineering tools
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Console, raster, and interval data can_explorer/core/reverse/*, can_explorer/core/signals.py, tests/unit/core/test_reverse_console.py, tests/unit/core/test_raster.py, tests/unit/core/test_signals.py
AKJ7/CANExplorer#9: Adds UDS discovery and reverse-engineering systems that this PR extends with scan cancellation, timing plots, activity rasters, and a console.
Merge Risk: Moderate · previous review b6150
The release adds many features. Several are likely to misbehave on real hardware or inputs: OBD multi-frame reads, J1850 adapter frame data, and UDS scans started right after a stop. Typing a non-ASCII identifier in the new console could also crash the app. These should be fixed before merge. The other findings are small edge cases.
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Minor · frames() raises AttributeError when the service is not connected. · service.py:321
can_explorer/mcp/service.py:321 Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
frames() raises AttributeError when the service is not connected.
CanService can now run without a session. This is the documented default for can-mcp without --interface and --channel. _recent() returns [] when self.session is None. However, frames() reads self.session.start_time first. The get_frames tool and the can://frames resource fail with AttributeError until the agent calls connect(). This is the same disconnected-state case that identifiers(), analyze() and status() already handle.
Return early when there is no session, as identifiers() does.
🐛 Proposed fix
identifier_value = None if identifier is None else _parse_id(identifier)
+ if self.session is None:+ return []
database = self._database
start_time = self.session.start_time or 0.0
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Review comment at @can_explorer/mcp/service.py at line 321:
Update frames() to check whether self.session is None before accessing
start_time, returning an empty list in that disconnected state, consistent with
identifiers().
Stream the pcap file instead of reading it fully into memory.
read_pcap calls Path(path).read_bytes(). The whole capture is loaded before the first packet is yielded. The GUI then calls list(ethernet.read_pcap(path))[:MAX_PACKETS] in _open_pcap. This materializes every packet before it applies the 200,000-packet cap. A multi-GB capture can therefore exhaust memory. If a MemoryError escapes _open_pcap, _busy stays True and the Open button stays disabled.
Read the header and each record from an open file. Use itertools.islice(ethernet.read_pcap(path), MAX_PACKETS) in can_explorer/gui/ethernet.py (Line 184). Reject an implausible incl_len so that a corrupt record does not trigger a huge read.
Proposed streaming reader
- data = Path(path).read_bytes()- if len(data) < 24:- raise PcapError('File too short to be a pcap')- if data[:4] == b'\x0a\x0d\x0d\x0a':- raise PcapError('This is a pcapng file; save it as "Wireshark/tcpdump pcap" and open that')- magic = struct.unpack('>I', data[:4])[0]- if magic not in _PCAP_MAGICS:- raise PcapError('Not a pcap file (bad magic number)')- endian, resolution = _PCAP_MAGICS[magic]- link_type = struct.unpack(endian + 'I', data[20:24])[0]- if link_type != LINKTYPE_ETHERNET:- raise PcapError(f'Unsupported link type {link_type} (only Ethernet is supported)')- record = struct.Struct(endian + 'IIII')- offset = 24- while offset + record.size <= len(data):- ts_sec, ts_frac, incl_len, _orig_len = record.unpack_from(data, offset)- offset += record.size- if offset + incl_len > len(data):- break- yield RawPacket(ts_sec + ts_frac * resolution, data[offset : offset + incl_len])- offset += incl_len+ with Path(path).open('rb') as file:+ header = file.read(24)+ if len(header) < 24:+ raise PcapError('File too short to be a pcap')+ if header[:4] == b'\x0a\x0d\x0d\x0a':+ raise PcapError('This is a pcapng file; save it as "Wireshark/tcpdump pcap" and open that')+ magic = struct.unpack('>I', header[:4])[0]+ if magic not in _PCAP_MAGICS:+ raise PcapError('Not a pcap file (bad magic number)')+ endian, resolution = _PCAP_MAGICS[magic]+ link_type = struct.unpack(endian + 'I', header[20:24])[0]+ if link_type != LINKTYPE_ETHERNET:+ raise PcapError(f'Unsupported link type {link_type} (only Ethernet is supported)')+ record = struct.Struct(endian + 'IIII')+ while True:+ head = file.read(record.size)+ if len(head) < record.size:+ break+ ts_sec, ts_frac, incl_len, _orig_len = record.unpack(head)+ if incl_len > _MAX_RECORD:+ raise PcapError('Corrupt pcap record')+ body = file.read(incl_len)+ if len(body) < incl_len:+ break+ yield RawPacket(ts_sec + ts_frac * resolution, body)
Define _MAX_RECORD = 0x40000 near LINKTYPE_ETHERNET.
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Review comment at @can_explorer/core/ethernet.py around lines 112 - 132:
Update read_pcap to stream the global header and packet records from an open
file instead of loading the entire capture with Path.read_bytes(). Validate each
incl_len against a reasonable maximum before reading its body, raising PcapError
for implausible lengths; retain the existing handling for truncated records. In
the GUI’s _open_pcap flow, use itertools.islice on read_pcap to apply
MAX_PACKETS before materializing packets.
can_explorer/gui/reverse.py: 1
675-676: Trivial · Performance & Scalability · Heavy lift
plot_bytes scans the whole trace once per byte on the GUI thread.
connection.track_field backfills from the full trace. Each call also emits change signals. For 8 bytes (64 for CAN FD) the GUI thread scans the trace 8 to 64 times. With a trace of hundreds of thousands of frames, the window freezes.
Backfill all byte fields in one pass. Add a tracker or connection method that takes the list of fields and iterates session.trace once. Alternatively, run the backfill off the GUI thread.
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Review comment at @can_explorer/gui/reverse.py around lines 675 - 676:
Update the byte-field tracking in plot_bytes so backfill processes all requested
fields in a single pass over the trace instead of calling track_field once per
byte; use or add a batch-tracking method on the connection or tracker, and
preserve change notification behavior.
can_explorer/gui/reverse_tools.py: 1
838-838: Trivial · Stability & Availability · Heavy lift
A snippet that never returns leaves the console unusable and can block application exit.
_execute runs in the default executor through asyncio.to_thread. Python cannot cancel it. After while True: pass or a very long computation, _running stays True. The Run button stays disabled and the user has no Stop action. The stuck worker thread can also block executor shutdown when the application closes.
Run snippets in a dedicated daemon thread, or in a subprocess. Add a Stop action that abandons or terminates the run, and clear _running afterwards.
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Review comment at @can_explorer/gui/reverse_tools.py at line 838:
Replace the asyncio.to_thread call to _execute with execution in a dedicated
daemon thread or subprocess so a non-returning snippet cannot block application
shutdown. Add a Stop action that abandons or terminates the active run, and
clear _running when the run is stopped so the Run button becomes available
again.
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Inline comments:
Review comments at @can_explorer/core/elm327_vpw.py:
- Around line 55-58: Update parse_vpw_line to treat ATH1 responses as complete
J1850 frames, including the checksum: reject frames shorter than four bytes and
pass the full frame to J1850Message.decode, returning None when decoding raises
J1850Error. Update the parser documentation and fixtures to include valid CRC
bytes, adjusting expected payloads to exclude the checksum.
Review comments at @can_explorer/gui/obd.py:
- Line 125: Update IsoTpClient to support separate flow-control transmit and
receive addressing, using the physical request ID for flow-control frames while
preserving tx_id for requests. In the GUI, use 0x7E0 for the default 0x7DF/0x7E8
pair; update UdsEcuSimulator to receive flow-control frames on that physical ID
while continuing to receive requests on 0x7DF. Add coverage for a functional
request returning a multi-frame VIN and at least three DTCs, and document the
0x7E0/0x7E8 workaround until the fix is available.
Review comments at @can_explorer/gui/python_highlighter.py:
- Line 23: Update the _WORD pattern used by PythonHighlighter so it matches
Unicode letters in identifiers, including characters accepted by char.isalpha(),
while preserving support for underscores and digits after the first character.
Review comments at @can_explorer/gui/uds_scan.py:
- Line 284: Update the scan cancellation flow at self._task.cancel() so a
cancelled request’s response is drained or otherwise prevented from being
consumed by a later probe. Ensure responses are matched to the requested DID
before assigning scan results.
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Outside diff comments:
Review comments at @can_explorer/mcp/service.py:
- Line 321: Update frames() to check whether self.session is None before
accessing start_time, returning an empty list in that disconnected state,
consistent with identifiers().
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Minor comments:
Review comments at @can_explorer/core/elm327_vpw.py:
- Around line 195-196: Update the response-storage block to clear
`self._responses` under `self._lock` before extending it with the new responses,
so frames from earlier requests cannot be consumed by a later request.
- Around line 221-222: Update Elm327VpwTransport’s _run error handling to report
unexpected transport failures through an optional error callback instead of
silently discarding them, while ignoring errors caused by intentional closure.
Wire the callback in Elm327VpwBus.__init__ to enqueue the exception so
_recv_internal and BusSession._pump can transition the session to ERROR.
Review comments at @can_explorer/core/ethernet.py:
- Around line 213-217: In the IPv4 decoding path, validate `ihl` and inspect the
fragment offset from the IPv4 flags/fragment field before calling `_decode_l4`.
Return without L4 decoding when `ihl` is below 20 bytes or the fragment offset
is nonzero, while preserving decoding for valid first fragments.
- Around line 140-141: Update the timestamp conversion in write_pcap to round
the total timestamp to microseconds first, then split it into seconds and
microseconds so the microsecond field remains below 1,000,000, including at
rollover.
Review comments at @can_explorer/core/protocols/j1587.py:
- Line 99: Update the message-decoding flow around the `body` assignment to use
an explicit checksum-presence indicator from the message source, rather than
inferring checksum presence from the byte sum. Remove the trailing byte only
when the source indicates a checksum is present; otherwise preserve the entire
message, including checksum-free messages whose bytes sum to zero modulo 256.
- Around line 105-109: Update the PID parsing loop so it detects whether PID 255
follows the MID before parsing parameters, then applies the page-2 offset to
every subsequent PID in that message. Preserve the existing handling of the 255
extension byte and messages that remain on page 1.
Review comments at @can_explorer/core/protocols/nmea2000.py:
- Around line 63-74: Add PGN 128275 to FAST_PACKET_PGNS so Distance Log frames
use the Fast Packet reassembly path and produce a completion description.
Review comments at @can_explorer/core/reverse/console.py:
- Around line 146-150: Update the exception handler in run to catch SystemExit
alongside ordinary exceptions, so exit() and quit() are reported through the
existing traceback and ConsoleResult transcript path instead of escaping.
- Line 114: Update the namespace’s HELP binding so its displayed representation
renders the help text with actual line breaks instead of escaped newline
characters, while keeping the plain HELP value unchanged for
ConsoleController.help_text.
Review comments at @can_explorer/core/signals.py:
- Line 77: Update SignalTracker.clear() to clear _interval_last along with the
signal series, so subsequent interval calculations start without stale
timestamps after a trace clear.
Review comments at @can_explorer/gui/ethernet.py:
- Around line 140-147: Update the fields checked by _matches to include
packet.src_mac and packet.dst_mac so filtering can match MAC addresses displayed
for non-IP frames; preserve the existing protocol, address, port, and info
fields.
- Around line 207-213: Move self.clear() in the capture-start flow to after
capture.start() succeeds, before assigning self._capture. Preserve the existing
error return so a failed LiveCapture.start() leaves the currently loaded packets
untouched.
- Around line 203-204: Update start_capture to return an error early when _busy
is true, before starting live capture; preserve the existing check that returns
an empty result when _capture is already set.
- Around line 221-222: Update _on_live_packet to stop capture when MAX_PACKETS
is reached and ensure the user is told the capture stopped at the limit;
preserve this limit status through stop_capture instead of replacing it with the
packet count.
- Around line 46-48: Add an optional on_error callback to LiveCapture and invoke
it with the OSError message when a live capture read fails. In
EthernetController, pass a handler that calls stop_capture(), sets _error to the
capture-stopped message, and emits changed so the controller state and UI
reflect the failure.
- Around line 130-137: Update packets to iterate _decoded in reverse, stop after
collecting DISPLAY_ROWS matching packets, then reverse the collected rows to
preserve display order. Replace the full scan in protocols with a running
per-protocol Counter maintained by _on_live_packet and _open_pcap.
Review comments at @can_explorer/gui/obd.py:
- Around line 191-194: In the polling path, update the handling around
read_value so a failed read or a None result removes that PID from self._values
instead of retaining its stale reading. At the start of _scan, reset _supported,
_values, and _vin so a failed rescan cannot leave prior scan data visible.
Review comments at @can_explorer/gui/python_highlighter.py:
- Line 153: Update the triple-quoted string span calculation to avoid counting
the opening delimiter twice when the string starts in the current block. In the
highlighting logic, change the span formula to use end, start, and the delimiter
length without offset; preserve the correct previous-block behavior.
Review comments at @can_explorer/gui/qt/CanExplorer/AboutDialog.qml:
- Around line 46-48: Replace the logo’s MouseArea in AboutDialog with a
focusable Qt button that has an accessible name and supports keyboard
activation; preserve the existing click-counter behavior in onClicked so
keyboard and pointer activation unlock Spirit identically.
Review comments at @can_explorer/gui/qt/CanExplorer/ConnectionView.qml:
- Line 27: Update the Diagnostics, flash, uds-scan, xcp, and gmlan visibility
conditions in pages and their matching Loader.active bindings to require both
can_transmit and !connection.is_j1850, matching the existing OBD-II gate.
Review comments at @can_explorer/gui/qt/CanExplorer/EthernetView.qml:
- Line 107: Update the tint binding in the protocol delegate to handle protocols
absent from the known protocol list. Use an explicit fallback such as
Theme.muted when the lookup finds no match, while preserving the existing
chart-color selection for known protocols.
Review comments at @can_explorer/gui/qt/CanExplorer/McpServerDialog.qml:
- Line 119: Update the Copy button handler for tokenField so it temporarily sets
echoMode to TextInput.Normal before selecting and copying the token, then
deselects the text and restores TextInput.Password.
Review comments at @can_explorer/gui/reverse_tools.py:
- Around line 911-913: Update the refresh flow so a selection change during an
in-flight refresh is not lost: after storing and emitting the raster result,
compare the current selection with the key captured for that refresh and trigger
one more refresh if they differ.
Review comments at @can_explorer/gui/reverse.py:
- Around line 153-154: Add a clear() method to RasterController that sets
_raster to None, resets its status, and emits changed. Call
RasterController.clear() from ReverseController.clear() alongside the other
controller resets so the Activity tab no longer displays raster data from
cleared trace frames.
Review comments at @can_explorer/mcp/http_server.py:
- Around line 45-48: Update _authorised to compare encoded bytes for both
bearer-header and query-string tokens, ensuring non-ASCII token text returns an
authentication failure instead of raising TypeError.
Review comments at @can_explorer/mcp/server.py:
- Line 272: Update database_resource to read the database through a public
CanService.database property instead of service.session.decoder.database, and
expose that property from CanService using its shared decoder so the resource
works before a session is connected.
Review comments at @can_explorer/resources/translations/canexplorer_fr.ts:
- Line 2856: Complete the unfinished French translations for the J1850 “Read
DTCs” and “Clear DTCs” actions, reusing the corresponding wording from
GmlanView; make the same updates for the Japanese catalog using its existing
translations.
Review comments at @docs/user-guide/mcp.md:
- Line 18: Update the no-flag tier description in the tier table to say it reads
and writes files, naming `promote_to_dbc` as an example, while retaining that it
sends nothing on the bus.
Review comments at @tests/unit/core/test_ethernet.py:
- Line 44: Replace the compound assertion on packet with independent checks for
packet.src, packet.dst_port, and non-empty packet.info; remove the trailing or
so a truthy info value cannot bypass the other checks. Do not use a substring of
formatted packet.info as a service ID check.
Review comments at @tests/unit/mcp_interface/test_service.py:
- Around line 479-483: Make test_connect_reports_error_for_a_bad_interface
asynchronous so BusSession.start() runs with an active event loop and the test
exercises the invalid-interface SourceError path.
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Nitpick comments:
Review comments at @can_explorer/core/ethernet.py:
- Around line 112-132: Update read_pcap to stream the global header and packet
records from an open file instead of loading the entire capture with
Path.read_bytes(). Validate each incl_len against a reasonable maximum before
reading its body, raising PcapError for implausible lengths; retain the existing
handling for truncated records. In the GUI’s _open_pcap flow, use
itertools.islice on read_pcap to apply MAX_PACKETS before materializing packets.
Review comments at @can_explorer/gui/reverse_tools.py:
- Line 838: Replace the asyncio.to_thread call to _execute with execution in a
dedicated daemon thread or subprocess so a non-returning snippet cannot block
application shutdown. Add a Stop action that abandons or terminates the active
run, and clear _running when the run is stopped so the Run button becomes
available again.
Review comments at @can_explorer/gui/reverse.py:
- Around line 675-676: Update the byte-field tracking in plot_bytes so backfill
processes all requested fields in a single pass over the trace instead of
calling track_field once per byte; use or add a batch-tracking method on the
connection or tracker, and preserve change notification behavior.
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Major · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Supported by static analysis
Script executed:
#!/bin/bash
python3 - <<'EOF'def crc(data): c = 0xFF for b in data: c ^= b for _ in range(8): c = ((c << 1) ^ 0x1D) & 0xFF if c & 0x80 else (c << 1) & 0xFF return c ^ 0xFFframe = bytes.fromhex("486B10410 0BE3EB811".replace(" ", ""))print(hex(crc(frame)), "expected FA")EOF
Sources consulted:
- OBDLink® Family Reference and Programming Manual (FRPM) — https://www.scantool.net/scantool/downloads/678/obdlink_frpm_e.pdf
- OBDLink® Family Reference and Programming Manual (FRPM) PDF document — https://device.report/m/797997488dcebd6de9bc4f6076d77cc4aaff04d2e2275695ffad89472eab970d
- STN1110 Multiprotocol OBD to UART Interpreter — https://www.mouser.com/datasheet/2/272/stn1110_ds-2489453.pdf?srsltid=AfmBOoodUhsP_re-DqMZ763P9qob4WArZsiYeYwJ0GWtE2aYrjB4chXQ
- …and 28 more
Parse the complete J1850 frame returned with ATH1.
For ELM327 adapters, ATH1 includes the J1850 checksum byte in the response. parse_vpw_line currently stores that byte in J1850Message.data. J1850Message.decode already validates and removes the checksum.
Update the parser and make the fixtures contain complete frames with valid CRCs. Some current fixtures already contain CRC bytes such as 6B and 71; their expected payloads must exclude those bytes.
♻️ Suggested fix
-# "48 6B 10 41 0C 0C 6B" (the three header bytes and the data); the adapter checks and removes the CRC.+# "48 6B 10 41 0C 0C 6B" (the three header bytes, data, and CRC); the adapter validates and displays the CRC.
@@
- """A J1850 frame printed by the adapter (headers and spaces on): three header bytes then the data. Returns+ """A complete J1850 frame printed by the adapter (headers and spaces on): three header bytes, data, and CRC. Returns
None for status lines ('NO DATA', 'OK', 'STOPPED', '?', 'BUS INIT', …) and frames flagged with an error."""
@@
- if len(tokens) < 3 or not all(_is_hex_byte(token) for token in tokens):+ if len(tokens) < 4 or not all(_is_hex_byte(token) for token in tokens):
return None
- priority, target, source = (int(token, 16) for token in tokens[:3])- return J1850Message(priority, target, source, bytes(int(token, 16) for token in tokens[3:]))+ try:+ return J1850Message.decode(bytes(int(token, 16) for token in tokens))+ except J1850Error:+ return None
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Review comment at @can_explorer/core/elm327_vpw.py around lines 55 - 58:
Update parse_vpw_line to treat ATH1 responses as complete J1850 frames,
including the checksum: reject frames shorter than four bytes and pass the full
frame to J1850Message.decode, returning None when decoding raises J1850Error.
Update the parser documentation and fixtures to include valid CRC bytes,
adjusting expected payloads to exclude the checksum.
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set -e
printf'%s\n''--- isotp receive and flow control ---'
git show b615061d268029debafe21bb53429e52b5a2b13c:can_explorer/core/isotp_client.py | nl -ba | sed -n '145,225p'printf'%s\n''--- OBD constants, server, and client ---'
git show b615061d268029debafe21bb53429e52b5a2b13c:can_explorer/core/obd.py | nl -ba | sed -n '1,210p'printf'%s\n''--- simulator ---'
git show b615061d268029debafe21bb53429e52b5a2b13c:can_explorer/core/simulation.py | nl -ba | sed -n '210,330p'printf'%s\n''--- OBD tests and GUI test ---'
git show b615061d268029debafe21bb53429e52b5a2b13c:tests/unit/core/test_obd.py | nl -ba | sed -n '1,100p'
git show b615061d268029debafe21bb53429e52b5a2b13c:tests/unit/gui/test_connection_features.py | nl -ba | sed -n '220,270p'printf'%s\n''--- full-output log targeted confirmation ---'
sed -n '110,260p' /tmp/coderabbit-shell-logs/shell-output-gpWLv9 | grep -n -A45 -B10 '_send_own_flow_control'||true
Repository: AKJ7/CANExplorer
Length of output: 23272
Script executed:
set -e
printf'%s\n''--- isotp receive and flow control ---'
git show b615061d268029debafe21bb53429e52b5a2b13c:can_explorer/core/isotp_client.py | nl -ba | sed -n '145,225p'printf'%s\n''--- OBD constants, server, and client ---'
git show b615061d268029debafe21bb53429e52b5a2b13c:can_explorer/core/obd.py | nl -ba | sed -n '1,210p'printf'%s\n''--- simulator ---'
git show b615061d268029debafe21bb53429e52b5a2b13c:can_explorer/core/simulation.py | nl -ba | sed -n '210,330p'printf'%s\n''--- OBD tests and GUI test ---'
git show b615061d268029debafe21bb53429e52b5a2b13c:tests/unit/core/test_obd.py | nl -ba | sed -n '1,100p'
git show b615061d268029debafe21bb53429e52b5a2b13c:tests/unit/gui/test_connection_features.py | nl -ba | sed -n '220,270p'
Repository: AKJ7/CANExplorer
Length of output: 23226
Web query:
ISO 15765-4 functional addressing multi-frame response flow control physical request ID 7E0 response 7E8
Result:
Sources consulted:
- INTERNATIONAL — https://www.ieclist.ink/iso/ISO%2015765-4-2011%20PDF.pdf
- ISO 15765-2 (ISO-TP) — The Linux Kernel documentation — https://dri.freedesktop.org/docs/drm/networking/iso15765-2.html
- INTERNATIONAL — https://cdn.standards.iteh.ai/samples/78384/4ed8a39eb8214677ac63e2b021f6bfae/ISO-PRF-15765-4.pdf
- …and 31 more
Send ISO-TP flow-control frames on the physical request ID.
The default OBD request uses functional ID 0x7DF, but ISO 15765-4 requires flow-control frames on the ECU's physical request ID. For response 0x7E8, that ID is 0x7E0.
IsoTpClient._send_own_flow_control() currently sends through tx_id. The GUI passes 0x7DF as tx_id, so a multi-frame VIN response can time out and be cleared by _scan. A DTC response with three or more codes can also time out.
Add separate flow-control transmit and receive addressing to IsoTpClient. Set the GUI default to 0x7E0 when the request/response pair is 0x7DF/0x7E8, while preserving tx_id for physical requests. Update UdsEcuSimulator to receive flow-control frames on that physical ID while still receiving requests on 0x7DF; ObdServer only generates payloads and does not need listener changes. Add a test for the default functional request with a multi-frame VIN and at least three DTCs. Until this is fixed, document that multi-frame OBD communication requires 0x7E0/0x7E8.
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Review comment at @can_explorer/gui/obd.py at line 125:
Update IsoTpClient to support separate flow-control transmit and receive
addressing, using the physical request ID for flow-control frames while
preserving tx_id for requests. In the GUI, use 0x7E0 for the default 0x7DF/0x7E8
pair; update UdsEcuSimulator to receive flow-control frames on that physical ID
while continuing to receive requests on 0x7DF. Add coverage for a functional
request returning a multi-frame VIN and at least three DTCs, and document the
0x7E0/0x7E8 workaround until the fix is available.
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A non-ASCII letter outside a string or comment raises in highlightBlock.
Line 56 accepts any character where char.isalpha() is true, for example é or δ. _WORD matches ASCII only, so _WORD.match returns None. match.group() then raises AttributeError inside the QSyntaxHighlighter.highlightBlock override.
PyQt aborts the process on an unhandled exception in a virtual override unless sys.excepthook is replaced. Typing a Unicode identifier such as δt = 1 in the console editor can therefore crash the application. Make _WORD match Unicode identifiers.
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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
minimal, and validate.
Review comment at @can_explorer/gui/python_highlighter.py at line 23:
Update the _WORD pattern used by PythonHighlighter so it matches Unicode letters
in identifiers, including characters accepted by char.isalpha(), while
preserving support for underscores and digits after the first character.
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Isolate responses from cancelled requests.
If a user stops a DID scan and starts another before the ECU replies, the new scan can receive the old response. UdsClient.request() accepts the next response, and the scanner classifies a matching service ID as positive without checking the DID. Results can therefore be assigned to the wrong identifiers. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
Keep the abandoned exchange isolated until its response is drained, or otherwise prevent its response from being applied to a later probe.
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Review comment at @can_explorer/gui/uds_scan.py at line 284:
Update the scan cancellation flow at self._task.cancel() so a cancelled
request’s response is drained or otherwise prevented from being consumed by a
later probe. Ensure responses are matched to the requested DID before assigning
scan results.
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Automotive Ethernet capture tool: open a pcap or pcapng file (or capture live on Linux) and see the
decoded packets — Ethernet, 802.1Q VLAN, IPv4/IPv6, ARP, UDP/TCP — with the automotive protocols on top
recognised: SOME/IP (and SOME/IP-SD), DoIP, gPTP (IEEE 802.1AS), AVTP (IEEE 1722, with the stream
id and sequence number) and LLDP (neighbour chassis/port, system name, TTL). SOME/IP carried over TCP
(reassembled across segments) and SOME/IP-TP segmented messages are decoded in full; a SOME/IP services
card lists the services offered in Service Discovery (ids, version, endpoints, offer count), and when the capture
contains gPTP a time-sync card summarises the grandmaster and its clock quality, the clocks and domains seen,
and the configured and observed Sync rate. Filter by protocol, address or port, see the protocol breakdown, and
export back to pcap. Live capture needs root/
CAP_NET_RAWand a tap or mirror port for a full view.Much larger MCP surface. The
can-mcpserver gains diagnostics tools — OBD-II (obd_status,obd_dtcs,obd_vin,obd_supported,obd_read,obd_clear) and UDS (uds_read_did,uds_read_dtcs,uds_reset,uds_routine,uds_request) — protocol decoding (decode_protocol), more reverse-engineering verbs(
timing,related_signals,capture_reaction), transmit by name (send_message), andlist_interfaces.The bus is also exposed as read-only resources (
can://status,can://identifiers,can://frames,can://database) and guided prompts (reverse-engineer an identifier, diagnose trouble codes, find a signal).New permission tiers gate them:
--allow-diagnostics(safe reads),--allow-control(active diagnostics) and--allow-send(transmit), each granting the ones below it.--interface/--channelare now optional — theserver can start unconnected and the agent opens a bus itself with the
connecttool (afterlist_interfaces),and can switch buses with
disconnect. A database can be loaded or cleared at runtime (load_database/unload_database).In-app MCP server. The GUI can host the MCP server for a connection it already has open (the Agent…
button on the Trace toolbar), so an agent attaches to the same live bus you are watching — which a separate
can-mcpprocess usually cannot, as most adapters are single-access. It is off by default, listens on127.0.0.1only over the streamable-HTTP transport, is gated by a generated token, and uses the same permissiontiers (read-only by default).
OBD-II page (SAE J1979 over CAN): a dedicated page for the standard emissions diagnostics. Scan a vehicle
for its VIN, MIL status and supported values; watch the live values (engine speed, vehicle speed, temperatures,
load, throttle, fuel level, voltage…) as tiles; and read the stored and pending trouble codes (decoded to
P/C/B/Ucodes) or clear them. Built on the UDS/ISO-TP stack; anObdServeranswers for use without avehicle.
NMEA 2000 and J1587 trace decoders. NMEA 2000 (the marine protocol, built on J1939) decodes the common PGNs
into fields — engine, position, COG/SOG, heading, wind, depth, speed, battery — in marine units, with Fast Packet
reassembly. J1587 decodes the older heavy-truck bus's messages (MID and PIDs), with common parameters scaled;
J1708 is a serial bus (not CAN), so the decoder works on J1587 message bytes from a log or gateway, not a live
capture. Both are selectable as the connection protocol, like J1939 and CANopen.
Bit-transition activity map in the reverse engineering view (the Activity tab): a raster of every bit of
the selected identifier across the whole capture — frames across, bits down (byte 0 at the top) — so counters
(diagonal ramps), constant bits (flat), toggles and multiplexed regions stand out at a glance, with changed bits
highlighted. Complements the frame-at-a-time temporal replay.
Interactive scripting console in the reverse engineering view (the Console tab): run Python over the
frames captured so far, with the reverse-engineering primitives (
collect,analyse,BitField,candidates,signal_groups,correlate) and the current frames, found fields and helpers in scope, with Python syntaxhighlighting. Variables persist between runs and a trailing expression's value is shown, like a REPL — the
scriptable surface the MCP service gives an AI agent, for a human at the keyboard.
Frame-interval (Δt) and per-byte timing graphs in the reverse engineering view: Plot Δt graphs a
selected identifier's inter-frame interval over time (on the Signals page, with cursors, statistics and CSV
export) to spot gateways, bursts and event-triggered messages, and Plot bytes graphs every payload byte as
a value over time.
GM Class 2 / SAE J1850 VPW support, for the pre-CAN GM vehicles such as the 1999–2006 P01/P59 PCMs. A new
python-can interface (elm327_vpw) drives an ELM327/OBDLink adapter in J1850 VPW mode (
AT SP 2), so the10.4 kbit/s single-wire Class 2 bus appears in the connection dialog and the whole application — trace,
dashboard, reverse engineering, recording — works on it, with each VPW frame's
three-byte header (priority, target, source) in the extended identifier. A J1850 / Class 2 diagnostics page
(shown on these connections) runs SAE J1979 over the shared adapter: read current-data PIDs and the VIN, read
the stored trouble codes (
P0143…) or clear them, and send raw requests. Monitoring and diagnostics aretime-multiplexed on the one adapter. Scripts use
can_explorer.core.j1850(J1850Client) andcan_explorer.core.elm327_vpw; aClass2EcuSimulatorallows trying it without hardware.ARXML SOME/IP descriptions: the SOME/IP tool reads AUTOSAR ARXML service interfaces (chosen by the
.arxmlextension) in addition to FIBEX, resolving theSOMEIP-SERVICE-INTERFACE-DEPLOYMENTservice/method/eventids to the referenced interfaces and their data types to decode payloads into named signals. The same subset as
FIBEX is supported — scalars, fixed and dynamic arrays, strings and nested structures.
AUTOSAR E2E protection library (
can_explorer.core.e2e): the AUTOSAR CRC routines (crc8,crc8h2f,crc16,crc32,crc32p4, verified against the published check values) and E2E Profile 2 protect/check, forverifying a SOME/IP or signal PDU's end-to-end CRC and sequence counter.
German, French, Japanese and Chinese translations for the newer views (Ethernet capture, SOME/IP, OBD-II,
J1850, the AI agent/MCP dialog and the reverse-engineering panels), which were previously untranslated.
Changed
mcpis now a core dependency, not an optional extra: thecan-mcpcommand and the in-app Agent serverwork out of the box (no
pip install 'can-explorer[mcp]').own hypotheses:
bit_activity(per-bit set/flip rates and a per-byte summary),extract_field(decode acandidate bit range over time without a database),
mark/clear_markers/reaction_at_markers(find the fieldsthat react at the moments of a repeated action);
timinggains aseriesoption (the Δt over time) andpromote_to_dbccan now write field specs the agent supplies (fields=[…]), not only auto-found fields..deb) that link straight to the release's installers, resolved from the GitHub release at page load and with the
visitor's platform highlighted; they fall back to the releases page without JavaScript.
scripting examples for both the in-app server and the
can-mcpcommand; the OBD-II page gains a screenshot and anObdClientscripting example.Fixed
Stopping interrupts the in-flight request instead of only taking effect between requests (so a scan of an
unresponsive bus, or an ECU looping on "response pending", no longer appears to ignore Stop until the per-request
timeout elapses), and the running state is updated once the scan task has actually finished.
connection views are no longer hosted in a
StackLayout, which did not reliably resize its current view when aconnection was added or removed.
view binding kept pointing at the destroyed delegate, so the per-connection views (Dashboard, Trace, …)
disappeared from the sidebar for the connection that remained; it now re-resolves when connections change.
just stopped), rather than mistaking the first unrelated response for the answer — a response is accepted only if
it matches the request's service. This fixes an intermittent "Unexpected response …" failure when reading trouble
codes right after toggling live data off.
coarse clock gives several frames the same timestamp (seen on Windows); playback still runs at the recorded pace.
only ever warming up — it tracks a load-dependent operating temperature and falls toward ambient when off.