Service Release of June 10, 2024

Major changes:

• Updated CAN API V3 sources to rev. 1312
• Updated CAN API V3 Xcode testing to rev. 1334
• Updated CAN API V3 GoogleTest testing to rev. 1336
• Removed the upper size limit of string properties
• Reworked CAN API V3 return values (C vs. C++)
• Added a workaround for issue #32 (bus error states)
• Integrated generic CAN API V3 Utilities (rev. 1323)
• Updated release documents

Release of April 25, 2024

Major changes:

• Removed all CANAL references from the project
• Created a new TouCAN USB command interface
• Added common Version.h to the project
• Updated CAN API V3 sources to rev. 1270
• Updated CAN API V3 testing sources to rev. 1273
• Removed unused attributes from class CTouCAN
• Changed the resolution of CTimer to 64 bit
• Implemented identifier acceptance filtering
• Added test suites for acceptance filtering
• Added filtering option to utility can_moni
• Added option --list-bitrates to the utilities
• Fixed a bug with macro DLC2LEN()
• Updated Makefiles and build_no.sh
• Improved compiler and linker flags
• Updated the Python wrapper and examples
• Updated the Swift wrapper and examples
• Updated the deployment rules

Service release of November 12, 2023

Major changes:

• Updated MacCAN-Core sources to rev. 1816
• Updated CAN API V3 sources to rev. 1212
• Updated CAN API V3 testing sources to rev. 1219
• Updated GoogleTest to version 1.14.0
• Updated deployment rules
• Added linker flag -rpath /usr/local/lib (C++ examples)

Service release of September 24, 2023

Major changes:

• Updated MacCAN Core sources to rev. 1757 (core 0.4)
• Updated CAN API V3 sources to rev. 1187 and applied the changes
  • Added old error code -40 as queue overrun error and renumbered error error frame received from -40 to -19
  • Removed unused error code CANERR_ERR_FRAME (note: the error code -19 is marked as reserved)
  • Removed flag fdoe and brse from struct can_speed_t (note: the flags are marked as reserved)
  • Integrated reworked module can_btr:
    • btr_check_bitrate: if FDOE w/o BRSE then check data phase field acc. OPTION_CANBTR_DATA_FIELDS
    • btr_bitrate2speed: no range checks anymore, calculation is done completely in float
    • btr_bitrate2index: returns the index if an index is given
    • btr_bitrate2string: no range checks anymore
    • btr_sja10002bitrate: set data phase field acc. OPTION_CANBTR_DATA_FIELDS
    • btr_compare_bitrates: comparision on basis of transmission rates (new function)
    • Removed flag fdoe and brse from struct btr_speed_t (standalone variant)
    • Documented all interface functions by Doxygen comments
    • Added header file CANBTR_Defaults.h
    • Reworked the bit-rate string scanner (btr_string2bitrate):
      • Return a flag if any data phase key is found
      • Return a flag if no. samp. key is found
      • Return BTRERR_ILLPARA on error
      • Removed the range checks
      • Set miminum frequency to 1
      • Checked for duplicated keys
      • Accept only case sensitive keys
    • Reworked the bit-rate string printer (btr_bitrate2string):
      • Added a parameter to output data phase keys
      • Added a parameter to output no. samp. key
      • Added a parameter for maximum buffer size
    • Fixed a bug with strtol if a correct value is outside the range of representable values (note: long is 32 bit wide for MS compilers and 64 bit for gcc based compilers!)
  • Added property values for transmit queue properties (note: values for filtering have been shifted by 8)
  • Fixed a bug with saturation of CAN FD DLC conversion
  • Updated description of compiler switches
  • Reworked formatting of message flags
• Activated suppression of extended frames and remote frames
• Activated time-out handling for reading asynchronous pipes
• Fixed a bug with terminating the worker thread
• Reworked handling of status frames
• Added CAN API V3 Tests with GoogleTest (rev. 1205)
• Added Rusoku-specific bit-rate defaults
• Made the utilities more generic
• Updated the Python wrapper
• Updated the Swift wrapper
• Updated the trial program
• Updated the examples

Service release of August 5, 2022

Major changes:

• Updated CAN API V3 sources to rev. 1082
• Realized new property GET_CAN_CLOCK
• Applied changes from module can_btr
• Updated CAN API V3 Testing sources to rev. 1084
• Fixed a possible bug with USB device name length
• Fixed a bug with missing check of the CAN clock frequency (50MHz)
• Fixed a bug with tx message flags in the Swift wrapper (SwiftCAN issue #23)
• Fixed some findings from static code analysis
• Added a scanner for test case annotations
• Added @rpath to the library Makefiles

Service release of February 25, 2022

Major changes:

• Updated MacCAN-Core sources to rev. 1090
• Removed class CMacCAN from project (R.I.P.)
• Updated CAN API sources to rev. 1036 and applied the changes
• Fixed a bug with probing a device when it is used by another process
• Fixed a bug with string length of device vendor
• Added operations to class CTouCAN to query channel information
• Updated the utilities to get the list of channels from library
• Moved unit test suites into $(PROJROOT)/Tests/UnitTests
• Added cppcheck target to Makefile of the Trial program
• Updated the Swift and Python examples

Service release of December 27, 2021

Major Changes:

• Reworked the driver layer (to solve the copy constructor issue #16):
  • rename sub-folders in $(PROJROOT)/Sources
  • switch CAN API V3 wrapper from C++ to C
  • create a lot of new driver layer modules
  • prepare the driver to support further devices
  • no obvious functional changes
• Added a Swift wrapper including SPM configuration
• Added two simple Swift examples for sending and receiving CAN frames
• Added an Xctest target for CAN API V3 C interface to the trial program
  • take over all test suites and test cases from MacCAN-KvaserCAN
  • test execution: 131 tests, 6 failed - but false positives
• Fixed a testing issue with unsupported acknowledge of transmit messages
• Fixed a testing issue with unsupported bit-timing index 1 (800kbps)
• Fixed a bug with unchecked device handle
• Fixed a bug with missing header file in class CTouCAN
• Fixed an omission with forgotten TouCAN specific properties
• Fixed a bug with non-boolean return value in a boolean function
• Fixed an issue with deprecated function IOMasterPort (first deprecated in macOS 12.0)
• Set all Xcode deployment targets to macOS 11.0 (Makefiles still work on OS X 10.13)
• Updated the Makefiles to build the artifacts as Universal macOS Binary
• Updated my beloved utilities
• Updated the C++ examples

Service release of June 5, 2021

Major changes:

• Fixed the hibernation issue (issue #11)
• Fixed a bug when trying to send a status message
• Fixed a bug when the channel number is invalid
• Fixed a bug when requested operation mode is not supported
• Fixed an out-of-bound violation in companion module can_btr
• Fixed some issues from code analysis

Release of February 28, 2021

Major change(s):

• Worked in the latest changes from MacCAN-Core (SVN rev. 986)
• Added a CAN API V3 compatible Phython wrapper and two Python examples
• Added two simple C++ examples for sending and receiving CAN frames
• Weakened the sizeof check while reading numerical properties
• Fixed a bug with a locked mutex when device is not present
• Fixed a bug with signalling a wait condition
• Updated the trial program and the utilities

Service release no. 1 of the MacCAN-TouCAN driver

Major change(s):

• Fixed a bug with looping over the list of registered devices
• Fixed a bug with non-dereferenceable void* array
• Fixed a bug with SIGNAL_WAIT_CONDITION
• Plastic surgery