DBC Library
General DBC library.
Overview of the DBC C++ Library
The library is used to read in and parse a DBC file. The DBC file describes devices, messages and signals for a CAN network. The following interface exist.
- DbcFile. Main object that reads in and parse a DBC file. The DBC file may contain one or more networks.
- Network. Information about the CAN network. Basic is the CAN Protocol (ProtocolType) in use (example J1939).
- Node. Defines a device (ECU) on the network.
- Message. One message defines the data bytes transmitted on the CAN bus.
- Signal. One message consist of one or more signals.
- SignalGroup. Defines a signal group. Seldom in use.
- Attribute. All DBC objects may have none or more attributes.
- EnvVar. A Network may define none or more environment variables. Seldom in use.
- SignalObserver. Saves sample values. Used when streaming CAN messages.