CanCapture: Built for Engineers

Written by
The MurCal Blogster
Published on
November 10th, 2023

Designed with engineers in mind, CANCapture is a flexible, powerful and cost-effective software application for capturing and analyzing traffic on a CAN bus.


CANCapture is an affordable, high-quality CAN bus diagnostic tool developed by EControls. It provides a complete solution for recording, decoding, and analyzing CAN communication. EControls engineered CANCapture to meet the needs of their customers for an accessible yet powerful CAN development and troubleshooting software. As an all-in-one CAN analysis platform, CANCapture bridges the gap between price and functionality in the diagnostic hardware and software market.


Founded in 1994 by Kennon Guglielmo, Ph.D., EControls is an industry leader renowned for engineering innovative engine control solutions supplied to original equipment manufacturers. Over the past 25+ years, EControls has established itself as a premier provider of complete control systems integrating engines and vehicles.


EControls' deep understanding of industry needs has fueled numerous innovations, including 16 awarded patents and 75 published technical papers. Their expertise has attracted many of the world's largest OEMs across transportation, off-highway, industrial, and marine pleasure craft sectors. EControls provides customized engine control solutions for alternative fuel, diesel, and gasoline engines including commercial vehicles and natural gas compression to leading equipment manufacturers across the globe.



MurCal is proud to be the main stocking distributor of CanCapture.


PRODUCTS


CANCapture Standard ECOM Device

The Standard ECOM cable is a USB2.0 high-speed device that allows Controller Area Network (CAN) traffic to be transmitted and received using a computer or laptop. 

It was originally designed by EControls to provide a CAN interface for OEM customers to communicate with ECUs. The ECOM has been in use by EControls and our OEM customers since 2006 and is designed using the same quality components that go into our ECUs.


The Standard ECOM device will not work with the CANCapture software. It is used for custom application development using the ECOM DLL and API Library.


The standard ECOM is only for use with custom user-developed software and will not work with CANCapture. The unlocked ECOM will work with both custom user-developed software and CANCapture.


Standard ECOM Hardware Features:


--Circuit board is protected by an environmentally resistant conformal Hi coating to keep it resilient to weather and other extreme environments.


--Completely powered by the USB bus on your laptop or PC (<125mA @ 5V). CAN port is electrically isolated for robust and reliable connection.


--Includes a sealed 15-foot USB cable to make it easy to connect to distant engine compartments or test cells.


--The power LED turns red when first plugged into a PC, and then changes to green once the Windows drivers have been fully installed and loaded. This takes all the uncertainty out of the windows installation and makes diagnosing connection problems very straight forward.


--CAN activity LED flashes green on successful reception of CAN messages and red after any CAN bus errors. The USB LED provides the same functionality for USB communications.


--Two-year replacement guarantee.


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CANCapture Software And Unlocked ECOM Device

CANCapture is a flexible, powerful and cost-effective software application for capturing and analyzing traffic on a controller area network (CAN) bus.

CANCapture was designed with engineers in mind, and during its evolution, it has been continually adapted to fit the needs of all aspects of CAN development.


One Unlocked ECOM (USB to CAN hardware interface) device is included with each purchase of CANCapture.

Unlocked ECOM devices are not sold separately.

 

Features:


--Fully customizable data flow management wires up your CAN data however you want. Load and modify the CAN database and connect or disconnect functional blocks without ever having to stop the live capture.


--Database manager is integrated into the application. Instantly jump to definitions, search the database and add variable watches, graphs, etc. Full J1939 database and support included!


--No license keys! Install CANCapture on every computer in your organization; there's no longer any need to share a laptop.


--Connect multiple ECOM devices in the CANCapture flow chart to create virtual gateways that can bridge, manipulate, filter and analyze activity between isolated buses.


--A colorized raw packet list lets you easily visualize and analyze the data on the CAN bus by allowing colors to be assigned to messages in the CAN database. As each packet is received by a Raw Capture block, it gets assigned a color and is displayed and scrolled in real time.


--Custom scripting allows for everything from end-of-line testing procedures to on-the-fly data encryption/decryption. Implement advanced filters beyond the capabilities of the standard packet filter by using the C/C++ like syntax. Plenty of examples are available.


User panels allow real-time display of thousands of variables on sophisticated gauges, sliders, thermometers, numeric indicators, text boxes, etc.


--J1939 diagnostics block can request and display active/historic/pending diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) and freeze-frame data.


--Seamless integration of NMEA-2000 Fast Packet, J1939 multipacket broadcast announce messages (BAM) and destination-specific connection management (CM) messages.


--Record data in the field and then replay and analyze it later with full or variable speed playback. Let your clients log the data and/or go back and analyze a recorded session with different variables being watched or graphed. Alternately, log data packets or variable watches to Microsoft Excel for in-depth post-analysis.


--Create standalone EXE files custom built from any CANCapture configuration for distributing to end users and technicians.


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