Release of July 28, 2024

Major changes:

• synchronized PCBUSB header with PCANBasic header from PEAK's version 4.9.0
• realized acceptance filtering by setting parameter:
  • PCAN_ACCEPTANCE_FILTER_11BIT (default = 0x00000000000007FF)
  • PCAN_ACCEPTANCE_FILTER_29BIT (default = 0x000000001FFFFFFF)
  • PCAN_MESSAGE_FILTER (default = PCAN_FILTER_OPEN)
  • PCAN_RECEIVE_STATUS (default = PCAN_PARAMETER_ON)
• realized suppression of status frames by setting parameter:
  • PCAN_ALLOW_STATUS_FRAMES (default = PCAN_PARAMETER_ON)
• realized suppression of remote frames by setting parameter:
  • PCAN_ALLOW_RTR_FRAMES (default = PCAN_PARAMETER_ON)

Artifacts:

• library as Universal macOS Binary (macOS_Library_for_PCANUSB_v0.13.tar.gz)
• library for Intel x86_64 architecture (OS_X_Library_for_PCANUSB_v0.13.tar.gz)

Service Release of November 1, 2023

Major changes:

• synchronized PCBUSB header with PCANBasic header from PEAK's version 4.8.0
• fixed a bug with pipe numbers for PCAN-USB FD devices (issue #11; hardware version 6.0)
• added missing linker option -rpath /usr/local/lib to the C++ examples (issue #17)
• updated the README file (unsupported parameter PCAN_HARD_RESET_STATUS)

Artifacts:

• library as Universal macOS Binary: macOS_Library_for_PCANUSB_v0.12.2.tar.gz
• library for Intel x86_64 architecture: OS_X_Library_for_PCANUSB_v0.12.2.tar.gz

Service Release of July 9, 2023

Major changes:

• fixed a bug with endianess of 32-bit device id. (issue 384: PCAN-USB [Pro] FD)
• reworked return values of CAN_Read(), CAN_ReadFD(), CAN_Write(), CAN_WriteFD()
• reset USB pipe 4 after write timed out (CAN Write stalled; macOS 11 and higher)

Artifacts:

• library as Universal macOS Binary: macOS_Library_for_PCANUSB_v0.12.1.tar.gz
• library for Intel x86_64 architecture: OS_X_Library_for_PCANUSB_v0.12.1.tar.gz

Release of January 31, 2023

Major changes:

• Built library as Universal macOS Binary (macOS_Library_for_PCANUSB_v0.12.tar.gz)
• Built library for Intel x86_64 architecture (OS_X_Library_for_PCANUSB_v0.12.tar.gz)
• Realized setting of device id. for PCAN-USB FD devices
• Reworked status frame handling:
  • fixed some bugs in the driver layer (all device types)
  • suppressed initial CAN FD status frame in CAN 2.0 mode
  • corrected mapping of bus error states to PCAN status
  • fixed a bug with CAN id. of status messages
  • CAN_Read(), CAN_ReadFD(), CAN_Write(), CAN_WriteFD(): return bus error states
• SetValue(): Set default value if argument 'BufferLength' is equal to 0:
  • PCAN_LISTEN_ONLY (default = OFF)
  • PCAN_DEVICE_ID (default = 0)
  • PCAN_TRACE_LOCATION (default = cwd)
  • PCAN_TRACE_STATUS (default = OFF)
  • PCAN_TRACE_SIZE (default 0 = 100k frames!)
  • PCAN_TRACE_CONFIGURE (default = SINGLE_FILE)
• GetValue(): Implemented missing parameters:
  • PCAN_ALLOW_RTR_FRAMES (read-only!)
  • PCAN_ALLOW_STATUS_FRAMES (read-only!)
  • PCAN_ALLOW_ERROR_FRAMES (read-only!)
  • PCAN_CONTROLLER_NUMBER (read-only)
  • PCAN_DEVICE_PART_NUMBER (read-only)
• Made GetValue(PCAN_RECEIVE_EVENT) more robust if argument is greater than size of int
• Reading of additional bytes from firmware info packet to distinguish product variants
  (issue #11: PCAN-USB FD (IPEH-004022) cannot be initialized)
• Fixed a bug with stuck in CAN_Write() when errors on bus
  (note: the solution only works on macOS 11.0 and newer)
• Fixed a bug with status frames not triggering the pipe for blocking read
• Fixed a bug with getting the firmware version from USB device name
  (note: since firmware 3.x the version is not encoded in the device name anymore)
• Fixed a bug with string length for bit-rate strings
• Fixed a bug with GetValue(BITRATE_INFO_FD) w/o BRSE
• Fixed a bug with size of parameter PCAN_TRACE_SIZE
• Fixed some findings from static code analysis (Xcode and cppcheck)

Service Release of July 31, 2022

Major changes:

• Built library as Universal macOS Binary (macOS_Library_for_PCANUSB_v0.11.2.tar.gz)
• Built library for x86_64 architecture (OS_X_Library_for_PCANUSB_v0.11.2.tar.gz)
• Fixed the CAN FD URB issue #9 ('Messages lost on high CAN FD bit-rates')
• Added an installation instruction (after all these years)

Service Release of April 30, 2022

Major changes:

• Built library as Universal macOS Binary (macOS_Library_for_PCANUSB_v0.11.1.tar.gz).
• Built library for x86_64 architecture (OS_X_Library_for_PCANUSB_v0.11.1.tar.gz).
• Fixed the Monterey issue #6 ('Driver not loaded').
• Fixed some findings from static code analysis.
• Added @rpath to all build environments.
• Improved the installation script.
• Updated the README file.

Release of January 31, 2022

Major changes:

• Built library as Universal macOS Binary (macOS_Library_for_PCANUSB_v0.11.tar.gz).
• Built library for x86_64 architecture (OS_X_Library_for_PCANUSB_v0.11.tar.gz).
• Synchronized PCBUSB header with PCANBasic header for v4.6.0.
• Fixed a bug with PCAN_CHANNEL_CONDITION when used by another process.
• Fixed an omission with export declaration for CAN_LookUpChannel.
• Implemented parameter PCAN_FIRMWARE_VERSION (read-only).
• Added error text for PCAN_ERROR_ILLMODE (all languages).
• Corrected some French error text (acc. to Peak´s changes).
• Return PCAN_ERROR_HWINUSE when interface is used by another process:¹
  • CAN_GetValue: PCAN_LISTEN_ONLY, PCAN_RECEIVE_STATUS, PCAN_LISTEN_ONLY
• Return PCAN_ERROR_ILLCLIENT if an invalid channel handle is given:¹
  • CAN_GetValue: PCAN_RECEIVE_EVENT, PCAN_CHANNEL_CONDITION, PCAN_TRACE_LOCATION, PCAN_TRACE_STATUS, PCAN_TRACE_SIZE, PCAN_TRACE_CONFIGURE, PCAN_BITRATE_INFO, PCAN_BITRATE_INFO_FD, PCAN_BUSSPEED_NOMINAL, PCAN_BUSSPEED_DATA, PCAN_FIRMWARE_VERSION
  • CAN_SetValue: PCAN_DEVICE_ID, PCAN_TRACE_LOCATION, PCAN_TRACE_STATUS, PCAN_TRACE_SIZE, PCAN_TRACE_CONFIGURE
  • CAN_Reset
  • CAN_GetStatus
  • CAN_Read
  • CAN_ReadFD
  • CAN_Write
  • CAN_WriteFD
• Added @rpath to the build environment (it got lost for some releases).
• Code signed the Universal macOS Binary (Apple Development certificate).

1. Peak-System harmonized its return codes in PCANBasic DLL version 4.6.0. Now the return codes matches my expectation. ↩ ↩²

Service Release of December 6, 2021

Major changes:

• Built library as Universal macOS Binary (macOS_Library_for_PCANUSB_v0.10.1.tar.gz).
• Built library for x86_64 architecture (OS_X_Library_for_PCANUSB_v0.10.1.tar.gz).
• Parameter PCAN_CHANNEL_VERSION displays machine architecture from utsname().
• Fixed a bug with parameter PCAN_EXT_HARDWARE_VERSION for PCAN-USB Pro FD devices.
• Solved an issue with file system relative paths that are not allowed in hardened programs in Python 2.7 under macOS.
• Updated the C++ examples: Blocking Read using system call select().

Release of December 22, 2020

Major changes:

• Support of PCAN-USB Pro FD devices, but only the first channel (CAN1).
• Set linker options -install_name, -compatibility_version, and -current_version.
• Synchronized the API with Peak´s PCANBasic version 4.5.0.440
• Updated the Python example: reworked the output format.

Release of June 25, 2020

Major changes:

• Data types from <MacTypes.h> as replacement for Peak´s usage of Windows BYTE, WORD, DWORD and UINT64 (field CAN ID is now 32-bit wide).
• Synchronized the API with Peak´s PCANBasic version 4.4.0.288
• Parameter PCAN_DEVICE_ID can be read in pre-initialization state.
• Fixed some bugs with status bit: PCAN_ERROR_QXMTFULL, PCAN_ERROR_XMTFULL, PCAN_ERROR_QOVERRUN, PCAN_ERROR_BUSLIGHT.
• Added a delay of 1µsec in CAN_Write to run on macOS 10.15 (Catalina).