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CANmsg Class Reference
Public Member Functions | Data Fields

CANmsg Class Reference

A super CAN message object, which has additional capabilities. More...

#include <CANMessage.h>

Public Member Functions

 CANmsg ()
 Constructor for a CANmsg object, which is a superclass of CANMessage.
 CANmsg (CANCHANNEL_T ch, CANDIR_T dir, CANMessage msg)
 Constructor for a CANmsg object, which is a superclass of CANMessage.
 CANmsg (char *p)
 Constructor for a CANmsg object, which is a superclass of CANMessage.
 ~CANmsg ()
 Destructor for the CANmsg object.
bool ParseCANMessage (char *p)
 Parse a text string into the CANmsg object, which is a superclass of CANMessage.
void FormatCANMessage (char *buffer, int buflen)
 Formats this CAN message into a text buffer - which should be at least 70.
void SetTimestamp ()
 Overrides the timestamp in this message with the current time.
uint64_t GetTimestamp ()
 Gets the timestamp of this message.

Data Fields

CANDIR_T dir
 direction of this CAN message - rcv or xmt
CANCHANNEL_T ch
 channel number of this CAN message

Detailed Description

A super CAN message object, which has additional capabilities.

This object is derived from CANMessage, however it adds a timestamp and other useful methods.

Definition at line 50 of file CANMessage.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

CANmsg (  )

Constructor for a CANmsg object, which is a superclass of CANMessage.

The CANmsg object included additional information, including direction, channel number, timestamp, and the ability to format into ASCII

Definition at line 31 of file CANMessage.cpp.

CANmsg ( CANCHANNEL_T  ch,
CANDIR_T  dir,
CANMessage  msg 
)

Constructor for a CANmsg object, which is a superclass of CANMessage.

The CANmsg object included additional information, including direction, channel number, timestamp, and the ability to format into ASCII.

Parameters:
chis the channel number (CH1, CH2)
diris the direction (xmt, rcv)
msgis a CANMessage object from which to construct this object

Definition at line 39 of file CANMessage.cpp.

CANmsg ( char *  p )

Constructor for a CANmsg object, which is a superclass of CANMessage.

The CANmsg object included additional information, including direction, channel number, timestamp, and the ability to format into ASCII. This constructor creates a message from an ascii buffer with the standard message format in it.

    /// t xtd 02 1CF00400 08 11 22 33 44 55 66 77 88 0   0 1234.567890
    /// If the first letter is not 't' or 'r', transmit is assumed
    ///   xtd 02 1CF00400 08 11 22 33 44 55 66 77 88 0   0 1234.567890
    ///
Parameters:
pis a pointer to a text string of the message contents, in the same format as what would be output with the FormatCANMessage method.

Definition at line 60 of file CANMessage.cpp.

~CANmsg (  )

Destructor for the CANmsg object.

Definition at line 68 of file CANMessage.cpp.

Member Function Documentation

void FormatCANMessage ( char *  buffer,
int  buflen 
)

Formats this CAN message into a text buffer - which should be at least 70. 

    /// t xtd 02 1CF00400 08 11 22 33 44 55 66 77 88 0   0 1234.567890
    ///
Parameters:
bufferis a pointer to the buffer to fill
buflenis the size of the buffer (minimum 70 recommended)
Returns:
nothing

Definition at line 114 of file CANMessage.cpp.

uint64_t GetTimestamp (  )

Gets the timestamp of this message.

Returns:
time in microseconds

Definition at line 139 of file CANMessage.h.

bool ParseCANMessage ( char *  p )

Parse a text string into the CANmsg object, which is a superclass of CANMessage.

The CANmsg object included additional information, including direction, channel number, timestamp, and the ability to format into ASCII. This constructor creates a message from an ascii buffer with the standard message format in it.

    /// t xtd 02 1CF00400 08 11 22 33 44 55 66 77 88 0   0 1234.567890
    /// If the first letter is not 't' or 'r', transmit is assumed
    ///   xtd 02 1CF00400 08 11 22 33 44 55 66 77 88 0   0 1234.567890
    ///
Parameters:
pis a pointer to a text string of the message contents, in the same format as what would be output with the FormatCANMessage method.
Returns:
true

Definition at line 71 of file CANMessage.cpp.

void SetTimestamp (  )

Overrides the timestamp in this message with the current time.

Definition at line 108 of file CANMessage.cpp.

Field Documentation

CANCHANNEL_T ch

channel number of this CAN message

Definition at line 145 of file CANMessage.h.

CANDIR_T dir

direction of this CAN message - rcv or xmt

Definition at line 139 of file CANMessage.h.

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