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CANOPENTERM(1) User Commands CANOPENTERM(1)

NAME

CANopenTerm - tool for developing, testing and analysing CANopen networks and devices

SYNOPSIS

CANopenTerm [SCRIPT]
CANopenTerm [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION

CANopenTerm is an open-source tool for developing, testing and analysing CANopen networks and devices. It provides functionality for interacting with CAN-based systems, with support for CANopen as well as SAE J1939 and OBD-II protocols.

When a script path is provided as the sole argument, CANopenTerm runs the script in plain (non-graphical) mode.

OPTIONS

Run the specified script file and exit. Implies -p. Cannot be combined with other options.
Run the specified script file (.lua extension may be omitted).
Set the CAN network interface (e.g. vcan0).
Set the baud rate using an index:
1
1 Mbit/s
2
800 kbit/s
3
500 kbit/s
4
250 kbit/s
5
125 kbit/s
Set the default node ID (1–127, default: 0x01).
Open the widget window in full-screen mode.
Run in plain (non-graphical) mode.
Run the CANopen conformance test and exit. Implies -p.

FILES

~/.config/canopenterm/
Per-user configuration directory.

SEE ALSO

codb2json(1)

AUTHORS

Michael Fitzmayer.

This manual page was written by Christopher Obbard <obbardc@debian.org> for the Debian project.

April 2026 CANopenTerm 2.01