This peace of Software mainly helps to interprete several kinds of descriptionformats for can-communication. Some of these formats can be written also. There is some german Documentation at http://eduard-broecker.de/Software/canmatrix.html

As a sideeffect, this software helps to convert between can-matrix-description formats.

Therefor this software includes a "Python Can Matrix Object" which describes the Can-Communication (Boardunits, Frames, Signals, Values, ...)

There are some import- and some export-functions for this object.

Import-File-Formats: .dbc (candb / Vector) .dbf (Busmaster) .kcd (kayak) .arxml (autosar) .xls (xls-import is missing byteorder-information in usual .xls-can-matrixes, works with .xls-file generated by canmatrix-converter)

Export-File-Formats: .dbc .dbf .kcd .xls .json .arxml (very basic implementation)

Thus Currently partly working (x = validated):

• convert .dbc -> .kcd x

• convert .dbc -> .dbf x

• convert .dbc -> .xls x

• convert .dbc -> .json x

• convert .dbf -> .kcd

• convert .dbf -> .dbf

• convert .dbf -> .kcd

• convert .dbf -> .xls

• convert .kcd -> .kcd

• convert .kcd -> .dbf

• convert .kcd -> .dbc

• convert .kcd -> .xls

• convert .arxml -> .dbc x

• convert .arxml -> .dbf

• convert .arxml -> .kcd

• convert .arxml -> .xls x

• convert .xls(x) -> .kcd

• convert .xls(x) -> .dbf

• convert .xls(x) -> .dbc

• convert .xls(x) -> .xls

• generate Busmaster Simulation out of .dbf/.dbc/.arxml

DISCLAIMER: This is 'couchware', this software is coded on the couch while watching TV. Thus, the quality is very bad! DON'T USE IT FOR ANY SERIOUS WORK ON CARS!

Formatspecific:

• generate Busmaster Simulation out of .kcd will never work, because default-framedata missing

For a Windows you need python and lxml library for python. I use "active python" and installed lxml-package from active lxml is nedded for .arxml and .kcd support

after download and with python in your path, you should be able to use:

./convert.py some-matrix.dbc some-matrix.dbf

./convert.py some-matrix.arxml some-matrix.dbc

...

Have Fun, feel free to contact me for any suggestions Eduard