python-can-csscan-serial overview
The Python package python-can-csscan-serial adds the CSS Electronics USB-interface to python-can.
The python-can library provides CAN-bus support for Python. It comes with a range of tools (similar to Linux can-utils) and provides an easy-to-use API for sending and receiving messages over CAN-buses and for working with CAN-bus log-files.
For more information on python-can, see https://python-can.readthedocs.io/.
The python-can project only implements basic CAN-bus support. Several projects extend this functionality, adding support for e.g. J1939, CANopen, ISO-TP, UDS, XCP, and more. For a list of some extensions, see https://python-can.readthedocs.io/en/stable/other-tools.html.
Installation
The python-can-csscan-serial package is installed from PyPi with pip.
$ pip install python-can-csscan-serial
Virtual-serial-port
The USB-interface is listed as a USB virtual-serial-port.
Note
Only one process can claim access to a serial-port device at a time. It is, however, possible to establish parallel connections to multiple separate serial-ports.
Windows
Under Windows, the serial-port can be found in Device Manager > Ports (COM & LPT), where it will be named USB Serial Device (e.g USB Serial Device (COM19)).
Linux
Under Linux, the serial-port can be found in /dev/tty* or by inspecting the journal while connecting the device.
$ journalctl -f
kernel: usb 3-8: New USB device found, idVendor=04d8, idProduct=eb18, bcdDevice= 0.03
kernel: usb 3-8: Product: CANmod
kernel: usb 3-8: Manufacturer: CSS Electronics
kernel: cdc_acm 3-8:1.1: ttyACM0: USB ACM device