CANOPENTERM(1)

💖 canopenterm(1) — the manual, but make it slay 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and let me tell you about canopenterm — she's a user command, she's a whole icon, and she's literally the tool for developing, testing and analysing CANopen networks and devices. 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

canopenterm [SCRIPT]
canopenterm [OPTION]...

two whole ways to summon her, pick your fighter ✨

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So. CANopenTerm is an open-source tool for developing, testing and analysing CANopen networks and devices. Basically she's your main character for talking to CAN-based systems, and she's got range — support for CANopen, plus SAE J1939 and OBD-II protocols. versatile queen. 👑

And here's the vibe check on the arguments: when you hand her a script path as the sole argument, CANopenTerm runs that script in plain (non-graphical) mode. No window, no drama, just script and go. 💅

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

• SCRIPT — run the script file you named and then dip (exit). This one implies -p. Cannot be combined with other options, so don't try to be cute and stack it, bestie. 🚫
• -s SCRIPT — run the script file you specify. Pro tip: the .lua extension may be omitted. She'll figure it out. 🧚
• -i INTERFACE — set the CAN network interface. Like, e.g. vcan0. 🦋
• -b BAUD — set the baud rate, but by index. Here's the menu, no substitutions:
  1. 1 — 1 Mbit/s
  2. 2 — 800 kbit/s
  3. 3 — 500 kbit/s
  4. 4 — 250 kbit/s
  5. 5 — 125 kbit/s
• -n NODE_ID — set the default node ID. Range is 1–127, and the default is 0x01. 📇
• -f — open the widget window in full-screen mode. immersive experience, no cap. 🖥️
• -p — run in plain (non-graphical) mode. Terminal girlies rise 🫶
• -t — run the CANopen conformance test and then exit. Implies -p. ✅

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🎀 FILES 🎀

• ~/.config/canopenterm/ — the per-user configuration directory. That's where her stuff lives. 🏠

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• codb2json(1) — her friend, go say hi 😭

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💜 AUTHORS 💜

Michael Fitzmayer. — the legend herself. 👑

This manual page was written by Christopher Obbard <obbardc@debian.org> for the Debian project. shoutout, absolute icon behavior. 🫶

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and that's the whole manual, you're officially certified 💅✨

this has been CANopenTerm 2.01, dated April 2026 — okay bye bestie, go talk to some CAN nodes fr fr, love u, mwah 💖🎀🦋🌸