---
name: "can_player"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "python3-can"
version: "4.5.0-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/can_player"
---

# can\_player(1)

CAN data player

## NAME

can\_player - CAN data player

## DESCRIPTION

usage: player.py \[-h\] \[-c CHANNEL\]

-

  \[-i {canalystii,cantact,etas,gs\_usb,iscan,ixxat,kvaser,neousys,neovi,nican,nixnet,pcan,robotell,seeedstudio,serial,slcan,socketcan,socketcand,systec,udp\_multicast,usb2can,vector,virtual}\] \[-b BITRATE\] \[--fd\] \[--data\_bitrate DATA\_BITRATE\] \[-f LOG\_FILE\] \[-v\] \[--ignore-timestamps\] \[--error-frames\] \[-g GAP\] \[-s SKIP\] ... input-file

Replay CAN traffic.

### positional arguments:

- extra\_args

  The remaining arguments will be used for the interface and logger/player initialisation. For example, \`-i vector **-c** 1 **--app-name**=*MyCanApp*\` is the equivalent to opening the bus with \`Bus('vector', channel=1, app\_name='MyCanApp')

- input-file

  The file to replay. For supported types see can.LogReader.

### options:

- **-h**, **--help**

  show this help message and exit

- **-c** CHANNEL, **--channel** CHANNEL

  Most backend interfaces require some sort of channel. For example with the serial interface the channel might be a rfcomm device: "/dev/rfcomm0". With the socketcan interface valid channel examples include: "can0", "vcan0".

- **-i** {canalystii,cantact,etas,gs\_usb,iscan,ixxat,kvaser,neousys,neovi,nican,nixnet,pcan,robotell,seeedstudio,serial,slcan,socketcan,socketcand,systec,udp\_multicast,usb2can,vector,virtual}, **--interface** {canalystii,cantact,etas,gs\_usb,iscan,ixxat,kvaser,neousys,neovi,nican,nixnet,pcan,robotell,seeedstudio,serial,slcan,socketcan,socketcand,systec,udp\_multicast,usb2can,vector,virtual}

  Specify the backend CAN interface to use. If left blank, fall back to reading from configuration files.

- **-b** BITRATE, **--bitrate** BITRATE

  Bitrate to use for the CAN bus.

- **--fd**

  Activate CAN-FD support

- **--data\_bitrate** DATA\_BITRATE

  Bitrate to use for the data phase in case of CAN-FD.

- **-f** LOG\_FILE, **--file\_name** LOG\_FILE

  Path and base log filename, for supported types see can.LogReader.

- **-v**

  Also print can frames to stdout. You can add several of these to enable debugging

- **--ignore-timestamps**

  Ignore timestamps (send all frames immediately with minimum gap between frames)

- **--error-frames**

  Also send error frames to the interface.

- **-g** GAP, **--gap** GAP

  \<s\> minimum time between replayed frames

- **-s** SKIP, **--skip** SKIP

  \<s\> skip gaps greater than 's' seconds