User`s guide

5 Monitoring Vehicle CAN Bus
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Use this feature to get a snapshot of message IDs that the selected channel receives. Use
this information to analyze specific messages.
When you select Show Unique Messages, the tool continues to receive message
actively. This simplified view allows you to focus on specific messages and analyze them.
To save messages when Show Unique Messages is selected, click Pause and then click
Save. You cannot save just the unique message list. This operation saves the complete
message log in the window.
Save the Message Log File
You can save a log file of the messages currently displayed while the tool is running. You
need not stop or pause the display to save a log file.
To save a log file of the messages currently displayed in the window, select File > Save
Messages or click .
The tool saves the messages in a MATLAB file in your current working folder by default.
You can change the location by browsing to a different folder in the Save dialog box.
Each time you save the message log to a file, the Vehicle CAN Bus Monitor saves them as
VNT CAN Log.mat with sequential numbering by default. You can change the name by
typing a new name in Save dialog box.