Using VCOM Bus Monitor to Capture Packets

Updated Mar 10, 2025

Environment

Software

  • Vehicle Communication Toolkit

Driver

  • NI-XNET

Vehicle Communication Toolkit adds the support for a Bus Monitor in Vehicle Communication Software Suite 2024 Q1.1. You can monitor the bus traffic with the WebUI Home Page. This article will introduce how to use VCOM Bus Monitor.

Edit VCOM Configuration File for Bus Monitor

  1. Open the VCOMConfig.xml by clicking Set VCOM Configuration.

  1. After configurating the Function Modules, such as CAN, Ethernet, and LIN, make sure the Bus Monitor is enabled.

  1. Save and close the VCOMConfig.xml file.

Enable VCOM Bus Monitor

  1. Start the NI-VCOM WebUI by searching WebUI Home Page.Ink. The WebUI will be started with your default browser, and ask for login information. By default, the USERNAME is admin and the PASSWORD is admin.
  2. Click on Bus Monitor to configure the WebUI.
    1. For Windows OS target, keep the default setting of Server Address.

    1. For Linux RT target, replace the localhost with the IP address of the RT target. For example, 192.168.1.100 is the IP address of your RT target.

  1. Click Settings to load the VCOMConfig.xml edited above.

  1. Select the Protocol you want to monitor, then click Start button to enable the VCOM Bus Monitor.

Note: You can NOT change the Protocol in runtime. Stop the Bus Monitor when you want to monitor other protocols.

 

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