openxc-generate-firmware-code - configure CAN messages, signals and buses

The OpenXC vehicle interface firmware uses a JSON-formatted configuration file to set up CAN messages, signals and buses. The configuration options and many examples are included with the VI firmware docs. The configuration file is used to generate C++ that is compiled with the open source firmware.

The OpenXC Python library contains a command line tool, openxc-generate-firmware-code, that can parse VI configuration files and generate a proper C++ implementation to compile the VI firmware.

Once you’ve created a VI configuration file, run the openxc-generate-firmware-code tool to create an implementation of the functions in the VI’s signals.h. In this example, the configuration is in the file mycar.json.

$ openxc-generate-firmware-code --message-set mycar.json > signals.cpp