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.TH RTCANSEND 1 "2008-04-19" "2.6.0" "Xenomai"
.SH NAME
rtcansend \- Xenomai tool for sending CAN messages
.SH SYNOPSIS
.\" The general command line
.B rtcansend
.RI "<can-interface> [Options] <can-msg>"
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBrtcansend\fP is part of Xenomai. It is used to send messages via a CAN
interface. The system must run a suitable Xenomai enabled kernel with the
respective module (xeno_native and the CAN driver).
.SH OPTIONS
<can-interface> is the CAN interface file.

<can-msg> can consist of up to 8 bytes given as a space separated list.

\fBrtcansend\fP accepts the following options:
.TP
.B \-i, \-\-identifier=ID
CAN Identifier (default = 1)
.TP
.B \-r, \-\-rtr
send remote request
.TP
.B \-e, \-\-extended
send extended frame
.TP
.B \-l, --loop=COUNT
send message COUNT times
.TP
.B \-c, \-\-count
message count in data[0-3]
.TP
.B \-d, \-\-delay=MS
delay in ms (default = 1ms)
.TP
.B \-s, \-\-send
use send instead of sendto
.TP
.B \-t, \-\-timeout=MS
timeout in ms
.TP
.B \-L, \-\-loopback=0|1
switch local loopback off or on
.TP
.B \-v, \-\-verbose
be verbose
.TP
.B \-p, \-\-print=MODULO
print every MODULO message
.TP
.B \-h, \-\-help
a usage description
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR rtcanconfig (1),
.BR rtcanrecv (1)
.SH AUTHORS
\fBrtcansend\fP was written by Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@grandegger.com>, Jan
Kiszka <jan.kiszka@web.de> and Philippe Gerum <rpm@xenomai.org>. This man page
was written by Roland Stigge <stigge@antcom.de>.