Supported CANbus Adapters

txlogger talks to the car through goCAN and supports the following adapters. Pick the one matching your hardware in Settings → CAN Adapter.

USB

AdapterNotes
CombiAdapterFirmware 1.2 or newer recommended
Lawicel CANUSBVia D2XX, canusbdrv.dll or virtual COM port
Kvaser (CANlib)Leaf Light and other Kvaser devices via the Kvaser CANlib driver
PEAK PCAN-USBVia the PEAK driver, Windows only
OBDLink SX / EXAlso generic STN1170 / STN2120 boards
ELM327v1.4 or newer. Beware of cheap clones — many fake ELM327s drop frames
CANable (SLCan)Any SLCan-compatible device
Just4TrionicSTM32F103C8T6 based DIY adapter
YACAYet Another CANbus Adapter

J2534 pass-thru (Windows)

Any device with a J2534 driver installed, for example Drewtech Mongoose, Tactrix Openport and GM MDI. txlogger enumerates installed J2534 drivers automatically.

WiFi

AdapterNotes
txbridgeWiFi CANbus bridge by roffe.nu
OBDX ProWiFi mode

Other

AdapterNotes
rCANCAN device by roffe.nu
SocketCANLinux only, when building txlogger from source
Drewtech MongooseNative Linux driver, when building txlogger from source


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