Manage your embedded networks using CAN databases. CAN databases provide a consistent set of parameters for all nodes in the network.

To have a consistent set of network parameters for all nodes in the network, NI highly recommends using a database.

CAN databases allow you to store frames and the signals running on the network in a database. CAN databases allow you to store information about which ECU is transmitting or receiving which data. This information is needed for each node in the network.

Databases in FlexLogger consist of clusters. Clusters contain frames. Frames contain the signals that are used to send data.
  • Cluster—The basic entity of a database. A cluster is the description of a single network (for example, a CAN bus).
  • Frame—A single message that is exchanged on the cluster.
  • Signal—The basic data exchange unit on the network. These signals are equivalent to CAN channels.