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08/06/2026 by Kvaser

New in CanKing 7.5: Decode J1939 and ISO‑TP traffic without leaving the software

CanKing 7.5.0, has just been released and it introduces two major additions for engineers working with transport‑protocol traffic: new J1939 and ISO‑TP Annotators that automatically decode multi‑packet exchanges and enrich Message Trace with contextual details. This brings protocol‑aware insight normally found in heavier commercial analyzers into CanKing’s lightweight workflow.

By presenting transportlayer details directly in the trace, engineers can identify sequencing errors, incomplete transfers, and timing anomalies much earlier in the debugging process. This reduces the need for external protocol decoders or heavier analysis tools, cutting down on contextswitching and shortening investigation cycles. 

The transportprotocol annotators are available as separately downloaded CanKing service extensions, see link below. Over time, users and partners will be able to build their own diagnosticfocused UI extensions on top of these annotators, such as aOBDstyle interface or a DTC monitoring view.  

Beyond protocol annotation, CanKing’s log handling is now faster and more direct. The software can replay any supported log format without conversion and extracts channel information by scanning only the first 10,000 frames, significantly reducing setup time when working with long customer logs. J1939 DBC files are now interpreted using PGNbased lookup, aligning CanKing with industry expectations. 

Download CanKing 7.5 and CanKing extensions.