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CAN

Updated on Apr 27, 2026

In the CAN menu in VBOX Setup, you can configure the CAN input and output settings and select transmitted identifiers.


Configure the CAN input/output baud rates, termination and export the channel information as a .dbc file.

Screenshot of the CAN menu in VBOX Setup when connected to a VBOX Omega.
Cropped screenshot of the Enable Termination option when ticked.

The software has four baud rate input values: 

  • 1 Mbit/s
  • 500 kbit/s
  • 250 kbit/s
  • 125 kbit/s.

This is used to input wheel speed signals. When you are using this, you must make sure that the settings must match the vehicle's CAN bus.

Select to Enable or Disable CAN input termination.

Cropped screenshot of the Output options.

The software has four baud rate output values: 

  • 1 Mbit/s
  • 500 kbit/s
  • 250 kbit/s
  • 125 kbit/s

Select to Enable or Disable CAN output termination.

Select to choose the CAN output rate from: 

  • 1 Hz
  • 5 Hz
  • 10 Hz
  • 20 Hz
  • 50 Hz
  • 100 Hz

Create a .dbc file of the currently configured CAN channels.


Select which CAN output identifiers you would like to be transmitted.

Screenshot of the Transmitted Identifiers tab in the CAN Menu of VBOX Setup when connected to a VBOX Omega.

Send 

To switch a CAN message on/off, tick or untick the box for the corresponding message. 

Default / Actual ID 

This allows the modification of the CAN IDs transmitted by VBOX Omega. Default values are the Racelogic standard IDs of 0x301, 0x302 …. 0x307. 

Xtd 

To change the identifier format from standard 11-bit to extended 29-bit, tick the 'Xtd' box in the corresponding column. 

Data bytes 

Shows which channels will be sent out in each message. 


Select which IMU CAN output identifiers you would like to have transmitted.

Screenshot of the Transmitted IMU Identifiers tab in the CAN Menu of VBOX Setup when connected to a VBOX Omega.

Send 

To switch a CAN message on/off, tick or untick the box for the corresponding message. 

Default / Actual ID 

This allows the modification of the CAN IDs transmitted by VBOX Omega. Default values are the Racelogic standard IDs 0x31B and 0x31C.

Xtd 

To change the identifier format from standard 11-bit to extended 29-bit, tick the 'Xtd' box in the corresponding column. 

Data bytes 

Shows which channels will be sent out in each message. 


Screenshot of the Transmitted Wheel Speed Identifiers tab in the CAN Menu of VBOX Setup when connected to a VBOX Omega.

Send 

To switch a CAN message on/off, tick or untick the box for the corresponding message. 

Default / Actual ID 

This allows the modification of the CAN IDs transmitted by VBOX Omega. Default values are the Racelogic standard IDs of 0x31D.

Xtd 

To change the identifier format from standard 11-bit to extended 29-bit, tick the 'Xtd' box in the corresponding column. 

Data bytes 

Shows which channels will be sent out in each message.