Readme.txt

1. For setting up the development environment, please refer to the document "1. BUSMASTER OSS - Development Environment.doc" occuring under the 'Downloads' folder.

2. This BUSMASTER application is entirely compilable and it is possible to run it in simulation mode by following the instruction set provided in the aforementioned document. The application source can be found under 'Sources'

3. Steps to use BUSMASTER with real CAN bus - 

  3.1 For PCAN_USB (vendor is Peak GmbH), please procure the hardware from the vendor and install the driver
	3.2 For ES 581 (vendor is ETAS GmbH) and further ETAS devices, please procure the hardware from the vendor and install the HSP (Hardware Service Pack) driver.

4. In order to build an installation application, please follow the instruction set in the developer's environment document. The install script and the related artifacts occur under 'Installation Setup' folder.

5. Test documents and scripts may be found under 'Test Artifacts' folder.

6. BUSMASTER uses the following opensource tools
	6.1. MinGW, GCC		: The Complete source code can be downloaded from http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/
	6.2. Bison.exe 		: The Complete source code can be downloaded from http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnuwin32/bison-2.4.1-src-setup.exe
	6.3. Flex.exe  		: The Complete source code can be downloaded from http://flex.sourceforge.net/
	6.4. Libxml2   		: The complete source code can be downloaded from ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/win32/
	6.5. GetText		: The complete source code can be downloaded from http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/	and http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/ and http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gettext.htm	
	6.6. Oxygen Icon Set	: The complete library can be downloaded at http://www.oxygen-icons.org/. The licensing terms can be found in the legal information page at http://www.oxygen-icons.org/?page_id=4

7. BUSMASTER Uses the following opensource code taken from Codeproject and its license can be found at http://www.codeproject.com/info/cpol10.aspx
	7.1. Dm Graph  		: The Complete source code can be downloaded from  http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/310494/2D-Graph-ActiveX-control-in-Cplusplus-with-ATL-no
	7.2. Header Control	: The Complete source code can be downloaded from  http://www.sothink.com
	7.3. MFC Tree Control : The source code can be downloaded from http://doc.mimec.org/articles/mfc/mctree/index.html
    	7.4. Qt 5.3.0: Installer or sources for LGPL can be downloaded from 
http://download.qt-project.org/archive/qt/5.3/5.3.0/qt-opensource-windows-x86-msvc2012_opengl-5.3.0.exe
	7.5. Free Type Library license details can be found at http://www.freetype.org/
    	7.6. Antlr3.5.2: The Complete source code can be downloaded from 
http://www.antlr3.org/download.html