The hardware can be programmed with its own firmware, which is uploaded via the CAN bus. The development package supplied contains various C / C ++ programming examples for using the numerous options of the PCAN-Router Pro FD and its new Ethernet interface.

In the delivery state, the PCAN-Router Pro FD is equipped with ready-to-use firmware for recording CAN 2.0 and CAN FD data traffic. The configuration of the CAN channels, the IP connection and all recording settings is done via a text file and does not require any programming knowledge. The configuration and the trace files are saved on the internal 16 GByte eMMC memory or on an inserted SD card.