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authorChristopher Peplin <chris.peplin@rhubarbtech.com>2014-03-27 11:52:14 -0400
committerChristopher Peplin <chris.peplin@rhubarbtech.com>2014-03-27 11:52:14 -0400
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## Raw CAN Message format
-An OpenXC vehicle interface may also output raw CAN messages. Each CAN message
-is sent as a JSON object, separated by newlines. The format of each object is:
+The format for a raw CAN message:
{"bus": 1, "id": 1234, "value": "0x12345678"}
@@ -217,7 +216,8 @@ MAC address of an included Bluetooth module) into into the outgoing data stream.
## Trace File Format
An OpenXC vehicle trace file is a plaintext file that contains JSON objects,
-separated by newlines.
+separated by newlines (which may be either `\r\n` or `\n`, depending on the
+platform the trace file was recorded).
The first line may be a metadata object, although this is optional: