# loxone-link-dotnet: implementing Loxone Link NAT-over-CAN devices

> loxone-link-dotnet implements the Loxone Link NAT protocol over CAN in a .NET 8 library. It models extensions and Tree devices, handles framed messages and challenge flows, and includes device simulators plus a CAN capture harness informed by prior Loxone research.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/VVlasy/loxone-link-dotnet>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/VVlasy/loxone-link-dotnet/blob/6c1d5b0beae1a9491525e758a2d50186db6c0a4a/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/loxone-link-dotnet-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/loxone-link-dotnet-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/loxone-link-dotnet-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** .NET 8 and a supported CAN adapter, such as Waveshare Serial CAN.
- **Prerequisites:** Real-device authentication requires AES keys and related material obtained from the user's own hardware.
- **Limits:** The Linux SocketCAN adapter is a scaffold and needs a production P/Invoke implementation.
- **License:** GPL-3.0 license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/VVlasy/loxone-link-dotnet/blob/6c1d5b0beae1a9491525e758a2d50186db6c0a4a/README.md>

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