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Dear members,
I am new to use CAN functions in labview, i am using PCMCIA CAN/2 series2 card, i want to send data to my hardware to control the relays & i shd read the status of the relays & display its on or off, i assigned ID as 0x689 & 0x699 for Transmitting & receiving from my hardware.
 give me idea how to communicate, pls help me to do this.
thank you
sasi
 
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Hi Sasi,

There are two main options you have for CAN programming in LabVIEW, the channel API or the Frame API.  If you are new to CAN programming and have the arbitration ID information for you hardware, I would recommend the channel API as it is much easier to program in LabVIEW.  Here's a link to a tutorial on the channel API:

http://zone.ni.com/devzone/conceptd.nsf/webmain/666bfdcf237e19bf86256e6b00835da4

If you are wanting some more information about CAN in general, here's a great starting point:

http://zone.ni.com/devzone/devzone.nsf/webcategories/49AFC2158874C07F862567E1006EE156

Also, for future questions, you might want to post in our CAN and DeviceNet forum:

http://forums.ni.com/ni/board?board.id=30

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