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XNet Virtual Hardware / Ports

Submitted by Proven Zealot Proven Zealot on ‎03-18-2016 05:40 PM 14 Comments (14 New)
Status: New

Back in the NI-CAN days, there was a handy development tool which was the usage of two virtual CAN ports, ports CAN256, and CAN257.  If you wrote a frame on one, it would be read on the other, and vise versa.  Other CAN hardware like Vector, and Kvasar support virtual CAN hardware which does something similar, where initial development can be tested before having access to the hardware.

 

This idea is to add virtual hardware support for XNET which supports this same feature.  it has been talked about in a thread here several years ago, but nothing ever came of it.  Adding support for virutal hardware for CAN, LIN, Flex-Ray and any other XNET hardware would be a great development tool, and enable the testing of the expected handshaking of software, with simulated communications.

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14 Comments
sfrosty
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‎01-05-2017 02:33 PM
‎01-05-2017 02:33 PM

I would definitely like to see virtual support for CAN!

MattGordon
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‎03-02-2017 03:42 AM
‎03-02-2017 03:42 AM

This would be a huge help. Right now I can simulate everything in my cDAQ chassis except the NI9862.

Being able to test the hardware startup/initialization and data output would save me a lot of time. 

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RavensFan
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‎03-02-2017 07:55 AM
‎03-02-2017 07:55 AM

Matt,

If you like the idea, then you should click the star to register your vote with a Kudo!

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Tepig
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‎07-10-2018 09:44 PM
‎07-10-2018 09:44 PM

I need this feature. Why NI-CAN has but NI-XNET doesn't.

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_Tom_
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‎11-22-2018 02:30 AM
‎11-22-2018 02:30 AM

I need this feature to test the ECUMC toolkit with a simulated ECU over CAN. I know I can test it with TCP/IP but I need to test CAN only features of the XCP protocol. But I don't always have real XNET hardware ready to use.

- Thomas -
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RavensFan
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Knight of NI
‎11-26-2018 09:27 AM
‎11-26-2018 09:27 AM

_Tom_

 

Read the messages above yours!

 

If "need this feature" click the Kudo star to register your vote!

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amirana
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‎10-29-2020 12:03 PM
‎10-29-2020 12:03 PM

I also need this feature, it would be great to have it !

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wielro_1
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‎07-13-2021 03:02 PM
‎07-13-2021 03:02 PM

This would be great to have it, other suppliers have this feature.

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DCSmith
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‎03-24-2022 06:10 AM
‎03-24-2022 06:10 AM

I have been waiting for so long for this feature.

AristosQueue (NI)
NI Employee (retired)
‎03-25-2022 09:57 AM
‎03-25-2022 09:57 AM

I tracked down project leads for XNET.

At the moment, there are no plans to add virtual interfaces to XNET. It is a major undertaking that never gets to the top of the priority rankings, but it is acknowledged as a good idea (the predecessor of XNET, NI-CAN, had virtual interfaces).

 

Therefore, I will continue to leave the idea open to accumulate more kudos. As always, reaching out to your NI sales contacts and letting them know what projects you're failing for lack of a feature can allow a lone customer to drive priority up without having to recruit masses for kudos, if the sales opportunities are large enough.