PCAN-USB adapter with NI-CAN

[Trainee123]

Hello,

I intend to communicate Labview with a motor controller through CAN network by using a PCAN-USB adapter from Peak System. I wanted to know if NI-CAN is able to send and receive commands through devices that are not from National Instrument (in this case it will be the PCAN-USB adapter from Peak System). Can anyone that knows anything on this matter help me out please?

[Sam_Sharp · Accepted solution]

We have used PCAN-USB using the LabVIEW driver that PEAK provide. I don't think you can use NI-CAN or NI-XNET to talk directly to the CAN network using the PCAN USB but we do use the conversion functions of NI XNET to convert between CAN messages and signal/value data and vice-versa and then use the PCAN LabVIEW driver to read/write the messages.

[Trainee123]

Thanks a lot. To use NI-CAN, is it restricted to CAN products from National Instrument? Or does it support CAN devices from other company apart from Peak System?

[nathand]

NI-CAN supports only National Instruments devices. However, you should be able to use Peak System's library (DLL) instead of NI-CAN to read and write CAN messages from within LabVIEW. There's nothing special about NI-CAN.

[RussSec]

you indicated you used the xnet vi's to perform conversions.  Would you please share how you created a valid xnet session?  I would like to use that functionality but I receive an error on the session for invalid or nor CAN hardware.

[Hooovahh]

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@RussSec wrote:

you indicated you used the xnet vi's to perform conversions.  Would you please share how you created a valid xnet session?  I would like to use that functionality but I receive an error on the session for invalid or nor CAN hardware.

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https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-39793

XNet frame and channel conversion can be done without XNet hardware, it is just a translation of data from one format to another.  So read your frames like you normally would with what ever drivers it comes with, and then use that API to convert it into signals, given a database.

[Blessing_Star]

Would you provide the PCAN LabVIEW Driver VIs or share the link to download driver VIs...?

Thanks

[Hooovahh]

Strange it looks like the drivers aren't free any more.  You might bet lucky and find an old copy floating around before they started charging.

http://www.peak-system.com/Lab-View-Driver.255.0.html?&L=1

http://gridconnect.com/labview-driver-for-pcan-adapters.html

[Hooovahh]

Oh I found this too not sure if it is what you want.

https://lavag.org/topic/15784-cr-pcan-driver-lv2009/

[xaheer]

Hey can you share how you used it for peak system hardware. I am facing problem in sending payload.