NI CAN virtual channel simulation

[AbdullahWasif]

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Hi, I need to simulate transmission and reception of data on CAN bus. I don't have the CAN hardware and the solution i found was the older version of NI XNET which is NI CAN which has virtual channels 256 and 257. I am looking at the N CAN hardware and software Manual but cannot understand how to implement it. Also do i have to downgrade to labview 2018 for support of NI CAN 18.5? Any help, suggestions or relevent material would be appreciated.

[ZYOng]

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@AbdullahWasif wrote:

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Hi, I need to simulate transmission and reception of data on CAN bus. I don't have the CAN hardware and the solution i found was the older version of NI XNET which is NI CAN which has virtual channels 256 and 257. I am looking at the N CAN hardware and software Manual but cannot understand how to implement it. Also do i have to downgrade to labview 2018 for support of NI CAN 18.5? Any help, suggestions or relevent material would be appreciated.

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You can use NI-CAN for LabVIEW 2018 or later. See the installation instructions in NI-CAN 18.5 Readme

To use the virtual channels, simply use CAN256 or CAN257 as the interface input for CAN Init Start VI.

However, if you are planning to use actual hardware in the future, you should know that NI-CAN hardware has been obsoleted. You can only purchase new NI-XNET hardware now.

[AbdullahWasif]

Are there any examples, tutorial or reference material other than the NI CAN manual so that i can get a basic idea where to start?

[ZYOng · Accepted solution]

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@AbdullahWasif wrote:

Are there any examples, tutorial or reference material other than the NI CAN manual so that i can get a basic idea where to start?

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Once you have installed the NI-CAN driver, the examples are available at Help >> Find Examples... >> Hardware Input and Output >> CAN >> NI-CAN

User manuals are available at C:\Users\Public\Documents\National Instruments\NI-CAN\Documentation