Clarification on PCI CAN

Hello,
I am having NI CAN PCI-CAN/2 card. Also i am having NI CAN 1.5
and MAX 2.2.Since my application is running in Lab view 5.1, i am using this
version. After installing the drivers I mentioned above, I couldn’t able to see
CAN device in MAX. Also is it
possible to do auto detecting CAN devices in Lab view programmatically (like
detecting other PCI DAQ cards)?
Regards,
Natarajan.

Hi
Version 1.5 didn't have MAX support back then. You need to run the configuration tool from your START menu to assign port names.
There is no autodetection within labview. Just use the portnames for the configuration function to create a handle.
DirkW

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CAN Transmit multiple.c
Demonstrates how to transmit multiple CAN Frames in one Burst via the Network Interface.
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#include <stdlib.h> // Include file for strtol
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do {
ch1 = getch_noblock();
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memset(Transmit[iLoop].Data, 0, 8);
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if (frame_id_curr == 0x800)
frame_id_curr = 0;
frame_id_cnt++;
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if (Status < 0)
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if (Status < 0)
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// Status = ncWaitForState (TxHandle, NC_ST_WRITE_MULT, 200, 0);
//} while (Status < 0);
} while (ch1 == -1);
//wait until the last frame is send out
Status = ncWaitForState (TxHandle, NC_ST_WRITE_SUCCESS, 2000,0);
if (Status < 0)
PrintStat(Status, "ncWaitForState");
//stop communication to set the TXMode for the next write
Status = ncAction (TxHandle, NC_OP_STOP, 0);
if (Status < 0)
PrintStat(Status, "ncAction");
Sleep(100);
} while (ch != 'q');
/* Close the Network Interface Object */
Status = ncCloseObject(TxHandle);
if (Status < 0)
PrintStat(Status, "ncCloseObject");
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