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Is it Possible to Use NI-CAN Channels on Third-Party CAN Hardware?

Primary Software: Driver Software>>NI-CAN
Primary Software Version: 2.2
Primary Software Fixed Version: N/A
Secondary Software: N/A
Hardware: Industrial Communications>>CAN>>PCI-CAN

Problem: I can't see my third-party CAN hardware in MAX and want to be able to use my NI-CAN channels. Is this possible?

Solution: Third-party CAN hardware is not compatible with National Instruments' CAN driver software. The NI-CAN driver was written specifically for National Instruments CAN hardware. Any feature of the NI-CAN driver, such as NI-CAN Channels that we create and configure in Measurement and Automation Explorer (MAX), will only work with CAN hardware from NI. Likewise any third-party CAN hardware will not be visible to MAX so you will need to use the third-party software to configure your CAN hardware.

Related Links: NI-CAN Hardware and Software Manual

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Report Date: 11/16/2004
Last Updated: 05/12/2005
Document ID: 3FF7ST7T

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