NI-CAN Initialization fails for NI-PCI 8512(XNET Interface)

[manumohannair]

Hi all,

I'm pretty new to XNET and I wanted to use my old NI-CAN drivers for the NI-PCI 8512.As the device is listed under FLEXNET interface,I'm not able to allocate CAN channel or to set the baud rate to use with NI-CAN. I'm getting following error message:

"Error -1074388957 occurred at CAN Initialize.vi

Possible reason(s):

NI-CAN:  (Hex 0xBFF62023) The Interface is invalid or unknown.  Solution:
Verify that the interface is assigned to a specific port within the Devices
and Interfaces branch of  the Measurement and Automation Explorer (MAX)."

Attaching a scrren shot of my MAX CAN Setup.

I would really appreciate if anyone encountered the same issue and was able to resolve it.

Regards,

Manu Mohan

[manumohannair]

I forgot to mention that the NI Bus monitor work perfectly to show me the incoming messages.

[manumohannair · Accepted solution]

To use NI CAN API, we need to install a “compatibility layer” software interface… Following link resolves the issue

http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/9717