ni can 2.7.4 not showing up under NI max remote system

[SRamirez]

Hi,

I am trying to install the NI CAN 2.7.4 software to a cRIO through MAX.  I have verified that I have the can module and rio drivers installed.  I have CAN 2.7.4 installed on the computer but when I go to MAX to install on the target it won't show up.  Does anyone have any experience with this?  Can I even use the NI CAN 2.7.4 with the cRIO?  I keep reading conflicting information.  I have a NI 9853 attached to it if that makes a difference.

Thanks.

[Gibson]

What is your use case? If you want to do frame to signal conversion on compactrio I suggest to use NiXnet conversion session on the crio RT. Otherwise you dont need NICAN driver on crio installed

[SRamirez]

I'm simply trying to use some of the vis that come with the NI can driver.  When I try to use them I get an error say "Failed to load shared library nican.*:nctGetNamesLength:C. Ensure that the library is present on the RT target. Use MAX to install NI software or FTP to transfer custom libraries to the RT target."  I read that to fix this I need to have NI CAN on the target but it wont show up as a software I can install into it.

[Gibson · Accepted solution]

You cant use NICAN with a 9853

[SRamirez]

Not even as a real time vi?  I read it can't be used with FPGA but RT is possible.

[Gibson]

On Pharlap OS it will work but not talk to a fpga device like 9853
Check the 9853 CAN examples under compactrio in the example finder