NI CAN application development without hardware

[Wadel]

Hi,

I'm trying to learn about CAN (Controller Area Network) and I was wondering if it is possible to write labview CAN applications without having the hardware in place. 

Is this possible? Can the device be simulated? If so how do you go about doing it.

Thanks

[nathand]

This is fortunately very easy with the older NI-CAN interface.  You simply open the virtual CAN ports CAN256 and CAN257.  Anything sent to one is received on the other, so you can simulate CAN communication.  I don't know if the newer XNET library supports this yet.