CAN series-2 (8464) in Veristand 2010

[sirluke]

Are Series-2 CAN interfaces (e.g. PXI-8464) compatible with veristand 2010?

If so, what is the procedure to configure the interface in System Explorer?

Thanks.

Luca

[LiciaP]

Hi Luca,

as you can read in Veristand 2010 help (search for "NI-CAN"):

"NI VeriStand no longer supports NI-CAN. You can migrate existing system definition files containing NI-CAN and use them in NI VeriStand. However, you cannot add NI-CAN to a new project. Use NI-XNET instead."

Bye,

Licia

[ThSa]

Luca,

the official support for NI-CAN got dropped as Licia pointed out.

Though, if you add to the System Explorer.ini - <App Data Dir>\National Instruments\NI VeriStand 20xx\System Explorer\System Explorer.ini -  the following line, you will be able to configure NI-CAN on the chassis level:

NICANSupport = True

Make sure that the ini file has [System Explorer] as section specified, otherwise it won't work.

An alternative is to use the NI-XNET compatibility library. When NI-XNET got introduced, they wanted to boost the performance of customers that have been using CAN Series 2 but didn't want to upgrade to one of the new NI-XNET boards. When you install this additional component on the execution target, you will be most likely be able to use the NI-XNET configuration nodes in System Explorer to configure your system. Though, the new driver offers more functionality and it may not work with a Series 2 board. In that case, the only way to go is to use the INI token.

Tom