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by mark32
Mon 3. Apr 2017, 10:34
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Product Comparison: PCAN-USB vs. PCAN-USB Pro
Replies: 4
Views: 23814

Re: Product Comparisons PEAKCanUSB and Pro

I think my understanding of PCAN channels and nodes is a little confused after reading the last answer. "A PCAN channel is itself a node" - is this a node with respect to the PCANBasic API or the raw CAN bus?

From the rest of the answer my interpretation is that PCANBasic can connect to up to 16 ...
by mark32
Fri 24. Mar 2017, 16:37
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Product Comparison: PCAN-USB vs. PCAN-USB Pro
Replies: 4
Views: 23814

Re: Product Comparisons PEAKCanUSB and Pro

I just found one answer: 32,768 messages per CAN channel is the buffer size for Tx and RX.

But that reminds me of another question - how many nodes can you connect to one channel?
Will it be up to the technical max of CAN, ie 127 (assuming bas traffic is not saturated) or is there a software limit ...
by mark32
Fri 24. Mar 2017, 16:09
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Product Comparison: PCAN-USB vs. PCAN-USB Pro
Replies: 4
Views: 23814

Product Comparison: PCAN-USB vs. PCAN-USB Pro

I have been experimenting with PEAKCAN-USB and PCANBasic to make a data capture product and have managed to get reasonable results. I have proved the concept and am considering what limitations there might be with different hardware such as PEAKCAN-USB and the Pro version. The nodes will only be ...
by mark32
Mon 28. Nov 2016, 18:11
Forum: PCAN-Basic
Topic: Read PnP channel id
Replies: 1
Views: 3929

Read PnP channel id

I am trying to understand the API and can initialise my CAN USB successfully when I use 0x51 and a baud rate. But how can I read the available PnP channels assuming I plug in several CAN USB devices?