LabVIEW and the PLin API

[Nsrobertson]

I'm using the pcan USB pro device for a project which involves LIN and CAN. I'd like to use Labview to send LIN messages via the .net but I'm getting an error. Can anyone confirm whether the PLin API was built to work with .net? Has anyone got this working with Labview?

[K.Wagner]

Hello Nsrobertson,

Can anyone confirm whether the PLin API was built to work with .net?

Yes, it works with .Net. The PLIN-Api, as well as other Apis we offer, comes with header files / assemblies for the most common programming languages, including .Net (VB.Net, C#).

Has anyone got this working with Labview?

We do not support directly LabVIEW, but you are free to write your own VI (virtual instrument) that encapsulates the API calls. The difficulty level tied to the generation of this VI depends on the version of LabVIEw you are using and your LabVIEW skills.

I'd like to use Labview to send LIN messages via the .net but I'm getting an error.

We could not do support for LabView related problems. Please understand that we offer a DLL which we test for "real" programming languages. If you like to use the LabView or any othe Softwaretool on Top, you need to be sure that you know how to implement a simple DLL to this packages.

Info: We only know that the latest LabVIEW version (2011) has a wizard option that takes a dll and a header file as input and generates the corresponding VI. Maybe this helps you to find the problem on your project.