Symbol CAN-ID as variable?

[masmith1553]

Hello,

I am creating a project where the user can configure CANOpen devices by using the Panel in PCAN Explorer 6. Is there a way to write the CAN-ID field in Symbols?

For example:

The user enters the NODE ID they wish to configure the CANOpen device and click a Button to set the Node address to XXXh (which I can do with no issue using LSS). Next the user needs to configure the device using the Object Directory where the CAN-ID 600h + Node-ID XXXh just configured.

[K.Wolf]

Hello,
no, the CAN ID of a symbol cannot be modified, it is determined solely by the definitions made in the loaded Symbols file.

[masmith1553]

Thanks for the reply.

[PEAK-Support]

I had a customer in the past who changed a symbol file inside a script. This is possible if you have good VBS knowledge.
A symbol file could be changed at runtime (Apply) with a script. Maybe this is a solution for your project.
So that you „edit“ the ID in the Symbol File, based on the customer input of the node id.
Send a e-mail to our support, maybe i found the sample project again…

[masmith1553]

I had a customer in the past who changed a symbol file inside a script. This is possible if you have good VBS knowledge.
A symbol file could be changed at runtime (Apply) with a script. Maybe this is a solution for your project.
So that you „edit“ the ID in the Symbol File, based on the customer input of the node id.
Send a e-mail to our support, maybe i found the sample project again…

Do you mean that you did send an email to support or I should? I haven't used VB in a while but I could probably figure it out with the help of a sample project.

[PEAK-Support]

Send a email to support[at]peak-system.com.