PCAN USB in WinXP Virtualbox Instance

[roy.emmerich]

I have the following setup:

Lenovo Thinkpad x201 running Win 7 64 bit. Due to 64 bit hassles with some of the development software I use, I do all my development on a virtualised 32 bit WinXP instance and everything works well.

Today I received my PCAN USB device and tried to get it running in this virtualised environment. The installation went well, however the problems started when I tried to mount/attach the PCAN USB device in the virtualised environment:

Mounting the PCAN USB device

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The first time I tried mounting the PCAN USB device nothing seemed to happen. I waited a bit as it normally takes a few seconds for the virtualised environment to see new USB devices. Nothing happened. I then tried mounting the device again and received the following error:

Screenshot of Virtualbox error window when mounting PCAN USB device

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I've used Virtualbox long enough to know that when you get these types of messages, the best thing is to just reboot both the guest and host operating systems. I did this twice and still the same thing happens.

Naturally, when I fire up PCAN-View in my 32 bit WinXP instance there are no available CAN devices.

Having browsed through the forums I can see that a few others are using the PCAN USB device in Virtualbox virtualised environments so I would really appreciate some help to get this working.

As an aside, mounting other USB devices in my 32 bit WinXP instance works fine, so I know the problem isn't with Virtualbox passing through the USB messages to the guest system.

As I have to use the PCAN USB device this coming Monday for an important project, I decided to install it on my Win 7 host system where it works fine.

[G.Lang]

Hi,

normally the usage of the PCAN-USB adaptor inside a virtual enviroment is not a problem. But it can not be guaranteed by us. It looks that something block the device. In the past i had an similar problem with an AMD-PC (AMD Phenom processor + AMD chipset @ Win7 64 host + Win XP guest). The problem was the "AMD usb filter driver" (for audio devices and so on). After uninstalling the "AMD usb filter driver" everythings work as expected. Maybe it´s a similar problem with your Intel powered PC. Sometimes it helps to create an empty USB filter.

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It hope this infos are useful.

regards
Gunther

[hlovik]

Hi roy.emmerich.

I'm having the same problems with VirtualBox (v4.1.16) with VirtualBox extension pack installed.
Did you ever get the PCAN-USB adapter working with WinXP virtualbox?

[G.Lang]

Hi ,

there´s a PCAN-USB adaptor running @Win XP 32bit under a Win 7 64bit host on my desk.

here are some details:

host: Windows 7 64bit
guest: Windows XP 32bit
CPU: AMD Phenom X6
VirtualBox version: 4.1.18
VirtualBox extension pack : 4.1.18
VirtualBox USB-2.0-Controller: not active
PCAN-USB driver version: pcan_usb.sys version 3.6.3.9864 (out of date)
AMD usb filter driver: not installed

But note: we cannot guarantee the proper function

Win XP with working PCAN-USB adaptor

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PCAN-USB adaptor at Win XP

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VirtualBox overview

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VirtualBox USB-controller settings

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used pcan-usb driver version (outdated version, please use allways the current version)

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regards
Gunther

[vagnusde67]

HI all, I have an ASUS K53S and I'm having problem using pcan-usb with a virtual box.

Although I could use it from Ubuntu:
lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 058f:a014 Alcor Micro Corp.
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0bda:0139 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 04b3:310b IBM Corp. Red Wheel Mouse
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0cf3:3005 Atheros Communications, Inc. AR3011 Bluetooth
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0c72:000c PEAK System PCAN-USB

the oracle virtual box version 4.1.12 does not show the driver among the ones available.

Do you have any idea why?

Thanks
Vincenzo

[vagnusde67]

Problem solved whatching other users screen shot. Thanks

[neuweiler]

Found this solution on Mac thread, worked fine for me:

1) "Add filter from device"
2) Edit the filter entry and clear everything except the "Name:" field.
3) Reboot and connect the device (evtl. also reboot the host).

[dhirschshell]

The method recommended by neuweiler (remove everything but the Name field in the filter for the PEAK device) *almost* worked for me, except that the next time I closed and restarted the VM, it captured *all* of my USB devices, including a USB mouse and keyboard, which was not at all desirable.

What *did* finally work for me was removing only the information from the "Product" field, as recommended in a comment on the VirtualBox forums: https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/10309#comment:5

So far, VirtualBox has successfully captured the device under every use case I've tested (dock/undock my laptop, close/reopen the VM, etc.). I think I've *finally* got this fully solved (fingers crossed!), after at least two full days of tearing my hair out in frustration!