PCAN-USB X6 Socket CAN Passive Mode

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PCAN-USB X6 Socket CAN Passive Mode

Post by a.yuzva » Wed 12. May 2021, 16:03

Is it possible to set PCAN-USB X6 into passive mode using the socket(netdev from Linux mainline kernel) driver, or is it only possible with chardev driver (compiled from peak website)?

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Re: PCAN-USB X6 Socket CAN Passive Mode

Post by M.Heidemann » Wed 12. May 2021, 16:16

Hello,

To confirm:

Do you mean by "passive mode" listen-only, so no interaction with the bus
apart from reading?

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Re: PCAN-USB X6 Socket CAN Passive Mode

Post by a.yuzva » Wed 12. May 2021, 19:21

M.Heidemann wrote:
Wed 12. May 2021, 16:16
Hello,

To confirm:

Do you mean by "passive mode" listen-only, so no interaction with the bus
apart from reading?

Best Regards

Marvin
Hi Marvin,

Correct, listen only.

Thank you,

Andriy

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Re: PCAN-USB X6 Socket CAN Passive Mode

Post by M.Heidemann » Fri 14. May 2021, 09:29

Hello,

Yes, you can with the "listen-only" paramenter:

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sudo ip link set canx up type can bitrate 100000 listen-only on
Please see:

https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentatio ... ng/can.txt

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