What does 'channel' mean in the PCAN ecosystem?

[KaranNarak]

Hello,

I did not understand what "channels" means for PCAN-device.
For example, for PCAN-USB there are 16 channels, Is that mean inside this PCAN there are 16 channels which all of them can transmit a frame for a unique ID?

Thanks in advance for any help you able to provide.

[PEAK-Support]

Channels are the physical enumeratiion of the max. CAN Channels using this Device type (USB could handle up to 16 CAN Channels, PCIe could handle up to 16 CAN Channels etc.). If you use a 2 CAN Channel USB - you use 2 of the 16 available CAN Channels. If you need more Channels - add a second USB Pro to the PC etc. up to 16 CAN Channels.

[KaranNarak]

Thank you for your response.

Channels are the physical enumeratiion of the max. CAN Channels using this Device type (USB could handle up to 16 CAN Channels, PCIe could handle up to 16 CAN Channels etc.). If you use a 2 CAN Channel USB - you use 2 of the 16 available CAN Channels. If you need more Channels - add a second USB Pro to the PC etc. up to 16 CAN Channels.

Is that mean inside the device there are 16 buffers and each buffer is specific to one handle?
Thank you

[PEAK-Support]

Each Device Driver could handle up to 16 real CAN Channels. Each Channel have a number - we call it "device handle"