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Apologies if my question is quite basic but I am new to the use of the PCAN Basics API and PCAN Linux Drivers. I have both installed on my raspberrypi3 but I have no idea how to get the C++ examples running. If anyone could point me to the proper documentation/tutorial that shows this that would be great. Otherwise, step-by-step instructions on what I would need to do to get the C++ examples running (ie. includes, which folders files should be in, etc.) that would be greatly appreciated.

Hello,


Make sure you have the CharDev version of our driver installed, for this see this forum post:

viewtopic.php?f=59&t=3381

Please follow the steps outlined in the forum post.

Once you have done this you can check via:
What name your device has.

In my example i use a PCAN-USB FD, so my device received the name "pcanusbfd32".

change into your "test" dirctory within your driver download package and execute:
this will compile the necessary files.

You can now call, for example, receivetest like this (directly refering to your device)
Another way use the test-applications is to modify the default node:

change into the directory /test/src/ within your driver download-package, it contains the code for the test-applications.

Open the file you want to use with a text-editor:

Look for this line: replace the default node "pcan0" with your device name and save the file.

then switch back to the test directory and execute:
this will build the test-applications on your machine.

to run the test-application you can call it like so:

This is also explained in the documentation for our Linux driver package (see chapter 4.7 "test directory"):

http://www.peak-system.com/fileadmin/me ... an_eng.pdf





Best Regards


Marvin