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Hello, I use PCAN Explorer 5 and a USB to CAN adapter from PEAK System. I have a Python application that opens a CAN bus and sends and receives certain CAN messages. I use the Python package “can”.
My problem is that I have no possibility to change the net name/bus name. The generated bus is called PCANLight_USB_16. Is there a driver/package that allows me to change the bus name?





Many thanks in advance and best regards
Mike

Hello Mike,

yes, when using the PCANBasic API with your application, the network name is fixed to PCANLight_USB_XX. But you can connect PCAN-Explorer to that network, after your application was started. This is a restriction of the free available PCANBasic API. With the optional available PCAN-Developer API, you can use and generate different network names.

regards

Michael

Hi Michael,

thank you very much for the quick reply and help.

Regards
Mike