Chapter 5
NI-CAN Configuration Utility
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has been assigned for a CAN Object, the alias is listed after the name of the
NI-CAN Object.
Add CAN Object Configurations
When you want to add a new CAN Object configuration, click on the
New
button to enable the controls in the
New CAN Object
section.
Use the
Arb ID
control to enter the decimal arbitration ID for the new CAN
Object. Use the
Extended
check box to specify whether the arbitration ID
is standard (unchecked) or extended (checked).
You can use the optional
Alias
control in the
New CAN Object
section to
enter a user-defined alias for the CAN Object. You can use this alias with
calls to
ncOpenObject
as a substitute for the complete object name. For
example, if you add a CAN Object with arbitration ID 5 to the port named
CAN0
, then enter an alias
MotorSpeed
, you can open the name
#MotorSpeed
instead of the complete name
CAN0::STD5
. For more
information on user-defined aliases, refer to the description of
ncOpenObject
in the
NI-CAN Programmer Reference Manual
.
After entering the arbitration ID, click on the
Add
button to add the CAN
Object to the list. You may then specify the attributes for the CAN Object.
To cancel the addition of the new CAN Object, click on the
Cancel
button.
Remove CAN Object Configurations
If you want to remove a CAN Object configuration, select the object from
the
CAN Objects
list, then click on the
Remove
button.
Specify the Configuration Attributes
After adding a new CAN Object or selecting an existing CAN Object, you
can use the controls in the
Attributes
section to specify the configuration
attributes for the CAN Object.
Within the
Attributes
section, you can use the
Default
button to initialize
the attribute controls with acceptable default values.
If you need help with a particular control, click on the question mark near
the upper right corner of the dialog box, then click on the control in
question to view the context-sensitive online help. Alternately, you can
right-click the mouse on the control, and then select
What’s This?
from the
pop-up menu that appears.