Add Can Object Configurations; Remove Can Object Configurations; Specify The Configuration Attributes - National Instruments NI-CAN User Manual

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
example, if you add a CAN Object with arbitration ID 5 to the port named
, then enter an alias
CAN0
instead of the complete name
#MotorSpeed
information on user-defined aliases, refer to the description of
in the NI-CAN Programmer Reference Manual.
ncOpenObject
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.
as a substitute for the complete object name. For
, you can open the name
MotorSpeed
5-6
. For more
CAN0::STD5
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