# NI-CAN

This interface adds support for CAN controllers by National Instruments.

Warning

NI-CAN only seems to support 32-bit architectures so if the driver can’t be loaded on a 64-bit Python, try using a 32-bit version instead.

Warning

CAN filtering has not been tested thoroughly and may not work as expected.

## Bus

class can.interfaces.nican.NicanBus(channel, can_filters=None, bitrate=None, log_errors=True, **kwargs)

  The CAN Bus implemented for the NI-CAN interface.

  Warning

  This interface does implement efficient filtering of messages, but the filters have to be set in `__init__()` using the `can_filters` parameter. Using `set_filters()` does not work.

  Parameters

    - channel (str) – Name of the object to open (e.g. ‘CAN0’)

    - bitrate (int) – Bitrate in bits/s

    - can_filters (list) – See `can.BusABC.set_filters()`.

    - log_errors (bool) – If True, communication errors will appear as CAN messages with `is_error_frame` set to True and `arbitration_id` will identify the error (default True)

  Raises

    can.interfaces.nican.NicanError – If starting communication fails

exception can.interfaces.nican.NicanError(function, error_code, arguments)

  Error from NI-CAN driver.