Re: certain CAN frames not being read ok

[Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@grandegger.com>]

On 05/22/2012 02:37 AM, Michael Economides wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am reading CAN frames using read()
> 
> 	nbytes = read(s, &rframe, sizeof(rframe));
> 
> Sometimes it works fine.  For example these frames are read ok:
> 
> 123#44 33 33 33 33 33 33 44
> 112#05 01 01 01 22 22 33 33
> 
> However, this frame causes an "Ack slot" error:
> 
> 123#01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> 
> Any ideas what could cause this?

This could be due to hardware problems on the CAN bus. Please check:

- bittiming.
- bus termination.

What does "candump -e any,0:0,#FFFFFFFF" report while you receive data?
And what CAN hardware are you using (what does "ip -d -s link show can0"
report)?

Wolfgang.