From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Oliver Hartkopp Subject: Re: Can bus shield set up Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 12:22:23 +0200 Message-ID: <5702405F.7010003@hartkopp.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mo4-p00-ob.smtp.rzone.de ([81.169.146.217]:60783 "EHLO mo4-p00-ob.smtp.rzone.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753293AbcDDKWg (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Apr 2016 06:22:36 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-can-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Kyle Crenshaw , linux-can@vger.kernel.org Hello Kyle, I assume you won't have much fun with these parts: The CAN bus shield has a SPI connected CAN controller MCP2515 which needs to be connected to a SPI capable CPU board (like the RasPi). The pl2303 just makes a serial interface (no SPI). The SLCAN protocol is 'more' high level than the SPI. I assume the serial pins on the shield only connect the RasPi board. Regards, Oliver On 04/04/2016 08:00 AM, Kyle Crenshaw wrote: > > I have a canbus shield from elecfreaks.com and a pl2303 rs232 to usb cable hardware , and can-utils software installed. > I love would like to read the canbus data coming in through the shield by way of usb end of the cable. > > Do I set this up with slcan as a can device (sudo ip link add dev slcan0 type can), ( slcand.....), or (slcan_attach...), or by another method I'm not aware of? > > I'm running fedora 23 if it matters... > > Thanks in advance.-- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-can" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >