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Re: cRIO 2015 : NI roboRIO

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Originally Posted by adciv View Post
The Power Distribution Board has the termination resistor, not the RoboRio.
Not true.

For Controller Area Networks (CAN) to work properly, both ends of the bus need to be terminated.

This is because communication flows both ways on the CAN bus therefore both ends of the pair of signal wires (CAN_H and CAN_L) must be terminated.

The RoboRio has an internal terminating resistor that can not be removed. This means the RoboRio should always be at one end of the CAN Interface. The PD Board, has a setable terminating resistor by way of a jumper, this means the PD Board can be used at the other end of the CAN interface if the jumper is in place. However, the PD Board does not have to be at the end of the bus, you can remove the jumper and put another device after the PD Board, just make sure to add a terminating resistor to that device.

Hope this helps,
Kevin
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