How do I set a variable identifier in an xPC CAN send block for the softing CAN-AC2-PCI

I am trying to pass a CAN message into a CAN send block for the xPC softing CAN block canac2pcisend (for the CAN-AC2-PCI hardware). I would like to be able to use a variable name for my identifier so I can put this in part of my masked subsystem and pass the value in. If I try to set the name to a variable, my input port on the block disappears. Does anyone know how to do this? Rather than having [1163] in the Identifiers field on my block, I am putting [TBCANID] and have TBCANID defined as a parameter in the mask for the subsystem this block is in. If I change what is in the brackets to anything other than a number in the allowable range, the input port just disappears.

Answer 1

[Jill]

I have fixed the problem. I had a variable name mismatch and rather than issuing an error, it just got rid of the input port. Once I used the correct name, the input port remained.

There is an additional problem that I encountered and that is that you cannot put the CAN transmit block for this device into a masked subsystem. The vehicle network toolkit has this same problem and it has a bug report out on it. Can anyone verify that this is indeed a bug in the xPC CAN transmit for softing CAN-AC2-PCI. When you mask the subsystem it is in, and try to use the variable name of a mask parameter for the identifier in the CAN transmit, it gives the following error "undefined function or variable".