# CAN Communication to Ignition **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition81, perspective\ **Created:** [March 19, 2024, 6:20am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-communication-to-ignition/87533 "2024-03-19T06:20:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Adarsh\_Shelar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f07891/32.png) [@Adarsh\_Shelar](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Adarsh_Shelar)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 6:20am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-communication-to-ignition/87533/1 "2024-03-19T06:20:10Z")
Hi Connection, 1, **Is there possible to connect CAN protocol to Ignition Gateway?** 2. **it possible to read CAN data if we use CAN to ethernet converter?** Thanks For the Advance Adarsh 👋 ✨ ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 11:17am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-communication-to-ignition/87533/2 "2024-03-19T11:17:33Z")
No, Ignition doesn't understand CAN at all. Due to typical CAN bus pacing, I'd use a high-speed protocol like class 1 EtherNet/IP (with my 3rd party driver) with a suitably configured gateway. I've handled J1939 on CAN in this manner with the ADFweb product (who added some firmware features for me) here: [https://www.adfweb.com/home/products/EthernetIP\_J1939.asp?frompg=nav16\_5](https://www.adfweb.com/home/products/EthernetIP_J1939.asp?frompg=nav16_5) They have other CAN support, which I would expect to be equally good. (There are many options from big players, too, but I doubt you could get them customized.) ---
**Author:** ![mazeyrat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mazeyrat/32/10955_2.png) [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 1:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-communication-to-ignition/87533/3 "2024-03-19T13:19:47Z")
Perhaps @christofer.dutz with plc4x would be able in future to add a driver for CAN protocol do ignition: [https://plc4x.apache.org/users/protocols/genericcan.html](https://plc4x.apache.org/users/protocols/genericcan.html) ---
**Author:** ![christofer.dutz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/christofer.dutz/32/76634_2.png) [@christofer.dutz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/christofer.dutz)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-communication-to-ignition/87533/4 "2024-03-19T13:34:28Z")
Yeah ... even if I haven't tried it, Lukasz just recently updated that driver quite a bit. Maybe I should get a can-device so I can play around with it a bit. But in general: I think the Igntion community would probably highly welcome an Igntion Apache PLC4X module. Only problem I see, is that nobody's willing to finance any work on it and I have to do it in my free time. ---
**Author:** ![mazeyrat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mazeyrat/32/10955_2.png) [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-communication-to-ignition/87533/5 "2024-03-19T13:35:16Z")
Long time ago, for Ignition 7.6, I remenber I had created a basic driver based on this device for CAN RAW communications > **[PCAN-USB: PEAK-System](https://www.peak-system.com/PCAN-USB.199.0.html?&L=1&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw7-SvBhB6EiwAwYdCAb1fP9hLtB0RT6pmhI1IwMkGu1rpRGF5LAqnV2NmOJDfgqOp8Lon_xoCgiIQAvD_BwE)** > > CAN interface for USB They provided some Java bindings (based on PCANBasic.dll, PCANBasic\_JNI.dll) ---
**Author:** ![JDLee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@JDLee](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JDLee)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-communication-to-ignition/87533/6 "2025-01-07T18:49:21Z")
Interested to know if anyone has used the PEAK system on a CAN FD bus. > **[PCAN-USB FD: PEAK-System](https://www.peak-system.com/PCAN-USB-FD.365.0.html?&L=1)** > > CAN FD interface for USB Thanks for responding in advance. Jonathan ---
**Author:** ![Glen\_Fry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f1d935/32.png) [@Glen\_Fry](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Glen_Fry)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 10:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-communication-to-ignition/87533/7 "2025-01-07T22:58:40Z")
Check out Beckhoff's CX7050 (Master) and CX7051 (Slave) devices. As per any other device there will be some config. Ignition should be able to connect via OPCUA. ---
**Author:** ![r.popeszku](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/51bf81/32.png) [@r.popeszku](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/r.popeszku)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-communication-to-ignition/87533/8 "2025-03-03T18:30:17Z")
Has anyone tried to use this one via OPC-UA? [Gateway / Bridge J1939 / OPC UA](https://www.adfweb.com/Home/products/J1939_OPCua.asp?frompg=nav9_32)