The Linux kernel that supports the driver we're about to install is 5.4.207.
Check the kernel version using uname -r then we download the driver from esd.eu repository and build it with make command.

If the kernel version is greater than 5.4.207, you must compile it from the source.

wget https://esd.eu/fileadmin/esd/software/drivers/can/linux/c402/esdcan-pcie402-linux-x86_64-4.1.4.tgz

cd esdcan-pcie402-linux-x86_64-4.1.4

make

After a successful build you should find a file that ends with .ko

Move this file to the corrosponding Kernel moudles directory.

 sudo cp esdcan-pcie402.ko /lib/modules/5.4.207/

In the same directory, lib subdirectory you'll find a file libntcan.so.x.x.x . Move this file to a standard shared library directory.

sudo cp libntcan.so.4.2.9 /usr/local/lib64

ldconfig -n /usr/local/lib64

You can find the test files to send and recieve can messages using esdcan pci adopter in our git repository .

git clone https://git.hs-coburg.de/Testfahrzeug_LuCCa/esdcan.git
cd esdcan

Run the following command to compile the source files.

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
sudo make install

If the build process went smoothly, you should find the executables in build/bin sub-directory. you can cd into the directory and run the programs.

./canreceive

./cansend

NOTE: : Do not forget to connect the pcan device using a terminator adopter to the computer.