Webinar: CAN Bus Diagnostics - Practical Troubleshooting for Real-World Networks

Troubleshooting issues on a CAN bus can be frustrating, especially when you don’t have the right tools or insight into what’s actually going wrong. In this free, on-demand webinar, Grid Connect’s CAN experts dive deep into real-world CAN network problems, showing you how to diagnose and fix them using a combination of multimeters, diagnostic tools, and protocol analysis.

Whether you're seeing bit errors, missing acknowledgments, or dealing with termination resistor problems, this session will equip you with practical tips and proven strategies. You’ll also get a live demo of three CAN diagnostic tools in action, and learn how to spot physical and protocol-level issues quickly and confidently.

This is the perfect starting point if you're looking to reduce downtime, prevent CAN failures, or upgrade your diagnostic workflow.

What You'll Learn

• Common causes of CAN bus errors, and how to spot them

• How to troubleshoot CAN with a multimeter (yes, it’s possible!)

• Why termination resistance matters, and how to test it properly

• How to measure CAN bus voltages and detect hardware damage

• What to do when you see stuff errors, bit errors, or no acknowledgments in PCAN View

• A hands-on look at diagnostic tools including:

  • PCAN-MiniDiag FD

  • PCAN-Diag 2

  • PCAN-Diag FD

• Differences between CAN 2.0 and CAN FD and how that affects your troubleshooting

• How to use PCAN View and PCAN Explorer 6 for protocol-level diagnostics

Who Should Register

This webinar is ideal for:

• Embedded and controls engineers working with CAN-based systems

• Field technicians and service engineers maintaining vehicles or industrial equipment

• Developers and integrators troubleshooting CAN communication between devices

• OEMs using CAN 2.0 or CAN FD looking to streamline field support and diagnostics

• Anyone struggling with hard-to-diagnose CAN errors or looking to upskill on CAN tools

Start time:
On Demand
Duration: 1 Hour