Issue with sparkfun CAN-shield connected to Arduino Uno

I have a system which is configured with a Arduino Uno and sparkfuns CAN-bus shield.

A PEAK usb-can dongle is connected to the CAN-bus shield and is used to verify the messages that is sent received by the CAN-shield. Windows 10 with PCAN-view is used on the computerside.

It works fine to send CAN-messages from PCAN-view to the sparkfuns CAN-shield.

But when trying to send CAN-messages from the CAN-shield it works very bad. CAN-messages are very seldom seen in PCAN-view program. Sometime the same message is printed in PCAN-view program even though there is a counter updated in the data. This counter is not changed in the message.

The CAN-bus is terminated with 120ohms.

Examples from the sparkfuns github is used, GitHub - sparkfun/SparkFun_CAN-Bus_Arduino_Library

Any ideas of what could be wrong?

Here is the write example that is used:

/****************************************************************************
CAN Write Demo for the SparkFun CAN Bus Shield. 

Written by Stephen McCoy. 
Original tutorial available here: http://www.instructables.com/id/CAN-Bus-Sniffing-and-Broadcasting-with-Arduino
Used with permission 2016. License CC By SA. 

Distributed as-is; no warranty is given.
*************************************************************************/

#include <Canbus.h>
#include <defaults.h>
#include <global.h>
#include <mcp2515.h>
#include <mcp2515_defs.h>

//********************************Setup Loop*********************************//

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  Serial.println("CAN Write - Testing transmission of CAN Bus messages");
  delay(1000);
  
  if(Canbus.init(CANSPEED_500))  //Initialise MCP2515 CAN controller at the specified speed
    Serial.println("CAN Init ok");
  else
    Serial.println("Can't init CAN");
    
  delay(1000);
}

//********************************Main Loop*********************************//

void loop() 
{
tCAN message;

        message.id = 0x631; //formatted in HEX
        message.header.rtr = 0;
        message.header.length = 8; //formatted in DEC
        message.data[0] = 0x40;
	message.data[1] = 0x05;
	message.data[2] = 0x30;
	message.data[3] = 0xFF; //formatted in HEX
	message.data[4] = 0x00;
	message.data[5] = 0x40;
	message.data[6] = 0x00;
	message.data[7] = 0x00;

mcp2515_bit_modify(CANCTRL, (1<<REQOP2)|(1<<REQOP1)|(1<<REQOP0), 0);
mcp2515_send_message(&message);

delay(1000);
}

Here is the read code that is used:

/****************************************************************************
CAN Read Demo for the SparkFun CAN Bus Shield. 

Written by Stephen McCoy. 
Original tutorial available here: http://www.instructables.com/id/CAN-Bus-Sniffing-and-Broadcasting-with-Arduino
Used with permission 2016. License CC By SA. 

Distributed as-is; no warranty is given.
*************************************************************************/

#include <Canbus.h>
#include <defaults.h>
#include <global.h>
#include <mcp2515.h>
#include <mcp2515_defs.h>

//********************************Setup Loop*********************************//

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600); // For debug use
  Serial.println("CAN Read - Testing receival of CAN Bus message");  
  delay(1000);
  
  if(Canbus.init(CANSPEED_500))  //Initialise MCP2515 CAN controller at the specified speed
    Serial.println("CAN Init ok");
  else
    Serial.println("Can't init CAN");
    
  delay(1000);
}

//********************************Main Loop*********************************//

void loop(){

  tCAN message;
if (mcp2515_check_message()) 
	{
    if (mcp2515_get_message(&message)) 
	{
        //if(message.id == 0x620 and message.data[2] == 0xFF)  //uncomment when you want to filter
             //{
               
               Serial.print("ID: ");
               Serial.print(message.id,HEX);
               Serial.print(", ");
               Serial.print("Data: ");
               Serial.print(message.header.length,DEC);
               for(int i=0;i<message.header.length;i++) 
                {	
                  Serial.print(message.data[i],HEX);
                  Serial.print(" ");
                }
               Serial.println("");
             //}
           }}

}

You need ACKs.
https://forum.peak-system.com/viewtopic.php?t=1777

Thanks for your fast reply!
I already tried with both "normal" mode and silent mode. It was equal unstable...
And I assume that normal mode is when the "silent mode" checkbox is unchecked?!

mikb55:
You need ACKs.
https://forum.peak-system.com/viewtopic.php?t=1777