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If you try to write ifconfig - a do you see the can0 device

Did you look At the dmesg output.

Is the led light up on the interface.

Pcan view is a Windows Programm. Do you have Linux running

Check: Are CAN drivers part of your Linux environment? Open a terminal and type: grep PEAK_ /boot/config-uname -r

All PEAK drivers are listed (y = included in kernel, m = separate module) but this may not work in every Linux environment.

Check: Is the CAN device initialized? Open a terminal and type: lsmod | grep ^peak

If, for example, a USB-based CAN interface from PEAK is connected and initialized, the output will be at least one line starting with peak_usb.

Did you look at the manual from peak http://www.peak-system.com/fileadmin/media/linux/index.htm

If you try to write ifconfig - a do you see the can0 device

Did you look At the dmesg output.

Is the led light up on the interface.

Pcan view is a Windows Programm. Do you have Linux running

Check: Are CAN drivers part of your Linux environment? Open a terminal and type: type:

grep PEAK_ /boot/config-uname -r/boot/config-`uname -r`

 lsmod | grep ^peak
^peak