How to control a can bus device

Hi Sir,

I did not experienced can bus device control, but it seems it is very common for automotive.

Thus I want to know the logic clearly:

1. Firstly the PC or laptop need a can card, or a convertor, just like the GPIB card and usb to GPIB convertor, right ?

2. Secondly, after i install the labview, i did not see any "can bus" function, so we need to install third-party lib ?

3. After the above action, we can find the ID in Ni-MAX, then we can communicate the device by the commands of off-the-shelf(provided by supplier) ?

Thanks.