Can't receive status message via CAN bus

Hi IanG,
how did you manage to send messages via CAN? I have a setup with an arduino nano and an MCP2515 Module. I am sending an ID 0x0000033D for controlling the rpm of the node with the ID of 61. The message is in hex too: 3E800000 i have tried a lot of variations with the message but nothing works out. The setup in the vesc tool is: no app , send status and for the can mode I tried all options.
Looking forward to hear from you.

how did you manage to send messages via CAN? 

 I Use mcp_can.h library to handle the bus on an atmega2560 + mcp2515

#include "mcp_can.h"

declare the Enum of the Can Commands

// CAN commands
typedef enum {
  CAN_PACKET_SET_DUTY = 0,
  CAN_PACKET_SET_CURRENT,
  CAN_PACKET_SET_CURRENT_BRAKE,
  CAN_PACKET_SET_RPM,
  CAN_PACKET_SET_POS,
  CAN_PACKET_FILL_RX_BUFFER,
  CAN_PACKET_FILL_RX_BUFFER_LONG,
  CAN_PACKET_PROCESS_RX_BUFFER,
  CAN_PACKET_PROCESS_SHORT_BUFFER,
  CAN_PACKET_STATUS,
  CAN_PACKET_SET_CURRENT_REL,
  CAN_PACKET_SET_CURRENT_BRAKE_REL,
  CAN_PACKET_SET_CURRENT_HANDBRAKE,
  CAN_PACKET_SET_CURRENT_HANDBRAKE_REL,
  CAN_PACKET_STATUS_2,
  CAN_PACKET_STATUS_3,
  CAN_PACKET_STATUS_4,
  CAN_PACKET_PING,
  CAN_PACKET_PONG,
  CAN_PACKET_DETECT_APPLY_ALL_FOC,
  CAN_PACKET_DETECT_APPLY_ALL_FOC_RES,
  CAN_PACKET_CONF_CURRENT_LIMITS,
  CAN_PACKET_CONF_STORE_CURRENT_LIMITS,
  CAN_PACKET_CONF_CURRENT_LIMITS_IN,
  CAN_PACKET_CONF_STORE_CURRENT_LIMITS_IN,
  CAN_PACKET_CONF_FOC_ERPMS,
  CAN_PACKET_CONF_STORE_FOC_ERPMS,
  CAN_PACKET_STATUS_5
} CAN_PACKET_ID;

 create your own function and pass the Index and the value , pay attention to the number of byte required by the command, for example RPM and Duty need 32 Byte , 

comm_can_set_rpm(1,vesc_speed);      // ID 1 , vesc_speed float RPM

 create the packet to send 

void comm_can_set_rpm(uint8_t controller_id, float rpm) {
        int32_t send_index = 0;
        uint8_t buffer[4];
        buffer_append_int32(buffer, (int32_t)rpm, &send_index);

        CAN.sendMsgBuf(controller_id | ((uint32_t)CAN_PACKET_SET_RPM << 8), 1, send_index, buffer);
}

Use buffer append to split your float into 4 Byte 

void buffer_append_uint32(uint8_t* buffer, uint32_t number, int32_t *index) {
        buffer[(*index)++] = number >> 24;
        buffer[(*index)++] = number >> 16;
        buffer[(*index)++] = number >> 8;
        buffer[(*index)++] = number;
}

Hy guys, y tried what matrixgti propose without sucess, could you please add more details on the configuration of the vesc you use, details of complete source code to send commands and receive heartbeat . I 'am also using a MCP2515 so that setup shall be exactly the same. I checked signals with the scope and get what you can expect from a can protocol but so far, can't receive nor send anything to the vesc.