Configuration Tab

In the toolbar of the Variables Configuration tab, the following groups of functions are available:

1. Add Elements
2. Delete Filters
3. Variable Filters
4. Display Window Type
5. Information window
6. Settings for Variable Selection
7. Help for variable selection dialog box

1. Add Elements

To add elements to the experiment, the following Functions are available:

2. Delete Filters

3. Variable Filters

To filter the list of variables by variable type, the toolbar provides the following functions:

Selection Status

Filters in the Selection Status group filter the list of variables with respect to the selection status.

	All variables neither added to an experiment nor selected in the current variable list are displayed.
	All variables added to an experiment are displayed.
	All variables selected in the current variable list are displayed.

Class

Filters in the Class group filter the list of variables with respect to the class to which the variables belong.

Type

Filters in the Type group filter the list of variables with respect to the variable types.

Virtual

Filters in the Virtual group filter the list of variables with respect to real variables and virtual variables.

Inactive

The filter in the Inactive group filters the list of inactive variables shown grayed out and marked with the following overlay icon.

No-match

The filter in the no-match group filters the list of no-match variables shown grayed out and marked with the following overlay icon.

4. Display Window Type

To filter the experiment structure by measure/calibration windows, the toolbar provides the following filters of the Display Window Type group:

	Use this filter to view Measure Windows.
	Use this filter to view Measure Tables.
	Use this filter to view Calibration Windows.
	Use this filter to view Scalar Table Editors.
	Use this filter to view Combined Editors.
	Use this filter to view Calibration Scenario Editors.
	Use this filter to view YT-Oscilloscopes.
	Use this filter to view XY-Oscilloscopes.
	Use this filter to view Delta Bar Charts.
	Use this filter to view Signal Distribution Charts.
	Use this filter to view Sortable Lists.
	Use this filter to view Absolute Value Bar Charts.

5. Information window

6. Settings for Variable Selection

7. Help for variable selection dialog box

There are two different tabs in the Variables Configuration pane:

• Experiment: Displays your current experiment with all measure/calibration windows and variables.
• Sources: Display all ECU devices and their functions.
  • Clicking on a function acts as a filter.
  • Clicking on a raster displays all variables contained in a raster and in the experiment.

Context Menu

To open the context menu, right-click.

Add Layer

Adds a new layer to the experiment.

Add Widget

Adds a new measure or calibration window to the experiment.

Make Variables Active

Sets all variables of the layer to active.

Make Variables Inactive

Sets all variables of the layer to inactive.

Note
In the experiment window, the icon is displayed next to the layer name to show that all variables in this layer are inactive variables.

Change Widget To

Changes the type of a measure or a calibration window.

Select All Instances

Selects all instances of an element.

Cut

Moves an element to the clipboard.

Copy

Creates a copy of an element on the clipboard.

Paste

Inserts an element from the clipboard.

Delete

Deletes an element.

Rename

Renames an element.

Create LAB File

Creates a LAB file for widgets of the same type. You can not create LAB files for single variables.

Expand All

Opens all tree levels below the selected layer and shows the subordinate windows and variables.

Collapse All

Closes all tree levels below the selected layer and shows only the layer.

Move Up

Moves an element in the experiment structure up by one step.

Move Down

Moves an element in the experiment structure down by one step.

Preselect <Variable Type>

It defines which variable type should be displayed in a measure/calibration window.

Reassign All to Predefined Rasters

Adapts the rasters in the current experiment to the rasters from a new A2L file. INCA checks and reassigns all measure variables to the new predefined raster. Useful for multi-core ECUs where rasters are defined for each core.

Variable Search

With the Variable Search in the tabs Display Configuration and Variables Configuration, you can search the experiment structure for variables in the Display Configuration or Variables Configuration tab by entering the name of the variable or using the wildcard function. This type of search is an advantage if the exact name of the variable is unknown or if a number of variables with similar attributes are searched for.

The recording status of variables and the raster can be defined in the Experiment pane.

The following information of the variables can be displayed:

• Variables Icons

  Displays the icons of the groups Class, Type and Writability/Readability.

• Name

  Displays the variables designations.

• Active

  Allows disabling or enabling a variable. If a variable is disabled, it is no longer displayed in the experiment environment, not recorded and not included in the raster check. If a variable is enabled again, it is displayed in the same measure/calibration window and with the same settings.

  Note

  You can also activate or inactivate all variables of a layer at once by right-clicking on the layer in the tree view and selecting Make variables active or Make variables inactive from the context menu. There are two different options to make variables inactive: All will deactivate all variables at the layer at once. Unique will only deactivate variables that are unique on this layer. Variables that are also used on other layers, won't be affected. If you are using an experiment with layers, you can easily see on the layer tab at the bottom of the Experiment window whether the layer contains inactive variables: If the layer contains both active and inactive variables, then the icon is displayed next to the layer name. If it contains only inactive variables, then the icon is displayed next to the layer name. The tooltip of the layer tab provides additional information on the inactive variables.

• Record Only

  Allows defining that a variable is recorded by the default recorder without being displayed in the experiment.

  Note
  If the variable is used in one or several measure/calibration windows, it is first identified by a red cross in the experiment structure of the Variable Selection dialog. If the dialog is closed with OK, the variable is removed from the measure/calibration windows. If Record Only is disabled again, the variables are displayed in a new measure/calibration window.

• Raster

  Allows defining the raster of a variable.

• =?

  Indicates whether the raster defined for the variable corresponds to the raster preselection.

• Predefined Raster

  Displays predefined rasters. Predefined rasters are rasters which an A2L project optionally defines for a variable.

• Default Recorder

  Allows defining that the variable is recorded with the default recorder. As such, it is also possible to record calibration variables.

  Note
  If additional recorder besides the default recorder are used in the experiment, they can also be displayed.

The information window contains detailed information on the raster and the variables.

Raster details

In this field, the filling level in percent of the corresponding raster is shown. As soon as the maximum filling Level of the raster is reached, you cannot assign any more variables to this raster. The permissible filling level is defined in the A2L file of the device in question.

Variable details

The variable details of the marked variables are displayed in this box. Variable details are for example:

• Name
• Variable type (e.g. measured variable, calibration, etc.)
• Device affiliation
• Type (e.g. curve, map, etc.)