User Options: Hardware Tab
To go to this tab, click the User Options
button and select the Hardware
tab.
You can make the following settings for measurement and calibration hardware:
Parallel hardware initialization
Specifies whether the hardware is initialized sequentially or in parallel.
Yes
Activates parallel hardware initialization of ECU interfaces. The advantage of parallel initialization is that the hardware initialization process is faster. The target setup, the checksum calculation, and the download are performed by INCA in parallel for each hardware device.
The activities of all ECUs are displayed in one common progress dialog box. Status display, user information, and error messages are displayed for every individual hardware.
No
Activates sequential hardware initialization. Use this setting to preserve the behavior of previous INCA versions.
Editing channel numbers
Specifies the behavior when the channel number of a measurement channel in the channel configuration editor is edited.
Exchange channels
The selected channel is swapped with the target channel.
Shift channels
The selected channel is moved to the target channel, the other channels are shifted one position up or down.
This setting becomes valid when opening the Hardware Configuration Editor the next time.
Specifies the ECU memory page that is active after initialization.
Current ECU page
The preset ECU page remains active.
Reference page
The ECU reference page becomes active.
Working page
The ECU working page becomes active.
This setting is applied the next time when hardware gets initialized.
Opens the Verify checksum dialog box in which you define whether the checksum of the target and working base (working/reference/ code page) is verified automatically when the device is initialized. If the checksum verification for a memory page is deactivated, the program sets the corresponding page to read-only.
Note
If you enable dynamic emulation (user option OperationMode on the Limited Emu RAM tab), you must enable the checksum calculation for the working and reference page.
This setting is applied the next time when hardware gets initialized.
Automatic checksum calculation
Specifies whether an automatic checksum calculation is made after actions of the memory page management dialog.
This setting is applied the next time when hardware gets initialized.
ETK reset security
Defines the security level for resetting the ETK.
Changes in this setting become valid immediately.
Counter device mode recommended
Specifies whether optimum measurement mode of counter devices should be suggested every time a channel's measuring range or sample rate is edited.
Changes in this setting become valid when opening an experiment the next time; an open experiment must be closed and reopened for the option to become valid.
Count frequency factor
Minimum ratio of the counter device count frequency to the maximum signal frequency for period duration measurement mode to be suggested as the suitable mode (between 1 and 5000).
Changes in this setting become valid when opening an experiment the next time; an open experiment must be closed and reopened for the option to become valid.
Shows the current settings for checking timestamps for plausibility. If you click the box, the Time Stamp Plausibility Check dialog box opens in which you can modify the corresponding settings.
Changes in this setting become valid when opening an experiment the next time; an open experiment must be closed and reopened for the option to become valid.
Determines whether INCA shall check the firmware version each time a new hardware is initialized during the current INCA session.
Yes
When the hardware gets initialized, for example upon opening an experiment, INCA checks automatically the firmware status of the corresponding hardware and checks if firmware version and INCA version are compatible. The overall result of the firmware check will be indicated in the lower icon bar of the INCA Experiment Environment.
Note
Automatic firmware checks require HSP V9.0 or higher.
No
INCA does not perform an automatic firmware check.
Note
You can check and update the firmware status manually from the Hardware Configuration Editor or the Experiment Environment.
Store hardware device information in MDF measure file
Determines whether detailed information on the currently used devices is written to the measure file.
Changes in this setting become valid when opening an experiment the next time; an open experiment must be closed and reopened for the option to become valid.
Yes
INCA will use all available device information in the following way:
- The available device information will be shown in the parameter tabs in the Hardware Configuration Editor.
- The device information will be shown in the protocol of configuration (available in the Hardware Configuration Editor and in the Experiment Environment).
- Upon recording, the device information of the currently used hardware will be written to the measure file.
Note
The device information can only be written to the measure file if MDF 4.0 is selected as MDF File Type and if Automatic Firmware Check is activated.
No
INCA does not show detailed device information and does not write this information to the measure file.
Disable search for J2534 hardware
Disable the implicit search for J2534 devices, e.g. during HW initialization with F3 or when opening the experiment environment.
The new user options will be considered by INCA as follows:
Disable search for J2534 hardware J2534 used in HWC (INCA Project /Workspace) INCA search behavior Yes Yes Search on all interfaces including J2534 Yes No Search on other interfaces like USB, ethernet etc. excluding J2534 No Yes Search on all interfaces including J2534 No No Search on all interfaces including J2534 Vector VX config tool location
Opens a dialog box in which you can select the directory of the Vector VX coniguration tool.
Reinitialize after flashing
Determines the reinitialization behavior after a flash process that you started by the Memory Page Manager is completed.
All All devices that were uninitialized during the flash process are reinitialized.
Current Only the flashed device of the last ProF session is reinitialized. This option allows you to flash multiple (sibling) devices with a reduced number of reinitializations. Use this option to reduce the number of reinitializations, resulting in faster flash processes. Always ask
After each flash process is completed, the Confirm - Reinitialization Dialog Box dialog box opens, allowing you to choose from the options above.
Defaults for HWC settings
Opens the Defaults for HWC Settings dialog box, from which you can specify settings for newly added devices in the Hardware Configuration Editor.
See also
User Options for Hardware: Defaults for HWC Settings Dialog Box