Module Parameters for Simulation Controller

Regardless of the E-Target hardware used, the parameterization described below is equally valid for all simulation controllers:

Enter any name for the hardware module.

Specifies how the system should react if the connection between INCA and the hardware module is interrupted at measuring start or during measurement.

  • Abort after failure

    The measurement using this hardware module will be terminated in any case of measurement failure (at measuring start or during measurement). The system does not try to reinitialize the hardware module. After the connection has been interrupted, you have to reinitialize manually.

    This option is appropriate when, e.g., the measured values are not essential for the experiment, as the module will be ignored after any failure. This option is the default.

  • Abort at start, try again later

    INCA stops measurement of this module in case of failure at measuring start, assuming the module is disconnected or has any systematic problem.

    It continues to try measurement in case of failure during the measurement assuming the failure is temporal and can be resolved via retries.

  • Retry always

    INCA continues to try measurement of this module in any case of measurement failure (at measuring start or during measurement).

    This option is useful if you want to conduct quick start or cold start measurements.

Specifies whether the program should start automatically right after the hardware has been initialized. This option is only available if no program version is stored in the flash memory.

  • Yes

    The program is started automatically right after the hardware has been initialized.

  • No

    The program is to be manually started later on from the experiment environment.

    Deactivate this and the next option if you want to resume a connection to a running experiment that was previously interrupted, in order to prevent the experiment from being reset after the connection has been established.

Determines whether the automatically generated empty initial dataset in the INCA database will be overwritten with code file’s initial values.

  • Yes

    The values of the code file will be written into the INCA data upon starting the experiment for the first time.

  • No

    The INCA data version is not automatically overwritten.

Specifies whether INCA performs an automatic dataset freeze after you flash the working page or not.

Yes

INCA performs an automatic dataset freeze after you flash the working page. That means, that INCA uses the current working page as new reference page and creates a copy to be used as working page dataset. After flashing, the checksums on the reference page between INCA and the E-Target are equal.

No

The datasets will be the same as before. After flashing, the checksums on the reference page usually differ between INCA and the E-Target.

Shows the name of the project used and the current working dataset.

To select a different project or working dataset: in the Value column, double-click the field next to Project/working data.

Shows the name of the reference dataset used.

The reference dataset is linked to the selected working dataset and must therefore not be changed here.

The working page / reference page concept is not supported by all E-Targets.

Shows the difference in bytes between the working dataset and the reference dataset.

You cannot edit this field.

The working page / reference page concept is not supported by all E-Targets.

Determines whether the memory page comparison method of the datasets is regular or fast.

Regular

The regular memory page comparison method counts the byte difference for working page and reference page datasets.

In the Experiment Environment Device Information bar, the differences are displayed as follows:

Diff.: 0

Indicates equal datasets.

Diff.: <n>

Any other number indicates the corresponding byte difference of the datasets.

Fast

The fast memory page comparison method only checks the memory page equality of the working page and reference page checksum. Use this option for very large datasets. After each calibration, the Experiment Environment Device Information list is updated faster.

In the Experiment Environment Device Information bar, the differences are displayed as follows:

Diff.: Equal

Indicates available checksum and equal datasets.

Diff.: Not equal

Indicates available checksum and that the datasets are not equal.

Diff.: Unknown

Indicates that there is no checksum before hardware initialization, no reference page or no confirmed calibration.

Note

You cannot edit the fields on the Info tab.

Shows information about this module type.

Shows information about this module type.

Displays information about connected devices found during the hardware search.

Shows information about the driver.

Shows information about the fill level.

Shows information about the manufacturer.

Shows information about the state of measurement.

Working in the Hardware Configuration Editor

Adding a Device

Changing Parameter Values