Hardware: hw Experiment: exp Window

The window title bar shows the open workspace and the experiment in use.

This window contains the following components:

1 Menubar

The Hardware: hw Experiment: exp window contains the following menus:

File menu

This menu contains the following functions:

Open experiment environment

Opens the Experiment: exp Hardware: hw window in which you can configure the experiment environment. If the window is already open, it is brought to the foreground.

The Hardware: hw Experiment: exp window remains open.

Go to INCA Main Window

Changes to the INCA main window.

The Hardware: hw Experiment: exp window remains open.

Protocol of configuration

Opens a browser window for displaying the configuration report.

The configuration report documents all devices and their parameters in the workspace.

Note
The configuration report of the hardware configuration editor is also included in the configuration report of the experiment environment.

Exits the hardware configuration editor.

If you make changes to the hardware configuration, these changes are accepted immediately and do not have to be saved.

Hardware menu

This menu contains the following functions:

Search for Hardware

Opens a dialog box for interface selection and searches for connected hardware.

If connected hardware is found, the Search for connected devices dialog box opens. You can then select the hardware with which you want to work in the current workspace.

If two or more hardware devices of the same type are found, the Hardware Mapping dialog box opens. You can accept or change the connections suggested by INCA.

Initialize Hardware

Initializes all hardware added to the current workspace.

The ECU has to be reset before initialization. If the ECU is running, switch off the ignition.

If the memory pages of the control device are not updated, the Memory pages device window opens.

Initializes Unconnected Devices

Initializes devices that are not yet connected.

Hardware Mapping

Opens the Hardware Mapping dialog box, in which you can map hardware to hardware representations created in INCA.

ECU Calibration Access

Enables or prevents calibration access to the device marked in the Hardware devices list.

The calibration of the device is possible only if you have calibration access to the device.

Active Device Group

Defines whether the control device group is activated or deactivated.

An activated device group enables joint calibration of all control devices in the group. A deactivated device group enables separate calibration of each control device.

Manage Store Bits

Note
This menu function is available only if the calibration is run via a CCP interface that supports the respective functionality.

Requests the control device to copy the working dataset to the reference dataset. This process usually takes place later (during the switchoff logic).

Hardware Status

Displays the current hardware status.

The hardware is initialized before its status is displayed.

Start Measure Monitoring

Starts the measure monitoring.

Stop Measure Monitoring

Stops the measure monitoring.

Note
The measurement monitor can only be used with measuring devices.

Automatic Sensor Offset Adaption

Starts automatic sensor offset compensation.

Search for 3rd Party Hardware

If a plug-in module from a third-party manufacturer is installed, you can search for the hardware of this manufacturer here.

Check Firmware Status

Checks the firmware status of the hardware that is used by INCA and connected.

Note
Firmware checks from within INCA require HSP V7.1.0 or higher. Automatic firmware checks (without displaying the HSP Update Tool) require HSP V9.0.0 or higher. Firmware checks are only possible for hardware that is fully supported by HSP.

Note

Firmware checks from within INCA require HSP V7.1.0 or higher.
Automatic firmware checks (without displaying the HSP Update Tool) require HSP V9.0.0 or higher.

Firmware checks are only possible for hardware that is fully supported by HSP.

Update Firmware

Opens the HSP Update Tool in order to check whether the firmware on the ETAS hardware devices that are connected and referenced in the INCA hardware configuration, is compatible with the current INCA version. If the firmware needs to be updated, you can start the firmware update directly from the HSP Update Tool.

Note
This function requires HSP V7.1.0 or higher. Firmware updates are only possible for hardware that is fully supported by HSP.

Note

This function requires HSP V7.1.0 or higher.

Firmware updates are only possible for hardware that is fully supported by HSP.

Device menu

This Hardware Configuration Editor menu contains the following functions:

Insert

Opens the Add hardware device dialog box in which you can add one or more devices to the current workspace.

Remove

Removes the device currently marked in the Hardware devices list from the current workspace.

Note
This is not possible with an open experiment. You must close the experiment before you can remove a device.

Shift Up

Shifts the device currently marked in the Hardware devices list up by one position.

Shift Down

Shifts the device currently marked in the Hardware devices list down by one position.

Copy

Copies the measure device marked in the Hardware devices list to the clipboard.

Paste

Pastes the measure device from the clipboard to the Hardware devices list.

Initialize Device

Initializes or re-initializes only the selected device.

Change Project/Working Data

Opens the Select project and working data for device dialog box in which you can select another project and/or working dataset for the device selected in the Hardware devices list.

Deassign Project/Working Data

Deassigns the assigned project from the device selected in the Hardware devices list. This means that only the link to the project is removed, and not the project itself.

Navigate to Project in INCA Main Window

Navigates from a device to the assigned project in the Project view of the Database Manager.

Freeze Working Data

Stores the current working dataset as a new reference dataset and creates a new working dataset.

Manage Memory Pages

Opens the Memory pages device window in which you can display, compare and edit the INCA datasets and the memory pages in the control device.

Clustering and Grouping

Displays the Clustering and Grouping tab.

Read ECU ID

Reads the control device identifier.

Replace System

Replaces one system by another (e.g., at vehicle change):

When you select a system from the sub-menu, the system that is marked in the tree view of the Hardware devices field gets replaced with the system selected from the sub-menu.
When you select Search from the sub-menu, a dialog box is opened where you can select the host interfaces that shall be used for searching for hardware. After closing that dialog by clicking OK, INCA searches at these interfaces for the connected systems. Select a system from the list, and the system that is marked in the tree view of the Hardware devices field gets replaced with the system selected from the list.

Search/Assign XCP Slaves

If you use XCP Slave (V1.3 or later) on Ethernet, it can happen that the slave can not be found. In this case or if you want to assign another slave manually, you can search for it. For more details, see Search or Assign a XCP Slave.

Set Alias Name

Creates an internal name in the device. This helps you to distinguish between devices of the same type in the device selection dialog box.

You can also list connected devices by their assigned aliases if you are searching for connected hardware via the Windows Start menu and the ETAS program group.

Use Alias as Name

Uses the alias name as name.

Identify Device

Enables identification of devices in the vehicle by a flashing LED.

Import Measurement Scheme...

Imports measurement schemes from a CSV file to the INCA Hardware Configuration Editor.

Export Measurement Scheme...

Exports measurement schemes from the INCA Hardware Configuration Editor to a CSV file.

2 Toolbar

The toolbar contains the following icons:

Searches for connected hardware for INCA.

If connected hardware is found, the Search for connected devices dialog box opens. You can then select the hardware with which you want to work in the current workspace.

If two or more hardware devices of the same type are found, the Hardware Mapping dialog box opens. You can accept or change the connections suggested by INCA.

Checks and initializes the hardware in the current workspace.

If the memory pages of the control device are not updated, the Memory pages devicewindow opens.

Indicates that all hardware is active. Via the drop-down menu, you can deactivate selected modules.

Indicates that some hardware modules are deactivated. Via the drop-down menu, you can reactivate selected modules or all modules.

Opens the Hardware Mapping dialog box, in which you can map hardware to hardware representations created in INCA.

Enables or prevents calibration access to the device marked in the Hardware devices list.

Displays the current hardware status.

If the hardware has not yet been initialized, it is initialized now.

Opens the Add hardware device dialog box in which you can add one or more devices to the current workspace.

Removes the device currently marked in the Hardware devices list from the current workspace.

Note
This is not possible with an open experiment. You must close the experiment before you can remove a device.

Opens the Select project and working data for device dialog box in which you can select another project and/or another working dataset for the device marked in the Hardware devices list.

Reads the control device identifier.

You can make these settings only if you have connected the control device via a serial interface with KWP2000 as communication protocol.

Opens the Memory pages device window in which you can display, compare and edit the INCA datasets and the memory pages in the control device.

Opens the Experiment: exp Hardware: hw window in which you can configure the experiment environment. If the window is already open, it is placed in the foreground.

The Hardware: hwExperiment:exp window remains open.

Changes to the INCA main window.

The Hardware: hwExperiment:exp window remains open.

Starts the measurement monitor.

Stops the measurement monitor.

Starts automatic sensor offset compensation.

Gives access to the Network Manager via the Hardware: hwExperiment:exp window.

5 Tabs

Depending on the device currently marked in the Hardware devices list, the window can have the following tabs:

Clustering and Grouping tab

To go to this tab, in the Device menu select Clustering and Grouping.

This tab contains the Clustering and Grouping table:

Name

Shows the name of the device from the Hardware devices list.

Cluster

Assigns a cluster for the device. You cluster selected control devices to switch multiple devices between working page and reference page within the INCA Experiment Environment. All devices of a cluster switch their pages together.

You can define the following:

Defines a new cluster.

Assigns no cluster.

A, B, ...

Assigns an existing cluster.

	If the cluster name is marked bold, this device is the leading device. It defines either the working page or the reference page which is defined at the beginning of the clustering.
	If the cluster name shows a warning sign, only one device is assigned.

Note

The control device can only be clustered

if the control device contains two pages.
if the control device is not grouped.

Leading Device

Defines the leading device. The leading device defines the initial start page of all control devices in this cluster. If the control devices in a cluster have different start pages, all ECUs will be set to the start page of the leading control device while loading the Experiment Environment.

Grouped

Shows whether this control device is grouped with another control device. Associating control devices in a group enables joint calibration of all control devices in the group.

Grouped	Groups control devices.
Not grouped	Ungroups control devices.

Note
The control device can only be grouped if the control device is not clustered.

Channels tab

This tab contains the following fields and buttons:

Name

Shows the name of the device marked in the Hardware devices list.

Channels table

Contains settings for the different channels of a device. You can change the channel settings.

Text field

Contains a brief description of the marked channel.

Assign

Opens a dialog box in which you can assign measurement variables to the channels of a device.

Note
The Assign button is active only if a measurement variable catalog is assigned to the device and at least one channel is selected.

Apply

Accepts changes to the channel settings for the device marked in the Hardware devices list.

Reset

Undoes changes to the channel settings for the device marked in the Hardware devices list.

After changing to another device, you can no longer undo changes with Reset.

Sensor Supply tab (for ES611/AD measurement device only)

Note
This tab is displayed only if you select the ES611/AD measurement device from the ES6xx device family in the Hardware devices list.

This tab contains the following fields and buttons:

Name

Shows the name of the device marked in the Hardware devices list.

Sensor supply table

Contains parameters for the sensor supply of the sensors. You can change the parameter values.

Text field

Contains a brief description of the marked sensor supply parameter.

Assign

Note
The Assign button is active only if a measurement variable catalog is assigned to the device and at least one channel is selected.

The Assign button open a dialog box in which you can assign measurement variables to the device channels.

Apply

Accepts changes to the sensor supply parameters.

Reset

Undoes changes to the sensor supply parameters.

After changing to another device, you can no longer undo changes with Reset.

Pre/Post lists tab (for CAN output devices only)

Note
This tab is displayed only if you select a CAN output device in the Hardware devices list.

This tab contains the following fields and buttons:

Option column

Pre-List	A list of CAN messages required by the CAN measure device for starting measurement.
Post-List	A list of CAN messages required by the CAN measure device for ending measurement.

Note
Measurement is not started/stopped until the complete pre-list/post-list has been sent. The more CAN messages in the list, and the greater the delay value of individual CAN messages, the greater the total delay. You can reduce the delay by entering a lower value for the delay in the pre-list/post-list.

Value column

Displays the message list name of the pre-list/post-list.

Text field

Displays a brief description.

Clear selected list assignment

Deletes the assignment between the pre-list/post-list and the selected file.

Apply

Accepts selected files as pre-list/post-list.

Reset

Resets the selection of pre-lists/post-lists that you defined with the Apply button.

After changing to another device, you cannot reset changes with the Reset button.

Main lists tab·(for CAN output devices only)

Note
This tab is displayed only if you select a CAN output device in the Hardware devices list.

This tab contains the following fields and buttons:

Index column

Shows the digit for hotkey-sending the CAN message list in the experiment environment.

Main list column

Displays the file names of the main lists with the CAN message lists. The main lists can be sent in the experiment environment.

Repetition option column

Defines the repetition option for each main list.

Send once	The CAN message list is sent once only.
Repeat forever	The CAN message list is sent continuously. You stop sending the CAN message list manually or by closing the experiment environment.

Text field

Displays a brief description.

Clear selected list assignment

Deletes the assignment between the main list and the selected file.

Apply

Defines the selected file as main list.

Reset

Resets the selection of the main list that you defined with the Apply button.

After changing to another device, you cannot reset changes with the Reset button.

Main lists context menu

This menu contains the following functions:

Shift up main list

Moves the selected main list up one line.

Shift down main list

Moves the selected main list down one line.

Exchange main lists

Swaps selected main lists.

Note
This function is available only if you select two main lists. To select two main lists, keep the Ctrl key pressed during selection. You cannot select more than two main lists.

Clear selected list assignment

Deletes the assignment between the main list and the selected file.