Parameters for ETK

Enter any name for the system.

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.

This specifies whether timestamps are to be rounded or not.

If rounding is enabled, the precision is determined according the following rule:

Divide the acquisition rate by 10 and round to the next smaller power of 10.

Example:

If the connection between INCA and the hardware module is interrupted and then restored, you can specify whether the required reinitialization is to be done manually or automatically.

• Prompt for reinitialize

  After the connection is restored, a dialog will prompt you whether you want to reinitialize the hardware or not.

  This option is the default.

• Reinitialize automatically

  After the connection is restored, the hardware is reinitialized automatically.

• Reinitialize automatically and download the working page

  After the connection is restored, the hardware is reinitialized automatically. INCA checks whether the checksums in INCA and in the ECU are still equal. If the checksums differ, INCA automatically downloads the dataset to the ECU.

  This option is particularly useful for MCD3 operation, where different checksums resulting from a connection loss would interrupt the operation.

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.

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

You cannot edit this field.

Automatically defines whether the current working dataset is to be the new reference dataset when you close the calibration session or experiment.

• Automatic Flash Back

  The contents of the working page of the ECU are automatically copied to the reference page, and the working page in the database becomes the new reference page.

  During copying, a dialog opens in which you define a name for the new read-only dataset.

• No Automatic Flash Back

  The current working dataset is not saved as the new reference dataset.

Shows the current transmission rate.

The transmission rate is defined in the project file. Different transmission rates are supported, depending on the ETK type and the PC interface used. For example, the new ETK types (Ethernet) support 16 different acquisition rasters and a maximum transmission rate of 100 Mbit/s.

You cannot edit this field.

Defines how the memory page contents for the ECU and the experiment are checked during initialization.

• Always check

  The checksums from the memory page contents for the ECU and the experiment are calculated during initialization.

• Check if needed

  The memory page contents are downloaded directly from the ECU and the experiment during initialization.

• Never check

  The memory page content's checksums for the ECU and the experiment are not calculated during the initialization.

Enter a value (in seconds) for the timeout.

Following timeout, the program aborts overwriting the ETK flash with the data from the working page and/or the reference page.

Select here the interface for flash programming using the integrated tool ProF.

The selection is independent of the employed hardware.

With block mode capable devices, a greater number of variables can be selected for measurement than with other devices that are not block mode capable. To make sure that during experiment preparation the actual limitations of the hardware will be considered correctly, you can use this parameter to activate an automatic raster limitation. This is both important when preparing an experiment offline as well as when reusing an experiment with different hardware devices.

• MAC2/VPSI limitation

  Enables automatic raster limitation. This setting makes sure that experiments configured in INCA can later on be used with MAC2.

• check enhanced limits

  Disables automatic raster limitation.

Defines the ETK index number assigned to the selected ETK; the ETKs are indexed from left to right.

This index number helps to distinguish between ETKs if more than one is connected.

You can connect a maximum of four ETKs.

Defines whether a confirmation is necessary before the program switches to the checksum calculation page.

• Yes

  Additional confirmation is necessary before the program switches to the checksum calculation page.

• No

  No additional confirmation is necessary before the program switches to the checksum calculation page.

If a bypass setup uses measurement rasters for prototyping purposes, conflicts in ECU access can arise between INCA and the prototyping application.

To avoid such conflicts, you can define in this option whether measurement rasters are allocated for INCA measurement automatically, even if they are in use by another application.

Defines the memory page active following the start of the control unit if you have not connected an application device. The function enables you to avoid inconsistent data states between INCA and the control unit when switching memory pages.

• last active page

  The memory page most recently active remains active.

• always working page

  The working page becomes active.

• always reference page

  The reference page becomes active.

Defines whether the control unit can be activated without starting the motor, so that you can configure measurement and make calibrations without switching on the ignition.

• enabled

  The application device activates the control unit and keeps it operational.

• disabled

  The control unit is not activated by the application device.

Enables/disables calibration access to the ECU.

Enable this function to be able to modify calibration values in the ECU. For pure measurement tasks, you do not need calibration access.

Address offset to be added to the addresses of all calibration variables.

This allows for accessing different variants within a data version.

Specifies the byte order that will be used for the checksum calculation. This is necessary to make sure that INCA calculates the same checksum as the ECU itself. The following byte order formats are available:

• Motorola
• Intel
• Use MOD_COMMON

Determines whether OFFLINE_DATA memory segments are included in the checksum calculation.

If you set this option to No, the behavior prior to INCA 6.2.1 will be restored.

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.

Shows information about this module type.

Determines the behavior if a code check detects errors:

• Permanent reset

  The ECU will be reset (Reset).

• No reset

  The normal operation of the ECU will be continued (no reset).

Defines the memory page active following the start of the control unit if you have not connected an application device. The function enables you to avoid inconsistent data states between INCA and the control unit when switching memory pages.

• last active page

  The memory page most recently active remains active.

• always working page

  The working page becomes active.

• always reference page

  The reference page becomes active.

Defines whether the control unit can be activated without starting the motor, so that you can configure measurement and make calibrations without switching on the ignition.

• enabled

  The application device activates the control unit and keeps it operational.

• disabled

  The control unit is not activated by the application device.

Determines which device is used for flashing via the ODX interface. You can select from the list any device that is capable of flashing, added to the hardware configuration and that has an ODX project assigned to it.

Determines whether the device is to be used only for measuring and calibration or also for flashing.