LABCAR-AUTOMATION 4.1 Release Notes
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1. 1 1 nennen nnne 8 er d iu mU 10 2 2 5 LABCAR AUTOMATION Packaging nnnn nnn nnns 11 3 Changes in LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 13 3 1 New Functionality in LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 eene nnnm nnn nnne nnns 13 3 2 Migration from LABCAR AUTOMATION 3 1 to LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 13 3 3 Solved Problems eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee nennen nennen nnn n nnne nasa 13 3 4 Known 155065 oer ev ERR RR REP Ey VET V RR eit Neira RR ER NE ER UYYREER SEE 14 3 4 1 Parallel Operation V3 1 and V4 1 and deinstallation of 4 1 14 3 4 2 Single element access for arrays in Model Access Datalogger 14 3 4 3 Experiment Environment 3 2 0 enne nnne nennen nnne nnne nn nnne nn nnns 15 3 4 4 Parallel usage of different LABCAR OPERATOR versions 15 3 4 5 Measurement of INCA indexed values 15 3 4 6 No calibration of TAB VERB array parameters 16 3 4 7 Maximal path length and special characters eeeeeeeeenenenenne memes 16 3 4 8 Maximal nesting depth in Automation Sequence Builder2. 16 3 4 9 Changed behavior of Copy amp Paste of hierarchies in SuTMapping Editor 16 3 4 10 Stencil Fault 1 11 ener reer sees nnne nnn nennen 17 3 4 11 no more supported er rr enne nennen nnnm nn nnn nnne nnn nn nennen nn 17 3 4 12 H L Addon no more available 2 1 1 4 4 nemen nnne 17 3 4 13 Debug Break in Test Handler nnn nnn i i i iii iii iin 17 3 4 14 PDF i aea EE E ia A Ea Rba Aa Ee 17 3 5 Well known room for improvements esses 17 4 InstalatioM II ER 18 4 1 Test Handler 18 4 2 Electronic Licensing nex ebbe ux d xus ER ECRRERRRLL anes 19 4 2 1 Electronic Licensing of a Service 19 4 3 Common used nn nnn nennen n nnn nnn nnne nnne nna 19 4 3 1 SuT Mapping File Editor 5 1 1 1 1 011 1 nnne nna 19 4 4 Installation of further nennen nnne n
3. LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 Release Notes 13 ETAS 3 4 3 4 1 3 4 2 Changes in LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 356919 LCA JD ASB Nested Sequence aborts unexpected LCA 4 0 0 SMF Editor 4 0 1 3 Fehler in SMF Editor Zuordnungen 360791 verschwinden ohne Grund EW LCA4 0 INVALID Device ETK nach Checksummenabgleich nach 361051 E Z ndungswechsel 367042 LCA4 0 0 Testmanager freezes 359278 LCA 4 0 0 Kryptische Fehlermeldung wegen falschem Toollabel im SMF LCA 3 5 1 INCA 7 0 INCA Gr Ben die eine Klammer im Namen 370784 enthalten k nnen nicht gemessen oder verstellt werden 359897 LCA 3 5 0 JD ASB ERROR Can not convert from to 368141 LCA 3 5 0 JD ASB ASB viel zu langsam 369020 DA Instrument Issues Read Write and Display 369157 Verify DTC stencil Issue ERROR Requested Service not found 356913 LCA JD ASB Nesting of blocks 354473 LCA 3 5 0 JD ASB f ngt Crash beim Einbinden fehlerhafter SMF Dateien nicht ab LCA4 0 0 PDF Report All links are absolute Not possible to use report on 355815 other computer or other storage path IXXAT ECI Driver Does Not Recover from BusOff Condition Status Flags 345038 Do Not Reset 352557 LCA Plot Curve scaling 353718 LCA Nested seqences Known Issues This section describes known problems of the released version 4 1 Parallel Operation V3 1 and V4 1 and deinstallation of V4 1 In case LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 has been used parallel to V3 1 and V4 1 is de installed again
4. e Label Handling e Function Subsequence handling e Usability New MDF Reader A detailed explanation of new features is available with the document LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 Whats New paf which can be found in the LABCAR AUTOMATION S start menu group and on the installation CD Migration from LABCAR AUTOMATION 3 1 to LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 Data structures from LABCAR AUTOMATION 3 1 projects must be converted to the current data structures Please be careful that projects that shall be opened with LABCAR AUTOMATION 3 1 may not be opened and saved with LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 x gt After opening a project with LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 x the project cannot be opened with previous versions 3 1 and earlier A detailed description of migration steps and hints regarding the change of version is available in the document LABCAR AUTOMATION From 3 1 to 3 2 pdf which can be found in the LABCAR AUTOMATION start menu group and on the installation CD Solved Problems The following problem reports EHI numbers have been addressed as of the predecessors of LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 LCA 3 5 0 JD Nested sequences bernehmen Variablen nicht Nested EERMERS sequences don t take over variables LCA 3 5 0 JD ASB V3 5 JD Some errors in compiler Some errors 354615 occured Check your Sequence please 354865 Nested Sequence Calls Sometimes Use Default Values 356076 Global Int Parameters in ASB Always Use Default Values Not Parameters
5. test case Only if for some reason e g manipulated verdict class a transition within the verdict class itself goes wrong an exception is thrown Register the parameter in the test case before loading Set the tool into the right state before starting the test or include a tool configuration into your test case Information can be found inside ATCL referential and the examples came with the installation of LABCAR AUTOMATION This is an internal error and can therefore not be 27 ETAS Error list Exception classes The conversion problem can either occur during the transformation to the SAR internal types or on the way back from the SAR internal data type to the TypeSutBase types ETAS LCA SAR Core Interfaces Ex if you try to create a port ceptions which instance name is not declared PortMissing in the test bench configuration file Exception LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 Release Notes provoked from within a test case Call LABCAR hotline to get support on this Correct the name inside test case or add the port into the test bench configuration file or correct its name therein 28 ETAS Error list LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 Release Notes 29 ETAS ETAS Contact Addresses 7 ETAS Contact Addresses ETAS HQ ETAS GmbH BorsigstraBe 14 Phone 49 711 89661 0 70469 Stuttgart Fax 49 711 89661 106 Germany WWW www etas com ETAS Subsidiaries and
6. 4 1 supports the customer by implementation of a flexible systematic and economic automation process which can be adapted to existing development processes at the customer With the provided well structured test method customer profit can be realized on a transparent and clear operation of the test system but also on a much better reuse of test cases This document describes the properties prerequisites and conventions for LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 All screenshots in this document containing version information like 3 3 3 4 or 3 5 are valid similar for the version 4 1 Conventions The following typographical conventions are used in this document CANTxMessage 590 Code snippets are presented on a gray background and in the Courier font Meaning and usage of each command are explained by means of comments The comments are enclosed by the usual syntax for comments Choose File gt Open Menu commands are shown in boldface Click OK Buttons are shown in boldface Press ENTER Keyboard commands are shown in angled brackets The Open File dialog box is Names of program windows dialog boxes fields etc are displayed shown in quotation marks Select the file setup exe Text in drop down lists on the screen program code as well as path and file names are shown in the Courier font A distribution is always a one General emphasis and new terms are set in italics dimensional table of sample points ETAS Pr
7. LAN and LABCAR Microsoft Windows XP SP3 recommended or Operaning Y E om Microsoft Windows 7 3 GB RAM recommended Hint Test Reports might need large amount of free disk space LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 Release Notes 7 ETAS Product Definition 2 2 3 Software Prerequisites 1 LABCAR AUTOMATION V4 1 Compatibility For parallel operation the following combinations of ETAS tools are recommended The list shows the combination of tools which have passed through a common release test Shipped with the LABCAR AUTOMATION CD LABCAR AUTOMATION Product and Add Ons Core including Test Design Connector Microsoft NET TDCNET 4 1 Connectors for LABCAR OPERATOR INCA SyncDL and Offline Ports Manuals 4 1 SuT Mapping File Editor SMFE 4 0 Automation Sequence Builder ASB 4 1 Configuration Wizard CWZ 4 1 Project Generator PjG 4 1 Test Manager 4 1 Test Handler TH 4 1 Editors Package SDFE TBCE UUTE TCFE 4 1 Test Bench Connector dSPACE TBCD 1 0 0 Real Time Test Tool Adapter 4 1 Diagnose ODX Link Tool Adapter 4 1 Fault Simulation ES4440 Tool Adapter 4 1 OBD EOBD Conformance Test System OCT Tool 4 2 2 Adapter J1699 Intecrio Tool Adapter 4 1 CANape 4 1 MLBA4 Tool Adapter for SMART MLBA4 Simulator 4 1 MDF Tool Adapter 4 1 Excel Tool Adapter 4 1 Please note that the version numbers refer to the order information of each Product and add on 3 All parts are only executable if a valid l
8. set to P SyncDI in case you use LABCAR OPERATOR V3 2 5 There are different possibilities to use INCA as Standalone Tool Adapter with LABCAR AUTOMATION Please see How to document Chapter 2 4 1 for more details 5 4 6 2 LCO4 1 are installed 1 Install INCA Standalone from the CD 2 Unregister the old API Default Installation Path C Program Files ETAS LABCAR OPERATOR4 1 LABCAR API regsvr32 u s lt LCO4 1Installation PATH gt LCO3API dIl 1 You will no longer be able to use synchronous data logging though you still can log both signal sources But you have to treat them as individual separate data source 5 4 6 2 and LCO 3 2 x are installed on your PC and you want to measure with INCA no further installation is necessary Use INCA5 4 INCAG 2 without installed LCO application 1 Install INCA Standalone from the CD 2 Copy all DLLs from installation CD folder Data ThirdParty _AVC 7SP1 Redistributables to your ETAS directory of shared components C ETAS LABCAR CCI Standalone3 2 System32 5 4 Additional Too Adapters If you perform a repair installation or the installation a service pack or an installation into the same folder like a former installation all additional tool adapters like MLBA4 OCT Excel CANape have to be re installed after the LABCAR AUTOMATION installation 5 5 Customer Specific Tool Adapters Customer specific tool
9. with a new version 4 0 together with LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 It will be automatically installed when one of the LABCAR AUTOMATION packages will be installed on your computer gt During de installation of LABCAR AUTOMATION the LABCAR SMFEditor 4 0 is not been de installed c J thasto be manually de installed in the Windows control panel via Settings gt Control Panel Add or remove programms LABCAR OPERATOR LCO brings the same version with its installation If installed with LABCAR AUTOMATION LCA as well as LABCAR OPERATOR the SMFE will not be de installed before both LCA and LCO are de installed LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 Release Notes 19 ETAS Installation 4 4 Installation of further components In case you extend your system with further components there are two ways depending on the component you like to install All components and Tool Adaptors which ionga repak or rasovo sbi are part of one of the LABCAR Select the operation you wish to perform AUTOMATION packages ref to chapter F 2 2 5 are available via the setup You mr just have to insert the LABCAR g anes EA AUTOMATION product CD and start installation again N Ifthe installation does not start cies after insertion of the CD the option to autostart the media is ej Removes LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 0 from your computer disabled in your explorer In this case double click the autostart exe file
10. world of test automation It is well known that new features and even tools which are established for a long time too have to meet a challenge to improve to the actual state of the art and to satisfy all new expectations and the prospective still unknown demands as well Of course we investigated all possible sources and required feedbacks from our customers and we got a quite good response to this Nevertheless we also know no product is really complete until it works just by guessing the right action out of the mind of the operator in front of the desk For continuously improvement we are pleased about feedback from every user of our software LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 Release Notes 17 ETAS Installation Installation To install LABCAR AUTOMATION please follow the guidelines described in chapter 2 Installation of the user s manual provided in the Data Documentation directory of the installation CD In general the following issues should be considered for installation Uv Do not mix products and or add ons of different versions of LABCAR AUTOMATION V2 or V3 software LABCAR AUTOMATION V1 can be operated in parallel to LABCAR AUTOMATION V3 Shutdown all running applications especially all ETAS applications have to be closed Uninstall previous versions of LABCAR AUTOMATION V2 and or V3 gt Please follow Chapter 4 1 of this document if you like to take over your Test Handler options new feature since LABCAR
11. AUTOMATION 3 4 For a convenient LABCAR AUTOMATION installation please use the guiding html pages opened when inserting the CD into the PC drive If the Auto Play option of your disk drive is switched off please start the autostart exe from the root of the CD directly Before installation of LABCAR AUTOMATION the installation of Microsoft NET Framework V4 0 is required One may find the installation of Microsoft NET Framework V4 0 Redistributable at the Installation CD For Korean installation only After installation of Microsoft NET Framework a reboot of the PC is required The Report Viewer internally uses the Internet Explorer installed at your system to visualize the reports To visualize plots present as svg files an appropriate svg viewer is necessary At Windows 7 systems assure that Internet Explorer 9 is installed it brings its own viewer by default With Windows XP install the Adobe SVG viewer You can download it from the Adobe download page where you can also find further information on SVG Special installation guidelines regarding other ETAS products and 3rd party products can be found in the chapter Hints at the end of this document Chapter 5 4 1 Test Handler options The options of the Test Handler are managed in a configuration file During installation these options are preset as follows In case of a fresh installation these options are set to default values If it is intended to use the Test Hand
12. EIAS LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 Release Notes Copyright The data in this document may not be altered or amended without special notification from ETAS GmbH ETAS GmbH undertakes no further obligation in relation to this docu ment The software described in it can only be used if the customer is in possession of a general license agreement or single license Using and copying is only allowed in concur rence with the specifications stipulated in the contract Under no circumstances may any part of this document be copied reproduced transmit ted stored in a retrieval system or translated into another language without the express written permission of ETAS GmbH Copyright 2013 ETAS GmbH Stuttgart The names and designations used in this document are trademarks or brands belonging to the respective owners ETAS Contents Contents 1 IntrOdUctionzsc i ei ener ae iin 5 1 1 CONVEMUONS 5 2 ERN OO Cua dau xa aaa ERU 6 221 Functions at a toco b Dn RARE RENI NO 6 PAPAE C resumed 7 2 21 M 7 2 2 2 System Prerequisites ori toon teneo ceres Serre odi vae nes eleg ope iva ec ev Ev oco ava EE E NR RRED 7 2 2 3 Software
13. ETAS or other suppliers Additionally there are some handy tools to improve your process LABCAR AUTOMATION uses as well other ETAS common tools like e g License Manager and interfaces Geta list of the related ETAS tools here LABCAR AUTOMATION uses innovative coding and design technologies of Microsoft and Adobe Find here the list of redistibutions and links to download pages of third party tools For test case design using C we recommend to use Microsoft Visual Studio The express editions can be downloaded for free O Visual Studio 2010 Express Edition EMBEDDED EXCELLENCE LCA Tool Adaptors and Utilities Select the Add on you like to install by clicking the appropriate link LABCAR AUTOMATION provides tool adaptors for different additional tools The Tool Adapters require a valid license Tool Adapter for Microsoft Office Excel Tables e Tool Adapter for Onboard control tester J1699 Standard e Tool Adapter for Vector CANape e Tool Adapter for SMART MLBA4 Simulator e Tool Adapter for Standard MDF files reader and merger File Download Security Warning E3 Depending on your security level you might get one or two security Do you want to run or save this file information if you allow the download of the file from your OCTJ1699 3 3 1 installation CD Please confirm Type Windows Installer Package 1 32MB this dialogue with Run and the From D businessldevelopmentlnstallMedi
14. Technical Support For details of your local sales office as well as your local technical support team and product hotlines take a look at the ETAS website ETAS subsidiaries WWW www etas com en contact php ETAS technical support WWW www etas com en hotlines php LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 Release Notes 30
15. a MediaCon installation will starts potentially harm your computer you do not trust the source do not While files from the Intemet can be useful this file type can run or save this software What s the risk LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 Release Notes 22 ETAS Installation 4 5 Service Pack installation To install LABCAR AUTOMATION please follow the guidelines described in chapter 2 Installation of the user s manual provided in the Data Documentation directory of the installation CD gt Please follow chapter 4 Installation to see all relevant information of the installation A LABCAR AUTOMATION Service Pack comes as a complete delivery of the LABCAR AUTOMATION software package gt It is required therefore to de install the previous used version if you have installed a former build or a former service pack For the installation of the Service Pack please do the following Install the LCA package from this CD as usually and select the package which is the valid one for you Standard Professional Follow the instructions for a normal installation Important hints you find as well at chapter 5 Important Notes In the case you had installed up to now additional tool adaptors these have to be installed as well newly to provide them for the execution chain Access the installation again and select through the bullet Custom the appropriate adapter and start the installation See chapter 4 4 Installation o
16. adapters should be migrated to the new ATCL version of LABCAR AUTOMATION LABCAR AUTOMATION performs an automatic redirect in case of referencing an old ATLC Nevertheless a better performance might be reached when referencing the actual ATCL C Program Files ETAS LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 0 PublicAssemblies Etas Eas Atcl Interfaces dll Please contact ETAS for support LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 Release Notes 25 ETAS Important Notes F Solution IdleCtrl_ 2 x Another practicable method is to set inside the e Visual Studio Project for the reference to the Sosa verson Fasel ATCL the option Specific Version to False a Susten M This enables VS as soon as the project is built l enum to adapt the ATCL version to the actual one assembly a registered in the global assembly cache 5 6 General Hints Since LABCAR AUTOMATION V3 2 x a LABCAR AUTOMATION engine log file will be created instead of an SAR log file You can find the actual logfile s directly via the Test Handler Menu at Tools gt View SAR Log Tools gt Add In gt Test Handler Log Tools gt Add In gt LABCAR AUTOMATION engine Log Selecting one of 5 Test Handler the log files opens rie Edit the latest file TestHandler Log which is been LABCAR AUTOMATION Engine Log filled by the last Test Handler run Additionally you can find th
17. an installation of V3 1 is necessary again to continue the operation Single element access for arrays in Model Access Datalogger LABCAR OPERATOR V3 2 x 4 1 cannot handle single element access of arrays in the datalogger configuration The following signature usage does not work port ConfigureDataLogger AtclTypes TypeDLConfigureRecord log filename 10 0 LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 Release Notes 14 ETAS 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 4 5 Changes in LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 AtclTypes TypeSelectSignalRecord Engine index AcquisitionTask Code example for LCO 5 0 private string LabelCompleteArray Internal maDouble private string LabelToolLabelIndex Internal maDouble Index private string DataloggerIndexLabel Internal maDouble 1 private string AcquisitionTask AcquisitionTask Configure the Data Logger TypeDLConfigureRecord dlConfigure new TypeDLConfigureRecord dataloggerFile 10 00 new TypeDLSignal 1 new TypeDLSignal DataloggerIndexLabel Ports ModelAccess AcquisitionTask new TypeDLSignal LabelToolLabelIndex Ports ModelAccess AcquisitionTask Experiment Environment 3 2 0 In Out Ports which are not connected to the model by the Experiment Environment EE are not possible to be switched between Modes Signal generator Constant by LABCAR AUTOMATION via EE3 2 0 and the values of these In Out ports are not accessible This issue has to be solved by the Experiment Envir
18. and licensing LABCAR AUTOMATION Standard package To immerse into the test automation for the first time or to implement test automation in a rather small or static test bench environment the LABCAR AUTOMATION Standard package is the recommended package LABCAR AUTOMATION Professional package Additional tool connections and features in depth managing of configurations and units under test are the benefits of the effortless extendible LABCAR AUTOMATION Professional package LABCAR AUTOMATION Embeddable package Integration of the LABCAR AUTOMATION into an existing tool chain provides test case and test project management as well as automated test project creation They can be configured and triggered from within customer s tool chain This package is fully scalable to your needs Use the appropriate installation option to install the relevant package The possibility to use features is fully controlled by the license keys you acquired The table below shows the content and required licenses per package Core Components Documentation Manuals Samples Basics Components Executor Engine ATCL Offline TBC Standard Editors TCD SMF File browser File access Standard Tool adaptors LCO EE INCA real offline SyncDL Report Sink XML LCS_LCA_Core LCS_LCA_Core LCS LCA Core 8 All Licenses are provided completely as a license file which can be received via a valid entitlement for each package Please refer to the docume
19. at the root directory of your CD As soon as the LABCAR AUTOMATION setup was started successfully you have the choice to change repair or remove the package Please select Change The next window provides you the possibility to select the components to install additionally All former installed parts are already selected If it s already installed it is marked as S otherwise a cross re is shown To select a component click on this icon In the picture below for example the FS port Tool Adaptor will be newly installed c Ex LABCAR Automation 5 Core Components amp Manuals amp Basic components amp SuT Mapping component SM Shell Components Test Creation TestManaging TestHandling Editors Misc M Configuration Wizard SM Tool Adapters X Diagnose Link ToolAdapter Fault Simulation ToolAdapter ES4440 CJ Will be installed on local hard drive G38 Entire feature will installed local hard drive X Entire feature will be unavailable gt The component Configuration wizard contains both the standard and the professional version If you have already installed the LABCAR AUTOMATION Standard package and like to upgrade the Configuration Wizard to the professional level you do not need to install or re install the component The control about the level is realized completely by the license you ve got It is also not necessary to remove the Configuration Wizard Standard Lice
20. e files in your folder structure at following location C Program Files ETAS LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 0 TestTools Bin logging Filenames easSAR log TestHandler log LABCAR AUTOMATION Engine log Any file with the extension log 1 n covers the history of the appropriate log file to avoid too big log files Typically the actual log file is sufficient for problem analysis 5 7 Windows 7 restrictions for test case execution This information completes chapter 2 1 Support of Windows 7 of the Whats New pdf document c All test cases which are compiled at a Windows 7 System have to use the compile option Compile for x86 LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 Release Notes 26 ETAS 6 Error list Error list In this chapter you find information and hints when LABCAR AUTOMATION throws exceptions This list is not exhaustive It is an assortment of exceptions caused by test cases design or test bench configuration issues Exception Possiblecauses_ T AtclConnect Exception Atclfactory Exception IllegalVerdict Exception Parameter Manager Exception ToolAdapter PortStatus Exception TypeMissMatch Exception Thrown if there was a problem connecting the test case and the SARHost execution host e g the SUT Mapping file mentioned in the test bench configuration file is missing Check the ErrorCode for more information Indicates a problem in the AtclFactory e g the library Etas EAS Atcl Interfaces in vers
21. either possible to build new TTCN3 based tests nor to use those ones that were built and used with older versions of LABCAR AUTOMATION ASAM HiL Addon no more available The ASAM HiL Addon is no more available with LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 x This is due to changes in the ASAM standard Debug Break in Test Handler With LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 the behavior of DebuggerBreak functionality available in the Test handler application has changed available at the 7est Case Executor page of the options dialog Tools gt Options When having the DebuggerBreak flag set to 7rue at the beginning of each test execution the VS Just In Time Debugger window appears that allows you to select a Visual Studio instance to be used for debugging If aborting this dialog by pressing the Vo button the test execution will abort at all Means the resp test will no more be executed but the next test case of the sequence will be started PDF Report Sink With LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 a new Report Sink is available When using this report sink we need more memory in the LABCAR ENGINE For endurance test this could be a problem Sometimes some links are not working Well known room for improvements We are proud to deliver with this version of LABCAR AUTOMATION a lot of new features and especially improvements of helpers to use LABCAR AUTOMATION in an again more intuitive and easy way then in the past without deterioration of flexibility and ability to manage the complex
22. et the user option in e l ee INCA ctl Limited EMU RAM Calibration Session Log Path correctly DES P Hardware Select from Menu Bar gt Options gt User options and activate the tab eer zue h i Measure lt General Measure window Osc Experiment Look at this tab for the entry Index Alignment and set it to Calibration lt General Calibration Table edi A Name Alignment Left Right Left Adjust font in the variable views Left if the view size is changed View of search dialog By Structure This option setting is only necessary peer x once after the installation of the INCA visualization Hotfix Display variables of all Yes subfunctions lt n The index e q for array sub element names will be addedto the right hierarchy location in the format aaaa bbbb cccc dddd 1 OK Cancel Default No calibration of TAB VERB array parameters possible It is not possible to set array parameters defined in INCA 21 as VERB However reads are possible Maximal path length and special characters Windows restricts paths to a maximal length of 248 characters This should be kept in mind when setting up LCA projects E g when creating project structures with the Configuration Wizard or the Automation Sequence Builder the root directory should not be placed too deep downwards the directory tree The resulting path lengths res
23. f further components for detailed information gt Licenses are not to be changed for a service pack LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 Release Notes 23 ETAS Important Notes 5 Important Notes This chapter lists information and latest issues which are important to know by the user 5 1 Installation Hints for LABCAR Test Benches operating with LABCAR AUTOMATION The following information is addressed to users working with different ETAS and non ETAS tools on a test bench When installing LABCAR AUTOMATION it is recommended to keep the following sequence for the ETAS Software products 1 INCA 2 ODXLink 3 LABCAR OPERATOR 4 LABCAR AUTOMATION It is recommended to use only one LABCAR OPERATOR Version on your PC since frequently switches between the different versions might cause inconsistent entries in the Windows registry gt If you like to use different LABCAR OPERATOR Versions in please read chapter 3 4 Known Issues LABCAR OPERATOR V3 x and ODX Link V1 x ODX Link is recommended to be installed before LABCA OPERATOR to avoid version conflicts with internal GUI components LABCAR OPERATOR Active GUIs may freeze in case this sequence is not followed Java Virtual Machine The Java Virtual Machine should be installed before LABCAR OPERATOR is installed 5 2 Issues due to 3 party products While installing LABCAR AUTOMATION or one of its add ons In case you detect an error like Error 1335 The cabinet file is corrup
24. files Depending on the license type you need to provide your user name or a MAC address To retrieve both please execute License Info included on the LABCAR AUTOMATION installation medium Data Licensing or from the ETAS License Management ETAS License Manager entry in the Windows start menu via Tools Obtain License Info Get License Info You can save this information to a file and send it to ETAS You will need new license files if you are upgrading from a previous major version i e from V3 x to V4 x If you own a license for a previous major version and have a valid service contract you will receive this new entitlement automatically for new license files gt LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 continues with the given licenses of LABCAR AUTOMATION 3 3 and 3 4 In case you had installed a LABCAR AUTOMATION 3 3 or 3 4 before no new license is necessary Thus in the License Manager the key for LABCAR AUTOMATION 3 3 is shown instead of LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 Electronic Licensing of a Service packs The use of unlicensed ETAS software is prohibited as well in case of service pack installations If you have a valid license for the base release these are valid for the Service Pack as well There is no need to require a new or separated license for a service pack The required license for the base release is not included in this delivery Common used components SuT Mapping File Editor SMFE The SuT Mapping File Editor SMFE comes
25. icense existing LABCAR TBCD is shipped as customer test version ETAS has currently no possibility to stress test the API connectivity to dSPACE Simulator software LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 Release Notes 8 ETAS Product Definition 1 LABCAR AUTOMATION Supported Test Bench Tools ETAS Products and Applications used in Test Bench Configuration with following ports Version amp Compatibilities LABCAR OPERATOR using Experiment 3 2 5 Environment no EE 5 1 EE3 3 5 2 Model 6800 4 1 LABCAR RTPC Real 3 0 x 5 0 Time PC ai 5 1 6 0 3 1 EE3 1 INTECRIO using 3 1 1 EE3 2 Experiment Environment 3 2 EE3 2 4 0 EE3 3 5 25 5 4 1 INCA with LABCAR 5 4 1 6 2 1 OPERATOR 6 2 1 7 0 0 ECU Access 7 0 0 7 1 2 INCA without 5 3 x LABCAR OPERATOR 5 4 1 6 2 1 4 1 EE3 1 5 0 LABCAR OPERATOR 325 EE3 2 E 5 1 EE3 3 Sync DL 5 2 EE3 4 5 3 5 4 1 INCA 5 4 1 6 2 1 6 2 1 7 0 0 7 0 0 7 1 2 ODX Link with INCA V5 3 1 1 0 Diagnostic ODX Link with INCA Access V5 4 1 2 0 ODX Link with INCA V6 2 1 V7 0 0 1 4 2 5 The two different columns indicate the versions of products which are compatible to each other Cells which are not split into two columns are used for product versions which are either independent from other tools or are compatible with both combinations columns 6 ETAS recommends to check for latest Hotfix installations on the ETAS website Please note that INCA versions belo
26. ion 1 0 0 2 is referenced but the Sar Host still requires version 1 0 0 1 The IllegalVerdictException indicates an illegal state transition within the Verdict class The state transition of the Verdict is limited to the verdict transitions of TTCN 3 Cannot be provoked from within a test case This exception is thrown if there was any error in the IParameterManager e g when test case tries to load a parameter that has not been registered Used to indicate an abnormal tool adaptor status to the ATCL API user program It contains the TypePortStatusRecord to enable the user to react on the invalid state of the tool adaptor It may occur on every call to a tool adaptor port It is thrown e g when a test case tries to configure a port that is not in the state ToolConfigured Indicates a problem on the type conversion inside the TypeSutBase LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 Release Notes 7 Read exception message and log file and fix the problem mentioned there e g give the right SUT Mapping file as named in used the tbc file or adapt the tbc file An error within the Factory class cannot easily be provoked from within a test case If ATCL in wrong version is referenced in test case compared to version expected by the factory Reference the right ATCL version in your solution before re build Trial to set a verdict from error or failed to pass is invalid and therefore ignored that means no exception if done in the
27. ler options from a former version different installation folder you can export it with the old version before uninstall the old version and then import the options into the new version after the installation If you use the import function the Test Handler has to be restarted to reflect the changes resulting by the imported options file Starting with LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 If you had formerly installed the same version same installation folder by default or another version in the same target folder the Test Handler options were not deleted during uninstall or during repair installation The saved options are taken over for the new or repaired installation If you like to force an initial set of Test Handler options please delete the corresponding file in your installation folder TestTools conf ToolOptions conf manually LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 Release Notes 18 ETAS 4 2 4 3 Installation Electronic Licensing LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 and its add ons are protected by electronic licensing i e separate licenses are mandatory to use the software The use of unlicensed ETAS software is prohibited The required license is not included in this delivery When you purchase LABCAR AUTOMATION licenses you receive a separate entitlement letter with instructions how to activate your licenses using a self service portal on the ETAS website http www etas com support licensing During these steps you receive the necessary license
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29. nse LCS LCA CWS from your computer your initial license file or at the license manager The component recognizes automatically the higher level LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 Release Notes 20 ETAS Installation Click Next and confirm the change at the next Completed the LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 0 Setup Wizard page The completion will be reported in the final window Click the Finish button to exit the Setup Wizard 4 4 1 Extraneous components There are some extraneous components available which are normally not installed with one of our predefined packages These are currently Tool Adaptor for the Smart Simulation box MLBA4 Tool Adaptor for the ETAS OCT J1699 Tool Adaptor for the extended MDF reader containing the possibility to merge mdf files Tool Adaptor to read and write Microsoft Office Excel tables Tool Adaptor to connect to Vector CANape All of these components you can install via the separate tools and utilities entry in the Installation CD Menu LABCARSAUTOMATION 4 1 Installation Version Info Tools and Utilities Support LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 Release Notes 21 ETAS Installation Select at the next window the ETAS Add Ons at the right menu pane or select the first link Get a list of the related LCA utilities and our Tool adaptors here oGo0 5 2 8 LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 Tools and Utilities LABCAR AUTOMATION provides tool adaptors for different additional tools provided by
30. ntation How to get a license file listed in the tool section of the Installation CD and the user s guide to LABCAR AUTOMATION LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 Release Notes 11 ETAS Product Definition Shell Components LCS LCA ASB LCS LCA ASB Automation Sequence Builder LCS LCA TM LCS LCA TM Test Manager Test Handler LCS LCA TE LCS Editors package SDF TBC LCS_LCA_EDP TCF UuT Project Generator Hes EUR EU Configuration Wizard LCS LCA CWS standard professional LCS LCA CWP Interface Components Tool adaptors INTECRO Rapid LCS LCA TBCIRP Prototyping LCS_LCA_TBCRT Real Time Testing LCS_LCA_TBCD LCS LCA TBCD dSPACE Diagnose ODX Link INCA Version Fault Simulation TA LCS LCA TBCFS ES4440 Add Ons Extraneous Tool adaptors License keys 5 Onboard Conformance Test LCS LCA TBCOCT 71699 Smart Simulator MLBA4 LCS LCA TBCMLBA4 Excel Tool Adaptor LCS LCA TBCEX Vector CANape Tool Adaptor LCS LCA TBCCAP gt Modular extension of package Professional and Embeddable is possible LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 Release Notes 12 ETAS 3 1 3 2 3 3 Changes in LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 Changes in LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 This chapter describes changes of LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 with respect to earlier versions New Functionality in LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 54 LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 main features at a glance AUTOMATION Sequence Builder ASB improvements e New Data Type concept
31. oduct Definition 2 Product Definition 2 1 Functions at a Glance v Graphical user interface for test case creation Y Impressive graphical debugging S Role based automation of systematic ECU testing including Test project management execution evaluation v Efficient handling and execution of reusable test cases Support of various test design tools and languages including v Python C NET 9 based and TestStand by National Instruments v Configuration Guidance v Test Bench Connectors for HILs of ETAS Vector and dSPACE like INCA INTECRIO LABCAR OPERATOR ODX link CANape v Offline Test Case design and test v Synchronous Datalogging with INCA and LABCAR OPERATOR v Real Time Test Automation LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 Release Notes 6 ETAS Product Definition 2 2 General Description 2 2 1 Delivery The software is delivered with an installation routine on a CD including LABCAR AUTOMATION software documentation tools utilities and further information All software documentation is available in the Portable Document Format PDF which requires Adobe Reader You can download the actual version from Adobe http www adobe de products acrobat readstep2 html 2 2 2 System Prerequisites The following system prerequisites have to be met Pentium PC 1 5 GHz or compatible Core2Duo recommended 1 GB RAM Hardware 1 GB free hard disk space minimum CD ROM 2 Ethernet Adapter 10 100BaseT for connection to both
32. onment The solution is solved with EE3 3 Parallel usage of different LABCAR OPERATOR versions If you like to use different LABCAR OPERATOR Versions in parallel and use the version selector to switch between both please re register one common component for LABCAR AUTOMATION after the switch Otherwise you ll receive an exception during execution regarding logging methods e g when executing GetLoggedSignals Re register is done via the regsvr32 command in the command line of Windows Start gt Run Enter the following command into the prompt Regsvr32 C Program Files ETAS LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 0 TestTools Bin EtasMdfReader dll Measurement of INCA indexed values Starting from INCA 6 2 1 HF17 for indexed values in INCA a new feature is available It can be decided by the customer where the index will be oriented in the naming Option Index Alignment Left aaaa 1 bbbb cccc dddd Option Index Alignment Right aaaa bbbb cccc dddd 1 The default selection with this feature is Left while the orientation in the past was Right therefore LABCAR AUTOMATION translates all indexed values like right oriented LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 Release Notes 15 ETAS 3 4 6 3 4 7 3 4 8 3 4 9 Changes in LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 Useroptions User To ensure correct operation with the datalogging of indexed values it is Data echange ASAM 2MC Editor General Autostart necessary to s
33. t and cannot be usea and if you ignore the error message it repeats with a different cabinet file name this is a Microsoft Installer issue Please re install the Microsoft Installer software You find it at the installation CD under Tools and Utilities gt 3 party products In case you get an error like nvalid page fault in module MSVCRT DLL or any program causes an exceptional fault in the module MSVCRT DLL or similar you see Microsoft error reports which are caused by several run time libraries like for C C and WCF As ETAS software bases on Microsoft library functions this might occur as soon as you ve installed e g the LABCAR CCI standalone package These libraries need a minimum version number or even the latest updates of the concerned dlls To prevent these errors you have to manual copy some Microsoft DLLs into your installation directory of the LABCAR CCI standalone component or into the Windows system32 folder You find these libraries at the installation CD under Tools and Utilities gt 34 party products at the chapter Runtime Libraries of Microsoft LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 Release Notes 24 ETAS Important Notes 5 3 INCA Tool Adapter There exists a new tool adapter for the INCA version 5 4 ff This adapter is named etas eas TA EA INCA5 4 dll For using the synchronous data logger with LABCAR OPERATOR and INCA together the Parent flag of the test bench configuration files tbc files must be
34. ult from that root directory as well as the length of the project test name given Further the usage of special characters should be prevented Means no special characters should be used within path directory and file names used with LCA Maximal nesting depth in Automation Sequence Builder ASB Due to a restriction of WPF the NET base technology that is used a base of ASB there is a restriction in the maximal nesting depth of stencils in ASB With the currently used framework version NET 4 this threshold is at 35 stencils nested into each other Changed behavior of Copy amp Paste of hierarchies in SuTMapping Editor With the introduction of the new SuT Mapping Editor 4 x when copying hierarchies the related test label are no more copied This was done as hierarchies are purely seen as structural elements It was not seen as sensible to duplicate all related lables LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 Release Notes 16 ETAS 3 4 10 3 4 11 3 4 12 3 4 13 3 4 14 3 5 Changes in LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 ASB Stencil Fault Simulation In case of selection of multiple errors in the ASB stencil Fault Simulation only the LoadFlag of the last error entry is been used That means in case the load flag is set for the last error in the multiple error set all errors of the multiple error set are connected with load TTCN3 no more supported With LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 x the usage of TTCN3 to implement test cases is no more supported It is n
35. w V5 3 0 are explicitly not supported LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 Release Notes 9 ETAS fai Delivery J1699 OBD EOBD Conformance Test System OCT LABCAR PINCONTROL Fault Simulation or for Real Time LABCAR OPERATOR Product part Add On Test Design Connector Microsoft NET9 TDCNET Test Bench Connector dSPACE TBCD Test Bench Connector MLBA4 TBCMLBA Test Bench Connector Excel TBCEX Test Bench Connector CANape TBCCAP LABCAR AUTOMATION 4 1 Release Notes LABCAR AUTOMATION Third Party Tools Supported 3 party tool Microsoft Visual Studio incl Express Editions dSPACE Release dSPACE ControlDesk SMART MLBA4 Microsoft Office Excel Vector CANape 3 2 5 Product Definition 3 party tool version 2005 2008 2010 V6 1 V3 2 1 MLBA4 2003 2007 2010 8 0 SP3 The software is delivered with an installation routine on a CD including LABCAR AUTOMATION software documentation tools utilities and further information All software documentation is available in the Portable Document Format PDF which requires Adobe Reader You can download the actual version from Adobe http www adobe de products acrobat readstep2 html 10 ETAS Product Definition 2 2 5 LABCAR AUTOMATION Packaging To better accommodate the demand of more specialized installations of LABCAR AUTOMATION three packages are configured for installation
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