Beside signals from CAN und LIN CANape acquires FlexRay signals and displays them. As an XCP on FlexRay Master CANape measures and calibrates individual nodes directly over FlexRay. For the ASAM working group for standardization of XCP on FlexRay, Vector contributed fundamentals and continues to actively contribute its extensive XCP expertise. As a user you benefit from early implementation of the new standard in CANape.
Observation of the FlexRay Bus
CANape acquires FlexRay signals and displays them graphically. System descriptions in the latest FIBEX format are supported in this process. The effects of calibrating parameters in a FlexRay node are traceable and time-synchronous to all other measurement data (CAN, LIN, FlexRay and external measurement equipment). When calibrating via CCP or XCP on CAN the effects can be observed on the FlexRay bus.
Measuring and Calibrating Parameters on the FlexRay Bus
To access internal ECU parameters directly you need a special measurement and calibration protocol: XCP on FlexRay. CANape is the first MCD tool to have an XCP on FlexRay interface. It utilizes the universal, bus-independent XCP protocol layer, and all that is needed for FlexRay is a new transport layer. The XCP on FlexRay specification defines, especially for FlexRay, a method for dynamic allocation of the XCP-dedicated bandwidth. CANape utilizes this method to identify the bandwidth that is still available and to allocate it dynamically and very efficiently to the current application data traffic. The available bandwidth is thereby optimally utilized for XCP communication and hardly affects normal FlexRay communication at all. As an XCP on FlexRay Master CANape lets you flexibly measure and calibrate FlexRay nodes.
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