ContactTo associate a database in CANoe, the steps are as follows:
- Click the View menu and select Simulation Setup
- Expand your network until you can see the database heading
- Right-click on the database heading and select Add
- Browse to the location of the database file, select it and click Open
Why should I add a database to my CANoe configuration?
With a database associated, many changes happen within the tool:
- Defined message ID’s now have a symbolic name
- Signals appear in the trace window
- Signals with an associated value table have symbolic text instead of Hex value
- Messages can be inserted into G and IG blocks by right-click
- Signals can be manipulated in IG block
- Messages/Signals can be added to the Graphic window
- Waveform Generator links Symbolic data to Identifier
- Data Window can display CAN message and signal data in addition to BUS statistics data
- Messages and signals in CAPL can be added by a right-click and select instead of typing them in
- Panels can be created and used with Signals association
Database files have the extension .DBC
Can I add more than one database to my measurement?
Yes, the database act in a sequential order, so when a message arrives from the network, CANoe will look to the first database assigned to attempt to decode the message. If the message appears in the 1st database, the data is translated according to the formatting from that database. If the message does not appear in the 1st, but appears in the 2nd, the information from the 2nd will be used. If the message does not appear in either, the message will be passed to the tool as if there were no databases assigned. If the message appears in both, the first databases information will be used.