ETAS MDA V8.6
User Guide
Page 1: ...ETAS MDA V8 6 User Guide...
Page 2: ...ingle license Using and copying is only allowed in concurrence with the specifications stip ulated in the contract Under no circumstances may any part of this document be copied repro duced transmitte...
Page 3: ...nching MDA from INCA 20 1 4 2 Connecting MDA to EHANDBOOK NAVIGATOR 21 1 5 Customer Specific Enhancements 22 1 5 1 Defining ASCII Measure File Formats 22 2 Configuration Creation 23 2 1 Maintaining Co...
Page 4: ...aying Signal Information 53 3 7 Reusing the Signal Name in Other Applications 55 4 Calculated Signals 57 4 1 Defining Calculated Signals 58 4 2 Managing Calculated Signals 60 4 3 Examples for Calculat...
Page 5: ...5 3 3 Using Strips 103 5 3 4 Using Axes 104 5 3 5 Using Cursors 105 5 3 6 Using Bounds 106 5 4 Table 108 5 5 Statistical Data 111 5 6 Event List 112 5 7 GPS Map 114 5 8 Video 117 5 9 Time Navigation...
Page 6: ...Constants 133 9 1 2 Standard Operations 133 9 1 3 Operations of type Single Bit 134 9 1 4 Operations of type Bitmask 135 9 1 5 Operations of type Limit Monitoring 135 9 2 Behavior of Calculated Signa...
Page 7: ...the configuration which contains the layout and visualization layers instruments and signals and a reference to each measure file You can customize the layout and con tent for the different views MDA...
Page 8: ...an find the following topics l How to install MDA as an administrator l How to install the software using the INCA Service Pack Installer l How to customize the network installation l How to customize...
Page 9: ...ation with user based licenses particularly the following personal data and or data categories that can be traced back to a specific individual is recorded for the purposes of license management User...
Page 10: ...page the main features for fast working are avail able New Configuration Creates a new configuration containing one default layer Open Configuration Allows the selection of an existing configuration...
Page 11: ...tage 1 Add Files To add measure files preferably the desired target configuration must be selected For more information see To add a measure file on page 29 l Stage 2 Select Signals In the Variable Ex...
Page 12: ...elated layers instruments and signals is displayed in a tree view l Display Name Rules In this window you can create and maintain rules to shorten long signal names to the relevant string For more inf...
Page 13: ...n the Home page and on the Help tab of the ribbon you find the following items that help to get more information about MDA V8 6 What s new Overview of new functions and program properties Release Note...
Page 14: ...n Within the central configuration area where instruments are dis played each instrument has its own set of keyboard operations defined Navigation between configurations layers and instruments is done...
Page 15: ...instruments con figurations and layers 1 Press CTRL TAB The Quick Switch dialog appears with the focus on the selected element on top of the list 2 To navigate between the columns press the TAB key To...
Page 16: ...fault settings are loaded as initial settings These are saved as user specific settings when clos ing MDA V8 The following table shows all settings that are persisted in the set tings user file Catego...
Page 17: ...aster l Width of time column Variable Explorer l Column settings show hide setting order width 1 3 1 Setting the Language of the User Interface You can choose for MDA V8 6 one of five possible languag...
Page 18: ...ow and hide a window 1 On the Ribbon select the View tab 2 In the Show Hide drop down menu select the window that you want to display 3 To hide an open window click To autohide a window 1 In the Toolb...
Page 19: ...of the window is displayed in light gray 3 If the position is correct release the mouse button To restore the default window layout 1 On the ribbon select the View tab 2 Click Restore Default Layout 3...
Page 20: ...ing To launch MDA V8 6 from INCA To establish a connection MDA V8 6 and INCA V7 2 2 or higher must be installed on the same machine 1 As a prerequisite you have preselected MDA V8 6 as default MDA ver...
Page 21: ...actions l To connect to EHANDBOOK NAVIGATOR below l To disconnect from EHANDBOOK NAVIGATOR on the next page l To send the cursor time to EHANDBOOK NAVIGATOR on page 99 l To pass the signal name to EHA...
Page 22: ...e to the following folder ProgramData ETAS MDA 8 x CorePlugins Etas TargetAccess Targets MeasureFile Formats AsciiConfigurable The following files are contained exampleAsciiFormat ini Contains the inf...
Page 23: ...ity 2 1 1 Creating Saving and Closing Configurations You can perform the following actions l To create a new configuration below l To load a configuration below l To load a recently used configuration...
Page 24: ...Manager with as a missing file To load a recently used configuration 1 On the Configuration tab of the ribbon click the drop down menu Open 2 A list with the recently used configurations is displayed...
Page 25: ...hronization of instruments After saving the full path name of the configuration is displayed in the header of the MDA V8 6 window If you try to save a configuration created with an older version than...
Page 26: ...t Time offsets for measure files are ignored Note If you use calculated signals which have as input signal another calculated signal you need to check after the import that the reference to the input...
Page 27: ...Signals via XCS Export File From INCA and MDA V7 x calculated signals can be exported in an XCS file To reuse these calculated signals formula definitions simply import the XCS file into an MDA V8 6 c...
Page 28: ...al is displayed For more information see Measure File Comment and Other Meta Information on page 33 and Displaying Signal Information on page 53 2 2 Maintaining Measure Files The measure file provides...
Page 29: ...ave and open a configuration or add configuration comments watch our video Starting to Work 1 Select the configuration to which you want to add the measure file If no configuration is already open it...
Page 30: ...a newly added file from the first column onto the row of a file in the second column The file is moved from the first column into the third column that displays all replaced files 3 To undo the repla...
Page 31: ...new measure file a warning icon is displayed You can switch to the avail able data representation For more information about the oscil loscope setting see To change the data representation of a signal...
Page 32: ...l To apply a time offset by shifting a signal curve below l To apply a time offset in the Time Offset window below To apply a time offset by shifting a signal curve 1 In the oscilloscope select the s...
Page 33: ...display comment and other meta information below l To edit comment and other meta information below To display comment and other meta information 1 Do one of the following In the File Explorer hover...
Page 34: ...d The status of the standard indexing is also listed in the measure file tooltip and Information window 2 3 Exporting and Converting Measure Data MDA V8 6 supports all versions of MDF files MDF files...
Page 35: ...needed as Excel interprets empty cells as value 0 Empty cells are only contained at the beginning of the file as long as no first value is available for the respective signal TSV supports only numeri...
Page 36: ...asure file for a selection of sig nals or how to convert a measure file into a new file format watch our video Exporting Signals and Files If you want to export a subset of signals from the con figura...
Page 37: ...ep 1 and 2 as described in section To export measure data on the previous page 2 Select the checkbox Output Raster and define the desired raster value 3 Click Export This raster will be used for all e...
Page 38: ...clear the complete list of fin ished exports To see the exported file in Windows Explorer 1 Right click an export in the list 2 Select the option Open File in Windows Explorer 2 4 Defining Variable N...
Page 39: ...set By default the name is set to Rule Set If the name is already in use it is extended by an increasing number 3 To add a new rule click the icon under Define rules A new rule block appears 4 Select...
Page 40: ...Explorer Configuration Manager or an instrument 2 Paste it into the field Example to test rule with The example string is the input for the first rule The result of a rule is shown at the bottom of ea...
Page 41: ...measure files To know how you can add replace or remove them see Adding Replacing and Removing Measure Files on page 28 Label files are listed in the Variable Explorer in an own category and can be u...
Page 42: ...ttachment s The Windows Explorer dialog appears 3 Save the attachment in the desired folder The extraction process is visible in the overall status of the export progress To extract all attachments 1...
Page 43: ...unctions Lookup table curve and Lookup table map in the Calculated Sig nals window The needed inputs for these functions are l the curve or map l a measured signal l the interpolation mode constant or...
Page 44: ...orded bus data l DBC or ARXML file containing the CAN Bus description l CAN Bus ID for DBC or CAN Bus for ARXML The input files are combined to an AFF Associated File Format file shown as entry in the...
Page 45: ...ol Link To select the Display Name do the following 1 In the Variable Explorer click 2 From the drop down menu select the Display Name The selected name is shown in the Display Name column MDA V8 6 en...
Page 46: ...ze the complete table click the icon again To show or hide columns 1 In the toolbar click A list of the default columns appears 2 To show the complete list of columns click the More columns drop down...
Page 47: ...cordion Allows to see only one category at a time If you activate the accordion mode the chosen category expands while any other one is collapsed Enable Disable Filters Applies the selected filters Wh...
Page 48: ...s data even if the cap italization in the text is different from the capitalization in the search term l You can use the and characters as wildcards in your search string l By default the search strin...
Page 49: ...played in the list When checking several filters within the list a logical OR is applied 3 Click Apply The Variable Explorer table displays the rows which match the defined filter criteria 4 You can r...
Page 50: ...maintained even if you clear the fil ters using the icon To sort signals per column in the Variable Explorer In the Variable Explorer the Display Name column is sorted by default If you want to sort...
Page 51: ...st be assigned to an instrument For more information see To add a measure file on page 29 You can perform the following actions l To assign signals to a new instrument below l To assign signals to an...
Page 52: ...g the keyboard i In the instrument press the INSERT key A pop up appears ii Type at least one letter of the signal name A list of signals appears The next time the pop up appears it displays the previ...
Page 53: ...To replace a signal If you need to replace a signal by another signal for example to resolve a No Match status do the following 1 In the Configuration Manager right click the signal that you want to...
Page 54: ...tifier still remains visible but the sig nal is indicated as a No Match signal To display errors and warnings of a signal 1 Do one of the following In the Variable Explorer make the Error column visib...
Page 55: ...ou select several signals the last selec ted signal is used 2 Press CTRL C The signal name is copied to the clipboard in plain text without file ID To copy signal name and meta information to the clip...
Page 56: ...VIGATOR To pass the signal name to EHANDBOOK NAVIGATOR the con nection must be established For more information see Connecting MDA to EHANDBOOK NAVIGATOR on page 21 1 In an instrument select a signal...
Page 57: ...sured values You first have to define a calculated signal Then it can be selected like any other measure signals in the Variable Explorer and be assigned to an instrument The inputs to calculated sign...
Page 58: ...d on the right side of the editor Alternatively you can type the desired operation name or symbol directly into the formula definition field More information about the mathematical operators When you...
Page 59: ...ons Raw function for mathematical calculations using the decimal implementation value ToString function for comparing the strings of different enumeration signals For each input signal the file identi...
Page 60: ...or positive value with up to 6 decimals A time offset allows to shift individual signals and thus synchronizes their time line with other signals from the same measure file Automatic by default The p...
Page 61: ...ulated signal 1 In the calculated signal list on the left of the window select a cal culated signal 2 Click 3 Enter a new name Valid characters are a z A Z 0 9 underscore point and square brackets Squ...
Page 62: ...tmask bitfield inputsignal LEAST_SIGNIFICANT_ BIT 0 NUMBER_OF_BITS 4 3 2 Calculating RMS For alternating current wave forms e g sine wave there are several ways of characterizing the voltage One is th...
Page 63: ...function ToString can be used l Obtaining the decimal value of the enumeration signal Raw Enumeration l For checking whether the value of an enumeration signal equals or exceeds a specific limit the...
Page 64: ...en Else to ignore samples with Not a Number NaN state on page 68 If Then Else basics The If Then Else function requires a condition which results in True and False Then and Else represent the two beha...
Page 65: ...Integral Speed 40 AND Speed 80 CO2_Emission 0 Accumulate_Prefix_Integral is the name of the Integral function starting with the first sample 2 You want to calculate the distance driven on a test trip...
Page 66: ...where you have to ignore samples as there is not an appropriate neutral value To exclude samples completely i e that there is no result of the calculation you can use the No Value function Actually t...
Page 67: ...ion of samples for the speed signal can be used as input for e g an Average calculation since start of the recording Average_Speed Accumulate_Prefix_Average Selected_Samples 2 The No Value function ca...
Page 68: ...with the shorter SetNoValueStatus function InputSignal_without_NaN SetNoValueStatus InputSignal InputSignal InputSignal You can use the InputSignal_without_NaN for calculations with history like Aver...
Page 69: ...type can sometimes be converted to a different type according to the following table Conversion Input Type Output Type Result Convert_ ToBool x Numeric Boolean True if x 0 false otherwise Convert_ ToB...
Page 70: ...thmetic operations plus times only exist in double so type deduc tion will always convert inputs to double 4 4 2 Formula Syntax Formulas are entered in textual form A formula consists of the following...
Page 71: ...citly treated as floating point numbers Floating Point Numbers Floating point numbers use a as decimal separator and optionally allow sci entific notation The general format is integer fraction e expo...
Page 72: ...ignal 4 4 2 3 Operators Operators are a compact way of specifying frequently used calculation oper ations like addition or multiplication When multiple operators are used the order in which they are e...
Page 73: ...ion is a function that takes a sequence of values and cal culates a single result value the reduction reduction Reduce value 1 value n Examples l The sum of all values reduction value 1 value n l The...
Page 74: ...re not a separate data type but are encoded as a scalar signal where Value start time Time end time This means that the end time is implicit and cannot be selected as a separate signal It can be acces...
Page 75: ...ast 2 seconds Accumulate_Rolling_Average input Master 2 l Rolling average over the last 10 samples Accumulate_Rolling_Average input State_Delay Master 0 10 Notes l The memory usage of accumulate rolli...
Page 76: ...ontaining at least 80 grams of CO2 exhaust movingWindow Window_Signal_Integral CO2 80 The movingWindow can now be used to evaluate other signals nor malized to the CO2 exhaust Accumulate_Prefix Calcul...
Page 77: ...te_Samples Calculates a rolling reduction over a given number of samples Syntax l result Accumulate_Samples_ reduction_function input count Arguments l T result the reduction over the last count sampl...
Page 78: ...data types Maximum The Maximum reduction function returns the maximum of all input values combine a b max a b The Maximum is available for all numeric data types Count The reduction function returns t...
Page 79: ...culated Signals Here s_i is the value and t_i is the time of the sample at index i The rectangle of the last sample is not included in the sum as it extends past the end time of the range MDA V8 6 Use...
Page 80: ...ying non numeric signals as well as numeric signals Inspecting the precise value of a signal for a specific timestamp l Statistical Data Statistical properties of numeric signals are displayed such as...
Page 81: ...te you have added a measure file For more information see To add a measure file on page 29 2 Drag and drop signals from the Variable Explorer or the Con figuration Manager onto a layer or layer tab of...
Page 82: ...er If you have selected a configuration in which the measure file is not available the signals in the newly added instruments are indic ated as No Match signals To avoid a No Match situation an automa...
Page 83: ...trument and select Remove To change instrument properties Instrument properties are stored in your user settings For more information see User Settings on page 15 To define the instrument properties c...
Page 84: ...and store functions Cursor options Number of decimals for signal values Export measure data functionality Data representation The complete set of oscilloscope configuration possibilities is available...
Page 85: ...h and the signal list To show the full content of a column in the signal list you can adjust the width of the column by double clicking on the split ter between the current column and the next column...
Page 86: ...ly for all cursor val ues in the signal list The cursor values are also adapted within the cursor s tooltips 5 2 3 Zooming To adapt the value or time axis ranges for the best representation of your da...
Page 87: ...value axis can be adapted to show the complete value range Do one of the following 1 To adapt selected signals right click the signals in the signal list or right click one signal directly in the stri...
Page 88: ...nly steps Event at the bot tom one customizible none color marker connection only samples To see how you can use strips and define the signals list settings of the oscil loscope watch our video Oscill...
Page 89: ...reorder strips 1 Click on the strip A blue bar occurs on the left and right edge of the strip 2 To move the selected strip do one of the following To move the strip up press ALT PAGE UP To move the st...
Page 90: ...se individual axes on the next page l To scroll axes on page 92 l To scroll the time axis on page 92 l To zoom axes on page 92 l To adjust the axis range manually on page 92 l To predefine an axis ran...
Page 91: ...oolean and Event signals will be assigned to the corresponding strips independently from the drop position To use common axes To see how you can modify in an oscilloscope signal and axes settings watc...
Page 92: ...of the time range press the END key To zoom axes 1 Hover the cursor over the axis that you want to zoom 2 Do one of the following Press CTRL and use the mouse wheel to zoom out or in Press CTRL and th...
Page 93: ...ange click the star in the Set as Favorite column If the values are shown in bold and blue the current axis range matches to the favorite axis range already To change the favorite axis range define an...
Page 94: ...ly for matching data types and the same data representation No Match signals get an own axis as the original unit is not known If the signals are dropped from another oscilloscope the axis assignment...
Page 95: ...nces between samples values and in view of time The oscilloscope shows directly in the graph the values of the signals at the timestamp of the cursors as well as the difference on the Y axis between t...
Page 96: ...9 To see how you can define the cursor s behavior watch our video Oscil loscope Using Cursors To show and hide cursors 1 To show cursor A select Show Hide Cursors in the cursors drop down menu 2 To sh...
Page 97: ...ARROW LEFT or ARROW RIGHT the shortcut keys apply to the active cursor The cursor jumps to the closest sample of the current timestamp For navigation only samples of the currently active signals are c...
Page 98: ...nstruments For example in other oscilloscopes the synchronization cursor is also switched accordingly If you have selected the sample wise navigation mode the instrument in which you have performed th...
Page 99: ...on for Event signals You can perform the following actions l To define the appearance of the signal below l To show or hide a signal curve on the next page l To treat a signal as a Boolean or Analog s...
Page 100: ...nal on the next page 3 Click outside the pop up to hide it again To show or hide a signal curve To see how you can modify in an oscilloscope signal and axes settings watch our video Oscilloscope Setti...
Page 101: ...on 8 bit 16 bit 32 bit Do not cast In this case the shown hexadecimal or binary representation is for the Float value according to the IEEE 754 standard To remove a signal from the oscilloscope 1 In t...
Page 102: ...nals You can perform the following actions To remove a signal 1 Do one of the following If only one strip exists and you want to remove its signal right click the Y axis If you want to remove the sign...
Page 103: ...plete value range of a specific signal right click its axis 2 Select Zoom to Complete Value Range or 1 If you want to show the complete value range of both signals in a strip right click its axis 2 Se...
Page 104: ...ght click the Y axis that you want to use as X axis 2 Select Use as X axis The X axis and Y axis including their ranges are swapped To scroll axes 1 Hover the cursor over the axis that you want to scr...
Page 105: ...ady 4 To apply the favorite axis range do one of the following To apply the favorite axis range to all axes click To apply the favorite axis range to a selected axis or strip right click this item and...
Page 106: ...ey are hidden now If one of the cursors has been outside the visible area it is dis played now 5 3 6 Using Bounds You can use a bound to define a region in the scatter plot A bound can either be an ex...
Page 107: ...w with all fixed endpoints press ESC 9 To complete the bound do one of the following Press RETURN The ends of the bound are extrapolated to infinity If these extrapolated lines are intersected the bou...
Page 108: ...e start or end of the time range on the next page l To move the synchronization timestamp on the next page l To show or hide header rows on the next page l To reorder columns on the next page l To fil...
Page 109: ...same name but are coming from different devices or different rasters you can display the device raster or unit 1 In the toolbar click or use the tab Instrument in the Prop erties window A list of the...
Page 110: ...ues Binary memory Values Decimal RAW Values All selected signal values are shown in the selected data rep resentation The unit information is adapted according to the selected data representation Note...
Page 111: ...ontains the signal or other signals that are used for calculating the assigned signal For more information see To replace a measure file on page 30 l You define a time offset For more information see...
Page 112: ...er meta information to other applications see Reusing the Signal Name in Other Applications on page 55 To remove signals 1 Select one or more signals Do one of the following In the instrument mark one...
Page 113: ...ent List properties The complete set of configuration possibilities for the Event List instrument is available in the Properties docking window There the tooltips provide a detailed description of the...
Page 114: ...der A line between the columns appears to indicate the new position 2 Release the mouse button To change the decimals of the time column 1 Mark the time column for which you want to change the number...
Page 115: ...a specific time range of the track on the next page l To show cursors on the next page l To remove a signal on the next page For more information about synchronizing instruments see Synchronizing Inst...
Page 116: ...me range of the track 1 To see which track was driven during a specific time range the Time Slider is used For more information see Time Navigation and Synchronization on page 118 When only a sub time...
Page 117: ...elow To define the Video properties The complete set of configuration possibilities for the Video instrument is avail able in the Properties docking window There the tooltips provide a detailed descri...
Page 118: ...ure file into the con figuration the minimum and maximum time sample of the time slider are auto matically updated The time slider differs depending on the instrument type and its corresponding scale...
Page 119: ...le on page 123 x 5 9 1 Synchronizing Instruments If several instruments exist in a configuration you can synchronize them Instruments can be distinguished into instruments with variable scale and fixe...
Page 120: ...f the synchronization cursor is still used to syn chronize with other instruments If you stop synchronizing the syn chronization cursor remains in the oscilloscope For more information see To switch t...
Page 121: ...PAGE DOWN key The time slider scrolls by one page 2 To navigate to the beginning of the time range press the HOME key 3 To navigate to the end of the time range press the END key To perform a fast sc...
Page 122: ...e range The cursor changes into a double arrow 2 If you want to perform a symmetric zoom operation press CTRL 3 Enlarge or reduce the visible time range by dragging the double arrow When you zoom in v...
Page 123: ...directly jump to the other tooltip press TAB or CTRL B If the value is invalid the edit box is marked with a red border If you hover the cursor over the edit box an error message is dis played To show...
Page 124: ...e next page l To navigate to a specific layer on page 126 l To remove a single layer on page 126 l To remove several layers on page 126 To create a new layer To see how you can import an MDA V7 config...
Page 125: ...increasing number If you have selected a configuration in which the measure file is not available the signals of these newly added layers are indicated as No Match signals To avoid a No Match situatio...
Page 126: ...the following On the layer tab of the active layer click On the layer tab right click the layer name and select Remove In the Configuration Manager right click the layer name and select Remove To remo...
Page 127: ...gate to the relevant instrument The mouse wheel can be used for navigation as well 3 Hover the cursor over the preview of one of the instruments A large preview is shown in actual size above the small...
Page 128: ...n your search string By default the search string is appended to the wildcard in the search field If you want to search for data starting with a specific string delete the wildcard The search is initi...
Page 129: ...rrors While developing MDA V8 6 the functional safety of the program was of utmost importance To support us in finding the root cause and fixing the issue provide the log files to ETAS These files do...
Page 130: ...ned in the beginning of this topic When using the ZipAndSend functionality for reporting product defects the log files included in the ZIP file may contain file paths on your system i e the full path...
Page 131: ...6 Germany Internet www etas com ETAS Subsidiaries and 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...
Page 132: ...e in MDA V7 to ensure an integer result MDA 8 may deliver float values l MDA V7 uses the decimal function automatically for binary oper ations e g in the function Binary_AND MDA V8 will emulate this b...
Page 133: ...supported in MDA V8 G 9 80665 LOG2_E 1 44269504088896 LOG10_E 0 434294481903252 LOG_2 0 693147180559945 LOG_10 2 30258509299405 PI 3 14159265358979 PI_DIV_2 1 5707963267949 PI_DIV_4 0 785398163397448...
Page 134: ...calculated signal which has a measure signal inside l Calculated signals of integer type in MDA V7 will be converted into double type in MDA V8 This leads to differences in handling of arithmetical o...
Page 135: ...alue For each limit to monitor a condition is defined together with a message to be shown if the limit is not met For MDA V8 such an operation is migrated into a calculated signal of type Boolean The...
Page 136: ...sult This can be summarized as follows l No value cases The meaning is the same as if the sample including timestamp were missing completely The advantage is that with this flag a No value of one sign...
Page 137: ...range From start OR BinaryOR signal mask If a measure signal is used Raw signal mask If a value is used notsignal mask All measure signal arguments are wrapped by the Raw function Time range From sta...
Page 138: ...ay Debounce signal risingDelay fallingDelay Calculates a debounced version of signal Time range defined by the edges of the input signals The calculation results might be different because Debounce in...
Page 139: ...last count samples Time range defined by sample parameter count Signals of the type enumeration VTAB are not supported Integral Integral time signal Accumulate_Prefix_Integral signal Integral of signa...
Page 140: ...al Accumulate_Prefix_Minimum signal Minimum value of signal since measure start MinimumOf 2signals MinimumOf2Signals signal1 signal2 Relation_Minimum signal1 signal2 Minimum of signal1 and signal2 Min...
Page 141: ...es the average of signal over the number of samples defined by count Time range defined by sample parameter count RSFlipFlop RSFlipFlop set_input reset_input State_RSFlipFlop set_input reset_input Tim...
Page 142: ...old computation Time range From start TriggerTrue1 TriggerTrue1 signal signal State_Register signal 1 Detects when signal is going from false to true Time range between the current and the pre vious m...
Page 143: ...e openConfig XDX File Path Loads a configuration from a file mda exe addMf Measure File Path Adds measure files to the active configuration If no configuration is open a new one is created mda exe add...
Page 144: ...MDA x x x McdCore mdfconvert exe Converts measure data into another file format located at Program Files ETAS MDA x x x McdCore Can be used in combination with mdfextract exe to include Event signals...
Page 145: ...e visible area ASCII file ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange stands for a textual measure file format It contains one timeline and for each sig nal at every timestamp a value if...
Page 146: ...es Each line of the file is a data record Each record consists of one or more fields separated by commas Cursor Part in the graphical view of the oscilloscope to analyze y values dif ferences to other...
Page 147: ...uating a search condition F File Explorer View listing all opened containers e g MDA configurations and the assigned files This view is used for managing file assignments File formats Measure file for...
Page 148: ...ck MDF file This file is a binary file format for measurement data MDF This format is used to store exchange and analyze measure data for automotive system development purposes MDF files contain so ca...
Page 149: ...Sample marker Graphical elements which appear when individual measured value can be differentiated in an oscilloscope Scatter Plot Instrument type displaying values for typically two variables for a...
Page 150: ...the common timestamp when synchronizing different instruments T Table Instrument type that is used to inspect the precise value of a signal for a specific time stamp Time Axis Horizontal scale in the...
Page 151: ...from the data sources This list is used for selection and assignment to an instrument or as input for an activity e g Calculated Signal trigger condition export Video Instrument type that is used to...
Page 152: ...5 Synchronization 120 D Display Name 45 Display Name Rules 12 DXL 34 ASCII 34 DXL INCA dialect 35 ASCII 35 E EHANDBOOK NAVIGATOR 21 56 99 ETAS Contacts 131 Event 108 112 Event List 80 112 Export 34 F...
Page 153: ...er 8 Signal Export 34 Meta Data 54 No Match 26 31 54 Selection 45 Signal Explorer Display Name 45 Statistical Data 80 111 Strip Oscilloscope 87 Scatter Plot 103 Support 129 Synchronization 119 Cursor...
