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ATAN0080 [APPLICATION NOTE]
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6.
GUI User Guide
6.1
Installation
There are no special steps necessary to install the GUI. There is one executable requiring Microsoft .NET 4.0 or later for it to
launch correctly.
6.2
Explanation of Screens
Figure 6-1.
Screen 1
Application
1.
Tools Menu: Allows selection of the
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LIN bus analyzer tool – for monitoring LIN bus
traffic
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Send message tool – for sending a user-defined
LIN message
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Status tool – for viewing connection status
counters
2.
Board setup area: For configuring the board for use
with the buttons or with the slider, for enabling
QTouch debugging, and for disabling LIN autobaud.
3.
Board control and status area: For controlling the
board LEDs and viewing the status of the board
potentiometer and QTouch buttons or slider. If con-
nectivity from the GUI through the gateway to the
ATABtiny1634A board has not been established, the
controls are grayed out (as shown).
4.
USB connection status: Indicates whether the
ATmega64M1 Xplained LIN-USB gateway is con-
nected or not.
5.
Status frame reception counter: Counts each time a
status frame is received from the ATABtiny1634A
board; a continuously increasing count indicates
complete connectivity from the GUI through the
ATmega64M1 Xplained LIN-USB gateway to the
Atmel ATtiny1634 MCU on the ATABtiny1634 board
and back.
