ACT Gateway Bundle

ACT Base, Logger and Gateway

Het Automotive Configuration Tool (ACT) is a powerful and easy to use PC software package for the FRC-EP Embedded Platforms with versatile functions.

ACT RBS & Gateway Bundle

This software bundle includes the following components:

Base - Administration, Editor, Visualization and Development tool
Logger - Signal & Data Logger
Gateway - Message & Signal Gateway

Functions & Modules

Detail overview of the functions and modules in this bundle:

IxAdmin

Administration tool for the embedded platform which is connected to the device via USB, Ethernet or Wi-Fi.

Up-/download of configurations
Execution of updates
Runtime license management
General settings

Vehicle Editor

Basis for most solutions are bus descriptions in CANdB, FIBEX or AUTOSAR-XML format. The descriptions contain a great deal of information, but often not all required information. Using the Vehicle Editor, everything that belongs to a certain vehicle, an integration level or a test configuration can be easily combined.

Gateway

Like RBS, the gateway is a view of the ACT tool. The gateway is a versatile solution, which can be used alone or in conjunction with a RBS to combine different data streams with each other. It does not matter whether physical or virtual bus systems are involved. The gateway view of the ACT tool is divided into two areas: source and target. Mapping of messages or individual signals from the source to the target bus always takes place via drag & drop. The created configuration can be loaded on an IXXAT embedded platform and executed stand-alone.

FlexRay, CAN & CAN FD

A bus description file can be provided for physical FlexRay, CAN and CAN FD bus systems. With the signal-based gateway, it is thereby possible to combine signals from different source messages into one target message.

Free selection of send triggers and possible default values
Optional automatic signal transformation – if the signal description of the source and target signal deviate from each other
Cycle time adaptation of the sent messages to relieve the recipient connected to the target bus.

Analog & digital I/O

After configuration of data direction, range of values, conversion rules and unit, the IOs can be easily mapped via drag & drop. This allows to map the trigger inputs/outputs of the logger or to fill vehicle signals based on the analog inputs.

Different IOs supported depending on the used embedded platform
Easily added to the gateway as a virtual bus

Generic Ethernet

In addition to the CAN interfaces installed in the device, the embedded platforms have up to 16 „virtual CAN on Ethernet“ buses.

IXXAT protocol used for reception and transmission of messages from/to 16 different IP addresses.
Generation of CANdB files for each virtual CAN bus via ACT, enabling remote stations to interpret the data stream
Virtual CAN channel can be evaluated by the control PC, analyzed with the IXXAT canAnalyser or transformed to CAN again via an IXXAT CAN@net

EtherCAT

EtherCAT extension for FRC-EP190 allowing to combine the automotive world with the industrial world in the test bench
Easy signal selection for analysis and stimulation via EtherCAT by using ACT
EtherCAT configuration can be read directly from the device

FDX

The Fast Data Exchange protocol is an Ethernet-based communication interface and represents a favorable alternative to XCPonEthernet for accessing physical signals.

No elaborate communication stack required
Quick implementation on any target platform
Interpretation of the data stream via XML description file generated with ACT

MATLAB / Simulink

Integration of your own MATLAB/Simulink models
Send/receive data via the gateway
Required: Matlab/Simulink license for Embedded Systems

User code

Easy implementation of own functions, e.g. for control of digital outputs or implementation of complex trigger modules for the logger
User code bus added as a virtual bus to the the gateway configuration
IO signals for own code mapped via drag & drop from and to all other bus systems
User code application written in standard C and may represent also specific algorithms
Eclipse-based SDK incl. remote debugger for developing and testing the application

Functional models

For some users, the development of C code is too complex or there are already finished models from other projects. The integration of these models is possible via an API based on the user code bus. Similar to the user code, a Matlab/Simulink model can then access the mapped signals/messages.

Signal- & Data logger

Easily added to gateway configuration as a virtual bus
Signals/messages to be recorded are mapped on the logger bus via drag & drop
Definition of trigger inputs on signal basis and graphically configuration
Recording for all connected bus systems on a common time basis
Different formats for recording on SDHC card supported
Logging individually or in parallel to a residual bus simulation
Recordings can be played back in correct chronological order

Signal visualization

Easily added to the gateway configuration as a virtual bus
Simple display and stimulation for all mapped signals using integrated web server
Any device (PC, smartphone, tablet) can be used as display device
Connection of the visualization device via USB, Ethernet or Wi-Fi
Requires only HTML5-capable web browser
Generic HTML page provided for easy adaptation by the user

Development tool

An Eclipse-based development environment is available for the development of own applications. With this development environment, user code applications for the extension of the gateway solution or completely separate applications can be created. This is supported by the integration into the ACT project, the convenient editor, cross-compiler as well as a high-level language debugger. The applications developed can be executed stand-alone or on the IXXAT embedded platforms.

Contents of delivery
- Programm for Windows™
- USB license key (One USB 2.0 connection required)
- User Manual

Part number(s)

1.12.0248.00000

Automotive Configuration Tool (ACT) - Gateway
Base, Logger and Gateway

Note

For Gateway is a run-time licenses on the Embedded Platform required