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4.6

RTPRO-PC Connectivity and Hardware Configurator

INTECRIO V4.6 supports the RTPRO-PC target, i.e. a notebook with RTPRO-PC installation. The notebook provides the possibility to connect up to two ES581

CAN interfaces to its USB ports and the possibility to use the notebook’s Ethernet interface for XCP on UDP bypass (with or without XETK) or daisy chain access.

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The RTPRO-PC configuration capabilities of the Hardware Configurator are only available if you installed the INTECRIO-RP package and have an appropriate license key.

INTECRIO

Integration platform (including HC)

INTECRIO-RP

RTPRO-PC Connectivity

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*.a2l

ES930

PC with RTPRO-PC

(Rapid Prototyping)

ES581

ES63x

ES4xx

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Fig. 4-13 INTECRIO-RP: RTPRO-PC connectivity

The Hardware Configurator allows the configuration of RTPRO-PC hardware systems to provide real physical signals for inputs and outputs of the model, which can be linked with the software function model in the project configurator (see

section 4.8). The Hardware Configurator is used to configure interfaces available

on the RTPRO-PC target for the experiment. The interfaces do not have to be installed at the time of configuration.

Information about the individual interfaces can be found in section 4.6.2, in the

RTPRO-PC user’s guide and in the ES581 user’s guide.

4.6.1

RTPRO-PC Configuration in the Hardware Configurator

The Hardware Configurator contains the following components required for

RTPRO-PC configuration:

• A framework that provides the basic editor and connections to other

INTECRIO components (e.g. OS configurator, project integrator, ETAS

Experiment Environment).

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• A specific expansion of the basic editor for each interface supported by

INTECRIO. Each of these expansions allows for the configuration of the respective interface based on parameters that are displayed in various tabs.

• A generator for the configuration of the device drivers.

These components can be used for the following tasks:

• Configuring interfaces (or loading a daisy chain or CAN configuration)

• Assigning input or output actions for operating system tasks (defined in the OS configurator)

• Providing conversion formulas for describing the mapping of physical signals (model view) to raw values (driver view)

The hardware system is displayed in the WS browser as a tree structure. The

RTPRO-PC system itself is located in the

Hardware/Hardware Systems folder on the top level, the simulation controller (

X86 (RTPRO-PC Target)

) is shown on the level directly underneath it. This is the master with which all other interfaces are linked as slaves. The available hardware signals are placed in a lower hierarchy level. Each level has parameters that can be adjusted in appro-

priate editors. Their appearance is shown schematically in Fig. 4-6.

The entry (e.g., controller, device, signal group, signal) to be edited is selected in the WS browser, while the corresponding editor is opened in the display window. It is possible to edit several objects at the same time.

The editor lists all parameters of the respective object in tables on one or more tabs. Number and names of the parameters and tabs depend on the object.

Manual Configuration: In offline mode, the Hardware Configurator allows the configuration of the interfaces supported by INTECRIO to build a hardware system. The following points must be observed when the board hierarchy is created:

• One hardware system can contain only one RTPRO-PC target.

• A hierarchy consists of a simulation controller as master and one or several slave interfaces controlled by the master.

• Only one simulation controller (

X86 (RTPRO-PC Target)

) can be selected as master for a configuration.

• All slave interfaces are located on the same hierarchy level; a slave interface cannot have its own slave interfaces.

• Each slave interface is assigned to its master.

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• Some interfaces can be present several times in an RTPRO-PC system. Tab.

4-5 lists the available numbers of interfaces.

ES581

(CAN_IO or

XCP_on_CAN)

Daisychain

(IO interface) via Ethernet

XCP_on_UDP via Ethernet

RTPRO-PC Remarks

0 – 2 Each ES581 supports up to two CAN controllers.

Each CAN controller supports either one

CAN_IO device or one XCP_on_CAN device.

4 is the maximum number of all XCP interfaces, i.e. XCP_on_CAN and XCP_on_UDP.

0 – 1 A chain of ES4xx and/or ES63x and/or

ES930 modules.

0 – 4

See section 4.3.2 on page 57 for details.

4 is the maximum number of all XCP interfaces, i.e. XCP_on_CAN and XCP_on_UDP.

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INTECRIO supports XETK on RTPRO-PC systems. XETK is supported via the XCP on UDP configuration, i.e. using an Ethernet controller with XCP device in the INTECRIO hardware configuration. To connect the XETK hardware, the Ethernet interface of the RTPRO-PC notebook is used.

See the INTECRIO online help for details on XETK configuration.

Tab. 4-5 Number of interfaces/elements per RTPRO-PC system

• For the ES581 CAN interfaces, it must be ensured that each ES581 features a unique ID.

• Interfaces of different types can be used with a master.

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During insertion, the Hardware Configurator offers a list with objects that may be inserted at the current location of the tree view.

Interfaces, devices and other sublevels can be inserted in the hierarchy, and deleted when these points are taken into account.

The interfaces, devices, signal groups and signals of the hardware system can be configured in the Hardware Configurator. The following points must be observed during the configuration:

• While a series of interface parameters are preset, the tasks and processes associated with the signals/signal groups are defined in the OS configurator. All signals of a signal group are processed at the same time.

• An implementation (i.e. a conversion formula and a valid value range) can be specified for CAN signals. The following formulas are available:

– Identity:

– linear: f(phys) = phys f(phys) = a/b *phys + d/c

• Up to four CAN controllers can be configured in the same RTPRO-PC hardware system.

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