Using Vector CANape with Raptor New Eagle Products, Inc.

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1 Using Vector CANape with Raptor New Eagle Products, Inc. March 2018

2 Using Vector CANape with Raptor Contents Getting Started Guide VECTOR CANAPE...3 INITIAL SETUP...5 MERGING OFFLINE CALIBRATION CHANGES...9 2

3 Vector CANape Vector CANape is an alternative option to Raptor-Cal for calibration of ECUs in real time. While Raptor-Cal offers the most integrated support of typical calibration workflows for Raptor ECUs, we understand that you may be more familiar with Vector CANape, and so we ve provided this guide to show you how to use this calibration tool in tandem with Raptor. Getting Started Guide Reprogramming of the ECU will still be done with Raptor-Cal, however your Raptor-Dev license will enable the reprogramming capability inside Raptor-Cal so you won t need a Raptor-Cal license to handle this. Steps to build A2L files for Vector CANape: 1) From the top level of the model, double click on the ECU Definition block, and check Output HEX/A2L Files (Third-Party Tool Support). 2) From the top level of the model, double click on the XCP Protocol Definition, and check Generate A2L for CANape. 3

4 Once these options are configured, a Vector CANape a2l file will be created automatically during the build process and placed at C:\ECU\a2l. The a2l file contains information about the built application such as details about measurements and adjustments. Using this file, you can connect to the programmed ECU to view live data and make calibration adjustments. In the image above you will notice that there are 3 extra files created labeled _CANAPE. This is because the model that caused these files to be generated contained parameters with access level 1 and 4. The file for access level 1 ends with _A1 and contains only those parameters for access level 1. The file for access level 4 ends with _A4 and contains parameters defined with access level 4 or lower (e.g. all parameters.) 4

5 Initial Setup with Vector CANape 16.0 Steps to setup Vector CANape project: 1. Open CANape, then select <Create new project..> 2. Name the project 3. Choose the destination for the project 4. Once a project is created, right Click on Devices 5. Click on New device from -> Click Database.. 6. Select the a2l file with projectname_a4 type from C:\ECU\a2l 7. Check the Activate dataset management true -> click Next 8. Select the corresponding CAN channel from the drop menu under Channel: 5

6 9. Click Next, no changes needed yet for Map File Settings, click Next again 10. Click on browse, and select the.hex file from C:\ECU\project_name This file was created during the Raptor build. 6

7 11. Once selected, click OK. A window for settings will pop up automatically. Click on protocol from the menu on left and click on Test connection. This will verify if the project is connected with the ECU in order to run necessary tests. If there is an error, please check if Baud rate is correct. 7

8 12. Press OK once communication is established. Now from the explorer on the left, click on the device name Datasets\.. project name parameter of interest. Drag and drop the parameter onto the right. 8

9 13. Click on the icon highlighted above. It will take CANape online with the ECU connected. The selected parameters will be updated with real-time. Merging Offline Calibration Changes If you have made offline calibration changes, or received a calibration set from a colleague you may want to merge those changes into the executable to create a new programming file for the ECU. This can be accomplished by using Vector CANape and the Raptor-CAL Tool. Steps to Merge a Calibration: 1. Once you have made offline changes or opened your calibration file, explore in your Device Name Datasets 9

10 2. Right click on the dataset of interest then click Export reference set 3. Choose destination and click Save. This will create a hex file with the application and calibration settings (including any changes you made). In order to program this into the ECU, you need to create a RPG file for us with Raptor-Cal. 10

11 4. Open Raptor-Cal Tool. 5. Click on Program Create Raptor Package 6. Click on Program File (.Hex) and navigate to your new.hex file with offline calibration 7. Click on Signals File (.a2l) and navigate to the corresponding.a2l file under C:\ECU\a2l 8. Click Start. 9. Save the.rpg file created. Close the Raptor Package program. 11

12 10. From Raptor-Cal Tool, click Flash. 11. Once the module (ECU) has been detected, click Select 12. Navigate to C:\ECU\RPG and open the.rpg file saved from using Raptor Package program Once file is opened, it will automatically flash the ECU with offline calibrated changes. 12

13 Steps to verify the offline calibrated changes: 13. Go to Vector CANape program and click the Flash button to go online. 14. Click Go online. 15. Choose Upload data segments and create a new dataset 13

14 This will allow for the new calibrations flashed on the ECU to be synchronized with dataset that is on the hard drive. 16. Click OK Getting Started Guide 17. Click OK again 18. Now once again click Flash button to be online. 14

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