MDA V8.2 What s New Functional Enhancements & Usability Improvements

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1 Functional Enhancements & Usability Improvements 1

2 Functional Enhancements & Usability Improvements Overview Functional Enhancements Files, Formats and Data Types Usability Improvements 2

3 Functional Enhancements & Usability Improvements Overview Functional Enhancements Combined usage of MDA and EHANDBOOK NAVIGATOR Get quickly a complete list of all status changes for a Boolean signal Provide a description for your configuration Quick visual check whether data is within defined limits Better support in case signals are of unexpected nature Files, Formats and Data Types Usability Improvements 3

4 Functional Enhancements Better understanding of observed system behavior by combined usage of MDA and EHANDBOOK NAVIGATOR Starting with MDA V8.2 and EHB-NAV V5.1 both applications can be used combined EHANDBOOK can be started directly via ribbon entries out of an analysis in MDA In an intermediate dialog the measure file and *.ehb documentation container are selected Display of measure data can be activated in EHANDBOOK NAVIGATOR From MDA cursor time can be sent to EHB to align the shown point in time Cursor time is sent to EHB NAV and values are shown accordingly 4

5 Functional Enhancements Get quickly a complete list of all status changes for a Boolean signal For analysis it is often the question, when a condition changes from True to False or vice versa MDA V8.2.0 introduces new instrument named Event List Either a recorded Boolean signal or any calculated signal which is defined in such a manner that it results in a Boolean can be used The Boolean signal is added directly to the instrument, and only time stamps having a status change are listed plus the kind of edge 1. Definition of a condition 2. Drag&Drop to Event List (Oscilloscope view for reference) 5

6 Functional Enhancements Provide a description for your configuration With MDA a comment field for a description of the configuration is available It allows free text of up to 10,000 characters The information is stored with the configuration (*.xdx), this means it is available directly when exchanging the configuration file Via CTLR+I the Information Window is opened Like any other docking window it can be positioned as desired, so that it can remain visible as long as it is needed 6

7 Functional Enhancements Quick visual check whether data is within defined limits In scatter plot representation additionally to the data samples, bounds can be visualized Bounds can be lines or polygons Bounds can be created easily in a graphical manner using the mouse Current limitations Only supported in scatter plot instrument No editing of bound points after creation 7

8 Functional Enhancements Better support in case signals are of unexpected nature In case MDA detects for a signal that the information is not consistent a warning or even error indication is given Error: the signal can not be used, i.e. does not provide values Warning: signal values might be unreliable The indication is shown along the signal name wherever the signal name appears A tooltip on the warning resp. error icon is available to provide (in future) more detailed information for the user 8

9 Functional Enhancements & Usability Improvements Overview Functional Enhancements Files, Formats and Data Types Distinguish clearly signals from different files by showing a file identifier Display of verbal string for Enumeration signals in table instrument Export measure data in a format readable in standard applications Usability Improvements 9

10 Files, Formats and Data Types Distinguish clearly signals from different files by showing a file identifier When using several measure files in one configuration it is essential that the file origin of signals is visible clearly When adding a measure file to a configuration it gets now a File Identifier Wherever a signal name is displayed the File ID is shown The file ID has the following behaviors It is smallest available number of all added files It remains unchanged, when replacing the measure file It is saved with the configuration 10

11 Files, Formats and Data Types Display of verbal string for Enumeration signals in table instrument For signals having a verbal computation method (so-called enumerations) the table instrument supports to display the verbal string Same representation of signal value is shown in table and in oscilloscope When exporting enumeration signals, whether and how the values are provided in the new measure file, depends on the file format: *.dxl: textual form of enumerations *.dxl INCA dialect: numeric form *.tsv: enumerations are not supported 11

12 Files, Formats and Data Types Export measure data in a format readable in standard applications To provide measure data in a easily readable file format e.g. for further analysis in standard office applications, different file formats are offered On major difference is the handling of enumeration signals *.dxl: textual form of enumerations *.dxl INCA dialect: numeric form *.tsv: enumerations are not supported, only numeric signals can be exported Both *.dxl variants are ASCII Multi-Rate formats. While *.dxl provides the verbal value, in format named *.dxl INCA dialect enumerations are exported as numerical values. The used numerical value is defined by the verbal computation method. 12

13 Functional Enhancements & Usability Improvements Overview Functional Enhancements Files, Formats and Data Types Usability Improvements Find quickly signals already used in the configuration (CTRL+F) Use space of the oscilloscope more efficiently Better information and more clarity when exporting measure data 13

14 Usability Improvements Find quickly signals already used in the configuration Even in huge configurations already used signals can be found quickly by means of CTRL+F The Configuration Manager gets visible, having the focus in the search field so that the search string can be entered directly All signals matching the search are listed immediately and Can be displayed by double-clicking Can be moved or copied via drag&drop to another instrument (even in the visible layer) 14

15 Usability Improvements Use space of the oscilloscope more efficiently To extend the available space for graphical display of signal curves, the toolbar in the oscilloscope and in the scatter plot instruments can be set to auto-hide The tool bar appears every time when hovering on the thin white line on top of the graphical area Most important functionality is also available with the toolbar: Scrolling, and Zooming (via mouse resp. CTRL+F12 for complete time range) Cursors and its navigation (CTRL+R, left/right key, Alt+R) Further the instrument toolbar is suppressed always when creating a print-out 15

16 Usability Improvements Better information and more clarity when exporting measure data To improve the usability of the export measure data functionality two changes were introduced: The list of errors and warnings is grouped such that potential issues can be read more easily Within the export progress indication listed entries can be removed to keep the list as small as needed 16

17 Functional Enhancements & Usability Improvements Thank you 17