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2 Copyright The data in this document may not be altered or amended without special notification from ETAS GmbH. ETAS GmbH undertakes no further obligation in relation to this document. The software described in it can only be used if the customer is in possession of a general license agreement or single license. Using and copying is only allowed in concurrence with the specifications stipulated in the contract. Under no circumstances may any part of this document be copied, reproduced, transmitted, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into another language without the express written permission of ETAS GmbH. Copyright 2015 ETAS GmbH, Stuttgart The names and designations used in this document are trademarks or brands belonging to the respective owners. Page 2 of 21

3 Contents 1 Introduction Definitions and Abbreviations Conventions User Documentation Product Definition Functions at a glance General Information System Prerequisites Software Prerequisites Restrictions Delivery DVD Contents Used 3rd Party Software Installation Licensing Changes What s New in MDA V What s New in MDA V What s New in MDA V What s New in MDA V What s New in MDA V What s New in MDA V What s New in MDA V What s New in MDA V What s New in MDA V What s New in MDA V What s New in MDA V Compatibility to Earlier Releases Known Issue Reports Quality Assessment and Limitations Hotfix / Service Pack Information Contact, Support and Problem Reporting Page 3 of 21

4 1 Introduction This document contains the for the ETAS product MDA V7.1.X. 1.1 Definitions and Abbreviations Term/Abbreviation ASAM EHI GPS HW LiMa MDA MDF MDFLibrary OnC KIR PR SW VSD Definition Association for Standardization of Automation and Measuring Systems ETAS Help Desk International Global Positioning System Hardware ETAS License Manager Measure Data Analyzer Measure Data File Component of MDA and INCA that is used for processing measure files Open and Configure Dialog Known Issue Report For severe Problem Reports which occur after a release, ETAS has introduced the Known Issue Report to inform affected customer immediately. The current Known Issues of former versions can be found on the ETAS website: Problem Report Software Variable Selection Dialog 1.2 Conventions The following typographical conventions are used in this document: Choose File. Menu commands are shown in boldface. Click OK. Press <ENTER>. The "Open File" dialog box is displayed. Select the file setup.exe A distribution is always a one-dimensional table of sample points. Buttons are shown in boldface. Keyboard commands are shown in angled brackets. Names of program windows, dialog boxes, fields, etc. are shown in quotation marks. Text in drop-down lists on the screen, program code, as well as path- and file names are shown in the Courier font. General emphasis and new terms are set in italics. 1.3 User Documentation User documentation on MDA V7.1.0 is in PDF format and can be found on the DVD. A printed version can be ordered with the order card or by using the ordering web link (Print shop), available on the DVD. Page 4 of 21

5 2 Product Definition 2.1 Functions at a glance See What s New slide set on MDA V This slide set, which is in PDF format, can also be found on the product DVD. The slide set is also available on ETAS Download Center. These slides are available for MDA Service Packs or as a part of INCA What s New slides. 2.2 General Information System Prerequisites The following minimum system prerequisites have to be met: Required Hardware Required Operating System Required Free Disk Space 2,0 GHz Dual-Core PC or equivalent 4 GB RAM DVD-ROM drive for installation Network adapter VGA-Graphic card with VGA-screen and resolution of 1024 x 768 with min. 16 bit colours Windows XP SP3 (32bit) or higher Windows Vista SP1 (32bit) or higher Windows 7 SP1 (32 or 64bit) or higher Windows 8 (32 or 64bit) or higher Windows 8.1 (32 or 64bit) or higher. MDA runs in 32bit compatibility mode on a 64bit Operating System (English, French, Japanese, Chinese and German OS version supported) 500 MB (not including the size for application data) Page 5 of 21

6 The following system prerequisites are recommended: Recommended Hardware Pentium(R) Quad-Core CPU 3GHz 8 GB RAM DVD-ROM drive for installation Network adapter XGA-Graphic card with XGA-screen and resolution of 1024 x 768 with 16 bit colours and DirectX 7 support Recommended Operating System Recommended Free Disk Space Windows Vista SP1 (32bit) or higher Windows 7 SP1 (32 or 64bit) or higher Windows 8 (32 or 64bit) or higher Windows 8.1 (32 or 64bit) or higher. MDA runs in 32bit compatibility mode on a 64bit Operating System (English, French, Japanese, Chinese and German OS version supported) >10.0 GB Important notes: - In order to use MDA, the user needs read and write access to the registry path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ETAS (for more details about user privileges, please refer to section User Privileges Required for Installation and Operation" in the user s manual. - Windows 7 Ultimate N Minimum requirement to install MDA is an installation of Microsoft hotfix "Windows6.1- KB x86". - Hyper threading is supported. - Multiple monitors may be used, but there is no special functionality in MDA for them. - To enhance the MDA performance it is recommended to use computers with as much memory (RAM) as possible and with a fast hard disk drive. - It is recommended to keep the target Operating System on the latest state (see the updates from Microsoft for Windows(TM) operating systems). Page 6 of 21

7 2.2.2 Software Prerequisites MDA/INCA interaction: In case MDA V7.1.0 is used with an INCA version it is recommended to use it together with INCA V MDA V7.1.0 can also be used with INCA V7.0.0 (predecessor version of INCA V7.1.0). MDA V7.1.0 is protected via electronic licensing. INCA, MDA and some add-ons are protected via electronic licensing. In order to run and use the products, a license file is required that needs to be installed via the ETAS License Manager. The license manager is opened during the installation and can also be started at a later point as an external program located in the ETAS program folder in the Start menu. The license file can be obtained through a self-service portal on the ETAS website by using the software entitlement you received during the order process or it is provided by your tool coordinator. MDA V7.1.X is Service Packs of MDA V Hence MDA V7.1.0 needs to be installed before installation of service packs Restrictions WINDOWS 95, WINDOWS NT, WINDOWS 98SE and Windows 2000 are not supported. 2.3 Delivery DVD Contents The MDA V7.1.0 software is delivered with an installation routine on the DVD including documentation, tools, utilities, and other information. All software documentation is available in the Portable Document Format (PDF), which requires Adobe Reader. Once the DVD has been inserted in the DVD-Drive and read by your PC, the main menu for ETAS Product Installation will pop up. If no ETAS Product Installation menu pops up, please double-click on start.exe that is located in the main folder on the installation DVD. The DVD contains the following items: Folder Documentation HTML Meaning / Explanation Contains software documentation in English, German and Japanese. Here you will also find the What s New slide set, Video Tutorials and the Disclaimer Contains HTML scripts in English, German and Japanese for traversing through the main menu and sub menus MDA Tools Contains MDA7.1.0 software Contains sample files for three features in MDA V7.1.0 a) Information on Devices used for the Measurement b) GPS Viewer (both offline- and online-mode) c) Displaying signals with invalid samples Page 7 of 21

8 2.3.2 Used 3rd Party Software ETAS uses OpenStreetMap for visualization of GPS Data on a Street Map within MDA V7.1.X. OpenStreetMap is Open Source Software (OSS). 2.4 Installation Please refer to Section 3 Installing the Program in the MDA V7.1.0 Getting Started Manual for details related to installation of the program. 2.5 Licensing Please refer to Section 3.5 Licensing the Software in the MDA V7.1.0 Getting Started Manual for details pertaining to licensing. Page 8 of 21

9 3 Changes This chapter describes changes in MDA V7.1.0 and its service packs with respect to the previous version of the product, namely MDA V What s New in MDA V New features 1. Information on Devices used for the Measurement 2. Visualization of GPS Data on a Street Map within MDA 2. Performance improvements 1. ETAS File Indexing for faster loading of measurement files 2. Performance improvements for Calculated Signals 3. Enhanced Usability 1. Default step size of Analysis Cursor 2. Customizable Toolbars 3. Enabling/disabling selection of signal-related events 4. Displaying signals with invalid samples 5. Display of long signal names 6. Improved readability of formula for Calculated Signals 7. Signal List enhanced with Axis Index 4. Tutorials 1. Video tutorials on Open and Configure Dialog 5. Others 1. Support of ASAM MDF 4.1 Standard 2. Support of little / big Endean byte formats 3. Usage of ETAS Performance Logger component 4. Usage of MDF Library 2.0 component More details on the features listed above are provided in the What s New slide set on the DVD. Page 9 of 21

10 3.2 What s New in MDA V Visualization view for Video Data 2. Defect fixes EW_M710_PROD74969: Fixed strings are used for MDA user interface EW_M710: Erroneous behavior of Calculated Signal Editor with Limit Monitoring Signal EW_M710: Part of Limit monitoring signal is cut out in table window EW_M710 Graphical display problems when using file with negative time EW_M710 No scrollbars on MDA screen EW_M710 Impossible to open OnC after a replace action EW_M710: Several Windows not resizable EW_M711_BETA06: Text box of "Time Interval step" is narrow EW_M711_BETA06: Any view goes wrong displaying after moving over video view EW_M710 File name disappears in status bar EW_M710 Measure file name is not updated in status bar after replacing file EW_M710>?: Units gets lost if MDA converts ETAS ASCII into MDF EW_M710 Find feature not reliable EW_M710 Find position looses time range setting of the selected window EW_M710 inconsistent change of signal color EW_M700 VSD Selected variables management not reliable EW_M711_BETA06: Video Display Name is cut off in the Video view EW_M711_BETA06: Numbering is not correct in the warning message of video signals MDA Help Mapping: Mapping not possible for Map View and GPS Instrument Properties EW_M711_BETA10: Fixed strings are used in the Error Retrieving Device Information window EW_M710 Signal sorting order not cashed if switching between view tabs EW_M711_BETA06: Button handling(disable/enable) of forward and backward are wrong EW_M711_BETA06: The user cannot change defined Video File Path in measure file EW_M711_BETA06: File path in the video view is shown as backslash in file path on Japanese OS EW_MDA71 Comment window opens with second time by clicking the activating cursors Page 10 of 21

11 3.3 What s New in MDA V Support of copying the data from the Variable Properties dialog 2. Defect fixes EW_M700: MDA cannot show the comments of a dat file on Windows7 if the file path contains 2byte characters TX_MDA: pause comments are only displayed, when minimize result table in mda EW_M710: Part of limit monitoring signals are not handled correctly EW_M700 scaling via Ctrl +F12 is not immediately in an open config XDA including measurement passage EW_MDA v7.1 SP1 installation overwrites mda.ini EW_M700_HF9 Open XDA file with mouse click don't open the configure file in MDA EW_M700 : MDA7.x does not show any information in "File list" field of "MDA - Open Configuration/MDA - Zip File" window EW_M710 Cursor in Autobahn GPS example won't move initially EW_M710: optimizing MDF4-file does not finish EW_M700 VSD scrollbar lock in range control failure EW_M711_BETA06: Error message about video loading is not informative EW_M710 Loading configuration takes very long EW_M711_BETA10: Fixed strings are used in the Video Instrument Properties window EW_M711<?: Different values shown in table and osci EW_M710 View in Oscilloscope and Printout Layout configuration window different EW_MDA711_Cannot generate dat file with linear interpolation for data from ES EW_M700: MDA table etc. cannot display "abs data" correctly EW_M710: it is not possible to make a COPY from each line in ctrl-idialog EW_MDA710 scroll bar on select display window is not displayed EW_M711: problem with VTAB-Range conversion EW_MDA7/5 Roh-Wert-Anzeige ist unbrauchbar <-> Raw-value display is unusable EW_M630<?: MDA.dat can't be opened EW_M710: Device Information Window is not resizable and cuts information support of Windows EW_M710 Replace current dat not working Page 11 of 21

12 3.4 What s New in MDA V Copy View & Replace Signals 2. Defect fixes EW_M712 MDA crashes on attempt to exchange measure files EW_M710: it is not possible to make a COPY from each line in ctrl-idialog (improvements) MDA and 7.1.0: import of ascii file does not work as expected EW_M711 MDA Ctrl+a behaviour MDA 7.1: Variables from different files are displayed in random order EW_M712 calculated signal shows wrong cursor values EW_M713_BETA08_PRE02: On Japanese OS, status of "Time Channel" and "Calculation Mode" is cut off in the MDR window EW_M712/1 The path is not updated when opening the MDF file over the Windows Explorer EW_M713_BETA06: File path in the Replace Signals window is shown as backslash in file path on Japanese OS EW_M713_BETA08_PRE02: Message related on the Replace Signals window is wrong EW_M713_BETA09_PRE03: No limitation of the "Replace Signals" window size Page 12 of 21

13 3.5 What s New in MDA V Persistence of user setting in Generate Measure File window 2. Defect fixes EW_M711 Signal order in osci is sometimes lost EW_M712_[MDA does not remember the last used measure file path during a MDA session / MDA merkt sich den zuletzt genutzten Messdatei-Pfad nicht innerhalb einer MDA-Sitzung] EW_M713_BETA6: Fixed strings are used in the related on replace window EW_M712/1 Abnormal program termination on closing of MDA 7.1 with using GPS measure file if MDA is installed in folder with empty spaces EW_M713_BETA08_PRE02: Message related on the Replace Signals window is wrong EW_M713 wrong computation with sint32 datatype EW_M712: MDA does not show values after replace and crashes EW_M713 window display under higher DPI settings EW_M713 calculated signal is wrongly displayed EW_M714 generate measure file does not work with data reduction EW_M713 MDR shows wrong data TX_MDA: for special label unexpected entry found in Variable Properties EW_M711_Data_from_an_offline_measurement_with_MCD_hub_Volvo EW_M712 generation of ASCII file is slow Access violation on attempt to read measure file created with INCA V7.1.4 b Performance degradation in MDA when reading indexed files Page 13 of 21

14 3.6 What s New in MDA V ASAM MDF v4.1 - Support for Standard Indexing 2. ASAM MDF v4.1 - Data Compression 3. Defect fixes EW_7.1.3/1 Wrong Time into the MDF-File EW_MDA713 Wrong time on measure file comment window Video player in MDA shows error when the video is moved - also means configuration with video cannot be saved TF_EE_MDF_STANDARD: mda could not be opened after recording of MDF EW_M715_BETA7 starts with message about "TMS-software" EW_MDA714 Cursor's value does not update on a different oscilloscope window Dialog "Generate Measure File": NLS changes MDA 7.1.4: Variable names are truncated to 32 characters EW_M714 Signal list is not correctly displayed in the MDA-Config when using multiple Oscilloscopes EW_M715 Cursor move in sample mode not correct EW_M715b10 Caching does not start automatically EW_M715_BETA12: Font size of "Data Compression" in Japanese is smaller than other letters in the Generate Measure File window MDA: creation of ascii format files mixes up comments EW_M714 Question about MDF 3.0 file format which is output by MDA Text not displayed completely in dialogs OnC: column "Optimized for MDA" can not be resized EW_M715_BETA06: "Data Compression" check box overlaps with other items Page 14 of 21

15 3.7 What s New in MDA V INI File Entry for Data Compression 2. Defect Fixes EW_M715_BETA06: Ordering of "Format" items in the Generate Measure File window are not grouped EW_M715b Display mode of $ActiveCalibrationPage is not stored EW_MDA715/Beta11 changes on the legend can not take over by clicking "Enter" EW_M715 Panning in bit area does not work EW_MDA713/1 Y Axis does not show precise the values EW_M715 x and y axis loos synchronization EW_M714 Sorting digital signals alphabetically does not work EW_M711 Memory Leak-program terminated EW_M7.1.4 Display ID can't be exported to ascii file EW_MDA715/Beta11 changes on the legend can not take over by clicking "Enter" EW_MDA715 Forced zoom in while selecting the signals EW_M715 Mark a signal results sporadically in a zoom EW_M712_Tooltip not working in "Selection of active window" EW_M715 Load configuration with file extension.xda (upper case) does not work EW_I715_BETA17: Wrong displaying on the Manage Calculated Signals window EW_M716_BETA7: The attached xda file cannot open via "open" of context menu (right click menu) of Windows Explorer Page 15 of 21

16 3.8 What s New in MDA V An option to Collapse and Expand All items in the Configure Windows tree 2. Alignment of digital signals in the Osci chart 3. An option to disable/enable warning messages in MDA 4. Defect fixes EW_M716 Scroll width using keyboard depends on where user clicked before MDA 7.1.5: Unable to view data from MF4 file in MDA EW_M716 Values for calc signal not displayed properly after several measure files have been replaced MDA 7.1.6: Nested calculated signals are not updating when new datasets are loaded EW_M716 file name disappears if deleting signal form osci MDF file not working with MDA MDA - Wrong display of values that are not byte-aligned EW_MDA717Beta3 The actual cursor is not working properly with the Option Find EW_M715 Measure file is not correctly parsed EW_M715: measure file window needs time while selecting a dat file EW_MDA717 Typing in file name in file open dialog jumps to wrong file EW_MDA7.1.5_unable to open dat files by selecting MDA in a list of programs Page 16 of 21

17 3.9 What s New in MDA V Combined filter for MDF files in File Open dialog 2. More space in Calculated Signals dialog for signal drop-down list 3. Undo Automatic Sorting in signal list of oscilloscope 4. Rate and Raster Name information in the oscilloscope signal list 5. Defect fixes Sample stepsize not refreshed after reducing/increasing cursor step size with hotkey Wrong oscilloscope visualization in MDA In MDA no line for the current page is drawn EW_M716 character sequence is not allowed for comments in MDA. Please add information to "help function" MDA does not update calculated signal after.pm file change Keyboard commands in Legend of Osci have not expected result MDA generates wrong data for calculated signal in MDR after 1000 sec Bypass Signals are not visible Textbox of "Fixed rate" overlap its frame on Japanese Windows Aero theme MDA_error Message when user opens mda and has a standard config with calculated signals Signal color does not appear in the word doc from MDA Print Layout MDA: Measure value in Osci does not fit to value displayed in table after moving cursor via keyboard Read-in XDA file and switch window ends with flying windows Calculated signals: Equal char. leads to error. Double equal character is expected EW_I7.1.6_Logical and "&" not working in calculated signals Fixed strings are used in right-click menu of signal list Page 17 of 21

18 3.10 What s New in MDA V Integration of new predefined calculation formulas for INCA and MDA 2. An option to Enable\Disable device name in a generated *.mrf file 3. Tool Bar appearance is not changed by installation of a Service Pack 4. Restore signal list order after adding, deleting, replacing signal(s) 5. An option to open directly Manuals and Tutorials folder from MDA 6. Defect fixes MDA CCD format does not appear as a selectable file format Find option in MDA is not working properly MDA 7.1.8: Generate Measure File does not always create signal with the proper scaling Dialog for axis properties not fully visible When closing yellow event message window in MDA window size changes and tool bars cannot be read anymore Fixed strings are used in the menu EW_MDA719_TX_MDA - "CTRL-A" does not perform select all in comment window EW_MDA715_TX_MDA - Cursor keys does not work as expected in comments textbox Negative value is settable for the ${filtertime} of "LowPassFilter" calculated signal Zero is settable for the ${filtertime} of "LowPassFilter" calculated signal Decimal number is not available for the ${filtertime} of "LowPassFilter" calculated signal Negative value is settable for the <duration> of "Pulse11" calculated signal Calculated Signals - changes of "rate" does not work correctly MDA generate measure file no progress displayed if CCD is selected MDA shows value as 0 and not the correct value Fixed strings are used in the error of "LowPassFilter" calculated signal Page 18 of 21

19 3.11 What s New in MDA V More user friendly filter options in VSD 2. Color management for POI, bookmark 3. Integration of new custom calculated signals for INCA and MDA Part 2 4. An option to Disable/Enable warning message in Manage Calculated Signals 5. Defect fixes Flag for resizing Signal list columns is wrongly displayed Offset between gridlines and the ruler of the axis description When Low-Pass Filter function is used the decimal format for parameter is not kept and reported as error MDA crashes when calculation signal is created Error when checking formula for low pass filter Generate Measure file creates no cconversion for time chanal QT_TF_MATRIX_DIM: In MDF4 Files wrong Index is shown for Matrix Values Signal display and setting format of MDA MDA - Graph in the oscilloscope view is not displayed after signal replacing with mapping information perform auto Request for MDA at mouse right click in Config window the current element should be automatically selected EW_M713_BETA6: Selected window for "Copy View & Replace Signals" function is incorrect 3.12 Compatibility to Earlier Releases MDA V7.1.0 is compatible to predecessor releases Known Issue Reports If a product issue develops, ETAS will prepare a Known Issue Report (KIR) and post it on the internet. The report includes information regarding the technical impact and status of the solution. Therefore you must check the KIR applicable to this ETAS product version and follow the relevant instructions prior to operation of the product. The Known Issue Report (KIR) can be found here: Page 19 of 21

20 3.14 Quality Assessment and Limitations The following known limitations exist in the released version: General: - It is recommended to use not more than 100 signals in one analysis view. - It is recommended to work with supported files on a local drive. - MDA is not able to handle 2byte or 3 byte characters properly in general. - It is recommended to de-install older versions of MDA manually before a new installation (esp. for downgrading). - On a Win 7 PC it is recommended to use Win 7 Classic Theme. - It is recommended to use Line Type "Solid" for signals when the Y-Axis range is set to less than 1% of signal's available range. Printing: - MDA is not able to handle paper sizes larger than 999mm. - Setting for paper layout (size, orientation) in MDA printer settings must be the same as for printer itself. - In case the created image for print exceeds a limit of 90MB not all printers (software/hardware) are supported. - Modifying the printer settings from MDA Print Layout Editor will change the default printer settings. MDA/INCA - Calculated Signals: - It is recommended to use '.' as decimal symbol for defining calculated signals. - Using library functions in formulas might cause some differences in the number of samples. - Measure time as input signal does not work correctly. - It is recommended to use Cache file for calculated signals which cannot be merged. - If a user wants to change a.pm file then MDA should be closed before. It is recommended to clear the cache files directory (.\ETASData\MDA_Cache) once if.pm file(s) is modified while the tool is open after migration to MDAV7.1.8 or higher. ETAS File Indexing - It is recommended to use ETAS File Indexing when the measure file size is greater than 100 MB. Page 20 of 21

21 Visualization view for Video Data - Usage of larger files (> 10 min) may lead to performance issues or synchronization functionality losses. - Needs a special asap1 driver to be installed in addition. Necessary video codecs have to be installed separately and are not part of SP1. - In some cases on Click of Play, Video Ends without playing completely for few of the video signals instead of playing completely. (Defect #361672). This issue is due to the limitation in the media player control and occurs only for some files and not in general. For more information please use the given link Hotfix / Service Pack Information Hotfixes / Service Packs will be released on periodic basis. Customers are requested to install subject Hotfixes / Service Packs as soon as they have been released for world-wide deployment. 5 Contact, Support and Problem Reporting For details of your local sales office as well as your local technical support team and product hotlines, take a look at the ETAS website: ETAS subsidiaries WWW: ETAS technical support WWW: Page 21 of 21