ASAP2 Editor 10.0 Create and Visualize ECU Description Files Functions The ASAP2 Editor offers the following functions: > All information can be entered and changed in windows dialogs. > ECU descriptions can be read-in in ASAP2 and CANape format and can also be saved in these formats. > Macros and template files can also be used to export the ECU description in any desired user-definable ASCII formats. > Selective export of individual database objects is possible, as is import of individual objects from other ASAP2 files. > Linker-map or debug files can be used to automatically update address and data type information. All commonly used linker-map ECU calibration that is performed with a measurement and cali-bration system such as CANape requires an ECU description file in ASAP2 format. The ASAP2 Editor is the right solution for creating and visualizing such standardized ASAP2 ECU description files. Features and Advantages The convenient ASAP2 Editor is used to create, modify and update ECU description files in ASAP2 Version 1.x format. The ASAP2 Editor is optimally integrated in the development process. For example, when the ASAP2 Editor is used to create database objects, address and data type information can be taken from the linker-map file or debug file. The ASAP2 Editor is the “standalone” version of the database editor integrated in CANape. and debug formats are supported such as IEEE, ELF/DWARF, COFF and PDB. > Encrypted saving of the A2L files protects the data from unauthorized changes, even by other tools. > Corrupt A2L files are comprehensively supported by tolerance in reading them in, saving of error states, preserving of invalid references and autocorrect options. > Various plausibility checks can detect such errors as address overlaps, duplicate object names, invalid references and much more. > The integrated comparison function lets users determine the differences between ASAP2 files. > In an analysis of object names, a software structure is automati-cally 2/44 ASAP2 Database: Contents An ASAP2 description file contains all information about relevant data objects in the ECU, e.g. characteristic values (parameters, curves, maps), real and virtual measurement values, and variant dependencies. Each object is described by information, such as memory address, storage structure, data type, and conversion rules for converting to physical units. The objects are hierarchically assigned to func-tion groups. generated, which can be used for convenient navigation. > Mass operations accelerate the working process letting users select many objects and change their properties together. Configuration of a characteristic map in the ASAP2 Editor