CANdelaFlash 2.1

Functions

CANdelaFlash supports the import and export to the standardized ODX format completely. ODX Flash Containers can thereby be prepared at an early stage in the development process. These ODX Flash Containers have become a standard for modern flash tools used in development and production.

CANdelaFlash fits seamlessly into existing tool chains. In particular it supports the development process with other Vector products such as CANdelaStudio. Another advantage of CANdelaFlash is that it supports modularization of flash data, e.g. post-flashing of individual ECU functionalities (gear shift programs, idle-speed control, country variants, etc.).

CANdelaFlash offers a simple and easy-to-use interface. For example, the organization of a CANdelaFlash document is shown in a tree view, and most entries are made via easy-to-use tables with intuitive input masks.

Functions at a Glance:

• Assignment of software revision levels and part numbers
• Assignment of the various software revision levels to specific ECUs in the vehicle
• Identification of valid target ECUs. Checking whether the session is valid for the ECU that has to be programmed.
• User-friendly acquisition and management of binary and hexadeci-mal data for Flash ROMs (e.g. import of source files in ”Intel Hex“ and ”Motorola S-Record“ formats)
• Use of templates for new CANdelaFlash documents
• Creation and editing of sessions and data blocks
• User-friendly editing of the segments of a data block including extensive consistency checks
• Grouping of sessions into so-called Flash Classes
• Cut, copy, and paste functions for objects of the CANdelaFlash document
• Searching of the CANdelaFlash database for objects by their names
• Import and Export of the CANdelaFlash document into ODX 2.0 and ODX 2.1 data format
• Import/export of embedded flash data from/to ODX
• Creation and editing by authors, revision entries, and brief descriptions
• Interfacing to external tools by user-defined actions
• Plug-In interface for linking customer-specific security DLLs for CRC and signature calculation
• Support of customized user settings
• Reuse of diagnostic data (from CANdelaStudio)
• Detailed recording of program sequences (Output Window)
• Read and write of PDX archives (Packaged ODX)
• Expanded format checking in attribute masks via specification of regular expressions in the template

Structure of the CANdelaFlash Data

The management and the acquisition of flash data is done comfortably via the user interface in the following structure:

• Flash description:
  Reference to multiple ECUs (CANdelaStudio ECU-specific descriptions; *.cdd files)
• Base Session:
  Optional definition of session defaults for a project
• Sessions:
  Session with list of data blocks. This is a list of jobs for upload/download (initial programming, reprogramming, partial reprogramming). The data blocks reference the flash data (reusable in different sessions) and they specify the segments of flash data for upload/download.
• Memory layouts:
  Description of the memory layouts of several ECUs
• Flash classes:
  User-defined organization of sessions in any desired number of flash classes
• Flash data:
  Database of reusable flash data

Graphics & Screenshots Generation of ODX Flash Containers Structure of CANdelaFlash Data