Version History

2010-01-15: CANape 8.0 SP2

This service pack has been replaced by SP5. Please contact our support team if you require a previous version.

 

With Service Pack 2, the following changes become effective (SP1 is contained):

New Features:

• Support of the operating system Windows 7 32 Bit.
• Kvaser Memorator logging files (.kme files) can be imported.
• Improved Data Mining functionality (see online help).
• Support mp4 video format for offline analysis.
• Advanced Multimedia: New GFX object Polynomial: y = a*a2 + b*b2*x + c*c2*x2 + d*d2*x3.
• Support of GPS receiver ublox "AEK-4H".
• 20kHz sample rate with ES611 modules from Etas.
• Usability of the .NET Panel ActiveX is improved.
• ASAP2 files coded with UTF8 and byte order mark (BOM) can be read.
• Fragments of an ASAP2 file can be imported.
• DSP mode added to the linker map reader for COFF/DWARF map files for the duplication of addresses.
• New ASCII export converter option: The comment of measurement signals can be used as signal name.
• The Matlab export converter can export a subset of signals.
• Open only one instance of the .NET Panel Designer for the same panel.
• Hex file functions can be used in scripts during measurements.
• New global option to disable drawing of the trigger events in graphic windows.
• Improved display of the envelope curve for all zoom factors.
• CANapeAPI: New functions for resume mode measurement and time sync management.
• Toolbar button added to toggle an ECU device between calibration RAM and Flash.
• Improved support of different file extionsions related to MOTOROLA-S format.
• Added the places bar feature to the CDM Studio file open dialog.
• Added option to export 2D/3D graphics based on VRML to the HTML report.
• Improved handling of numerical values, concerning the decimal separator, in EXCEL-Reports.
• New switches (CANDELA_STMIN_HANDLING_OFFSET, CANDELA_TRANSFER_ACCELERATION) for faster flash programming.

Improved user operation and display:

• Enhanced Project Management for data mining files.
• Increased number of files which can be zipped using the Project Management feature.
• Drawing of the envelope curve for white display window background.
• Drawing problems concerning printing of display windows fixed.
• The column settings of graphic windows are saved for every component window.
• Issue with deleting virtual signals or functions, which are displayed by a data window, solved.
• Issue fixed if an object is deleted and a setup dialog of a display window is open which contains the deleted object.
• The Write window content can be exported using absolute time stamps.
• Persistence of the Seed&Key file selection when the function Browser is closed and reopened.
• Assignment issue of Graphic window displays to common axis fixed.
• The correct background color is used if the envelope curve is displayed if some signals are disabled.
• The scroll bar of the Hex Calibration window works properly.
• The width of the columns in the display window legend can be changed if the header line is invisible.
• After loading a second configuration the global cursor is set to the correct time.
• The measurement file can be changed while file channels are assigned to Stimulation objects.
• Fixed issue of the sort order of the address column of the measurement configuration browser.
• Fixed issue concerning the execution of scripts calling subfunctions which return with cancel via panel buttons.
• Fix of an issue concerning the creation of a project folder on a Japanese Windows Vista.
• Saving the Function Browsers local setings on a system using UAC(Windows Vista/7).
• Calibration RAM: Download is performed if defined as default action.
• Calibration RAM and cache file: Fixed issue which lead to an unconditional upload.
• Checksum calculation: Improved handling when auto-detection is configured in offline mode and afterwards a flash sequence is initiated.
• Signals can be enabled and disabled in the graphic window settings dialog. Signals used as X axis are enabled automatically.

Extended measurement data acquisition:

• Possibility to work with multiple devices if one is set as external time master.
• Flush mode used by the CANape Server during saving measurement files can be defined in the project file.
• Issue with measurement data storage in memory on some computers with multiple cores fixed.
• Option "Do not measure polled signals if display windows are minimized or invisible" supported for measured calibration parameters.
• DAQ: Improved handling of large DAQ lists.
• Fixed display of memory consumption at measurement configuration for arrays.
• Support the creation of parameter sets from measurement files also for maps with dynamic axis points.

Communication protocol:

• CCP logging: Command SET_S_STATUS is added to the logger configuration.
• Tracing logged messages: Functionality improved.
• XCP: Fixed issues which affected tracing of Motorola ECUs during flashing.
• XCP: Fixed issue which blocked CANape in case of error response FE 24.
• XCP on FlexRay: Display warning message "Inconsistent buffer/frame payload length" in write window .
• CAN Monitor: Fixed asynchronous start.
• XCP on FlexRay: Possibility to go online after communication error.
• CCP logging: Commands START_STOP and START are added to the logger configuration.
• XCP on FlexRay: Improved usability of buffer settings configuration within driver settings.
• XCP on FlexRay: Fixed issue which lead to wrong static frame sizes.
• XCP tracing: Fixed display of command GET_DAQ_PROCESSOR_INFO.
• FlexRay: Possibility of going online after a short physical disconnect.
• XCP on FlexRay: Fixed FIBEX file configuration issue.
• Seed & Key: Resources are unlocked during CONNECT sequence.
• FlexRay logging: Automatical naming of log file.

Offline analysis of measurement files:

• Fixed error message in case of envelope curve calculation for virtual Matlab signals with multiple function results.
• Solved Redraw problem of multiple graphic windows on some computers with multiple cores.
• Array signal elements from measurement files can be used for X/Y displays.
• Converter setting "overwrite existing target = false" is accepted if the converter is started for the second time by a script.
• Support of interpolation of signal values by the MATLAB and the ASCII export converter.
• Fixed error message in case of envelope curve calculation for imported measurement files.
• Default settings of the ASCII export converter are changed in case of an english version.
• Logging import converter does not create MDF files bigger than 4 GB.
• Trigger events are also saved if signals from a graphic window are saved in an MDF file.
• Sample Reduction is supported for measurement files with virtual time channels.
• The Vector logging import converter supports time stamps and time syncronisation for CCP/XCP DAQ messages.
• Persistent assignment of virtual MDF signal input parameters to parameters if a calibration window containing these parameters is closed.
• Temporary files created for unsorted and write protected measurement files are deleted.

Database:

• Correct handling of 64-Bit integer variables in ASAP2 file version 1.50
• Correct writing of ASAP2 files with verbal conversion tables created from an enumeration in an IEEE linker map file.
• The message about a changed database mask is not shown anymore if nothing has been changed during the address update process.
• Issue fixed in the Database Editor that the MAP file entry tree is not always added.
• Some problems during drag&drop of structures in the Database Editor are fixed.
• Map Reader component for COFF files supports different drives.
• Fixed issue of the Linker Map Reader, which sporadically prevents reading COFF/DWARF map files.
• Prohibit measurement or calibration objects with a third dimension.
• Plausibility check of db files detects inconsistency in axis defintion.
• Values of fixed axis of ASAP2 files can have more than three digits.
• All included database files are saved in the original location if the main database file is not located in the current working directory.

Calibration data management (Parameter sets & CDM Studio):

• Fixed issue with rule based copying related to parameters which are not defined in the source parameter set.
• Improved handling of snapshots in CDM Studio: Deny the actions copy&paste, modify value and delete a parameter in a snapshot.
• Support of japanese characters in the generic report component.
• Support of japanese characters in the calibration history overwiew.
• Fixed problem which occurred if a parameter that is not described in the A2L file is deleted from the parameter set
• Unneccessary messages removed which occurred in combination with parameter sets containing parameters referencing database descriptions with indirect addressing mode.
• Fixed issue in merge parameter set feature, which disabled the copying of parameters.
• Fixed issue with redo/undo functionality of the CDM Studio in case of working with parameters which are opened without a A2L.
• CDM Studio: issue with saving CDF20 files which are created by INCA is fixed. Under some circumstances the modifications were not written back.
• Directory settings of parameter set files and database description files can be independent from the project directory.
• Improved snapshot generation and tracking of changes considering the use case save&flash
• Issue with the CANCEL button on the post process dialog of the CDM Studio is fixed.
• Support of parameters crossing multiple application RAM segments.
• Adapted the search dialog in the user defined filter dialog of the CDM Studio to screen size 1024x768
• Fixed issue in the HTML report generation which occurred if a parameter with an undefined number of digits was reported in case of activated VRML.
• Improved support of virtual and dependent parameters in all CANape/CDM Studio use cases.
• Improved handling of CDM Studio filters to display the correct content in case of variant codded parameter sets.

Extended MATLAB/Simulink support:

• Create valid global variable names during auto linkage of MATLAB/Simulink DLL inputs/outputs.

Diagnostics:

• Improved handling of periodical transmission of functional addressed TesterPresent requests.
• Fault Memory: Problems displaying text in Chinese OS windows fixed.
• The base variant is used as default variant for all means of creating a new device.
• Online state in diagnostic console, fault memory, and OBD window is updated consistently.
• Trace window displays services executed for variant identification.
• Fixed issue with invalid value ranges of block size and STmin parameters.

Data Mining:

• Persistent assignment of virtual Matlab signals to the function result in the Data Mining explorer.

Automation:

• CANapeAPI: CAN device function "Asap3CreateModule" was improved to avoid assignment problems.

 

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