Photo of the RT Rack, the high-performance industrial PC for complex realtime simulations with CANoe.

RT Rack

Optimized Industrial PC for Complex CANoe Simulations With Improved Timing Behavior

The RT Rack is an industrial PC with an operating system that is optimized for CANoe simulations. It helps you master demanding simulation tasks with confidence. 

Its modular and scalable architecture lets you adapt the platform to changing requirements, integrate the hardware you need, and protect existing investments. This gives you the flexibility to build a test system tailored to your application today and ready for future challenges.

Optimized for CANoe. Built to Scale.

Advantages

  • Master complex realtime testing tasks with confidence, even in applications with high channel density and demanding performance requirements.
  • Increase the quality and reproducibility of your test results through improved and deterministic system behavior.
  • Reuse proven CANoe configurations and simulations, minimizing migration effort and accelerating project startup.
  • Scale your test system as requirements evolve, without being tied to a fixed hardware architecture.
  • Reduce complexity by bringing multiple test functions together on a powerful and centralized platform.
     

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Photo of the RT Rack front side with operating elements and connections.
Front side with operating elements and connections.
Photo of the RT Rack "AS246E" back side with flexible connection options for various PCIe cards.
RT Rack "AS246E": Back side with flexible connection options for various PCIe cards.
Photo of the RT Rack "CS246E" back side with flexible connection options for various PCIe cards.
RT Rack "CS246E": Back side with flexible connection options for various PCIe cards.

Application Area

Execute your CANoe simulation on a dedicated platform and keep configuration and evaluation on your workstation.

This separation minimizes the influence of operating system activities on CANoe simulation execution, helping you achieve improved timing behavior, greater determinism, and consistently reliable test results.

Sample Configurations

Comparison of two RT Rack example configurations: one focused on expanding bus channels with network interface cards, and one focused on integrating a VT System for combined communication and I/O testing of a System Under Test.

Variants

The RT Rack is available in two variants for different CANoe operating modes and system configurations.

1The RT Rack as CANoe RT Rack variant is optimized for executing CANoe simulations. Simulations run in CANoe Distributed Mode, providing improved timing performance. In this configuration, the RT Rack behaves like a network interface.
 2Choose the RT Rack as an Industrial PC with CANoe installed to run Vector applications directly on the system. This variant operates in CANoe Interface Mode and does not include the optimizations available in the CANoe RT Rack variant.

Product Description

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 RT Rack “AS246E“RT Rack “CS246E“
Housing

19″ IPC, ATX

Dimensions

4 HU, dimensions (W x D x H): 480 mm x 445 mm x 176 mm

CPU/Processor

Intel® Xeon® E-2176G, 3.7-4.7 GHz, 12 MB smart cache, 6 cores/12 threads

Mainboard

ATX mainboard, Intel® C246 chipset, 4x DDR4 dual-channel

Expansion slots

7 available PCIe slots:

  • PCIe (x16): 1x PCIe (x16) or 2x PCIe (x8) or 1x PCIe (x8) and 2x PCIe (x4)
  • PCIe (x4): 2x PCIe (x4)
  • PCIe (x1): 2x PCIe (x1)

7 available PCIe slots:

  • PCIe (x16): 1x PCIe (x16) or 2x PCIe (x8)
  • PCIe (x4): 2x PCIe (x4)
  • PCIe (x1): 3x PCIe (x1)
Memory

64 GB, DDR4 ECC

Power supply

400 W industrial power supply
100...240 VAC

Housing fan

3x (2x housing, 1x Shuttle SATA)

Operating temperature

0...40 °C

Hard drive

512 GB, 2.5″ SATA SSD

Shuttle SATA

3.5″ clip-on frame for 2x 2.5″ SSD

SecurityTPM 2.0 integrated

CANoe RT Rack variant: TPM 2.0 not available

Industrial PC variant: TPM 2.0 integrated

External interfaces

Back side: 

1x VGA, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 3x Gbit LAN, 6x USB 3.1, 2x USB 2.0, 1x PS/2, Audio (Line In/Out, Mic In)

Back side:

1x VGA, 1x HDMI, 1x DVI, 2x Gbit LAN, 4x USB 3.1, Audio (Mic In, Line Out)

Front side:

2x USB 2.0

Front side:

2x USB 3.0

Operating system
CANoe RT Rack variant

Modified Windows 11 IoT (64 bit)

Extended Real Time (ERT)No

Partly:

  • Yes: with operating system variant CANoe RT Rack, Windows 10 IoT
  • No: Windows 11 IoT
Operating system 
Industrial PC variant

Windows 11 IoT (64 bit)

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