DaVinci Configurator Pro - Configuring AUTOSAR Basic Software

Configuring the Basic Software and the RTE

• Customized and convenient user interfaces for all aspects of the basic software such as communication, NV memory, diagnostics and the runtime system
• Generic configuration editor (GCE) for a native view of parameters
• Automatic adjustment of dependent parameters during configuration
• Functions that assist in complex configuration tasks

Validating the Basic Software and the RTE

• Module-specific and comprehensive consistency check of parameters
• Live validations for quick feedback on faulty entries
• Listing of recommended proposals for solutions that the user can execute by mouse click

• Acknowledge mechanism to hide individual messages for a better overview

Generating the basic software and the RTE

• Call the module generators in a configurable generation sequence
• Integrate any desired external generators by calling via command line

This is an overview of the use cases and the required DaVinci products

Standard User Groups

Expert User Groups

• Derive parameters from the OEM's system and diagnostic description files
• Write-protected display of derived parameters
• Correct errors in the system description by controlled overwriting of individual derived parameters
• Automatic updating of the configuration after changes to the system description

• Execution of scripts to modify the system description during project update

• Execution of automation scripts to modify the ECU configuration

• Generate an HTML report, e.g. about parameters that deviate from the system description
• Switch the configuration phase for post-build loadable ECUs. This prevents prohibited changes to pre-compile parameters.

• Diff/Merge function for integrating different branches of a project
• Finely granulated storage of module configurations in separate files. This enables easy management with file-based configuration management systems.

AUTOSAR Network Explorer is integrated in DaVinci Configurator Pro for editing network descriptions in ARXML format.

• Define variants (Evaluated Variant Sets according to the AUTOSAR concept)
• Select the input file set per variant
• Create an overall configuration with all variants
• Interface filters for displaying a single variant
• Display the variance/invariance of individual parameters

Option RTE: Configuring the MICROSAR RTE

• Customized editors for integrating SWCs
• Assistance functions, e.g. to automatically link SWCs or to simplify task assignments of SWCs

Note: These functions are also enabled via a DaVinci Developer license. If you have a DaVinci Developer license, you do not need Option RTE for DaVinci Configurator Pro.

Option MD: Developing your own Modules

• Conveniently create BSWMD files with module, container and parameter definitions
• SDK (Software Development Kit) for developing your own validation rules and generators for C-code or SWC descriptions in ARXML format

Option WF: Developing Workflow Scripts

• Develop System Description Scripts (Python 2.7)

  • Correction of input data at the level of System Description
  • Automatic execution of scripts during project update
  • Signature of the script files for execution with DaVinci Configurator Pro

• Develop Automation Scripts (Groovy)

  • Automation of various actions like editing of parameters, access to validation results or execution of solving actions
  • Assistant for easy setup of script projects
  • Debugging of scripts with tools like IntelliJ IDEA

  • Execution of script tasks via the user interface or via command line

• Note: The Option WF is only required for creation of scripts.
  Execution of scripts is possible with DaVinci Configurator Pro even without Option WF.

• 2019-10-22 Webinar: PREEvision: AUTOSAR Ethernet Design and SOA
• 2019-10-23 - 2019-10-24 Vector Technology Days 2019
• 2019-10-29 Webinar: VectorCAST: Wie man Safety-Probleme und Security-Lücken in...
• 2019-10-29 Webinar: VectorCAST: How to avoid Safety Defects and Security...
• 2019-11-05 Webinar: PREEvision: AUTOSAR System and Software Design
• 2019-11-06 Webinar: Protect ECUs Against Cyber Attacks – More Protection and Faster...
• 2019-11-11 Webinar: Using AUTOSAR Basic Software for Safety-Related ECUs According to...
• 2019-11-14 Vector France Testing Symposium 2019
• 2019-11-14 Webinar: Security Mechanisms for Embedded Automotive Systems
• 2019-11-21 Webinar: VectorCAST: Myths and truth about test-driven software...

Released: 2017-04-07

Extensions

Miscellaneous Tool Features

• Support ASR4.3 Schema
• Support DaVinci Developer 4.0
• Improved vVIRTUALtarget configuration
• Reworked and homogeneous context menues
• Support of two Flexray communication controllers
• Simplification of the Delete Module Assistant
• Display CanTpNSa, CanTpNTa and CanTpNAe in Transport Protocol Editor
• Postbuild-Selectable: Support of variance in Diagnostic Data Identifiers Editor
• Performance: Optional deactivation of auto-solving actions to avoid GUI blocking time
• Find View: Support of system description elements
• Improved BSWM logical expression assistant for postbuild-selectable use cases
• RTE configuration: support of execution order constraints and timing constraints
• Support of description-based signal routing

Fixed Issues

• Exception is shown when using "- Show all -" after project close
• Postbuild-Selectable: Variant specific renaming of container isn't possible
• Configurable option of silent update of DaVinci Developer workspace
• Unhandled Event Loop Exception when updating Properties View after disconnecting connectors in the ECU Software Components editor
• Wrong derivation of PnFilterMask
• Display error annotations in the grid of the Task Mapping Editor
• Wrong row selected during refresh of application connectors grid after adding/removing connection
• Support multi-selection of Standard Configuration Files in Input File Editor
• Derive CanIfHrh container for NmRangePdus
• Stop file supervision during project update
• Derive parameter NmCoordinator only if the container NmCoordinator exists and refers to a NmNode
• Derive ComFirstTimeout for AUTOSAR 4.3
• Derive the parameter SecOCFreshnessValueId
• Error annotations are displayed on unexpected mode ports
• SoAdRxUpperLayerType and SoAdTxUpperLayerType as specified in AUTOSAR 4.3
• Missing ComSignalLength for ComGwSourceDescription
• Do not derive routed SecOc Tx and Rx Pdus
• Derive CanIfRxPduUserRxIndicationUL and CanIfTxPduUserTxConfirmationUL for SecOc PDUs
• Derive FrIfUserRxIndicationUL and FrIfUserTxUL for SecOc PDUs
• Missing [Can/Fr]IfUserTxConfirmation and [Can/Fr]IfUserRxIndication for SecOc Pdus contained in ContainerIPdus
• SWC template generation GUI does not support cancellation
• Do not derive FrIf/FrIfConfig/FrIfCluster/FrIfController/FrIfCtrlIdx
• Move up and move down buttons of generator steps are always disabled
• Update of a variant project fails if criterion names and variant names don't match
• Derive the parameters ComGwDestinationDescription/ComUpdateBitPosition and ComGwSourceDescription/ComUpdateBitPosition
• SoAdRxUpperLayerType and SoAdTxUpperLayerType not derived correct for DcmIPdus

Released: 2017-02-20

Extensions

Miscellaneous Tool Features

• Support of two Flexray communication controllers

Fixed Issues

• Postbuild-Selectable: Variant specific renaming of container isn't possible
• Enable state of a supervised entities individual supervision cycle in the Watchdogs editor
• ″Element Usage″ command does not work in ″Memory Blocks″ editor
• Correct ″Virtual target″ usage state within DaVinci Configurator GUI
• Show recommended and preconfigured information for containers
• Show the loading location of an element
• PDUs editor shows "Com" section for NM CanIf PDU
• Derive the parameter SecOCFreshnessValueId
• Derive additional parameters for SecOC
• Error annotations are displayed on unexpected mode ports
• Input file preprocessing is not executed if the LegacyConverter is changed
• "New Project" Assistant checks for existence of VTT tool even though the VTT target is not enabled in the project
• Prevent creation of duplicate EcuC InitFunctions
• Creating BswMModeConditions for BswMUserConditionRequests is not possible
• Edit variance command is offered for conditions in non-post-build-selectable projects
• Missing [Can/Fr]IfUserTxConfirmation and [Can/Fr]IfUserRxIndication for SecOc Pdus contained in ContainerIPdus
• Swct-Generation GUI does not support cancelation
• Duplicate DoIPConnection names might be generated
• Wrong detected IPv4 broadcast address leads to multiple DoIPUdpVehicleAnnouncementConnections
• A choice container can not be created with bswmdModel() in the automation interface
• Do not derive FrIf/FrIfConfig/FrIfCluster/FrIfController/FrIfCtrlIdx
• BSW management editor: newly created elements are not automatically selected in the tree
• FrNmChannelIdentifiersMapping - consider correct FrNmCluster

Released: 2017-01-02

Extensions

Diff & Merge

• Introduction of 3-way-merge including an auto-merge functionality
• Diff & merge for SystemDescription elements
• Provide filter mechnism for Diff&Merge results

Miscellaneous Tool Features

• DaVinci Configurator Lib: no more UUIDs in generated EcuC

Fixed Issues

• Development Errors Editor throws exception, if DetGeneral container is not present
• Do not derive routed SecOC Pdus
• CreateMemBlockOnDefaultPartition throws an IllegalArgumentException.
• Derive CanIfRxPduUserRxIndicationUL and CanIfTxPduUserTxConfirmationUL for SecOc PDUs
• Derive FrIfUserRxIndicationUL and FrIfUserTxUL for SecOc PDUs
• Missing ComIPduSignalGroupRef in ComIPdu
• Missing ComSignalLength for ComGwSourceDescription

Released: 2016-11-29

Extensions

Automation Interface

• Automation API for various purposes like editing EcuC values, access of validation results, execution of solving actions
• Integrated scripting host for executing Groovy scripts
• Selection of script files and script projects
• Execution of script tasks via the GUI and via command line

BSW Management Editor improved

• Drag and drop support
• Reuse of expressions

Miscellaneous Tool Features

• Verify compatibility of vVIRTUALtarget basic version and DaVinci Configurator version
• Support hex, binary, octal format for init values in system description
• Allow export module configuration in read-only projects
• Diagnostic extract processing: auto-connect of Dcm routine ports
• Support of sender/receiver communication for Dem
• Support of memory ranges from cdd file
• Support 64-bit Signal Types for COM according to AUTOSAR 4.2.2
• Support of CAN-FD request types within Transport Protocol Editor
• Split the file preprocessing from the update workflow into an own workflow
• Create separate EIRA TX IPDUGroups and EIRA RX/ERA RX IPDU Groups
• Improve pool license handling within DaVinci Configurator
• Support the replacement of variant module configurations
• Provide new generation setting "Tresos performance optimization"

Fixed Issues

• Alt+Click doesn't work in grids in the IOHwAb editor
• PDUs Editor: sub-nodes of a module (i.e. the possible types of module PDUs) shall be sorted alphabetically
• Not all EIRA TX Signals are mapped as ComMPncSignal
• ComMPncSignal for EIRA Tx signal refers to the wrong channel
• Do not map a EraSignal to a ComMPnc if it is only assinged to one channel
• Duplicate log entries in Update Workflow log
• Commandline option -m (--modulesToGenerate) does not work with an empty argument ("")
• Preferred solving action marker not displayed within Validation View context menu
• Update workflow gets aborted for FrNm with missing FrCommunicationCluster reference
• PDUs Editor: routing path form not displayed correctly when selecting multiple destination PDUs
• Mapping rule for FrIfByteOrder does not use definition in IPduToFrameMapping.packingByteOrder
• PduRRoutingPath created twice for EIRA TX PDU
• The creation of new projects with invalid identifier names shall be rejected
• Project Settings Editor: EcuC File Reference File is not shown after adding a file
• Derive parameter ComSignalGroupArrayAccess
• Derive XNmComUserDataSupport parameter for CanNm, FrNm and UdpNm
• Diff/Merge: tooltip in tree does not show all differences
• Derivation of reference EthTSyn/EthTSynGlobalTimeDomain/EthTSynPortConfig/EthTSynGlobalTimeEthIfRef
• Change mapping rules for TcpIpLocalAddr and TcpIpAddrAssignment to allow multiple assignment methods
• FrTp connection mappings gets aborted at TpConnections without receivers
• Change Generate-Directory in CommandLine-Generation without dpa-File
• Derive parameter UdpNmComUserDataSupport
• Add SecuredIPdus to PduR

Released: 2017-01-02

Miscellaneous Tool Features

• Simplifications in the "Delete Module Assistant"

Fixed Issues

• GPT Validators and RAMTST Validator shall only be active for MICROSAR definitions
• Adding variance to a non-variant project leads to project update with UNDEFINED file set
• Rounding error in Bustiming editor
• SwcGeneration stays in sync even annotated variant derived-from-referrables change
• Derive CanIfTxPduUserTxConfirmationULType and CanIfRxPduUserIndicationUL for GeneralPurposePdu with category "XCP"
• Variant merger should support post-build-selectable variance in DiagnosticConnections
• RTE59001 appears after execution of RTE59000
• Missing DataTypeMappingSet after project creation
• Changes in ProjectStandardConfiguration Input Files are not notified by the FileSupervision

Released: 2016-09-29

Miscellaneous Tool Features

• Support MICROSAR OS Gen7 in configuration editors
• Allow module configuration export in read-only projects
• Task Mapping Editor: add a link to create new tasks
• Change mapping rules for TcpIpLocalAddr and TcpIpAddrAssignment to allow multiple assignment methods
• Support dynamic IP multicast address configuration
• Support of CAN-FD request types within Transport Protocol Editor

Fixed Issues

• Diff / Merge: Improve error message when project 'OTHER' is locked by another application
• Duplicate log entries in Update Workflow log
• Commandline option -m (--modulesToGenerane) does not work with an empty argument ("")
• Exception is shown when closing a project while "Link with editor" is active
• Derive XNmComUserDataSupport parameter for CanNm, FrNm and UdpNm
• Derive parameter UdpNmComUserDataSupport
• Persistency reload doesn't remove child objects of a removed subtree contained in several files

Released: 2016-09-02

Extensions

Diff & Merge

• Introduction of 3-way-merge including an auto-merge functionality
• Diff & merge for SystemDescription elements
• Provide filter mechnism for Diff&Merge results

Miscellaneous Tool Features

• Support MICROSAR SafeWdgM in Watchdogs Editor
• Task Mapping Editor: unmap functionality

Fixed Issues

• Alt+Click doesn't work in grids in the IOHwAb editor
• DcmDslConnections incomplete for DoIp + CAN
• Value of System Extract property SocketConnection.clientPortFromConnectionRequest is ignored
• Changing selection of tree nodes in Input Files Editor freezes the application
• Error annotation does not finish in acceptable time in ECU Components editor
• NullPointerException when switching number format
• Project Settings Editor: EcuC File Reference File is not shown after add
• The creation of new projects with invalid identifier names shall be rejected
• PduRRoutingPath created twice for EIRA TX PDU
• Update Workflow gets aborted for FrNm with missing FrCommunicationCluster reference
• Rename of symbolic name value containers is denied even if the symbolic name parameters have equal values

Released: 2016-11-22

Miscellaneous Tool Features

• Detailed SIP license state information
• Derive IpduM/IpduMGeneral/IpduMHeaderByteOrder
• CanNmMsgRepeatMsgInd is now derived from NmEcu.nmRepeatMsgIndEnabled

Fixed Issues

• GPT Validators and RAMTST Validator shall only be active for MICROSAR definitions
• Display errors in tooltips with long texts
• Tool freezes when many elements are selected from the Validation View
• Exception when selecting DemEventParameter in Basic Editor
• Not all EIRA TX Signals are mapped as ComMPncSignal
• Commandline generation does not detect missing system description synchronization (RTE59000)
• 'V' - annotation at tree node labels does not reflect same state as editors
• Enable the GUI to support correctly the Array mapping to primitive signals within a Record
• Commandline update ends always with command error code 0
• Unhandled event loop exception when starting update with a write protected "Log" folder
• NullPointerException during FrTpMapping

Released: 2016-11-22

Miscellaneous Tool Features

• Provide possibility to import differences regarding derived Configuration Elements
• Improve pool license handling within DaVinci Configurator

Fixed Issues

• User Annotations are not considered by diff and merge feature
• SWC Generation creates non AR conform swCalibrationAccess-Properties for Type-References
• Filtered validation view displays resuls twice and faulty
• Commandline generator in Asr3 use case reports a SIP update warning
• Postbuild Loadable should be defined during Project Setup (Diagnostic-Only support)
• Differences Views don't display value for objects of type MIReferenceValue
• Clicking on "+" does not expand the node in the DifferencesView
• Instance reference cannot be edited on Japanese Windows systems

Released: 2016-12-12

Fixed Issues

• Module import should notify if an according module does already exist
• Update cannot be started due to missing ECU instance
• Improve pool license handling within DaVinci Configurator
• Instance reference cannot be edited on Japanese Windows systems
• A dongle option license incorrectly activates a DaVinci Configurator PRO license
• Ctrl+Alt+Del is handled as delete in List Views