Signals

Creating Signals:

To create Signals right click on the Signals element in the element view and click on pop up menu ‘New’.A dialog Box as Shown in below image will be displayed.

General Properties: Name: Name of the Signal should follow C identifier rules and should be unique in signal list. Length: Length of the Signals in bits.The value always will be displayed as Decimal mode Type: Signal type can be either scalar or Byte array. Initial Value: This will be the initial value of the signal. Coding: Coding for the signal can be selected from the drop down Select Coding, which lists all the defined Codings.To define new coding refer the section Codings. Publisher and Subscribers: Signal publisher can be selected from the Publisher drop down which lists Master and all the Slave nodes Subscribers of the signals can be selected from the Select Subscribers list.

Editing Signals:

To edit existing Signal right click on the required signal item in the Element view and click on ‘Edit’. Edit Signal - <Signal Name> dialog is displayed as shown below.

If the publisher is changed, the signal will be unmapped from the frames which are published by the old ECU.To save the changes click on ‘OK’ button. Errors are displayed if validation fails.

The following validations are performed: Signal name will be checked for its uniqueness Initial value should be in range of 0 (to 2^signal_length-1) A Publisher should be selected.

To discard the changes click on ‘Cancel’ button.Deleting Signal:

To delete any signal, right click on the Signal item in the Element view and click on the pop up menu Delete. A confirmation message will be displayed before deleting the signal.

On deletion, deleted signal will be unmapped from all associated frames, Publisher and the Subscribers.

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Authoritative source: BUSMASTER DITA help source LIN_Editor_Signal.dita, compiled into BUSMASTER.CHM with the application.