Softing DTS.automation

Mastering Complexity

Softing DTS.automation is part of the Diagnostic Tool Set product family and is based on the DTS Base System. The ASAM MCD-3D application interface permits symbolic access to ECU and vehicle information or functions without the user needing in-depth knowledge of the bus protocols used. Access takes place using the service and data type descriptions as well as the conversion methods, contained in the ODX database. The ODX databases of modern vehicles are highly complex and become even more so during their lifetime due to additional variants, maintenance measures and function extensions.

Simple Access via Standard Interfaces

This is why simplified access to diagnostic functions via standard interfaces widely used in industrial automation is often desired for the realization of test benches in ECU and vehicle manufacture. Softing DTS.automation provides a considerably simplified API which has been reduced in scope to cover these particular cases of application. The communication mechanisms it is based on are transparent for the user. Standard tasks, such as connecting and disconnecting, can thus be managed with considerably fewer and simpler steps than in direct access to the MCD-3D API.

Short Changeover Times

The required diagnostic services are selected and parameterized with the Softing DTS.automation Configurator. Access from the user application can take place either via an API for C and COM, LabVIEW VIs or OPC server. Depending on the configuration, objects or variables which can be combined to form a test sequence in the test bench application are available at the interfaces. These configurations can be saved, resulting in short changeover times because the sequence in the test bench application does not have to be modified.