Highlighted updates

New gateway module IQAN-G11 added

The IQAN CAN bus to bluetooth dongle IQAN-G11 added in IQANdesign. More information will follow when hardware and apps are released.

Qcode improvements

Show most sever error as status on row.

Improve Qcode auto-completion.

Include Qcode instructions in channel hint when Qcode is selected

Camera

Added module for Generic camera as alternative to IQAN-SV.

Functionality similar to IQANdesign 3.x

Show unit on scaled max and scaled min

For VIN, PWMIN, FIN, DFIN, PCNT and DPCNT

Also added unit to reset value for MEM, TMR. PCNT, DPCNT

New solution library examples

Added IQANdesign example files for:

• Start button NO NC (both project file .ids4 and simulation file .isa4)
• J1939 Fluid Property Sensor (FPS)
• J1939 particle counter IPDR (iCount)

Added IQANscript example files for:

• Get system info and clone (.iss4 script file, installs with IQANscript

Highlighted features

Signal generator

It is now possible to control the value of a simulation item using a signal generator. The signal generator contains a table with time/value pairs.

Import of measure file creates simulation items for each channel in the measure file that can be simulated (inputs). Values from the measure file are also imported so that you can play back a measured scenario.

Interface to other simulation software

ActiveX support implemented. Makes it possible to read and set values from external software, e.g. Microsoft Excel. There is an example file for this under the examples folder.

Remember input values and settings between simulations without having to save

Simulations can be manually saved as .isa4 files. There is also an automatically saved simulation, that stores the input values and all the settings between the simulations. When launching IQANsimulate, there is an option to select whether to use a saved simulation file or create a new one.

Keyboard shortcut for small input changes

In the simulation group view the arrows are used to select channel. Ctrl+arrows are used to change the value of the selected track bar. Added shift+ctrl+arrows to change values in raw value steps of 1 (smallest step available).

Possible to add channels to simulation group while simulating

"Set value" function more accessible

For more details, see release notes.

It would be fantastic to have a script to import .DBC files that would generate automatically the GFIN/JFIN GFOUT/JFOUT as well as the associated JPIN/GPIN JPOUT/GPOUT. That would literally save be weeks of typing and may mistakes!

Application Migration From MD-4(7) to MD5(8).

1. How do I migrate a chunky application without having to lose connections to my I/O's that are present on separate Expansion modules but controlled by the head master MD4-(7) when I need to migrate the application from MD4-(7) to MD5-(8)?

2. How do I keep connections between adjustment groups, adjustment parameters, logs and Monitoring channels under the same transition?

3. Basically how can I completely migrate an application contained in an MD4-(7) screen to an MD5-(8) screen without loosing connections to other hardware in the System Layout if I am using a Variance file. 

The purpose is to have 2 selectable headmasters with complete application available on both.

Hello,

I have a file that I made in 7.5 (not from from scratch but it has been updated to 7.5) and my customer keeps getting this error when trying to upload. Only timeout warnings in the software. Anyone else have any experience with this? Seems to only happen on one Md4

Hello,

I am currently using IQANdesign 6.08. The system I am working on is a multi-master system, and I am sending information over CAN E (J1939) to a third-party PLC.

I am using CAN routing to add certain frames from other modules onto CAN E. When I create a DBC file for this bus, none of the CAN routing frames are included in the DBC file. Can you advise if there is a way to include these frames?

Thank you,

Jordan

I have a system with a MD4-5 display and a MC43 controller in 1qanDesign 7.04. 

Between these two the master/diagnostics bus is connected via a wireless can repeater.

This works perfectly fine when the connection is established via the wireless repeaters. However when the modules statrtup together with the display, the display is started faster than the display, which causes no connection to the mc43 to be established even when the can connection is online.

If during startup the connection is online, but connection is lost and re-established, everything works fine.

I have already tried making the MC43 optional, but this didn't work.

There seems to be some check in the startup that causes this behaviour?

Is there any way to avoid this?