INCA-MCE V2 Measurement and Calibration Embedded

At a Glance

Fast ECU access for test

bench automation systems

Measurement, calibration,

and control in millisecond

cycles

Real-time solution using

the ETAS ES910.3 platform

EtherCAT® and iLinkRT™

interface

Name-based exchange of

physical data

Provides continuous

measurement data stream

from the ECU

Configuration via

ASAM MCD-3 MC or

ASAP3 interface,

INCA-Tool API, or

INCA-GUI

Easy integration with

existing automation

systems

ETAS INCA-MCE supports rapid measure-

ment, calibration, and control at the test

bench by providing a real-time connection

to the ECU. INCA-MCE runs on the ETAS

ES910.3 module serving as a real-time

ECU interface. Either the standard real-

time EtherCAT® or the iLinkRT™ Ethernet

protocol can be deployed to connect

INCA-MCE with the test bench. Through

the use of these protocols, INCA-MCE

exchanges measurement and calibration

parameters addressed by name with the

test bench automation system in physical

representation. To communicate with the

ECU, INCA-MCE maps the names to ad-

dresses and transforms the data into

binary values.

Applications

The complexity of engine and transmission

control systems continuously increases.

Drivers are charging and downsizing of

engines, emissions and CO2 regulations,

as well as the growing number of vehicle

variants. As a consequence, the effort for

calibrating powertrain control systems is

growing while calibration projects have to

be completed in less time.

Frontloading of calibration tasks to earlier

phases of the development is a common

approach for mastering this challenge,

e.g., more and more calibration tasks are

moved from the vehicle to the test bench.

To increase efficiency and to perform tests

in transient operation modes of the engine,

new “rapid” measurement and calibration

methods are required. For calibration under

steady state conditions, test bench calibra-

tion setups utilizing today’s ASAP3 and

ASAM MCD-3 MC automation interfaces

are well suited. To support the dynamic

processes with an appropriate solution,

ETAS developed INCA-MCE.

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Benefits of rapid measurement and

calibration methods and controls are:

— Stable test bench operation

— High data throughput reduces calibra-

tion time

— Calibration can be performed during

transient operating modes

— Improved quality of calibration data

and reproducible measurements

— Reduced stress for the engine under

test

To realize these benefits INCA-MCE

enables:

— Fast reaction time of the test bench and

calibration cycles in the millisecond range

— Reaction to violation of limits in real

time

— Continuous variation of calibration

parameters

— Multidimensional step excitements of

the system under test

INCA-MCE

The most obvious benefit of the INCA-MCE

solution is its outstanding measurement

and calibration performance when com-

pared to the standard ASAP3 and ASAM

MCD-3 MC test bed interfaces. Because

of this, the test bed automation system is

on the one hand able to continuously mon-

itor the engine’s behavior. On the other

hand, a closed control loop between the

test bench automation system and the

ECU can be established.

INCA-MCE leads to better control of the

calibration process, less interruptions of

test sequences due to the avoidance of

critical operation modes, and better quality

of calibration data. Combined with new

calibration methods like “predictive mea-

surement”, “continuous limit approach”,

and “slow dynamic slope”, calibration

efficiency is significantly increased.

In the INCA-MCE solution, the standard

measurement and calibration interface

hardware is replaced by the ES910.3 mod-

ule, an intelligent real-time interface hard-

ware. The ES910.3 executes time-critical

measurement and calibration functions

and enables fast access to the ECU.

At the same time, the ES910.3 module

can run control functions that are syn-

chronized via a bypass to the control unit.

The data conversion between the test bed

automation system and the ECU is done

through a real-time application running

on the ES910.3 module. Once configured

and started, the ES910.3 facilitates direct

communication between test bench auto-

mation and the ECU. Data exchange be-

tween the ECUs and the ES910.3 is done

via CCP, XCP-on-CAN, or the high perfor-

mance XETK/ETK interface.

iLinkRT™

iLinkRT™ is an open protocol specifically

developed by AVL and ETAS to provide

fast ECU access on Ethernet. iLinkRT™ is

based on a subset of measurement and

calibration commands of the XCP proto-

col. The key features of iLinkRT™ are:

— Application-specific command set

— Optimal performance

— Name-based, physical data representation

— Simultaneous handling of measure-

ment and calibration tasks

— Open protocol, based on automotive

XCP standard with multi-master and

multi-slave support

— Easy integration with test bench auto-

mation systems

EtherCAT®

EtherCAT® is a real-time automation bus

based on Ethernet. The open protocol is

defined by ISO and IEC standards. It is

maintained by the EtherCAT® Technology

Group which has more than 1500 compa-

nies as members. With regard to rapid

measurement and calibration access via

INCA-MCE, EtherCAT® provides similar

benefits as iLinkRT™.

Support and Consulting

INCA-MCE can be flexibly adapted to cus-

tomer-specific test systems and is already

supported by numerous test system solu-

tions. Examples are PUMA Open, CAMEO,

and IndiCom from AVL and MORPHEE

from D2T. With the extension iLinkRT™

Master COM-Server, ETAS provides a solu-

tion for executing measuring and calibra-

tion tasks by use of in-house or third-party

applications, such as INCA-FLOW or

MATLAB® can be run from iLinkRT™. On

request ETAS provides consulting and en-

gineering services for INCA-MCE. Current

information is available from ETAS or your

test system provider.

Outstanding measurement and calibration performance increases test bench automation efficiency.

INCA-MCE connects the ECU with test

bench automation systems in real time.

Item Characteristics Features

Host PC requirements Operating system Windows® Vista (SP1 or higher)*, Windows ®

7 (SP1 or higher), Windows® 8, Windows® 8.1,

and Windows® 10

Supported hardware ETAS hardware ES910.3 Prototyping and Interface Module

ECU interfaces CCP, XCP-on-CAN, XETK/ETK

Supported software INCA Base Software INCA-MCE requires an INCA V7 installation

Test bench connection Measurement, cali-

bration, and control

EtherCAT®, iLinkRT™

Configuration ASAM MCD-3 MC V1.0.1 and V2.2, ASAP3 V2.0,

V2.1, and V2.1.1, INCA-Tool API, INCA-GUI

Technical Data1

Ordering Information2

ETA

S-PG

A/M

KC2_

SSY/

04

_201

7

Order Name Short Name Order Number

Product Installation Media

Product installation medium for INCA (Base Software) ISW_INCA_PROD F-00K-105-448

Product installation medium for INCA_MCE ISW_INCA_MCE_PROD F-00K-106-855

Machine-named Licenses

Machine-named license for INCA (Base Software) ISW_INCA_LIC-MP F-00K-105-743

Service contract for machine-named license INCA

(Base Software)

ISW_INCA_SRV-ME52 F-00K-105-749

Machine-named license for INCA-MCE ISW_INCA_MCE_LIC-MP F-00K-106-852

Service contract for machine-named license for

INCA-MCE

ISW_INCA_MCE_SRV_ME52 F-00K-106-857

Hardware

Prototyping and Interface Module ES910.3-A F-00K-106-565

Ethernet PC Connection Cable 1Gbit/s,

Lemo 1B FGE – RJ45 (10mc-8mc), 3 m

CBE200-3 F-00K-104-373

EtherCAT® Connection Cable,

Lemo 1B – RJ45, 3 m

AS_CBEthercat-3 F-00K-106-954

CAN Interface Y-Cable, Lemo 1B FGC,

2xDSUB (8mc-9fc+9mc), 2 m

K106 F-00K-001-271

CAN 120 W Termination Resistor, 2xDSUB (9fc+9mc) CBCX131.1-0 F-00K-103-786

ETK Interface Cable 100 Mbit/s, Lemo 1 B FFG – Lemo

1 B FFG (4mc-4mc), 3/5/10 m

CBM150-3/5/10 F-00K-102-

556/557/553

Service

2 day setup support for INCA-MCE AS_ISW_MCE_SETUP-

SUPPORT

E-00K-500-471

40h iLinkRT™ and EtherCAT® protocol implementation

support by ETAS expert

AS_MCE_PROTOCOL-

SUPPORT

E-00K-500-471

INCA-MCE iLinkRT™ Master COM Server for Windows AS_ISW_MCE_MCOM F-00K-107-450

Service contract for INCA-MCE iLinkRT™

Master COM Server for Windows

AS_ISW_MCE_MCOM_SRV-

ME52

F-00K-107-449

* Support up to INCA V7.2 Service Pack 41 For complete technical data, please refer to www.etas.com/INCA-MCE.2 License and service contracts for the complete INCA product family are listed on www.etas.com/INCA.

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