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MICROSAR Diag A2l Gen
Technical Reference

A2l fragment file generator for DEM, DCM and FIM
Version 1.02.00

Authors
Alexander Ditte
Status
Released

Technical Reference MICROSAR Diag A2l Gen
Document Information
History
Author
Date
Version
Remarks
Alexander Ditte
2012-04-13
01.00.00
initial version
Alexander Ditte
2013-06-12
01.01.00
added support for AR4 DCM
Alexander Ditte
2013-09-25
01.01.01
update of chapter 3.1
Alexander Ditte
2017-03-03
01.02.00
added chapter 4 Limitations
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Scope of the Document
This  technical  reference  describes  the  specific  use  of  the  diagnostic  A2l  fragment  file
generator for the DEM, DCM and FIM modules.

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1  Component History
The  component  history  gives  an  overview  over  the  important  milestones  that  are
supported in the different versions of the component.
Component Version  New Features
01.00.00
>  Initial version
01.01.00
>  Added support for selective generation of measurement or calibration
fragment content only
01.02.00
>  Added support for AUTOSAR 4 DCM
>  Type definition template is generated in an own file
Table 1-1
Component history

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2  Introduction
This  document  describes  the  functionality,  API  and  configuration  of  the  diagnostic  A2l
fragment generator module.
This generator shall support the customer to calibrate pre-defined symbols of the following
modules:

Specification

3
4
R
R

A
A
S
S

Component
MICRO
MICRO
DEM


DCM


FIM


Table 2-1
Supported components and specifications

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3  Functional Description
3.1
Features
The generator can be controlled via command line options. It scans the given source code
folders for configuration files of the supported modules. If a known symbol is available and
also the correct size could be resolved an entry in the A2l fragment file will be generated.
For  a  list  of  the  supported  calibratable  and  measurable  symbols  refer  to  the  technical
reference of the respective module.
For this tool to work correctly all paths for the configuration files (header and source)  and
the static files must be passed.

The following command line options are supported:
Argument
Optional
Description
Default
[-c Component]
Yes
Only the specified component is
All components are
taken into account
taken into account
Dem: Diagnostic Event Manager
only
Dcm: Diagnostic Communication
Manager only
FiM: Function Inhibition Manager
only
[-f]
Yes
Overwrite an existing output a2l
A confirmation from the
fragment file without confirmation
user is required
[-h]
Yes
Shows a help message
-
[input …]
No
Source code folder(s) to scan
-
Please add the folders for the
static and generated files
[-l]
Yes
Write a log file
no file is generated
[-mc
Yes
Set the content of the output file.
Measurement and
MeasurementCalibration]
0: Measurement and Calibration
C
al i
brat i
on
sy
m
bol
s
1: Measurement only
2: Calibration only
[-nr]
Yes
If set the given folders are not
-
recursively scanned
[-o Out]
Yes
Output directory for the generated  Current working
file
directory
[-v]
Yes
Print additional information during  -
program execution
Table 3-1
Command line arguments

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4 Limitations
4.1
DEM
Measurement symbol generation only supported if no Satellites are configured.
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5  Glossary and Abbreviations
5.1
Glossary
Term
Description
EAD
Embedded Architecture Designer; generation tool for MICROSAR
components
GENy
Generation tool for CANbedded and MICROSAR components
Table 5-1
Glossary

5.2
Abbreviations
Abbreviation
Description
API
Application Programming Interface
AUTOSAR
Automotive Open System Architecture
BSW
Basis Software
DEM
Diagnostic Event Manager
DET
Development Error Tracer
EAD
Embedded Architecture Designer
ECU
Electronic Control Unit
HIS
Hersteller Initiative Software
ISR
Interrupt Service Routine
MICROSAR
Microcontroller Open System Architecture (the Vector AUTOSAR
solution)
PPort
Provide Port
RPort
Require Port
RTE
Runtime Environment
SRS
Software Requirement Specification
SWC
Software Component
SWS
Software Specification
Table 5-2
Abbreviations

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6  Contact
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>  Demo software
>  Support
>  Training data
>  Addresses

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