Automated Test with WaveBPS

WaveBPS includes a TCP/IP server to allow remote control from other applications. The TCP/IP Server offers a text based command set allowing a remote application capture data, save data and collect results. This server is very easily controlled by Vehicle Spy scripts allowing test systems that involve both message simulation and diagnostics to be combined with analog capture and analysis.

A list of available commands supported is listed in the table 1 below.

Table 1 - Text API commands for WaveBPS Main Object

CommandDescriptionexample

de

accesses the decoder objects collection

de.count? // returns count of decoders

de(0).description SPIDecode // sets description of first decoder to SPIDecode

sc

accesses the scope object

an

accesses the analysis results collection (one per channel)

start

starts wavebps

stop

stops wavebps

refreshgui

loads the settings into the gui (call when you load configuration settings)

saveentirerawwaveform "filepath"

saves the current waveform to the "filepath"

hascaptureddata?

returns whether wavebps has finished captured data

loadconfig "filepath"

loads a configuration indicated by "filepath"

an(key or index).getscalar? "scalarname"

reads a scalar value such as error count or frame count

savevspybuffer "filepath"

saves a vehicle spy buffer

savevspybuffer c:\test.csv

saveeventlist "filepath"

saves the event list to a file name

saveeventlist c:\test.csv

autosave

indicates whether autosave should occur on a filter match capture

autosave 1

autorearm

indicates whether a filter match capture should rearm

autorearm 0

autosavepath

sets/returns the autosave path

autosavepath?

decodercha

sets/return the index of the decoder for channel a

decodercha 1

decoderchb

sets/return the index of the decoder for channel b

decoderchc

sets/return the index of the decoder for channel c

decoderchd

sets/return the index of the decoder for channel d

defaultevent

This is the event filter box as an index

defaulteventfilter

This is the text filter

wavefileplayonmatch

returns/sets whether a wavefile should be played when a trigger is matched

wavefilepath

returns/sets the path of the of the wavefile that is played when a trigger occurs

Table 2 - Decoder Object Properties

CommandDescriptionexample

baudrate

returns/sets the baudrate of the decoder

basicdatabasepath

returns/sets the path of the data base for this network

canbittolerance

returns/sets the CAN bit tolerance in percent

description

returns/sets the description of the decoder

decodertype

returns/set the decoder type. The following values are valid

DWCAN = 0,

FlexRay = 1,

SWCAN= 2,

LSFTCAN= 3,

LIN= 4,

J1850VPW= 5,

KLine= 7,

UART= 9,

NoDecode= 10,

Disabled=12,

MathAMinusB= 13,

MathAPlusB= 14,

I2C= 15,

SPI= 16,

databitordering

indicates either endianess of the data items either msb first or last

datalengthbits

indicates the number of bits per data item (works for those decoders who support it such as UART and SPI)

enablemovingaveragefilter

enables a 3 point moving average for the detecting thresholds

errordecodelimit

returns/set the number errors before the decoder gives up

enablegmlancanswitch

enables message decoding and detection of the GM3110 high speed programming protocol (Automatically switches decoder baud rate)

enableautobaudrate

enables an automatic baud rate detection where the estimated baud rate is compared to standard values

enablemanualthreshold

enables a manual threshold as opposed to the automatic algorithim

flexraychannel

inidcates if the flexray monitored is (A or B or auto). this is required for CRC calculation testing because flexray uses different CRCs on channel a and b.

highbaudrate

for swcan indicates the high baud rate that is used when switched

highvoltagethreshold

for swcan is the voltage threshold used to detect transceivers operating in high voltage mode

isinverted

indicates if the manual threshold detection is inverted

idlebitcount

the number of quiet bit times either between messages or before decoding can start

idlengthbits

for protocols that support it - this indicates the length of the ID in bits. the id is shown in the ID column and is used for database searching

rearma

this is the voltage threshold for rearm of high voltage

rearmb

this is the voltage threshold for rearm of low voltage

spimode

the SPI mode indicates clock polarity and sampling position

thresholdhigh

this the threshold for trigger when the waveform is rising

thresholdlow

this is the threshold for trigger when waveform is falling

uartstopbitcount

this is the count of stop bits for a uart decoder

uartparity

this is the parity for for a uart decoder

Table 3 - Scope Object Properties

capturetype

What channels should be collected

couplinga

the type of coupling used on channel a

couplingb

the type of coupling used on channel b

couplingc

the type of coupling used on channel c

couplingd

the type of coupling used on channel d

capturelengthsamples

the length of the capture in samples

capturerepeatmode

the type of capture mode : single, multiple, and filter match

probeafactor

the mulitply factor of the probe used for cha

probebfactor

the mulitply factor of the probe used for chb

probecfactor

the mulitply factor of the probe used for chc

probedfactor

the mulitply factor of the probe used for chd

sampleratemicrosecondspersample

the requested sample rate in microseconds per sample

specialtriggerbitrate

the rate used for the can error frame trigger

sampleratefrequencyspec

indicates how the gui displays the sample rate

triggersource

indicates the trigger source (0 - none, 1 - cha, 2 - chb, 3 - ext, 4 - chc, 5 - chd)

triggervoltage

the absolute trigger voltage

triggerdirection

sets the direction rising or falling

triggerhystersis

hystersis in voltage

triggerpercentage

sets the trigger point in precentage (pretrigger)

triggertimeoutms

the time out if the trigger does not occur

triggerspecialtype

sets a special trigger mechanism

voltagerangea

sets the voltage range for channel a

voltagerangeb

sets the voltage range for channel b

voltagerangec

sets the voltage range for channel c

voltageranged

sets the voltage range for channel d

Table 4 - Analysis Object Properties

getscalar

returns one of the scalar properties by name

an(0).getscalar? framecount

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