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.

The TCP/IP server configuration is available from the (Application Configuration) tab. Here you can enable the TCP/IP server with a specific port. You can also enable the TCP/IP server to start when WaveBPS starts. Make sure to allow the WaveBPS and port you choose access though your firewall.

Figure 1 - The configuration of the TCP/IP server in WaveBPS.

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

Table 1 - Text API commands for WaveBPS Main Object

Command	Description	example
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

Command	Description	example
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 / CAN FD 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