Hitex in cooperation with Mixed Mode is offering a new product family of bus-analyzers for automotive applications.

The first product for recording and analyzing of CAN- and FlexRay bus signals, the Tanto2 multiBUS tool, supports one FlexRay bus (with A and B channel) and two CAN buses. The bus signals are captured with a passive adapter and buffered in a frame memory
up to 1 GByte.

A comfortable application program with intuitive user interface allows the setup and configuration of the Tanto2 multiBUS unit, the setup of trigger, filter and symbolic substitution conditions and the generation of different views. This application program can be operated in offline mode with data file or in online mode with connection to the Tanto2 multiBUS unit.

Online Modes – Record Mode & Live Mode

The user can select between two online modes

-> in “record mode” the data capturing is performed in the Tanto2 multiBUS unit and uploaded when the recording is finished
-> in “live mode” the captured data are continuously uploaded, recorded and displayed in the trace window

Offline Mode

In offline mode the captured data or data from file are viewed and filtered. This mode does not require an active connection to the Tanto2 multiBUS unit.

Tanto2 multiBUS Recorder

With the Tanto2 multiBUS Recorder a stand-alone version is available for harsh environments, i.e. in cars. With the aluminium housing IP65 protection is guaranteed and the unit can operate from voltages between 6V and 48V. The unit is configured with the application program for the stand-alone operation and stores the recorded bus data on an external devices like a USB stick or a harddisk drive.

Trace View and Filtering

The “trace view” window displays the bus data or the filtered bus data. The view includes entries like time stamp information, header ID and address, protocol type, bus channel, cycle counter, CRC status and trigger information. The view can be customized to the user requirements and can be saved into a data file or loaded from file.
The trace data are filtered by applying filter settings in combination with symbolic substitution for bus data items and values.

Trigger Definition and Time Measurement

A flexible triggering scheme allows various sources to be used: external signals, user activated via button or message activated. The trigger position can be selected to specify the amount of captured data before and after the trigger occurence.
Time measurement is performed by simply clicking on the data frames in the Trace View to add time markers. The time difference between data frames is automatically calculated and displayed.

The package includes:

> Tanto2 base module with 256MByte buffer memory
> Standard bus target adapter for 2 CAN and 1 FlexRay (A+B)
> CD with software, example and user manual
> Power supply
> USB, LAN and power cables
> Hitex support
> Product license key on CD