Service Packs

MDA V8.7.1

MDA V8.7.1 offers the following improvements:

• Increased interchangeability of instruments between configurations
  • If MDA cannot automatically resolve the file references of signals during a copy/paste operation, a dialog box will appear, allowing the user to assign the file references.
• Extensions for the CAN-Bus-Trace add-on
  • Even if a description file is not assigned to the bus trace file, MDA can still interpret basic signals such as the CAN-Bus ID, Frame ID, and payload.
• Improvements in the usability of the oscilloscope and scatter plot
  • When zooming, you can switch directly between horizontal and vertical zoom behavior.
  • Numeric values on the axes are more readable and distinguishable.
  • Recording pauses are clearly visible in the signal curves.
• Customizable overview area for battery instruments
  • The user can define which entries should be visible with which description in the overview of the battery instruments.

V8.7.0

The following improvements are available for MDA V8.7.0:

• Export of MDA 8 configuration contents to XDA file format
  • essential contents of a configuration (like oscilloscopes) can be imported with former MDA V8 installations
• New Battery Voltage Graph instrument
  • provides a graphical overview of all battery cell voltage values in combination with threshold lines for better comparison
• Reworked ‘Signal Replace’ dialog
  • enables a clearer and more flexible replacement of signals used in the configuration by signals from a measurement file
• Multiple usability and smaller functional improvements
  • Separate entries for File Path and File Name in the Export dialog facilitates the creation of a new measurement file
  • Signal(s) can be added to multiple instruments via a context menu entry in few steps
  • Additional filter categories for Raster and ECU offer more flexibility to find the right signals
  • Periodic creation of a back-up configuration – just in case …

MDA V8.6.7

The following improvements are available for MDA V8.6.7:

• Assigning a color per measurement file
  • By assigning a color to a file, all signals from the oscilloscope, scatter plot, and GPS-instrument measurement file will be displayed in the same color, making it easier to compare signals from multiple measurement files.
• New Battery imbalance histogram instrument
  • For easy statistical display of imbalance values of battery cells
• Additional predefined calculations
  • ‘State-of-charge’ calculation status, PDM/PWM analysis and section-wise calculation of mean, integral, minimum, maximum and sum
• Improvements for the device assignment dialog and for signals in ‘no-match’ state
  • After replacing measurement files, MDA cleans up the meta information of the signals, thus reducing the number of ECU-entries with the * symbol
  • For better identification of the signal, all available meta information is displayed for signals in the ‘no-match’ state

MDA V8.6.6

The following improvements are available for MDA V8.6.6:

• Support of Configuration Templates
  • With the new template format the same configuration setup can be used multiple times with different measurement files
• New instrument: Battery Imbalance Graph
  • Clear and easy-to-use graphical overview of the imbalance values of all battery cells
• Additional predefined calculations are available
  • Inverse Clarke and Park transformations, envelope curve calculation, evaluation of AC charging state and charging current
• Improvements for the Device Mapping dialog
  • After a file replacement, MDA tries to pre-map devices automatically to reduce the user’s efforts for a manual mapping

MDA V8.6.5

The following improvements are available for MDA V8.6.5:

• Handling improvements for predefined calculations (Functions)
  • Functions can be exchanged and reused easily by Import and by Copy&Paste, after an FMU file was updated MDA tries to reassign the already defined input signals
• Enhancements for the usage of FMU files
  • ‚Functional Mockup Units‘ (FMUs) can be added directly via the MDA user interface, and can be used without a restart of MDA
• Additional predefined calculations are available
  • Absolute minimum and maximum values of a signal, Clarke and Park transformations to convert signals from a three-phase system (e-motor) into space vectors
• Reworked axes properties table
  • Indication of the strips, axes ranges can be entered in the selected data representation (Phys, Hexadecimal, Decimal)

The following improvements are available for MDA V8.6.4:

• Device Mapping dialog when a measure file is replaced
  •  the user can define how the signals from a new file shall replace the signals used in a configuration
  • this allows to reduce the number of signals getting into ‘no-match’ state
• New Functions docking window
  • Functional Mockup Units (FMUs) created with ASCMO V5.8 or higher can be used to calculate the ASCMO model outputs based on the signals assigned as inputs from a measure file in MDA
• Support of LAB file format versions V1.2 and V1.3
  • New LAB file formats can be used e.g. in INCA Variable Selection to filter for the combination signal plus device
• Multiple usability and smaller functional improvements
  • Replacement of a measure file by drag&drop from Windows Explorer
  • Additional option to define in ASCII based textual measure file a separate row for the device information
  • Context menu entry for the strips in an oscilloscope to facilitate strip re-ordering

MDA V8.6.3

The following enhancements are available for MDA V8.6.3:

• Convenient adjustments of a time offset for signals
  • direct shifting of individual signals to allow alignment with other signals of a measure file
• New display to show battery imbalance
  • from a large number of comparable signals, such as cell voltages, it is easy to identify those with the highest deviation from the average value of the battery voltage
• Multiple usability improvements:
  • Direct assignment of signals with 1-bit data type to Boolean stripes 
  • Indication of file attachments and references in the File Explorer
  • Replacement of signals directly via context menu entry from any instrument

The following improvements are available for MDA V8.6.2:

• Easy creation of a zipped Export file, including the configuration file and all files assigned to it
  • Export files can be opened directly or via the Import functionality
  • Facilitates the exchange with colleagues or the archiving of a specific setup
• Improvements for measure file formats
  • Clearer error messages in the tooltip of measurement files which could not be opened
  • Read and write support for special MATLAB file dialects created by or used with ATI Vision
• Command line tool ‘MdfCombine.exe’ provides a new argument for resampling the data
  • If needed for a tool which does not support multi-raster a measure file with just one equidistant periodic time raster for all signals can be created

The following improvements are available for MDA V8.6.1:

• Import of Files, Layers and Instruments from MDA V8 configurations
  • also enables the duplication of views for the same signals from different measurement files
• Comfortable definition of a time offset
  • a time offset can easily be set through graphically shifting a signal curve in an oscilloscope
• Higher flexibility when combining MDF files by means of MdfCombine.exe
  • the sequence of to be combined files can be defined freely

Additional Engineering Add-On for MDA

• Connecting of MDA to an ASAM ODS database
  • Enable the direct access to measurement files stored in an ODS V6 database
    (Adaptations to customer-specific specifications of the database are required)

The following improvements are available with MDA V8.6.0:

• Import of Display Name Rule Sets from MDA V8 configurations
• Filtering in Variable Explorer based on label files (*.LAB)
• Support of Windows 11

The following major improvements are available with MDA V8.5.7:

• Import of Calculated Signals from existing MDA V8 configurations

• Enhancements for Read & Write support of textual measure file formats

  • Option to define the structure of the signal name, device, and unit information

  • More flexible handling of the time channel, e.g. for combined date and time information

• MdfConvert.exe: support of customer specific textual measure file formats

The following major improvements are available with MDA V8.5.6:

• CAN Bus Trace Add-On: Support of ARXML files for interpretation of BLF file contents
• For Display Name Rule sets variable target groups can be defined more flexible
• Export of enumeration signals into textual file formats as decimal value or as text
• Removed measure files are shown in File Explorer if these are causing ‘no-match’ signals
• Better overview and access to MDA V8 feature videos

The following major improvements are available with MDA V8.5.5:

• Replacement of individual signals
• Several Display Name Rule Sets can be created and applied
• Export of measure data with definable equidistant time raster
• Support of signals having a ‘nested conversion’

The following major improvements are available with MDA V8.5.4:

• Calculation Signals: Support of LookUp tables for Curves (1D) and Maps (2D) with linear or constant interpolation
• Variable Explorer: Introduction of Quick Filters to find the relevant variables faster
• Add-On: Video instrument for playing video files recorded using INCA Video Add-On
• Measurement File Export: Automatic compression of MDF V4.1.x files

The following major improvements are available with MDA V8.5.3:

• Several improvements for Export functionality, e.g. include all signals from all files
• First step towards LookUp table support in calculated signals: Curves in not interpolated mode
• Add-On: Support of Bus Trace files (BLF) in combination with CAN DBC file

The following major improvements are available with MDA V8.5.2:

• Command Line Tool 'MdfCombine.exe' for merging of measure files
• Instrument and Axes Properties view for quick configuring
• Displaying Event signals in the GPS map view
• Improved signal re-assignment when pasting from another configuration

The following major improvements are available with MDA V8.5.1*:

• Editing of measure file comment and other meta-information
• Import of definitions for calculated signals from INCA and MDA V7 (*.xcs)
• Creation of label files (*.lab) to support a quick re-selection in e.g. INCA Experiment Environment
• Oscilloscope improvements: automatic update of cursor values, and new UI element for easier signal to axis assignment
• Optimized font size and line spacing to have more compact list views

* To align Service Pack numbering of MDA V8.5 and INCA V7.3, the version number V8.5.0 was skipped.

The following major improvements are available with MDA V8.4.1:

• Snapshot Recording in combination with INCA V7.3.0 i.e. MDA V8.4.1 can be opened from INCA while the recording is still ongoing
• Import of calculated signals used in INCA Experiment Environment
• Synchronized cursors are displayed in the GPS Map instrument
• Several improvements for oscilloscope, like option for default behavior for signal-to-axis assignment

The following major improvements are available with MDA V8.4.0:

• GPS map viewer to display a track using longitude and latitude
• Possibility to define rule for shrinking of long signal names to a relevant fragment
• Apply a time offset for individual signals
• Display of events (datatype EVENT, “$ signals”) in the oscilloscope
• Connect to an already running EHANDBOOK-NAVIGATOR session (requires EHANDBOOK-NAVIGATOR V8.0)