AutomationDesk

Powerful test authoring and automation tool

With AutomationDesk, tests can be executed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, letting engineers increase test coverage and improve ECU software quality while saving time and costs.

Graphical description of test routines

Advanced custom library concept

Remote control of calibration, measurement and diagnostic tools, such as ControlDesk

At a Glance

Functionality Overview

Tool Inerfaces

At a Glance

Application Areas

AutomationDesk is a powerful test authoring and automation tool for hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing of electronic control units (ECUs). AutomationDesk users can create and edit test routines in a graphical format without requiring programming skills.

AutomationDesk’s interface libraries, compliant with the ASAM standards, allow for a seamless reuse of automated tests across different development stages, such as MIL and SIL simulation with VEOS, dSPACE’s platform for PC-based simulation, and HIL simulation with SCALEXIO or any third-party simulation platform that provides a XIL API-compliant interface.

Key Benefits

AutomationDesk provides libraries containing a large number of predefined test steps, e.g., for easy access to the simulation model, a Failure Insertion Unit (FIU), or calibration and diagnostics software. With AutomationDesk, tests can be executed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, letting engineers increase test coverage and improve ECU software quality while saving time and costs.

AutomationDesk lets you describe test routines graphically, be it test-step-based test authoring based on library elements, or signal-based test authoring based on stimulus signals and evaluation of captured signals.

Test Automation Software Overview: The modular packaging of dSPACE’s test automation software lets you select the packages you need for your automation tasks, and add other modules later on if necessary.

Functionality Overview

Functionality	Description
Advanced Sequence Builder	Graphical test development Library-based test development via drag & drop Access to simulation platforms and tools from within the automation sequences
Test project management and execution	Structured project overview Navigation in complex projects Managing test projects, data, results and reports Configuring test executions Debugging graphical tests Consistency checks before test execution
Automation libraries	ASAM XIL API library to access simulation platforms and failure insertion units of HIL simulators compliant to the ASAM XIL standard Access to calibration tools like ControlDesk, ETAS INCA and Vector CANape via the ASAM MCD-3 MC automation interface Access to diagnostics tools like ControlDesk via ASAM MCD-3 D Access to MATLAB® Convenient access to tools in the dSPACE tool chain ControlDesk Real-Time Test Manager ModelDesk MotionDesk
Open architecture	Open COM API enables remote execution of tests, e.g., by test management tools Edit and execute Python code or call Python scripts in AutomationDesk Introduce and maintain custom libraries to develop and maintain reusable, test-domain specific blocks Robust implementation of interfaces to third-party tools via COM/DCOM supported by VirtualCom feature XML import/export of automation artifacts in projects and libraries
Test documentation	Automated generation of test reports in PDF or HTML Report library to define the contents of the generated report
Framework Builder library	Library that allows setting up highly customizable templates as a test framework Set up own templates (e.g., for test steps and tests) like in the Test Builder library Templates feature implicit functions: e.g., for reporting and exception handling Templates can be maintained with the AutomationDesk library
Evaluation library	Powerful evaluation of measured signals Automatic report generation, including plotted signals
Signal-based testing	Graphical description of signals for stimuli and evaluation Intuitive test authoring as on a piece of paper
XIL API MAPort support	Platform-independent handling of simulation applications Seamless use of simulation platforms from different vendors Access to the simulation model for reading, writing, capturing, and stimulating variables Stimulating time intervals of measured signals
XIL API EESPort support	Hardware-independent function blocks for Failure Insertion Units (FIU) Convenient blocks for the most common FIU test scenarios Base library enables using the whole range of supported EESPort functions Access to dSPACE FIU systems, independently from ControlDesk Advanced user interface for the error configuration in XIL EESPort Library blocks with lists for pin configurations, including validity checks The stimulus duration in data file segments can be related to model variable states for signal-based tests and XIL MAPort stimuli
MotionDesk library	Library to automate MotionDesk Easy implementation of tests where online animation is involved, e.g., tests for camera based ADAS systems
Variable mapping	Mapping Editor Clear allocation of variables, signals, parameters and variants Import/export of ASAM XIL mapping XMLs Create and manage mappings in AutomationDesk Mapping Viewer Overview window with information on current variable mapping Filter and search functionalities allow for a quick localization of variables for the test description User interface for an interactive configuration of automation blocks via drag & drop Exchangeable mapping definitions compliant with ASAM XIL
Watcher-based switching of error sets	XIL EESPort software trigger blocks enable to switch error sets according to model variable states

Tool Inerfaces

Test Automation Software

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AutomationDesk

Application Areas

Key Benefits

Functionality

Description

Advanced Sequence Builder

Test project management and execution

Automation libraries

Open architecture

Test documentation

Framework Builder library

Evaluation library

Signal-based testing

XIL API MAPort support

XIL API EESPort support

MotionDesk library

Variable mapping

Watcher-based switching of error sets

Support of XIL API Standard

XIL API Support in Platform API Package

XIL API Support in Failure Simulation Package

XIL API Vendor Switch

XIL API Convenience Library

Interfaces to dSPACE Tools

ControlDesk

Real-Time Testing

RTI CAN MultiMessage Custom Library

ModelDesk

MotionDesk

Interfaces to Third-Party Tools

ASAM interface

MATLAB

Test Automation Software

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