LIN Interface and Database Settings

Use this dialog to set the measurement setup interface-related properties and filtering options and assign a database to a measurement setup.

Interface Settings

• LIN Interface—Use this control to assign an interface name on which the measurement should run. The interface name identifies the physical port within NI-XNET APIs.
• Run Mode—Use this control to select whether to use the interface in Normal mode (the NI-XNET measurement session occupies the interface) or Subordinate mode (any LabVIEW application that uses the interface is responsible for starting and stopping it).
• Log Transmitted Frames—Use this control when Run Mode is set to Subordinate to display and log frames transmitted from the same interface. Echoed frames are received only after the frame transmit is complete. If there are bus problems (for example, no listener) such that the frame did not transmit, the frame is not received.
• Baud Rate—Use the Baud Rate drop box to select from a list of commonly used baud rates.
• Bus Error Frames—If you select this control, communication problems reported by the LIN controller are logged into a dedicated LIN Frame called a Bus Error Frame. Bus Error Frames generated by NI-XNET are displayed in the Monitor and ID Logger, and are counted and displayed on the Statistics tab.
• No Response Frames—If you select this control, LIN No Response frames are displayed and logged in the Monitor and ID Logger.
• Checksum—If you select this control, checksums are displayed and logged in the Monitor and ID Logger.
• Exclude IDs—If you select this control, the selected IDs in the Filter IDs control are excluded from being displayed, analyzed, and logged.
• Filter IDs—Use this control to add a list of filter identifiers for a software filter mask. Only the IDs listed here are available for display, analyzing, and logging. Filter mask list examples:

  1–10	Filter out IDs 1–10
  1–10,233,401–402	Filter out IDs 1–10, 233, and 401–402

Database Settings

• Assign Database Alias—For a LIN measurement, assigning a database alias is mandatory.
• Alias Name—If you are assigning a database alias, select an alias name from the drop-down list.
• Cluster Name—If the database contains several clusters, you must select the cluster name from the drop-down list.