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Importing a DBC file
Display Creator User Manual – MoTeC Ⓒ 2014 Published 1 July 2014
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Importing a DBC file
A DBC file is created in Dash Manager when a Dash/Logger configuration is saved.
The DBC file is used to import Dash Manager messages, signals and alarms to Display Creator, and eliminates
the need to manually setup these in Display Creator.
The import facilitates:
• Automatic setup of messages, signals and channels in Display Creator.
• A comparison and update mechanism to highlight and selectively update differences between an updated
Dash Manager configuration and Display Creator.
• Import and setup of Dash Manager alarms in Display Creator.
Initial Import of a DBC File
This topic covers the initial import of a DBC file. See
Subsequent Imports of a DBC File
for imports after the first
and
to use the update function that highlights and updates differences between an
updated Dash Manager configuration and Display Creator.
To import the DBC file:
1.
Select
File > Import DBC File...
or the Import DBC File... icon
and open the DBC file.
The Import a DBC File window displays.
By default, all signals are selected for import, and channel creation set to occur automatically.
2.
Make selections on signals required and whether to automatically create the related channel.
See the following example of an Import a DBC File window.
If a signal is required and the
Auto Create
for the channel is not selected, the channel must be created
manually in the Channel & Functions tab, and assignment of the channel to the signal made manually in
the Communications tab.