User´s Manual - I+ME ACTIA GmbH

Online Analyzing
Choose menu item Commands | Online to go Online. See Changing CAT Modes for details and how to
leave the Online Mode. The Online Mode of CAT allows visualizing, analyzing and logging the traffic
on the bus.
The Frame and Signal List Views and the Status Bar can be used to visualize the bus traffic. Choose
menu item Windows | to open/ close the windows.
Note: You have to configure the Frame and Signal List before in Offline Mode.
See Offline Setup | Layout Setup for details.
For Analyzing and Visualization the Online Mode offers:
Frame List View
The Frame List displays up to 10 frames but only the frames that are selected to be displayed (see Frame
List Configuration).
Online the most recently acquired frames data will be displayed. The Name, ID and Format will be
displayed as soon as the frame is selected to be displayed.
Signal List View
The Signal List displays up to 20 signals but only the signals that are selected to be displayed (see Signal
List Configuration).
Online the most recently acquired data carried by a frame will be interpreted and displayed. The color of
the characters for the signal value changes from black to red and vice versa each time the same signal is
received again.
Status Bar
The Status Bar displays the most significant data about the CAN bus traffic depending on the mode.
Online the most recently acquired frame and bus data will be displayed.
Being Online the received and transmitted data are logged to the buffer on CAT Hardware. The Buffer
content is first stored only on the Hardware. Only after uploading the buffer there is access to this data
in the Offline respectively Diagnostic Offline Mode.
! If the user disconnects the Hardware from the Power Supply (by disconnecting the CAN
adapter cable) and has not uploaded the buffer the user will loose the logged data!
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