Communication Services (CAN, LIN, FlexRay, Ethernet, Data, RPC)

Overview

All services of the Vector SIL Kit can be configured within the participant configuration. The following sections describe how each service can be configured. The configuration of the single services is fully optional.

CanControllers

CanControllers:
- Name: CAN1
  Network: CAN1

Table 4 CanController Configuration

Property Name	Description
Name	The name of the CAN Controller
Network	The name of the CAN Network to connect to (optional)

LinControllers

LinControllers:
- Name: Lin1
  Network: Lin1

Table 5 LinController Configuration

Property Name	Description
Name	The name of the LIN Controller
Network	The name of the LIN Network to connect to (optional)

EthernetControllers

EthernetControllers:
- Name: ETH1
  Network: Ethernet1

Table 6 Ethernet Controller Configuration

Property Name	Description
Name	The name of the Ethernet Controller
Network	The name of the Ethernet Network to connect to (optional)
UseTraceSinks	Experimental: Optional list of names of trace sinks, as defined in the Tracing configuration.
Replay	Experimental: The optional replay configuration, as described in Replay.

FlexrayControllers

FlexrayControllers:
- Name: FlexRay1
  Network: PowerTrainCluster1
  ClusterParameters:
    gColdstartAttempts: 8
  NodeParameters:
    pChannels: AB

Table 7 FlexRay Controller Configuration

Property Name	Description
Name	The name of the FlexRay Controller
ClusterParameters	Allows to configure cluster specific settings. See ParticipantConfiguration.schema.json for a full set of parameters. (optional)
NodeParameters	Allows to configure node specific settings. See ParticipantConfiguration.schema.json for a full set of parameters. (optional)
TxBufferConfigurations	Allows to configure TXBuffers by specifying “channels” (A, B, AB, None), “slotId”, “offset”, “repetition”, “PPindicator”, “headerCrc” and “transmissionMode” (SingleShot, Continuous). See ParticipantConfiguration.schema.json for a full set of parameters. (optional)

DataPublishers

DataPublishers:
- Name: DataPublisher1
  Topic: SomeTopic1
  Labels:
    - Key: SomeKey
      Value: SomeValue
      Kind: Mandatory
    - Key: AnotherKey
      Value: AnotherValue
      Kind: Optional

Table 8 DataPublisher Configuration

Property Name	Description
Name	The name of the data publisher.
Topic	The topic on which the data publisher publishes its information. (optional)
Labels	The labels determining matching subscribers with the same topic and media type. (optional) Note that these labels will replace all programmatically provided labels.

DataSubscribers

DataSubscribers:
- Name: DataSubscriber1
  Topic: SomeTopic1
  Labels:
    - Key: SomeKey
      Value: SomeValue
      Kind: Mandatory
    - Key: AnotherKey
      Value: AnotherValue
      Kind: Optional

Table 9 DataSubscriber Configuration

Property Name	Description
Name	The name of the data subscriber.
Topic	The topic on which the data subscriber publishes its information. (optional)
Labels	The labels determining matching publishers with the same topic and media type. (optional)

RpcServers

RpcServers:
- Name: RpcServer1
  FunctionName: SomeFunction1
  Labels:
    - Key: SomeKey
      Value: SomeValue
      Kind: Mandatory
    - Key: AnotherKey
      Value: AnotherValue
      Kind: Optional

Table 10 RPC Server Configuration

Property Name	Description
Name	The name of the RPC server.
FunctionName	The function name on which the RPC server offers its service. (optional)
Labels	The labels determining matching clients with the same function name and media type. (optional)

RpcClients

RpcClients:
- Name: RpcClient1
  FunctionName: SomeFunction1
  Labels:
    - Key: SomeKey
      Value: SomeValue
      Kind: Mandatory
    - Key: AnotherKey
      Value: AnotherValue
      Kind: Optional

Table 11 RPC Clients Configuration

Property Name	Description
Name	The name of the RPC client.
FunctionName	The function name to which the RPC client wants to connect to. (optional)
Labels	The labels determining matching servers with the same function name and media type. (optional)