Working with CanEasy > The CanEasy Desktop

The tree view shows – depending on the used license – the available core applications as well as all objects of the data base in a single tree structure. All central data base objects (ECUs, messages, signals) can be assigned to core applications for further monitoring and editing using drag & drop editing, opened in separate windows by a double-click and edited with a right mouse click.

Kernanwendungen

Explanations of core applications

Settings		Define global settings, see Global settings.
Applications		Create and load applications,
User plug-in		Integrate external functions, see User plug-ins.
Record		Start data recording, see Record.
Replay		Replay recorded data, see Replay.
VBA		Manage VBA projects and macros.
VSTA		Manage VSTA projects and macros.
Trace window		Show and monitor data, see trace window.
Signal Plot		Start a graphical representation of individual signals, see signal plots.
Signal monitor		Create a window to display signal values, see signal monitor.
User panel		User specific control panel, see panels.
Environment variables		Manage system wide, global variables, see environment variables.
XCP		“Universal Measurement and Calibration Protocol”, see XCP.
Data base		Shows the content of a generated data base. Refer to the following chapter.

Data base
The hierarchical object structure underlying the data base is as follows:

Hierarchical object structure of the database

Notes on the tree structure

The data base can include several buses. Each bus is shown in a different color and can have several ECUs. Each ECU contains messages and these again contain signals. Depending on the configuration of the panel size in the settings dialog, the objects of an ECU (messages and Signals) can be split into separate panels. This is automatically done by CanEasy if a certain number of objects is exceeded.

Attributes of buses, ECUs, messages and signals will not be shown in the tree view but only in the list view.

There are three ways of working with the objects inside the tree view:

•A double click on an object opens the panel to which an ECU is assigned or the corresponding window of a core application.

•Context menus enable access to several functions.

•Drag & drop: By pressing and holding the mouse key, objects inside the data base can be dragged and dropped within the tree structure according to defined rules. Furthermore, it is possible to drag data base objects directly into an open window of a core application. If an object is assigned to an incompatible application, the object cannot be dropped. This is indicated by a corresponding symbol.

In addition to drag & drop editing, the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl-C (copy) and Ctrl-V (paste) are supported: An object can be marked in the tree, copied with Ctrl-C and added to a selected window, e.g. a trace or plot window, with Ctrl-V.

Tree View

Tree View