How to Load an A2L File

Overview

The EHANDBOOK-NAVIGATOR allows to load an A2L file and generates an EHANDBOOK container. An A2L file should comply with ASAM standard and it should have the valid Functions.

Loading an A2L file

Functions

EHANDBOOK-NAVIGATOR uses functions to structure the contents in the table of contents (TOC) and provides a graphical visualization of their dependencies.

Function Overview A2L file

Procedure

To load an A2L file:

  • On the File menu, select Convert A2L file…​.
    Convert A2L file to EHANDBOOK container dialog box is displayed.

Convert A2L file

Convert A2L file to EHANDBOOK container dialog box.

  1. A2L file selection

  2. A2L file encoding conversion options

  3. Specify the location and name of the container

  4. Checkbox to generate images

  5. Convert A2L file

    • Select the previously loaded A2L file from the "Select A2L file" drop-down menu or click Browse to select it.

    • After selecting an A2L file the encoding of the content is placed in the drop-down menu. By default, the highest encoding confidence level (e.g. ISO-8859-1) is pre-selected. If the encoding is not known or it is not consistent for the whole file then choose Detect automatically (2).

    • Select or type the location to generate the EHANDBOOK container or click Browse to select the different file.
      By default, the location is selected where the A2L file exists and the name of the A2L is considered as the container name with .ehb extension. You can change the name of the container by editing it in the text box (3).

    • Check the checkbox (4) to generate the images for functions.
      Please note that this takes several time to generate the images. By default, the checkbox is unselected.

    • Click Convert A2L file. If the same name already exists in the specified path, then EHANDBOOK- NAVIGATOR prompts either to change the location or overwrite the file. An A2L file converts it into an EHANDBOOK container. Please note that it takes few minutes to convert it. The progress bar is displayed.

    • Once the file is converted, a dialog box is displayed as shown below.

Converted A2L file

Dialog box:

  • Click Open in EHANDBOOK-NAVIGATOR.
    It opens the generated container in the EHANDBOOK-NAVIGATOR.
    <Or>

  • Click Show in Directory.
    It locates the file in the File System.
    <Or> Click Close.
    It closes the dialog box.
    The progress bar is displayed which displays the loading status.

Converted A2L file

  1. Images generated for functions

  2. Images are not generated for functions

When you check the checkbox to generate images for functions, the images are generated which helps to visulaize the preview of the images before opening itself, but it takes some time to generate the images during A2L conversion. You can open the functions by clicking Open function overview.

Notes and limitations

EHANDBOOK-NAVIGATOR converts to a container only for the valid A2L file.