HMS: VCI V4

Legacy/internal identifier: HMS-HW

Vendor information

Vendor

Web page

Product name

Version

HMS Technology Center Ravensburg GmbH

https://www.hms-networks.com/ixxat

VCI V4

4.0.1187.0

Categories

MDL 🛈

APL 🛈

BAN 🛈

BMA 🛈

SVC 🛈

DGN 🛈

FIU 🛈

EES 🛈

FCT 🛈

DBG 🛈

IMG 🛈

AUDIO 🛈

ENVSIM 🛈

ENVCOM 🛈

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Signal recordings 🛈

File format

Comment

*.asc

*.mf4

BUSACCESS - CAN(-FD) ports support MDF4 bus logging only. XCP ports support signal-based MDF4 recording.

*.pcapng

BUSACCESS - CAN(-FD) ports will use linktype=227. The resulting files cannot be processed by trace analysis.

Platform

Operating system

Support

Windows

✓

Linux

Ports

Specifics

This interface allows, by means of hardware, direct CAN and CAN-FD bus access. It supports the test steps read signal, read/write signal group as well as monitor and supports signal recording, Raw diagnostics with KWP2000 over ISO-TP, the Mini residual bus simulation and Additional functions of the close-to-hardware bus connections.

Info

The APPLICATION ports can only be used with the Add-on ecu.test calibration

Supported drivers

The VCI V4 driver must be installed for use in ecu.test. The driver is available on the manufacturer’s website.

Limitations

  • Controllers are opened exclusively. Parallel use of the same CAN(-FD) controller in ecu.test and other applications is not supported.

  • The timestamps for the time of reception of CAN(-FD) frames are based on the time of the controller start.

Tested hardware:

  • Ixxat USB-to-CAN FD Automotive