The LIN Configurator GUI contains menus, tabs and subtabs to configure the LIN settings and a Notice List to provide indications.

File

  • New

    – Creates a new file with new configuration.

  • Open...

    – Opens the configuration file.

  • Close

    – Closes the configuration file.

  • Save

    – Saves the existing configuration.

  • Save As…

    – Saves the existing file under a different name.

  • Open in System Explorer

    – Opens your computer’s file explorer tool to the folder that contains the *.modus file.

  • Import…

    – Imports a specified configuration file.

  • Export…

    – Exports the current configuration file into a specified file.

  • Recent files

    – Shows recent files that you can open directly.

  • Exit

    – Closes the configurator.

Edit

  • Add new instance

    – You can start a new instance by either clicking this button or the same button on the Multi-instance support.

  • Delete current instance

    – You can remove the current instance by either clicking this button or the same button on the Multi-instance support.

  • Undo

    – Undoes the last action or sequence of actions.

  • Redo

    – Redoes the last undone action or sequence of undone actions.

View

  • Notice List

    – Shows/hides Notice List. See the

    Device Configurator user guide

    for more information about the Notice List.

  • Toolbar

    – Shows/hides the toolbar.

  • Reset View

    – Resets the view to the default.

Help

  • View Help

    – Opens this document.

  • About LIN Configurator

    – Opens the About box for version information, with links to open

    https://www.infineon.com

    and the current session log file.

Toolbar​

The toolbar contains common commands from the and

File

and

Edit

menus. Use the check box under the

View

menu to show or hide the toolbar. See

GUI description

for details.


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Multi-Instance support​

The LIN Configurator supports multiple slave instances to configure different settings for each instance. By default, the Configurator contains only Slave Instance 0. The Configurator includes commands to add and remove instances.


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Notice List​

The

Notice List

pane combines notices (errors, warnings, tasks, and notes) from many places in the configuration into a centralized list. If a notice shows a location, you can double-click that entry to display the parameter causing the error or warning.

For more information about the Notice List, refer to the

Device Configurator user guide

.