There are several ways to launch the LIN Configurator, and those ways depend on the application, and how you use the various tools.

make command​

As described in the

ModusToolbox ™ tools package user guide

"ModusToolbox™ build system" chapter, you can run numerous make commands in the application directory, such as launching the LIN Configurator. After you have created a ModusToolbox™ application, navigate to the application directory and type the following command in the appropriate bash terminal window:

make lin-configurator

This command opens the LIN Configurator GUI for the specific application in which you are working.

Executable (GUI)​

You can launch the LIN Configurator GUI by running its executable as appropriate for your operating system (for example, double-click it or select it using the Windows

Start

menu). By default, the configurator is installed here:

<install_dir>/ModusToolbox/tools_<version>/lin-configurator<version>

When launched this way, the LIN Configurator opens without any frames or signals configured (see

Overview

). You can either open a specific configuration file or create a new one. See

Menus

(under

GUI description

) for more information.

Launching the configurator this way is not recommended as part of application development.

Executable (CLI)​

The LIN Configurator executable can be run from the command line and it has a "cli" version of the executable as well. Running the executable from the command line can be useful as part of batch files or shell scripts to re-generate the source code based on the latest configuration settings. The exit code for the executable is zero if the operation is successful, or non-zero if the operation encounters an error. For more information about the command-line options, run the executable using the

-h

option.