A method is disclosed for synchronizing a checking apparatus, in which the checking apparatus is configured for testing at least one first electronic closed-loop control unit. Further disclosed is a checking apparatus which is transferable to a synchronized state. Additionally disclosed is a composite system which includes at least two checking apparatuses. Also disclosed are a checking apparatus for testing at least one first closed-loop control unit, and a composite system including at least one checking apparatus and a further checking apparatus, the latter checking apparatus being configured to have the same effect as the first checking apparatus.

A method for supporting a configuration of an interface is provided, wherein the configuration environment has an overview region that has several subregions. At least one item of information concerning a part of the configuration is displayed in each subregion. For each subregion, an item of information concerning the part of the configuration associated with the subregion is displayed. In the case of a warning and/or error message, a configuration option is displayed so as to be selectable, via which the warning/error message is resolved. The selection of the displayed configuration option causes a functionality to be started via which the displayed configuration option is made possible. In the case of a change in the status of a subregion, the display of the status and/or warning and/or error message and a configuration option derived therefrom in one subregion or several subregions is automatically updated and adapted to the changed status.

A method for connecting an input/output interface of a testing device equipped for testing a control unit to a model of a technical system present in the testing device. The interface connects the control unit to be tested or connects a technical system to be controlled; the model to be connected to the input/output interface is a model of the technical system to be controlled or a model of the control unit to be tested. The testing device has a plurality of input/output functions connected to the model and provides an interface hierarchy structure and a function hierarchy structure. The method has an automatic configuration of compatible connections between the interface hierarchy structure and the function hierarchy structure so that the model present in the testing device communicates through the compatible connections with the control unit to be tested or the technical system to be controlled.

The invention supports the easy and appropriate setting of a plurality of control parameters. A setting support device of the invention includes: a test action instruction part, for changing at least one value among control parameters, so as to enable a servo driver to actually control test actions, or controlling test actions by utilizing the simulation of a hypothetical model; and a performance index calculation part, for working out performance indexes of the control of the servo driver according to a result of test actions.

A method and replay unit for sending secured messages via a messaging system to a receiver ECU to be tested, wherein the replay unit is connected to the device under test via the messaging system, wherein the replay unit is set up to receive first secured messages to be replayed, to remove from the first secured messages a first counter value and a first authenticator, and to generate a second authenticator by means of a second counter value, an encryption algorithm and a key, and wherein the replay unit is set up to generate second secured messages by adding the second counter value and the second authenticator to the first messages, and wherein the replay unit is further adapted to send the second secured messages to the recipient device under test via the messaging system.

A method for real-time simulation of an electric motor includes: modeling, by a computer system, the electrical motor in a graphical model including at least two blocks connected by signals. The graphical model includes at least two matrix operations which produce a multidimensional output signal from at least one multidimensional input signal. The computer system includes an operator computer and a real-time computer connected thereto, wherein the operator computer executes a graphical modeling environment, and the real-time computer has at least one programmable logic device.

A hardware-in-loop simulation experiment platform of multiple input and multiple output loop control for MSWI process includes a real equipment layer and a virtual object layer, where in the real equipment layer and the virtual object layer realize communication through hard wirings and data acquisition cards, the real equipment layer and virtual object layer realize communication in OPC mode through Ethernet; the real equipment layer comprises monitoring equipment and control equipment, and the virtual object layer comprises an MSWI actuator model, an MSWI instrument device model and an MSWI process object model which are respectively operated in different industrial personal computers. The hardware-in-loop simulation experiment platform of multiple input and multiple output loop control for MSWI process provided by the invention is used for providing a reliable engineering verification environment for MSWI process control.

A checking apparatus can test at least one first closed-loop control unit. The checking apparatus can include a first timing transmission unit which can generate a first periodic timing signal from a first time signal, and which can output the first periodic timing signal to a first PLL. The check device can further include a first oscillator which can generate a second periodic timing signal and which can output the second periodic timing signal to a second PLL. The checking device can additionally include a first clock, and can forward a first clock signal to a first input/output unit, and/or to a first computation unit. A first changeover signal can be used to control a first multiplexer such that depending on a state of the first changeover signal, the first multiplexer can forward either a first frequency-stabilized timing signal or a second frequency-stabilized timing signal to the first clock.

A method for configuring a module for simulating at least one sensor, wherein the sensor simulation is designed and set up to supply synthetic sensor data to a device for executing open- and/or closed-loop tasks via the first data interface of the first type. The method has the steps: a) Receiving a record of a data exchange of a real sensor with the device and/or receiving information about at least one property of the real sensor and/or the second data interface of the first type, b) Reading out the record and/or the information about the at least one property, c) Determining at least one characteristic of the real sensor and/or the second data interface, d) Configuring the sensor simulation and/or the first data interface of the first type using the at least one characteristic such that the synthetic sensor data simulate the sensor data of the real sensor.

A method for generating an executable simulation program and simulating control device communication between a control device to be tested and at least one further control device includes: transferring a description of transmit and receive interfaces into a database; identifying interfaces of the control device to be tested; generating interfaces of the at least one further control device for each interface of the control device to be tested; storing the generated interface elements in the database; providing a configuration for the simulation of the control device communication between the control device to be tested and the at least one further control device; generating the executable simulation program; and simulating the control device communication.