The desire for greater safety, comfort and energy efficiency can only be achieved by a variety of highly networked electronic vehicle systems today. Conclusion: The proportion of electronics and software in the vehicle is constantly growing. The electronics in the car now makes up around a third of the vehicle's value. Mastering the complexity of the entire vehicle life cycle with a simultaneous reduction in costs is therefore one of the key challenges of automotive electronics. The modern vehicle diagnosis plays a crucial role: To ensure the operability, each function must be tested. This huge challenge can only be mastered by new technologies, standards, and the support by appropriate software tools.

Objective

The training gives an overall overview and foundations of OTX for further in-depth knowledge. It provides a comprehensive and systematic overview of the exchange format for test sequences OTX (ISO 13209). The participants get to know the structure and handling of OTX data as well as the possibilities and limits of the standard. The contents are illustrated and consolidated through practical examples and live demonstrations.

The objective is primarily about understanding and being able to use OTX:

1. Understand OTX in the process
   Why OTX? Understand the meaning of OTX through its application in the processes of an automobile manufacturer.
2. Use OTX software tools
   Get to know software tools for OTX and be able to use them at a simple level.
3. Integrate OTX into target systems
   Understand how OTX is integrated into target systems.
4. Programming OTX
   How to program OTX sequences.

Important: The theory must be applied. The training can only be a basis for further in-depth practical application!

Participants

The seminar is intended for engineers in the automotive and supplier industry who want to become familiar with exchange format OTX. General knowledge about the fundamentals of vehicle diagnostics and diagnostic processes is recommended.

Trainer

Dr.-Ing. Jörg Supke studied Mechatronics and received his PhD in Automotive Engineering at the Technical University of Darmstadt. In 2008, he founded EMOTIVE. He is a member of ASAM Technical Steering Committee and the convenor of the working group "Data Exchange Formats" at ISO. The working group covers the standards OTX, ODX and MVCI. He is the project leader of the working group “ASAM OTX Extensions” and other working groups for OTX at ASAM and ISO.

Duration and Location

The training lasts two days with 6 hours of training per day. The training is carried out in-house at the customer's premises. Including breaks, a time of 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with a lunch break of 1.5 hours is suggested. If required, the training can be extended to include a workshop for in-depth study or consulting on individual solutions.

Structure (Roles)

For the application of OTX in the process, the training is structured according to the following roles:

1. Checker
   Checks an existing PTX file for instance to see whether it can run against a new ODX data base.
2. User
   Executes sequences on the vehicle.
3. Specifier
   Uses OTX to specify executable test logic, which can then be implemented by a programmer.
4. Target System Integrator
   Integrates OTX sequences into its target environment.
5. Bug Fixer
   Brings small changes to the OTX sequences, but without changing the basic test logic.
6. Programmer
   Implements new OTX sequences based on a specification and in coordination with authoring guidelines.
7. Target System Programmer
   Integrates the OTX Runtime API into a target system.
8. Administrator
   Is responsible for creating and implementing the authoring guidelines and the technical concepts of OTX.

Content

The training is modular in structure so that the different roles are covered, starting with the role of the "Checker". Es wird zwischen der Theorie und Übungen mit der Open Test Framework gewechselt, welche die Theorie anwenden und Abwechslung bringen sollen.

1. Introduction OTX
   Introduction of OTX as a programming language. Why OTX?
2. Basic working with OTX
   Get to know the basics of working with OTX.
3. OTX projects
   Understand the structure of OTX projects
4. OTX tools
   Get an overview about OTX tools
5. ControlFile & OTX mapping and OTX mapping editor
   How OTX communicates with external systems via OTX mapping?
6. Player projects
   Get to know player projects for the fast and easy execution of OTX projects.
7. OTX as programing language
   How to program with OTX as a programming language?
8. Advanced Basics OTX and Advanced Basics OTF
   Deep dive into OTX and the tools for experts.
9. OTX runtime environment and Advanced basics OTX-Runtime
   How to integrate OTX into own applications outside of the development environment?

Documents

Each seminar participant will receive training materials in digital form (PDF format) as well as a 30-day evaluation license of Open Test Framework.

An example of the training material (slides 1 to 43 of 247):

Extract from the training materials