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eports<br />
from the<br />
workgroups<br />
activity report from<br />
<strong>ASAM</strong> ACI<br />
(Automatic Calibration Interface)<br />
Description<br />
When looking at cars over the last decade, we<br />
identify a rapid and still ongoing replacement<br />
of mechanic control mechanisms by<br />
Electronic Control Units (ECU). This<br />
replacement opened a mass of new<br />
opportunities to control the behaviour of car<br />
components or to operate them in a more<br />
sophisticated way. For example, the operation<br />
of a combustion engine is essentially<br />
influenced by regulations, according to<br />
regional emission laws. So it is the role of an<br />
engine ECU to continuously measure a lot of<br />
engine data (requested load, speed, fuel and<br />
air temperature, exhaust gas temperature,<br />
etc.) and to optimize in real time a set of<br />
engine control parameters. Figuring out the<br />
optimal control parameters as a function of<br />
many input parameters is a task, which can’t<br />
be done manually anymore.<br />
<strong>ASAM</strong> ACI defines interfaces between test<br />
stand automation systems and engine ECU<br />
optimization systems, which perform the<br />
optimization tasks. The optimization system<br />
configures via the ACI interface measurement<br />
tasks to be executed by the test stand<br />
automation system. ACI supports the<br />
measurement tasks by providing unified<br />
access methods to a variety of services within<br />
the automation system.<br />
Standard and current version<br />
The current version of <strong>ASAM</strong> ACI is V1.3.1;<br />
Prior versions like ACI V1.2 are upward<br />
compatible with the most recent version.<br />
Active workgroup members and speaker<br />
AVL, BMW, Bosch, D2T, FEV, GM Powertrain,<br />
Horiba ATS, M&K, Renault, Siemens VDO.<br />
Speaker: Dr. Bruno Thelen (Horiba ATS).<br />
SECTION TWO<br />
ACI Activity Report<br />
AE Activity Report<br />
CEA Activity Report<br />
GDI Activity Report<br />
ODS Activity Report<br />
Solutions Guide 2007<br />
Current activities<br />
During the year 2006, a major extension of the<br />
ACI standard was released with ACI V1.3. This<br />
new release was implemented in parallel with<br />
the “<strong>ASAM</strong> ACI V1.3 reference server”. The<br />
former standard ACI V1.2 was supporting<br />
steady state measurements, whereas the new<br />
standard ACI V1.3 now supports transient<br />
measurements. The activities in the year<br />
2007 will focus on a) maintaining ACI V1.3,<br />
and b) figuring out user use cases for<br />
extended transient measurements.<br />
<strong>ASAM</strong> ACI in the market<br />
The ACI specifications V1.2 and V1.3 are valid<br />
specifications in parallel, and they are<br />
implemented by various products and<br />
successfully in operation at OEM sites. The<br />
implemented ACI specifications are used in<br />
the domain of engine ECU calibration.<br />
Quality assurance<br />
The ACI group defined a certification process<br />
for servers. The basis of this process is a test<br />
catalogue implemented in terms of test cases.<br />
The test cases are executed by a test<br />
application, which generates a protocol about<br />
the result of each applied test case. The test<br />
application can also be used as test client by<br />
server developers. The test application is the<br />
property of <strong>ASAM</strong> e. V, and can be ordered<br />
from the <strong>ASAM</strong> office.<br />
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