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Topology

The Topology feature in RemotiveStudio lets you inspect and explore your vehicle network topology.

Supported file formats​

RemotiveStudio can resolve topologies from the following file formats:

  • DBC (.dbc): CAN database files
  • ARXML (.arxml): AUTOSAR XML
  • LDF (.ldf): LIN description files
  • Fibex (.xml, .fibex.xml): Field bus exchange format
  • Platform (.platform.yaml): This is RemotiveLabs' format for vehicle platforms. All file types above are converted to .platform.yaml before they're visualized. Read more about it here.
  • Instance (.instance.yaml): This is RemotiveLabs' format for how to instantiate a platform or a subset of a platform. Read more about it here.

Opening a topology file​

To visualize a topology, open the file tree in the sidebar by clicking Files. Then click a topology file (any of the file endings above) to open it in the topology viewer.

View modes​

Once a topology file is open, you can switch between three viewing modes using the segmented control at the top of the viewer:

  1. Tree view: The topology graph represented as a tree. Two variants exist:
    • Platform: visualizes the static vehicle network: channels, ECUs, sockets, endpoints, and service instances
    • Instance: visualizes a runnable subset of the platform with behavioral models, configurations, containers, etc.
  2. YAML view: the resolved topology as YAML
  3. Signal view: searchable table of all frames and signals from all signal databases in the topology