Advanced Auxiliaries Editor


 

 

 

Description


The Advance Auxiliaries Editor File (.aaux) defines all the auxiliary related parameters and input files like Alternator and Compressor Maps and HVAC steady state model outputs.

The Advance Auxiliaries Editor contains four tabs/sub-modules where the different advanced auxiliary types can be configured:

·         General

·         Electrics

·         Pneumatics

·         HVAC


Sub-modules


General
Currently empty – reserved for potential future expansion.

Electrical
The “Electrics” tab defines various parameters for electric auxiliaries used on the vehicle.

Pneumatic
The “Pneumatic” tab defines various pneumatic auxiliaries data and pneumatic variables

HVAC
The “HVAC” tab defines the steady state output values, which can also be loaded via the Steady State Model File (.AHSM)


Important notes


Note that the cycle file name used should ideally respect the following syntax to be correctly associated with the pneumatic actuations map (.apac), otherwise the number of actuations will be set at 0 by default:

·         “AnyOtherText _X_Bus.vdri”, with “X” = “Urban”, “Heavy urban”, “Suburban”, or “Interurban”

·          “AnyOtherText_Coach.vdri”

 

Some flexibility in syntax is allowable (the model looks for ‘Bus’, ‘Coach’, ‘Urban’, etc. in the file name), meaning that the standard default cycles are fully/correctly supported. However, for newly created cycles (i.e. for use in Engineering Mode) it is recommended to follow the above convention to guarantee correct functionality.


File Format


The file uses the VECTO JSON format.

The new file types have also defined to support the new Advanced Auxiliaries module in VECTO include:

 

File EXT NAME

Storage Type

Description

.AAUX

JSON

Overall configuration information for Electrical, Pneumatic and HVAC. Top of the tree for Advanced Auxiliaries

.AALT

CSV

Advanced Combined Alternators: Contains combined map plus source maps.

.ACMP

CSV

Advanced Compressor Map.

.APAC

CSV

Pneumatic Actuations Map: Stores number of actuations per cycle

.AHSM

JSON

Stores Steady State Model results, and also the configuration which resulted in the final result. UI to calculate various heat/cool/ventilate properties resulting in Electrical and Mechanical Power as well as cooling based on environmental conditions.

.ABDB

CSV

Bus Parameter Database: Contains a list of the default parameters for different buses.

.AENV

CSV

Stores a number of environmental conditions to be used by HVAC model when in batch-mode.



Controls



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