02 — Quick Start with the Demo ECU (No Hardware)

The bundled demo ECU is the fastest way to learn INCAZ safely. It provides an XCP slave with live engine-like measurements, calibration pages, DAQ, UDP/TCP transport, and XCP programming support. No target board, networked ECU, or vehicle is needed.

Start the demo ECU

python -m incaz.sim

On Windows, installer\start_demo_ecu.bat provides the same convenience path. Keep the demo ECU terminal open while using INCAZ. It serves XCP over both UDP and TCP on port 5555; the default host is 127.0.0.1.

Run the complete demo

1. Open INCAZ.
2. Choose Database → New Database… and create a database, for example demo.incazdb.
3. Choose Project → Import A2L… and select demo/demo.a2l.
4. In the Database tree, right-click the imported project and choose Add dataset (HEX)…; select demo/demo.hex.
5. Open Hardware → Configure…. Use UDP or TCP, host 127.0.0.1, port 5555, then choose DAQ or POLLING mode.
6. Drag measurements such as EngineSpeed, CoolantTemp, or ThrottlePos from the Variables browser into a Measure Table or Oscilloscope.
7. Press F11 to start measurement; press F9 to stop it.
8. Double-click ScalarGain or TorqueCurve to open a calibration editor. Change a safe value and observe the live response.
9. Press F12 to start an MF4 recording, then stop recording from the Measurement menu.
10. Save the experiment with Ctrl+S.

What the demo proves

Important distinction

The demo validates the INCAZ workflow, not the configuration of a production ECU. A real target has its own A2L semantics, access protection, page strategy, DAQ event list, network topology, flash procedure, and safety requirements. Reconfigure those explicitly when moving beyond the demo.