BERTA Start Up

Install the required cables.
Power up the real-time workstation by turning on the switch on the back panel and pressing the red Power button on the front panel.

Real-Time Workstation

Connect the communication cable from the PC to the real-time workstation.
Power up the PC.
Click on the TestDrive icon on your desktop. The TestDrive startup banner is displayed briefly.
Once the software is loaded, the Login window opens.

Login Window

Select the Username from the drop-down list, type your password and click OK. The Configurations window opens.

Configurations Window

Select the desired BERTA configuration from the drop-down list in the Configurations window.
Validate the identification of the simulator under Mapped Target.
If required, change the identification using Targets from the Options button.
Make sure that the Work Offline box is not checked.
Click OK.
Normally, users should not compile the model.
However, if a compilation was done since the last session, a message is displayed asking the user to confirm whether to:
- Keep current defaults: keeps the model parameters used in the previous build.
- Use recompiled model defaults: keeps and saves the most recent model parameters.

Compiling Message