The FMEDA Diagnoses View

Owned by Tino Pförtner
Last updated: Aug 09, 2024
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The Diagnoses view displays all diagnoses and their functions. Furthermore, in this view diagnoses
can be created, edited and deleted.

Creating Diagnosis Groups

Prerequisite: the diagnoses view is active.

 

  1. Right-click inside the diagnosis view.

  2. Choose New > New Diagnosis Group. - Outcome: the "Edit diagnosis group" dialog will open.


To create more diagnosis groups, click on Save & New; then you can directly enter a new name for a
new diagnosis group. With OK you save your diagnosis groups and finish the process. With Cancel
the process will be canceled.

Outcome: a new diagnosis group was created and added to the diagnosis view.

Creating Diagnoses

Prerequisite: a diagnosis group was created.

  1. Select an existing diagnosis group.

  2. Right-click on it.

  3. Choose New > New Diagnosis - Outcome: the “Add new function” dialog will open.

  4. Enter a Name for the diagnosis.

  5. Optionally, enter a Description.

  6. Set enabled/disabled.

  7. Enter a Code.

  8. Enter Threshold (optional).

  9. Enter Failure response (optional).

  10. Enter Off time (optional).

To create more diagnoses, click on Save & New, then you can directly enter a new name for a new
diagnosis. With OK you save your diagnosis and complete the process. With Cancel the process will be
canceled.
Outcome: a new diagnosis was added to the selected diagnoses group.

• IEC: Only DC Single is required.
• ISO: FMC Single/Multiple is required.

Editing Diagnoses and Diagnosis Groups

To edit diagnoses and diagnosis groups, select the desired one. Right-click on the diagnosis and choose
Edit. After that, the "Edit diagnoses" dialog will open.

Setting the Diagnosis State

To set a diagnosis state, select your diagnosis and right-click on the desired one. Choose Set diagnosis
state, which will give you the options "enabled" and "disabled".

If you disable your diagnosis state, you will set the FMC in the overview to 0% and consequently
modify the metric calculation.

Deleting Diagnoses and Diagnosis Groups

To delete a diagnosis or a diagnosis group, right-click on the desired one and choose Delete.

The Refactoring dialog will open.

To delete finally the diagnosis or diagnosis group, click on Finish.