Charging and BMS test software
comframe: charging expertise in your daily test workflow
Configure your test, let the software highlight deviations and examine the response with Professional Simulation. comframe is developed around charging, calibration and battery management system (BMS) applications. ISO 15118-4/-5 SECC TestLibs are already available.
The comframe workspace
Simple to use. Powerful in the details.
A clear workspace and simple window management keep you focused on the task. Complex test functions sit behind an interface that is easy to use, with the detail available when you need it.
One software framework. Connected test applications.
Keep the workflow. Change the physical test system.
For engineers developing and validating EV charging, interoperability, EVSE calibration and battery management systems. Use a consistent workspace with your supported EVCA, Calimera or Battery Cell Simulator (BCS) configuration.
EV, EVSE, interoperability, high-power, MCS and communication-focused test systems.
Mobile calibration and metrological verification at the charging station.
BMS developmentCell, sensor, balancing, isolation and fault scenarios for BMS validation.
Purpose-built software
Application knowledge built into the workflow.
Configure the device role and test conditions, then inspect messages and measured signals together. Save the configuration, measurements and report so another engineer can review the same run. Use the implemented application functions and extend the workflow through released interfaces where your project requires it.
Projects & configurations
Keep the DUT, role, standards, behaviour, enabled functions and evidence requirement together.
Synchronised data
Correlate protocol, low-level states, traces, measurements and relevant electrical behaviour on one time base.
Visualization & reports
Use views designed for the test task to review complex measurements and highlighted deviations. Keep each output linked to the run that produced it.
Automation & interfaces
Reuse approved configurations in cycles, campaigns, production processes and external orchestration.
Arrange, save and share your workspace.
A clear workspace, ready for the next engineer.
Arrange views in a few clicks, resize them proportionally and save the layout. Share the view configuration with colleagues so they can load the same workspace directly.
Arrange views for the task
Keep the relevant messages, measurements, controls and results together. Move and resize the views as the test task changes.
Set up CAN and Ethernet directly
Configure the supported CAN and Ethernet hardware in the application workflow, with the settings needed to connect your test equipment.
Live and logging controls remain visible
The compact control stays at the bottom left of the workspace. See and change the live/logging mode without searching through nested menus.
Decide what to keep after the charging stop
After a charging stop, comframe asks whether to keep the measurement. If you do not respond within the timeout, it saves automatically. The file name includes context from the activity to help identify the recording.
Shared software core and application-specific logic
Shared software core with charging and BMS modules
The generic core keeps projects, synchronised data, visualization, reports, automation and interfaces consistent. Domain modules add the engineering context for CCS and NACS paths, CHAdeMO, GB/T, MCS and BMS. Supported systems include EVCA, Calimera and Battery Cell Simulator.
One platform. Three charging perspectives.
Measuring, analysing and testing across real-pair, EV and EVSE workflows.
Applicable EVCA configurations use the same software environment whether the engineer observes two real charging partners, tests an EV against an EVSE (electric vehicle supply equipment, or charging station) simulation or tests an EVSE against an EV simulation.
Scope note. Available roles, protocols, test mechanisms and measurement depth depend on the selected EVCA system, domain module, software release and licence.
Test intelligence in one place
The essential comframe functions. Compactly explained.
Capability availability depends on the selected product, protocol, release and licence.
Automated Standards Analysis
Relate measured values, timings, states and messages to normative expectations and highlight meaningful deviations.
Professional Simulation
Configure supported message content, timing, optional communication and exceptional behaviour without developing the complete test environment.
Manipulating Gateway
Modify selected communication between a real EV and real EVSE to test a live root-cause hypothesis.
Charge Playback
Charge Playback is available in CANoe. Replaying recorded EV behaviour as an EV simulation in comframe is planned for Q1/2027; importing recordings for analysis is available now.
Charge Cycle Automation
Sequence saved configurations into repeatable cycles, campaigns, regression runs and production workflows.
Conformance Test Libraries
Execute released test logic for a defined standard, edition, DUT role and validated or approved scope.
Released in comframe
From SECC test selection to a documented result.
Use the ISO 15118-4 and ISO 15118-5 TestLibs for AC and DC EVSE communication in comframe. Compare the Test Library scope and software status with your DUT features and EVCA configuration to identify the applicable test cases.
Use PICS to describe supported features and PIXIT to set the parameters required for execution.
Select the test cases that apply to the DUT and the released test-library package.
Execute the selected tests in comframe and inspect the automatic evaluation alongside the recorded communication.
Use individual test-case reports to review the result and document the test evidence.
Integration & APIs
Ready-to-use workflows first. Open integration where required.
Choose the minimum integration depth that your engineering process needs. Let external systems coordinate the implemented charging or BMS test workflow while the domain logic stays in comframe.
Native comframe workflow
Configure, execute, analyse and document directly in the software. Best for engineering work and controlled manual operation.
REST API orchestration
Use released interfaces to select approved configurations, trigger workflows and monitor defined states. Retrieve results linked to the test; Python applications can act as REST clients.
Project-specific integration
Connect applicable HiL systems, test benches, CI/CD pipelines, external power or measurement equipment and quality systems. Define responsibility for control and safety at each interface.
- DUT identity
- Configuration
- Software and module version
- Measurements
- Verdicts
- Reports and exports
Versioned delivery
The product name defines the environment. The release and configuration define the delivered scope.
Protocol editions, DUT roles, product compatibility, languages, layouts, Test Libraries, advanced simulation, Playback, Gateway functions, API coverage and third-party integrations must be confirmed against the current software release, licence and project specification.
Existing recordings and planned extensions
Keep using your CANoe recordings
Available now: import CANoe measurement recordings into comframe for analysis. Charge Playback for replaying recorded EV behaviour is already available in CANoe.
Planned for Q1/2027: replay recorded EV behaviour as an EV simulation with Charge Playback in comframe. The remaining CCS TestLibs are targeted for the end of 2026, with Q1/2027 allowed if validation takes longer.
IEC 61851-23: the demonstrated comemso TestLib currently runs in CANoe. Its port to comframe is prepared; a comframe release is not yet available.
See the current IEC test setup →Support for importing EV DBC files for EV-CAN data and for LIN data is planned during 2027. The released version defines which integrations you can use today.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is comframe?
comframe is the software and test-intelligence environment for applicable comemso EV charging, calibration and BMS systems. It connects configuration, synchronised measurement, analysis, simulation, automation, reporting and supported integration.
Why is the user interface described as highly flexible?
Supported views and panels can be arranged around the current task, synchronised on one time base, filtered and retained with the project. The exact layout functions depend on the released version.
Does comframe support different languages?
comframe provides a language-selectable user interface for international teams. The available languages are defined by the current released software version and product configuration.
Which products use comframe?
comframe is used with supported EVCA and Calimera configurations and provides an optional control path for the Battery Cell Simulator. Exact compatibility and function depth depend on the selected product, software release and licence.
Does comframe support REST API and Python integration?
A REST API is part of the published comframe baseline. Python applications can use released REST interfaces as clients. Exact endpoints, authentication, hardware control and result access remain release and project specific.
Are all functions available on every system?
No. Modules, protocol editions, capabilities, languages, APIs and hardware control are versioned and licensed. The current proposal and release documentation define the delivered scope.
Software workflow
Connect the test system to the engineering workflow.
Define the domain module, released interfaces, control model and evidence exchange.