Typhoon HIL Software Manual
- Introduction
  Overview of the categories covered in the Typhoon HIL Software Manual
- System Requirements
  Guidelines for the hardware and/or software environment necessary to run Typhoon HIL Control Center, for both PC and Test Server/Virtual Machine-based setups.
- Typhoon HIL Quick Start Guide
  - Quick Start: Abstract
    Instructions in this section should help you quickly install all necessary software tools and setup hardware components in order to run the "Induction Machine Open-loop Control" example model.
  - Quick Start: System Requirements
    Guidelines for the hardware and/or software environment necessary to run Typhoon HIL Control Center, for both PC and Test Server/Virtual Machine-based setups.
  - Quick Start: Software Download
    How to download Typhoon HIL Software tools.
  - Quick Start: User Registration
    Description of how to setup your HIL subscription account using an activation key.
  - Quick Start: Software Installation and Configuration
    How to install and configure the Typhoon HIL Control Center application.
  - Quick Start: HIL Driver Installation
    How to install the necessary drivers to access your HIL device.
  - Quick Start: Licensing
    How to import and change your software licenses.
  - Quick Start: Firmware Update
    How to update the firmware on your HIL device.
  - Quick Start: Running Your First Simulation
    How to run an example model with a working software/hardware setup.
- Typhoon HIL Toolboxes
  List of the Toolbox Packages available in the Typhoon HIL software suite
- Connecting to your HIL device
  Guidelines on how to connect to a HIL device using either USB or Ethernet ports.
- Device Manager
  Device Manager is used to create, manipulate, and activate HIL device setups.
- Typhoon HIL Control Center
  This section provides a general description of Typhoon HIL Control Center and lists the main software components accessible from it, as well as additional software tools which can be invoked from its interface.
- Example Explorer
  General Description of the Typhoon HIL Control Center Example Explorer.
- Signal Access Management
  This feature allows you to change the visibility of signals in Schematic Editor and HIL SCADA
- Schematic Editor
  Introduction to the Schematic Editor tool in Typhoon HIL Control Center
- Schematic Editor Component Libraries
  Detailed functionality and use of the pre-built Component Libraries in Schematic Editor
- Third-party integrations
  This section provides an overview of the key third party integrations within Typhoon HIL's toolchain.
- HIL SCADA
  Description of the HIL SCADA tool in Typhoon HIL Control Center
- Waveform Generator
  This section describes the waveform generator tool in Typhoon HIL Control Center.
- Test and Calibration Tool
  Description of the Test and Calibration tool in Typhoon HIL Control Center
- TyphoonTest IDE
  This section describes TyphoonTest IDE
- Signal Analyzer
  This section describes the Signal Analyzer tool.
- Lookup table extraction tool
  Description of the Typhoon HIL Control Center tool for extracting characteristics (lookup tables) from datasheet graphs and charts into a format that can be imported by non-linear models.
- Package Manager
  Description of the Typhoon HIL Control Center tool for creating and managing Typhoon packages that contain Schematic examples, Schematic and widget libraries, documentation etc.
- Usage Logging
  This section briefly describes Typhoon HIL software logging feature.
- Python Interpreters
  Overview of how you can use Typhoon HIL Python Interpreters to further customize your test files.

Quick Start: HIL Driver Installation

How to install the necessary drivers to access your HIL device.

Note: This section is necessary only if you are setting up a supported HIL device. If you are only intending to use a Virtual HIL license, please continue to the Quick Start: Licensing section.

Once you have successfully installed the Typhoon HIL Control Center software, you can connect your HIL device to your testbed setup by using the USB cable you received in your Typhoon HIL package, and turn your HIL on. It is recommended to use a USB 3.0 port if available. USB drivers are automatically installed with Typhoon HIL Control Center software..

Note: If you wish to connect to your HIL via Ethernet instead of USB, please refer to the Setting up an Ethernet Connection guide instead.

Once your drivers are successfully installed, start Typhoon HIL Control Center and check if your HIL device is detected by opening the Device Manager tool in the top left corner of the application. If detection is successful, you should be able to see your HIL device in the "Detected on network" section. If you instead get the message shown below, you must install the drivers manually. The procedure for manual driver installation is available in the Manual HIL USB Driver Reinstallation section of the USB connection to HIL Lost / Unable to detect HIL FAQ Guide.

Figure 1. HIL device not detected