Patent ID: 7225066

Claim:
A support system, comprising: a support device; and a control measurement system for a vehicular electronic control unit that simulates statuses of members of a vehicle and outputs a simulating result to the vehicular electronic control unit, wherein the control measurement system includes a collection and transmission unit that collects a setup state of the control measurement system, which is changed by a user, and transmits the setup state to the support device at a predetermined timing; wherein the support device includes a storage unit to store the setup state transmitted from the control measurement system and to store predetermined information, and an analysis unit for analyzing the setup state transmitted from the control measurement system and the predetermined information; wherein the support device further includes a preparation unit for preparing support information based on an analysis result by the analysis unit, and a transmission unit for transmitting the support information to the control measurement system; wherein the support information contains advice to the user; and wherein the setup state of the control measurement system includes one of information concerning I/O port assignment, numeric value conversion expression in I/O port, or calculation period.