Au Group Electronics
Au SAE J1939 Simulator (Gen II) 2.00A User Manual Rev. D
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Chapter 3
Operating Instructions
All editions of Au
SAE J1939 Simulator (Gen II) can be operated by just controlling 3 push buttons. It generates SAE
J1939 signals for product developers, testers, operators and manufacturers.
3.1.
Power On
Plug in a 4-wire cable (e.g. Au Part#: CBL-CAN-01) to the Au
SAE J1939 Simulator (Gen II) DB9 male connector (on
BUS
side). When the CBL-CAN-01 cable is used, connect the
Red
wire to +12 ~ +24V DC power supply,
Black
wire to
ground,
White
wire to CAN-H,
Green
wire to CAN-L. The
Power
LED on simulator will light up, and simulator will
resume the last saved operating mode (static mode or dynamic mode).
Note
: the 4-wire cable (CBL-CAN-01) is color coded as shown in Table 1-2 (Chapter 1) and is ordered separately.
3.2.
Operating Modes (Static/Dynamic)
After power on, Au
SAE J1939 Simulator will work in either
static
mode or
dynamic
mode.
•
Static mode
: Au
SAE J1939 Simulator (Gen II) generates steady SAE J1939 signals. In this mode, two push
buttons (
Up
and
Down
) can be used to change the data outputs. When no button is pushed, all data will stay at
the last value.
•
Dynamic mode
: The value of all data will change automatically in SAE J1939 defined range.
•
Switch between dynamic mode and static mode: press and hold both
Menu
and
Up
buttons until a long beep is
heard if buzzer is enabled; or both the "
▼
0% LED" and the "
▲
100% LED" flip their status (from on to off or vice
versa)
There are 3 push buttons (
Menu
,
Down
,
Up
) and 9 LEDs (Figure 3-1). Each LED is named after its function.
Figure 3-1
Position of push buttons and LEDs
3.3. Push
Button
Functions
The push button functions are summarized in Table 3-1.
Table 3-1
Summary of push button functions
Push Button Operation
Function
Press
Down
button
Decrease all simulated data until they reach the lowest value
Press
Up
button
Increase all simulated data until they reach the highest value
Press
Menu
button
DM1 Warning On/Off control (N.A. for Engine Basic Edition(s))
Press & hold
Menu
button when power
on
Simulator will enter
Bootloader
mode, if no communication is detected from
a PC Bootloader program within 10 seconds, it’ll resume normal modes
Press & hold both
Down
+
Up
button
Buzzer ON/OFF control
Press & hold both
Menu
+
Up
button
Switch between Static/Dynamic mode
Press & hold both
Menu
+
Down
button Engine DM2 ON/Reset control (N.A. in Engine Basic Edition)
•
Press
Menu
button:
