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EATON TFX INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL
6046279-001
September 2019
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3.3
Indicator elements (LED) .......................................................................................................................................9
3.4 Cables .................................................................................................................................................................. 10
3.4.1 Start cable for main plug connector .......................................................................................................... 10
3.4.2 USB connector cable (firmware update) ................................................................................................... 11
3.4.3 USB connector cable (diagnosis) ..............................................................................................................12
4.0
GETTING STARTED
13
4.1
Installing software ...............................................................................................................................................13
4.2
Connecting the device ........................................................................................................................................13
4.2.1 Power supply .............................................................................................................................................13
4.2.2 CAN ...........................................................................................................................................................13
4.2.3 CAN bus termination .................................................................................................................................14
4.2.4 Mobile radio and GNSS antenna ...............................................................................................................14
4.2.5 Switching the device on/off .......................................................................................................................14
4.3
Activation of the device .......................................................................................................................................15
4.4
Configuring the device ........................................................................................................................................15
4.4.1 Connecting the device to the PC ..............................................................................................................15
4.4.2 Definition of communication settings .......................................................................................................15
4.4.3 Node scan .................................................................................................................................................16
4.4.4 Customizing the demo configuration file ..................................................................................................16
4.4.5 Loading the configuration to the device .................................................................................................... 17
4.5
Connecting the device to the Data platform .......................................................................................................18
4.6
Mounting the device ...........................................................................................................................................18
5.0 OPERATION
20
5.1
Eaton TFX Configurator .......................................................................................................................................20
5.1.1 Creating object dictionary groups and objects ..........................................................................................20
5.2
Logging mode .....................................................................................................................................................21
5.2.1 Configuring logging mode .........................................................................................................................21
5.2.2 Configuring automatic switchover .............................................................................................................21
5.2.3 Configuring variables for CAN communication .........................................................................................22
5.2.3.1 Receiving J1939 messages with the PGN 61444 ......................................................................23
5.2.3.2 Example 1: Log all data bytes every 60 seconds .......................................................................24
5.2.3.3 Example 2: Log specific data bytes under certain conditions ....................................................25
5.2.4 Logging GNSS position data .....................................................................................................................28
5.2.5 Configuring the logging of internal variables .............................................................................................28
5.2.6 Evaluating logged data on the data platform ............................................................................................29
5.3
Real-time mode ...................................................................................................................................................30
5.3.1 Configuring real-time mode .......................................................................................................................30
5.3.2 Creating a real-time connection and evaluating CAN messages ..............................................................30
5.3.3 Setting a reception filter ............................................................................................................................30
5.4
File transfer .........................................................................................................................................................31
5.4.1 File transfer ...............................................................................................................................................31
5.4.2 File transfer restrictions .............................................................................................................................31
5.5
Encrypted data transfer .......................................................................................................................................31
5.6
Important device variables ..................................................................................................................................31
