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Hofmann Megaplan                                                  Service Manual megaline SSENCE                                                               

 
 

SSENCE 400/600 

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3.7    CAMBER corrections 

In some cases it is necessary to make a CAMBER correction after the calibration. 

This fine adjustment will be done in the factory. Only camber need to be adjusted.   

 

For any case save the calibration data of the machine to a new folder 

 

Target data 

 

Camera data   

 

 

Stored on the harddisk on drive D: are also the factory settings of the calibration data.    They 

are stored in the folder with the serial numbers name. 

 

Before you make corrections in the CONFIG.INI file please first copy these data 
in the folder D:/SSENCE. Do a test alignment before. 

 

 

 

3.8    Correction of CAMBER values in the configuration file 

If  at  a  wheel  alignment  the  camber  values  are  displayed  consistently  wrong,  there  is  the 

possibility to set an advance correction in the file d:\ssence\config.ini. 

In this file you will find these entries. 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Front Left camber 

 

 

 

Fron Right camber 

 

 

 

Back Left camber 

 

 

 

Back Right camber 

 

Values are specified in 1/100 decimal units . The value of 20 corrects the pre setting of the tyre 

to 20/100 units positive. It is also possible to add negative values. 

 

After change and save restart the alignment software.   

 

Summary of Contents for megaline SSENCE Series

Page 1: ...anual Due to intellectual property rights some features are not available in some countries Some items shown in this manual are options Hofmann Megaplan GmbH Hauptstraße 67 5302 Henndorf am Wallersee Austria Tel 43 6214 64 66 12 Fax 43 6214 64 66 22 HM mail hofmann megaplan com www hofmann megaplan com 25 02 2015 ...

Page 2: ...or camera and motor 7 2 2 2 Exchange of motor controller 400M and 600 8 2 2 3 Adjustment of motor controller 400M and 600 9 2 2 4 Exchange of the steel rope of the camera bar 400 u 600 10 2 2 5 Camera bar runs over limiter switch 11 2 2 6 Exchange of limiter switch 12 2 2 7 Failure wrong signals of the LED ring 12 2 3 Exchange of camera and camera chips 2 3 1 Check before changing the camera modul...

Page 3: ... software 4 1 Activation code required 25 4 1 1 Activation code not accepted after system restart 26 4 2 Data base handling and Hardware lock Dongle 27 4 3 Calibration data 29 4 4 Backup of collected alignments customized cars and user data 29 4 5 Garage data 30 4 6 Faulty power supply of the USB ports 30 4 7 Printer installation 31 4 8 Resolution of the screen 31 4 9 Hardware of aligner in Device...

Page 4: ... Software updates 40 6 4 Team Viewer Support Remote session 41 6 5 Clamps Size and technical drawing 42 6 6 Switch from Automatic to Manual Camera bar 43 6 7 Install shielded USB cables 44 6 8 Install ANDROID remote control 46 6 9 Exchange of personal computer 49 Autodata Copyrights 51 Windows Android AutoData and SSENCE are registered trademarks Hofmann Megaplan GmbH 2014 HP ...

Page 5: ... so please take care that the ventilation slots of the housing and the fan of the power supply are free of dust If necessary switch off the computer clean the ventilation slots with a vacuum cleaner While using the aligner please take care that the ventilation slots are not covered 1 3 Maintenance of screen targets and cameras Also the screen can have dusty ventilation slots so please clean with s...

Page 6: ...w target will be delvered complete so the exchange is very simple All important parts are fixed by seeger rings To exchange target it is necessary to build out one rod of the clamp Dismount like this Unscrew fixing crew 1 on one side If there is a Allen screw on the other side remove this also Remove Seeger rings of one side of the rods Move rod until the nut is to reach with the wrench 2 Exchange...

Page 7: ...get front right Target_Data_2 yml Target rear left Target_Data_3 yml Target rear right This files must be in folder D SSENCE The data are ready to use just rename the target file to the target name on the car s place see table Save the files assigning to the position on the car It is not necessary to make a calibration because targets are calibrated in the factory with standard clamps 2 1 3 Loose ...

Page 8: ...ion new version According to the location of the installation 1 Motor controller controller of step motor 2 Switch pad connector between modules switches the contacts of connection to bridge board 3 Bridge board connector for automatic manual motor operation 4 Power supply 60V 6 6A for motor 5 Power supply 5V 12V for camera LEDs and camera control board ...

Page 9: ... block The red one sometimes did not catch the correct place between two steps so the motor was buzzing While camera bar is not moving and motor is buzzing You can quit that by starting SSENCE press F11 Camera view and move bar by cursor Exchange motor controller after this temporary fixing If there are one or two red LEDs lighting up during operation Exchange motor controller Please take care of ...

Page 10: ...is a table that shows all positions of the DIP switches If the motor and within the camera bar is too fast or too slow please check the DIP switches on the motor controller DIP switch must be like this 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 SW1 OFF regular mode SW2 ON SW3 ON SW4 OFF SW5 OFF 16 Microsteps SW6 ON SW7 OFF SW8 ON amperage 3 Amp If the motor is very loud and rough check the adjustments of the DIP switches ...

Page 11: ...with threat bolt Material regular steel ATTENTION URGENTLY EXCHANGE THIS CABLE Connection with adapters Material stainless steel 2x Adapter Ab 01 2013 in all maschines Exchange of the rope unscrew and lay down the vertical bar Be sure that it will not slip away Dismount cover of the motor 400M and 600 or of the deflection roller 400 Move camera bar in upper position dismount rope Dismount motor or...

Page 12: ... the case check connector of the switch If this is OK change the part If something was changed in the machine or after new installation it can be that the cables are mixed up or not connected Normally the upper switch interrupts the upward movement the lower switch breaks the downward motion of the camera bar If the cables are mixed up the upward movement is reacting to the lower switch and vice v...

Page 13: ... and connect the switch switch on machine without computer and test function of the switch with a wrench or a screwdriver or another piece of iron red LED must flash If this is OK please mount back the support and test function with software 2 2 7 Failure wrong signals of the LED rings The function of the LED ring is pending on IR LED board Cable LED ring Please check cable no 8 or 7 for left side...

Page 14: ...f 52 Old and new version of LED ring On the left side there is the old version of the LED ring The new one on right side Both are exchangeable cable is fitting on both If connecting the new ring please take care that the red marked wire is placed to pin no 1 see marked item ...

Page 15: ... and fixed with glue Be sure that the new camera module is placed in exact the same position Together with the camera it is urgently necessary to exchange the camera file This is usually delivered with the camera If there is no camera file please contact Hofmann Megaplan After change of camera module in any case a calibration must be done See separate manual for calibration Not if only the camera ...

Page 16: ...If this is not working try 1 for left and 2 for right and leave the machine switched off for 5 Minutes to decrease possible static electricity There is a black picture on the screen F11 Adjusting exposure without result Picture is foggy or worse resolution as on the other side Bluring lines on screen please clean camera lens before to check Different colour sepia Windows does not recognize the cam...

Page 17: ...f the software Create a folder with a meaningful name Download the software Camera chip Installation from the Homepage Extract the ZIP file into the new folder change into that folder you see Usage of the software Double click at program Cameraupdate exe to execute What you see now is selected camera Firmware update Don t use it This program is used also for other aligners but this is not necessar...

Page 18: ...n front of the left camera which of both cameras is switched off If the hand is to see the left camera is active Maybe the left hand is to see on the right side camera Now the configuration of camera can begin In camera select now there is only one camera visible Select camera side by Modify Serial 1 left side in front of aligner looking at the monitor Press Modify to change initialisation of came...

Page 19: ...ing you have to take care is that never two filters are used together If you change to a camera with included filter please remove the filter on the ID LED disk fixed with hot glue 2 4 2 Test and exchange IR LEDs The Infrared LEDs simply can be checked with a digital camera Through camera the LED shines in white Here in the picture you can see broken LED s but the quantity of broken LEDs does not ...

Page 20: ... impair or even prevent the functionality of the aligner Reflections occur when intense solar radiation meets the camera during the measurement The working speed of the aligner decreases and the computer needs more time to filter the bad values coming from the camera There can be jumping values Faults while measurement can happen or values do no make sense Reflections occur at unfavorable shiny su...

Page 21: ...hits the front and rear view mirror is different the camera must take more pictures on the front and back with different exposures This is the reason for the flicker which sometimes happens in the camera view This process takes more time the evaluation is slower That is the reason why different lights on front and rear targets should be avoided 3 4 Jumping values The values are not static It is no...

Page 22: ...hat all targets are full visible in the camera view F11 There are more than two targets visible in the camera view Reflection on the surface on the car Blue tire number shows more than 100 Bad Reflection Clean targets Eliminate turbidity of the targets Blue tire number below 100 Values OK software can work without problems Both cameras CatchBEST and the Camera control board Silabs must be visible ...

Page 23: ...numbers name Before you make corrections in the CONFIG INI file please first copy these data in the folder D SSENCE Do a test alignment before 3 8 Correction of CAMBER values in the configuration file If at a wheel alignment the camber values are displayed consistently wrong there is the possibility to set an advance correction in the file d ssence config ini In this file you will find these entri...

Page 24: ... and build in earth cable Take a multimeter with a buzzer Switch on multimeter and unplug the power chord from the wall Check connection from the earth pin of the power plug to every metal part of the machine There must be connection everywhere see chapter 3 10 Check USB cable shield Open the black box on the backside of the machine There you see the camera control board Please check the connectio...

Page 25: ...t on the earth screw on outside the housing or connect earth to a heater or water tube If it is sure that the 220V power chord is earthed the connection between earth connector and power chord must be done inside the machine How to install the earth connector The easiest way to mount the system earth is to connect the DMI filter that is included in the system Test if internal earth connection is O...

Page 26: ...ID of the main board If the code is reqested mark the text and save it in a notepad file Send this file to hannes piprek hofmann megaplan com We are looking for fastest return of the USER ID As soon as you got it please open the text file mark the text copy and paste it ot the screen After software restart the aligner is working normal Urgently take care that all boxes of the aligner have the same...

Page 27: ... you use this remote session to give the system a new activation code it can be that the aligner software does not accept this code after restarting system The code of the older software was pending on the network adapter If there are two of them it can be that the software is linking the activation code with the wrong adapter Only solution for this Make an update to the latest version that is val...

Page 28: ...a and special cars Database for Japan Japan Autodata and special cars These data bases are encrypted and can only be used together with the dongle and SSENCE aligner software It is also not possible to open databases with a special program outside SSENCE Driver for Dongle The hardware lock Dongle urgently requires a driver that usually is installed in the factory If for any reason the driver is mi...

Page 29: ... following Sentinel controll function Open your browser on the machine Tye in address http localhost 1947 it appears A click on Sentinel Keys shows the current status A click on Features shows information of the dongle Here you can see If dongle is present which year of database will be supported Feature 3 is Database 2013 Feature 4 is Database 2014 ...

Page 30: ... system We have a backup of all the camera and target files here so we can send you the original files coming from the factory After restoring of the data it is not necessary to make a calibration of the machine 4 4 Backup of collected alignments customized cars and user data There is no particular data backup included in the program Basic alignment program and database can be installed again with...

Page 31: ...e For the aligner this is If the devices are not shown correct in the device manager next possibility for a fault can be the power supplies Please check that with a multimeter Please check the smaller power supply to the specified voltages under load If nothing found try a new power supply because power supplies generally sometimes tend to provide the correct values without load but drop in power ...

Page 32: ...ed with VGA device to add customized resolution 4 9 Hardware of aligner in device manager Additional to the standard Windows devices the aligner places three additional devices inthe system Both cameras and the camera controll board These devices are urgently necessary if they are missing the aligner can not work If there are unknown devices after plug in the camera load driver of the parts from D...

Page 33: ...mbers close to car ICON in the middle of the screen The little icon shows values for reflection See also Point 3 6 The smaller the value the better If values are over 100 the reflection of the targets is too bad Clean targets Remove foreign bodies User smooth cleaner for targets Take care that cleaning fluid will no come between glass and measuring dots Due to the increased reflectance values occu...

Page 34: ...the lift Targets are mounted correct and do not cover This all can be checked with F11 Any disturbance slows or hinders the measurement 4 14 Values for exposure of the camera Strange lights reflection and direct sunlight can have influence to the speed of the aligner The cameras are very sensitive so the exposure can be set to a lover value There are two ways to set values for exposure Camera view...

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Page 36: ...ault Camber values are always wrong on the same tyre position Machine is calibrated but values for camber are always shown with the same offset Possible reason Calibration can not be done better Fixing It can happen that the values for camber must be corrected This has nothing to do with calibration it can happen that there must be a camber correction after a successful calibration We have the pos...

Page 37: ...MS filter defect or not present strange lights in the camera view IR LEDs a not working or too many of them are faulty The aligner is not fitted with the full shielded cable Fixing Urgently check if the machine is earthed correct Check internal connections and outside If there is no filter in the housing add one The filter can not be checked Check with F11 the camera view Darken the room and check...

Page 38: ...ot different when moving bar to the next position Keep the ground clean Do not lift the calibration bar during calibration Fault CAMERA SIZE ERROR Possible Reasons Appears while starting the aligner software Camera is not present Mostly if you need to restart the system Fixing Power supply is not OK restart the complete machine not only computer If the error appears again check power supply 5 2 In...

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Page 40: ...al Users manual latest SSENCE software basic tool to assign cameras to one side Driver for Sentinel Dongle TeamViewer 8 Modul from our homepage PDF Viewer installation program Your login and password for Hofmann Megaplan homepage All Manuals are also available on the Hofmann Megaplan homepage If you do not have access to that order your passwort for Hofmann Megaplan homepage 6 2 Explanation of ser...

Page 41: ...gner always consists of two files Basic Software update Database update Go to www hofmann megaplan com Enter Support area for registered customers Enter you login and password for this area Go to Support for aligners Here you will find for example Please take care that the files you download are corresponding to your USB hard lock Dongle here 06 2014 see red arrow in headline of table This is dong...

Page 42: ...omplete installation the SSENCE program is starting Close the SSENCE program to go on with database installation For the password to extract the database files contact Hofmann Megaplan Installation of Database Start Database installation by double click Type in password you got from Hofmann Megaplan Always confirm folder will be selected automatically After Installation start SSENCE Software It ca...

Page 43: ...and for endusers Just download that program and start No installation is required If the module is started it shows you a ID and a password Password is covered with If you need help urgently please send us a mail with this ID or call Hofmann Megaplan hannes piprek hofmann megaplan com 0043 6214 646610 Support for registered customers Support for end customers support aligners It is recommended tha...

Page 44: ... the latest extended clamps up to 25 used from June 2013 on Usage maximum 25 real 25 25 minimum 12 real 9 68 The difference in the minimum is that you cannot rotate the wheel on the lift anymore if smaller rims are used delivery ssence600 from Sno 1306400A 0050 ssence400 from Sno 1306600A 0041 With three finger positions ab 01 2014 ...

Page 45: ...er cable no 4 from camera control board This is plugged on the little bridge board Here are the two versions Old Version New Version If the cable Nr 4 from camera board is connected the Automatic adjustment is installed Manual installation there is a second cable nr 4 installed in the machine Switch machine off Unplug the cable shown on automatic installation and plug this onto that board instead ...

Page 46: ...d replaced the unshielded cable from camera control board to the main computer Replace the camera chip without USB connector On the old camera chip was a USB connector with an unshielded plastic plug This made troubles with static electricity If there is a machine that has problems with that the exchange of the camera chip is the first step to do the update of the machine Open the camera housing a...

Page 47: ... not connected in the housing Dismount the housing of camera control board and dismount camera control board itself With the data cable we are dragging the new USB cable into the slot Connect both cables with a tape and pull the new cable gently from outside to inside Now the reason for the removal of the bar is visible the plug on the new cable must be through a duct Do the same with the second c...

Page 48: ...mputer and transfer the SSENCE APK file to the device Start the SSENCE APK file with a file manager on the device The software needs ADOBE AIR to run correct if this is not installed the SSENCE APK will download the latest ADOBE AIR for your Android version from Google play center To have the latest update allow this please A little icon should appear on the device Now is the right time to disable...

Page 49: ... a good working connection start the SSENCE app on android After searching the IP address the ANDROID device is showing the start screen If the system does not connect at once press the IP search button and the OK button a few time You also see on the aligner PC if there is a valid connection Offline Online Now start working with the aligner software Not all sequences will be shown also on the AND...

Page 50: ...the stick Go to another computer and download from our homepage Driver for Sentinel Hardware Lock Dongle PDF Viewer Team Viewer Support module Current basic software version Current database version Be sure that the personal computer has 6 USB ports or more HDMI connection Win7 Ultimate installed use delivered CD to install Two Partitions C and D SSENCE always is installed in D Win7 is activated b...

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