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LAUNCH                                                                                                                      X-431TOP User

s Manual 

ii 

 

End User License Agreement 

 
IMPORTANT:  PLEASE READ THIS  END  USER 
LICENSE  AGREEMENT  CAREFULLY.  USING 
LAUNCH  OR  LAUNCH-SUPPLIED  PRODUCTS 
AND 

SOFTWARE 

CONSTITUTES 

ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT. 
 
LAUNCH  IS  WILLING  TO  LICENSE  THE 
PRODUCTS, INFORMATION, SOFTWARE AND 
DOCUMENTS  (COLLECTIVELY, 

MATERIALS

TO  YOU  ONLY  UPON  THE  CONDITION  THAT 
YOU  ACCEPT  ALL  OF  THE  TERMS 
CONTAINED  IN  THIS  LICENSE  AGREEMENT. 
BY  USING  THE  MATERIALS,  YOU  ARE 
BINDING  YOURSELF  AND  THE  BUSINESS 
ENTITY 

THAT 

YOU 

REPRESENT 

(COLLECTIVELY, 

CUSTOMER

)  TO  THIS 

AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL 
OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, THEN 
LAUNCH  IS  UNWILLING  TO  LICENSE  THE 
MATERIALS TO YOU  AND  DO  NOT  USE THE 
PRODUCTS  AND  DOWNLOAD  OR  INSTALL 
THE SOFTWARE. 
 
The  following  terms  of  this  End  User  License 
Agreement  (

Agreement

)  govern  Customer

access  and  use  of  the  product,  except  to  the 
extent  there  is  a  separate  signed  agreement 
between  Customer  and  LAUNCH  governing 
Customer

s use. 

 
License.  Conditioned  upon  compliance  with  the 
terms and conditions of this Agreement, LAUNCH 
TECH.  CO,  LTC.  or  its  subsidiary  licensing  the 
Materials  instead  of  LAUNCH,  grants  to 
Customer  a  nonexclusive  and  nontransferable 
license  to  use  for  Customer

s  internal  business 

purposes  the  Materials  and  the  Document  for 

which  Customer  has  paid  the  required  license 
fees. 

Document

  means  written  information 

(whether contained in user or technical manuals, 
training  materials,  specifications  or  otherwise) 
specifically  pertaining  to  the  equipment  and 
made available by LAUNCH with the equipment 
in any manner (including on CD-Rom, or on-line). 
 
Unless  otherwise  expressly  provided  in  the 
Document,  Customer  shall  use  the  Software 
solely  as  embedded  in,  for  execution  on  or 
(where  the  applicable  document  permits 
installation  on  non-LAUNCH  equipment)  for 
communication  with  LAUNCH  equipment  owned 
or leased by Customer and used for Customer

internal business purposes.   
 
Note

   

For evaluation or beta copies for which LAUNCH 
does  not  charge  a  license  fee,  the  above 
requirement to pay license fees does not apply. 
 
General  Limitations.  This  is  a  license,  not  a 
transfer  of  title,  to  the  materials,  and  LAUNCH 
retains  ownership  of  all  copies  of  the  Materials. 
Customer  acknowledges  that  the  Materials 
contain trade secrets of LAUNCH, its suppliers or 
licensors, including but not limited to the specific 
internal designed structure of individual programs 
and associated interface information. Accordingly, 
except  as  otherwise  expressly  provided  under 
this Agreement, Customer shall have no right and 
Customer specifically agrees not to:   
 
(i) transfer, assign or sublicense its license rights 
to any other person or entity, or use the Materials 
on  unauthorized  or  secondhand  LAUNCH 
equipment,  and  Customer  acknowledges  that 
any  attempted  transfer,  assignment,  sublicense 

Summary of Contents for X-431TOP

Page 1: ...ans electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of LAUNCH The information contained herein is designed only for the use of this unit LAUNCH is not re...

Page 2: ...d the required license fees Document means written information whether contained in user or technical manuals training materials specifications or otherwise specifically pertaining to the equipment an...

Page 3: ...ble Software Upgrades and Additional Copies For purposes of this Agreement Software shall include and the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall apply to computer programs including firmware as...

Page 4: ...ty and disclaimers and restrictions of warranty shall survive termination of this Agreement Customer Records Customer grants to LAUNCH and its independent accountants the right to examine Customer s b...

Page 5: ...ylinder Pattern 20 Raster Pattern 20 Parade Pattern 20 Bar Graph 21 Overlap Pattern 21 Data Table 21 Display Waveform Adjustment 21 Vehicle sensor 22 Connection Description 22 Vehicle Multimeter 22 Si...

Page 6: ...s the temperature of the running engine is very high l Before starting engine put the speed lever in the neutral position or in the P position to avoid injury l Wear an ANSI approved eye shield when t...

Page 7: ...designed with fission type the main unit is separate from the terminal The terminal is actually a test box connecting to the correct port or component by cables diagnostic cable signal cable etc which...

Page 8: ...431TOP is composed of two parts the terminal and the main unit Terminal is mainly used to collect signals The main unit operates with X 431TOP terminal by instruction and analyses and processes signal...

Page 9: ...n ports and indicators Fig 1 3 Note table of ports and indicators 1 CH1 channel 1 positive pole channel 2 CH2 channel 2 3 CH3 channel 3 4 CH4 channel 4 5 GND GND channel 6 Power switch 7 DC power jack...

Page 10: ...tic Cables Fig 1 4 DAEWOO 12 Fig 1 5 FIAT 3 Fig 1 6 TOYOTO 16 Fig 1 7 TOYOTO 17 Fig 1 8 TOYOTO 17F Fig 1 9 FORD 6 1 Fig 1 10 CHRYSLER 6 Fig 1 11 SUZUKI 3 Fig 1 12 MAZDA 17 Fig 1 13 ISUZU 3 Fig 1 14 KI...

Page 11: ...Fig 1 20 HONDA 3 Fig 1 21 DAIHATSU 4 Fig 1 22 NISSAN 14 16 Fig 1 23MITSUBISHI HYUNDAZ 12 1 Fig 1 24 GMNAZ 12 Fig 1 25 SMART 3 Fig 1 26 CITROEN 2 Fig 1 27 SMART OBD 16 Fig 1 28 TOYOTO 22 Fig 1 29 BENZ...

Page 12: ...1 36 Oscilloscope cable Fig 1 37 Secondary signal induction cable Fig 1 38 Oscillscope GND cable Fig 1 39Secondary signal cable Fig 1 40 Electricity control patch cord 1 Fig 1 41 Electricity control...

Page 13: ...X 431TOP User s Manual 8 Fig 1 45 20MM crocodile clip red Fig 1 46 Cigar ligter power supply Fig 1 47 Primary signal patch cord Note The hardware is different as the different con figuration for each...

Page 14: ...socket model See fig 1 12 9 KIA 20 DIAGNOSTIC CONNECTOR 1 Diagnose KIA20PIN diagnostic socket model See fig 1 14 10 AUDI 4 DIAGNOSTIC CONNECTOR 1 Diagnose AUDI4PIN diagnostic socket model See fig 1 16...

Page 15: ...se DAEWOO12PIN diagnostic socket model See fig 1 4 27 TOYOTO 16 DIAGNOSTIC CONNECTOR 1 Diagnose TOYOTO16PIN diagnostic socket model See fig 1 6 28 SABARU 9 DIAGNOSTIC CONNECTOR 1 Diagnose SABARU 9PIN...

Page 16: ...42 44 Electricity control patch cord 4 5 Convenient to input signal for test See fig 1 43 45 Oscilloscope cable 4 Signal acquisition See fig 1 36 46 Oscilloscope probe 4 Signal acquisition See fig 1 4...

Page 17: ...s for different vehicle models For details please refer to the newly developped vehicle diagnosis programm Vehicle oscilloscope This function is uesd to test the vehicle circuit output waveform with a...

Page 18: ...fault diagnosis on the X 431TOP main mask as shown in fig 2 1 then enter 2 After conneting according to the vehicle fault diagnosis diagram choose the tested vehicle then press OK and enter the corre...

Page 19: ...aults including the fast signals e g injector signal and intermittence fault signal and slow signals e g throttle position variation signal and oxygen sensor signal Connection Description Connect one...

Page 20: ...oscilloscope menu Default trigger menu Parameter setting is in the left Trigger source the trigger channel of oscilloscope channel CH1 channel CH2 channel CH3 channel CH4 The chosen channel is light T...

Page 21: ...and down Coupling mode AC DC and positive inverse DC coupling for measuring AC and DC signal AC coupling only let the AC portion transit Note When the numerical value and cursor don t occur please ch...

Page 22: ...GND cable to the X 431TOP terminal GND channel and the other end to the ground 3 Connect one end of one cylinder signal cable to the CH2 of the X 431TOP terminal and the other end to the high tension...

Page 23: ...nu of cylinders select the quantity of the cylinder and then select the order sequence on the pop down menu of Ign Order or click the number to select the order If you click wrong number please click...

Page 24: ...hows the independent ignition interface Fig 3 16 independent ignition Simultaneous Ignition The diagram of the Simultaneous Ignition analysis is as same as the independent ignition s Refer to the inde...

Page 25: ...d primary high tension circuit c Find the improper mix gas A F ratio of single cylinder d Analyze the capability of capacitance e Find the spark plug that causes the misfire of cylinder Fig 3 21 Raste...

Page 26: ...n Fig 3 25 Data Table Fig 3 25 shows the data table It displays the data of ignition breakdown voltage spark voltage spark time close angle and overlapping angle in data table Fig 3 26 Display Wavefor...

Page 27: ...able to the 26PIN port of the X 431TOP terminal l Connect the power supply to the DC port of the X 431TOP terminal NOTE 1 From cigar lighter insert one end of the cigar lighter cable into the lighter...

Page 28: ...lt is in the ECU The fig 3 30 shows default interface of simulation function DC interface Sliding the red slide bar in the right or display voltage value button in the underside can adjust the magnitu...

Page 29: ...raw waveform function After drawing the waveform to be simulated in the left draw section and setting the crest voltage and bottom voltage of the waveform in the right parameter setting section then c...

Page 30: ...rrect GND ports of connectors l Contact the test probe and the two ports the two leads to be measured when measuring the voltage between the two ports or the two leads l Contact the test probe to the...

Page 31: ...pdate of diagnostic Software User Registration Log on www X431 com Select the favorite language on the pull down menu at the upper left of the interface to enter the homepage See Fig 4 1 Fig 4 1 Displ...

Page 32: ...delivered with the product the number must be kept confidential The dealer code is attached on the last page of the user s manual After the information is filled click Next step to enter the next int...

Page 33: ...re download Purchase Center Update center Refer to software purchase and update Member Information Display and renew the current member information Product Registration Register newly purchased produc...

Page 34: ...interface as shown in fig 4 9 Fig 4 9 Click save to put it into the X 431TOP update Display Program Download When downloading the diagnostic program users can also download the display program On the...

Page 35: ...should buy the software in the purchase center Log on the www X431 com then enter the interface as shown in fig 4 12 Fig 4 12 Click purchase center to choose the serial number and then tick in front o...

Page 36: ...ons and answers relating to X 431 TOP About Update via Internet Question Some downloaded diagnostic program is not listed in the update tool what is the reason Answer There are two possible causes 1 T...

Page 37: ...he throttle is in the closed position and all electric devices such as A C headlight stereos etc are turned off Refer to the section Conditions for Test Question Some systems can not be diagnosed Why...

Page 38: ...l between cursor the measuring range of the channel 50 2 Time differential between cursor the time resolution range of any channels 50 Precision 1 Time resolution 2 5 s 2 Voltage resolution 5mv 3 Time...

Page 39: ...ers open territory Safety Requirement Evidence for export to USA FCC Part15 Section 15 107 Evidence for export to Europe IEC61000 4 2 2001 IEC61000 4 3 2002 IEC61000 4 4 A2 2001 IEC61000 4 5 2001 IEC6...

Page 40: ...EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE Order Information Replaceable and optional parts can be ordered directly from your LAUNCH authorized...

Page 41: ...er code number with broad seal when distribution 3 The X 431TOP Terminal serial number and dealer code number are needed when update on the website please refer the update of diagnostic software chapt...

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