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FM-Tco4 HCV/HCV 3G

User Manual

2019/03

Summary of Contents for FM-Tco4 HCV

Page 1: ...0 Main Support no 370 5 2045030 Polish Support no 48 22 2092532 Ukrainian Support no 380 947 107319 support ruptela com www ruptela com FM Tco4 HCV HCV 3G User Manual 2019 03 ...

Page 2: ... Device description 7 3 1 About 7 3 2 Package contents 7 3 3 Physical characteristics 8 3 4 Technical characteristics 8 3 5 IO pin out 10 3 6 Interfaces and peripheral accessories 11 3 7 Certification 12 3 8 LED status 12 4 Device configuration 13 4 1 Driver installation 13 4 2 Sample configuration 15 4 3 Advanced configuration 17 4 3 1 Global settings 19 4 3 2 Profile settings 25 4 3 3 IO setting...

Page 3: ...ings chapter 2016 08 19 1 2 Added information about FM Tco4 HCV with Bluetooth module in Technical characteristics Global settings and Installation recommendations chapters 2016 08 29 1 3 Added FW and FM4 configurator compatibility check description in Advanced configuration chapter Added Shock detection description in Global settings chapter 2016 10 14 1 4 Added CAN HCV and DXP CAN modes descript...

Page 4: ...N4 Removed LCV CAN bus reading support 2018 05 11 1 21 Added description of automatic firmware update from configurator 2018 07 10 1 22 Power consumption values updated 2018 07 30 1 23 Updated description of DXP CAN mode in IO settings 2018 08 24 1 24 Added description of Periodical redirect in Global settings 2018 10 23 1 25 Moved description of SSL authentication in Global settings to a separate...

Page 5: ...y UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System CAN Controller Area Network OBD On Board Diagnostics 2 3 Legal information Copyright 2019 Ruptela All rights reserved Reproduction transfer distribution or storage of parts or all of the contents in this document in any form without the prior written permission of Ruptela is prohibited Other products and company names mentioned in this document are...

Page 6: ...e requirements and recommendations you will avoid dangerous situations You must read these instructions carefully and follow them strictly before operating the device The terminal is supplied from a car battery with these ratings 12 24 V DC The allowed voltage range from the battery is from 10 volts to 32 volts DC Max current for FM Tco4 HCV is 250 mA 12 V DC Max current for FM Tco4 HCV 3G is 350 ...

Page 7: ... www ruptela com Microsoft Framework this additional software is required in order to run our configurator VCOM drivers drivers required for device connection to PC All links are also provided in corresponding sections where additional information might be needed Note Ruptela documentation website address doc ruptela lt ...

Page 8: ... FM Tco4 HCV 3G is the main advantage over the FM Tco4 HCV devices Some of other FM Tco4 HCV HCV 3G features 1 Wire interface USB power supply for configuration 2 x RS232 and 1 x RS485 ports that function at the same time Dual CAN support for FMS and tachograph connection Data from accelerometer for ECO Drive OBD functionality on standard firmware ThermoKing Optitemp Weighting system Garmin suppor...

Page 9: ...SM service provider The SIM card can work with the terminal only when all SIM card security codes are disabled 3 3 Physical characteristics Properties Enclosure dimensions 111 x 75 x 25 mm Indication 3 LEDs Sat status GSM status Periph status Housing Plastic External elements GPS GLONASS all in one antenna Configuration interface USB Connectors 12 14 PINs 3 4 Technical characteristics 1 Power cons...

Page 10: ...na External Frequency 1575 42 3 MHz GSM modem Quectel M95 Bands 850 900 1800 1900 MHz GSM GSM antenna Internal Quad band 3 GSM UMTS modem Quectel UG96 Bands 800 850 900 1900 2100 MHz UMTS 850 900 1800 1900 MHz GSM GSM UMTS antenna Internal Quad band Protections Short circuit protection Reverse polarity protection Electrostatic discharge protection on USB Electrostatic discharge protection on 1 Wir...

Page 11: ...connection 14 PIN connector Pin no Pin Wire color Description 1 PortB 232 RX Yellow RS 232 port B receive signal 2 Chassis Black Ground connection 3 PortB 232 TX Orange RS 232 port B transit signal 4 1W 5V Red 1 Wire power supply 5 V 200 mA 5 PortA 232 RX Purple RS 232 port A receive signal 6 1W Data Green Yellow 1 Wire data channel 7 PortA 232 TX Pink RS 232 port A transit signal 8 CAN1 H White J...

Page 12: ...passive socket Available on DOUTs 1 ECO Driving panel power supply from 1 Wire 1 Buzzer LED 1 Ignition lock including ignition block upon GSM jamming detection Available on DINs 1 Panic button Available on AINs 2 Analogue fuel sensors Available on RS232 ports A and or B 2 x LLS digital fuel sensors Transparent channel 2 x RFID readers 1 x Magnetic card reader 1 x Smart card reader 1 x Weighting sy...

Page 13: ...h following certifications Certification FM Tco4 HCV FM Tco4 HCV 3G E mark CE 1304 RoHS FCC Part 15 3 8 LED status The device has three LEDs with different blinking patterns that show the state of the device s communication LED Pattern Description GNSS Once every second Accurate signal Once every 0 4 seconds No signal GSM Once every 4 seconds Accurate signal Once every 0 2 seconds No signal Always...

Page 14: ...OM drivers Choose the correct archive file with drivers for your OS version and download it to your PC Installation procedure Uninstall any previous Virtual COM port driver versions Start Settings Control Panel Add or remove programs Windows 7 Start Settings Apps Apps features Windows 10 Extract archive file Win7 zip or Win8 zip to a desired location on your PC If you are running a 32 bits OS vers...

Page 15: ...5 2045030 Polish Support no 48 22 2092532 Ukrainian Support no 380 947 107319 support ruptela com www ruptela com Wait for the setup to complete the installation and click Finish 5 The driver is now installed and ready to use ...

Page 16: ...e and download sample configuration and the latest configurator Also you will need the latest version of Microsoft Framework Operating system requirements MS Windows 7 8 10 Example for FM Tco4 HCV HCV 3G Start the VCP exe from configurator folder 1 Select Tco4 HCV 2 Click File Open CFG 3 In dialog window browse the sample configuration file you downloaded from the documentation website 4 Click Ope...

Page 17: ...acters are allowed 6 Last edited display the date and time when the configuration was last edited If the edit was from a PC the time will be the same as the PCs local time If the configuration was received from the device and the device currently has no time from any source the date and time will be shown as the beginning of this century 2000 01 01 00 00 00 7 If any changes were made to the curren...

Page 18: ... in sections The File menu gives you access to control configuration files Choose New Save Open CFG to perform the corresponding action CFG means full configuration file New CFG wizard It helps users to go through all basic configuration steps Generate SMS This tool allows the user to generate an SMS command to configure the FM device remotely Working principle and general SMS command functionalit...

Page 19: ...he configurator is too old for the current firmware version An error message will appear The Send CFG and Get CFG buttons will be disabled You will need to download a new version of the configurator recommended for the firmware version 3 The firmware is too old for the current configurator version An error message will appear The configurator will suggest updating the firmware automatically To upd...

Page 20: ...ly are different please select the correct transfer protocol and enter the correct port Two servers checkbox changes the logic described above It enables a two servers mode the same data is repeatedly transmitted to another server with IP2 unless we get a timeout IP1 is dedicated IP for server from which we get the ACK s for our record packets sent After we get the ACK from this IP record data is ...

Page 21: ... voltage status is 0 refer to the version SMS command If the device is in a critical process If at least one condition is true the device waits until no conditions are true If none of the conditions are true the device connects to the previously configured server The device then initiates updates and closes the connection After the connection to the server is closed the period timer is reset to ze...

Page 22: ... disabled Tick the checkbox to enable it A total of seven different statuses is available 1 Ready PIN code is known or PIN code check is disabled GSM GPRS modem can operate normally 2 Error Represents a wide range of possible problems Common reason would be old FW version which does not support SIM commands 3 Unknown Communication between device and GSM GPRS modem failed SIM status is unknown 4 PI...

Page 23: ...ilable A full functionality description can be found in Send data without GPS fix document on our documentation website GNSS allows to select the positioning network GPS GLONASS or GPS GLONASS GPS GLONASS is selected by default recommended not to change this Geofencing allows to use internal geozones configured directly into device Full description can be found on our documentation website Interna...

Page 24: ... make a phone call to the device Enable configuration over SMS checkbox controls configuration over the SMS feature A full functionality description can be found on our website If Reject all incoming calls is enabled the device rejects all incoming calls ECO Driving options are used to choose sensitivity for the ECO Drive functionality It helps to rate drivers according to their safety or accordin...

Page 25: ...e server Once the device receives this packet it begins data transfer The identification string can be Static or Dynamic If Dynamic is selected the contents of the identification packet can be modified by clicking the Customize button Note If the identification string feature is enabled you cannot use transparent channel and vice versa For more information about this functionality go to our docume...

Page 26: ...O parameters and the operator list the message will also display which profile s contain the switching conditions Sleep can be Disabled or set to Sleep or Deep sleep Sleep extends internal battery life by turning off GPS GSM modems Deep sleep disables advanced peripherals 1 Wire CAN1 CAN2 Serial Ports K Line When Sleep Deep sleep or Custom is selected it is possible to modify the sleep timeout Onc...

Page 27: ...ink was successfully established with the server and all the records had been sent The default value is 7 seconds it is recommended not to change it Link settings contain the following settings Constant link check box forces the FM device to check server link state and keep it alive all the time If server or network closes the link the device automatically reopens it but does not send any packets ...

Page 28: ...order to reduce data consumption Record headers contain only basic time position and speed data GPS navigation filtering is used to eliminate inaccurate GPS coordinates The functionality can be modified by clicking the Customize button A full functionality description can be found on our documentation website Coefficients are used to collect records in addition to the engine on off parameters They...

Page 29: ...comes unavailable during operation the device automatically switches to GSM GPRS 2G mode Once 3G is available again it will switch back to 3G mode automatically GSM only the device operates only in 2G mode UMTS only the device operates only in 3G mode Note FM Tco4 HCV devices with hardware versions that do not have UG96 modem operate only in 2G mode For these devices Auto GSM only and UMTS only op...

Page 30: ...om connecting to this operator during the next operator search In some cases the device connects to the operator and successfully obtains GSM and GPRS signals but records still do not reach the server The device may work around the faulty network i e when network connection is lost by putting this operator into the temporary blacklist 2nd level temporary blacklist logic is used in this case Networ...

Page 31: ...cording to their number in list If it is not selected the device will search for a random operator Profile tab the operators used in the current profile are entered here If an operator that is in the list was not found the device will search for another operator in the list If no operators were found the device will switch to the next available profile Blacklist the operators entered in the blackl...

Page 32: ...h hysteresis mode see 7 c below for more details 6 Average Some parameter s values change rapidly and do not correspond any valuable information Averaging values for some period of time gives a more usable value of the parameter e g fuel level often oscillates Averaging gives you an approximated value that correspond to the real fuel level in the tank 7 Event on describes how the parameter will be...

Page 33: ...Debounce setting instead of the Average setting Debounce defines for how long the device must receive a changed state of an IO before it registers the changed state For example the DIN state changed from 0 to 1 and Debounce is set to 5000ms so the signal from the DIN must remain constant for the period of 5000ms to actually change the state of the IO from 0 to 1 ...

Page 34: ...nable and configure commonly used IOs To do this the user must simply click the Enable common IO button This will open a window with a list of IO parameters that will be enabled along with additional information such as Free IO slots remaining after the selected IOs are enabled Amount of IO parameters selected The user can also choose which of the IO parameters to enable this can be done by unchec...

Page 35: ...ion 4 3 1 Global settings This functionality is available only for the IO parameters described further on In addition to sending a SMS alert the user can customize the SMS message The list of IO parameters and their mandatory configuration is provided further on DIN1 Event on Change custom SMS alert on DIN status High Low DIN2 Event on Change custom SMS alert on DIN status High Low DIN3 Event on C...

Page 36: ... disable all of the device s interfaces Different interface modes and devices that can be connected to them are listed in 3 6 paragraph Port A RS232 PortA Port B RS232 PortB Port C RS485 PortC J1708 for vehicle J1708 information reading Transparent channel J1708 DTC for diagnostic trouble codes DTC reading from J1708 data line More information and connection instructions available at our documenta...

Page 37: ...es in the records Tacho read for Tachograph reading including DDD file download CAN if you put a tick in the 1st CAN interface checkbox then a dropdown list appears where you can choose one of the following FMS for vehicle CANbus FMS information reading OBD for OBD parameters and diagnostic trouble codes DTC and reading MobilEye for communication with MobilEye device LCV Not recommended for FM Tco...

Page 38: ...ing CAN interface might cause some issues Let s say Smart CAN IO Selection is on One of the CAN interfaces is enabled and FMS or LCV mode is selected in the drop down menu Some CAN parameters CAN engine speed CAN wheel based speed etc are added to the IO list If you decide to disable this CAN interface some of the CAN IO parameters will be disabled as well You will be warned about this with a new ...

Page 39: ...500 Data transfers rate depends on vehicle Calc HRLFC enables fuel consumption recalculation from fuel rate for FMS CANbus mode Recalculation works only when high resolution fuel consumption data from CANbus is not available Active If this checkbox is enabled device will do both receive and send data to the vehicle s onboard computer FMS data filters drop down menu It is used to set FMS data filte...

Page 40: ...hen driver changes his status or removes the card from tachograph while engine is OFF and there is no communication with digital tachograph In that case device would provide wrong data in mentioned IO elements Tacho read This mode is used to read tachograph data through the CAN line which is directly connected to the tachograph port C Drop down menu on the right controls data exchange rate between...

Page 41: ...on when you need to switch from one CAN interface to another without losing enabled CAN IO parameters Don t forget to set the same configuration Example You have configured CAN FMS 250 Active on the 1st CAN interface You have enabled few CAN IO parameters Now you want to switch to the 2nd CAN interface without losing those parameters Click Disable button in Smart CAN IO Selection section Disable 1...

Page 42: ... and attach them to the DTC delivery mechanism CAN Trailers This interface is used to gather data from the trailer CANbus data line By default the baudrate is set to 250 Do not forget to enable appropriate IO parameters they start with the keyword Trailers A full description of the functionality is provided in the Trailer CAN parameters document 1 Wire DS1971 Use the 1 Wire interface to enable and...

Page 43: ... Negative trigger Ground mode Negative trigger this mode sets the DIN as a positive terminal in this case a peripheral button connected to the DIN must be connected to ground on the other end Positive mode Positive trigger is the default mode of the DIN it is set as a ground terminal in this case a peripheral button connected to the DIN must be connected to a power source DIN mode selection depend...

Page 44: ...etal surfaces or cables see the picture below Device cannot be fixed to heat emitting or moving parts Device has abuilt in accelerometer therefore it is sensitive to movement It is recommended to choose a stable installation position where it is not subjected to vibrations and or oscillations Device can be fitted with double sided stick tape or zip ties Wrong device mounting may cause malfunction ...

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