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Version: V1.00.001
Revised date: 2012-07-20

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  • Page 1 Version: V1.00.001 Revised date: 2012-07-20...
  • Page 2 LAUNCH. This manual is designed only for the use of this unit. LAUNCH is not responsible for any use of this manual on the other units. The manual and all the samples herein can be changed without prior notice.
  • Page 3 LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual Precautions on Operating Vehicle’s ECU • Do not disconnect the vehicle inner consumer when the ignition switch is on. High voltage transients may encounter at the moment of disconnecting, which may damage the sensors and the ECU.

  • Page 4: Safety Precautions

    LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual Safety Precautions • Automotive batteries contain sulfuric acid that is harmful to skin. In operation, direct contact with the automotive batteries should be avoided. Pay attention not to splash the sulfuric acid into eyes. Keep the ignition sources away from the battery at all times.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    1.2 Product Features ..................1 1.3 Product Functions................... 1 1.4 Technical Specifications ................. 2 2 About X-431 PAD ..................3 2.1 X-431 PAD main unit ................3 2.1.1 Front View ................... 3 2.1.2 Rear view..................... 5 2.2 X-431 PAD Accessory Checklist ............. 6 2.3 Printer .....................
  • Page 6 LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual 7.2 New mail ....................44 8 Update ....................46 8.1 Register ....................46 8.1.1 Register a pass.................. 46 8.1.2 Register your product ................ 47 8.2 Update ....................48 9 My data ....................51 9.1 View data ....................51 9.2 Import data ...................

  • Page 7: Foreword

    VGA & HDMI interfaces for external display. It features smart design, portable, full color touch screen and easy to operate. on the X-431 PAD stands for Car Cloud logo. Car Cloud is a state-of-an- art individual application product, which is newly developed based on our LAUNCH’s vehicle diagnosing devices and technology service platform with...

  • Page 8: Technical Specifications

    LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual • VGA and HDMI interfaces for connecting the external displays. • Provides automobile borescope. • USB ports: to connect U disk and other extending function modules such as scopebox, sensorbox and batterybox. • Camera & Video recorder: built-in 2 mega pixels camera lens for photographing and video recording.

  • Page 9: About X-431 Pad

    LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual 2 About X-431 PAD 2.1 X-431 PAD main unit Fig. 2-1 X-431 PAD Diagram 2.1.1 Front View...
  • Page 10 DBScar diagnostic connector. Bluetooth indicator It lights up while Bluetooth is activated. Power indicator It lights up while X-431 PAD is on or in use. DBScar diagnostic To communicate with X-431 PAD main unit. connector Slot for DBScar Only for housing DBScar diagnostic connector...

  • Page 11: Rear View

    Remove the cover and connect the DBScar diagnostic connector diagnostic connector to the holder for reading holder vehicle data. 2.1.2 Rear view Table 2-2 formulates interfaces and indicators of X-431 PAD(rear) Name Descriptions Printer To print the result out Camera lens To take photos or record video Buzzer &...

  • Page 12: X-431 Pad Accessory Checklist

    X-431 PAD User's Manual 2.2 X-431 PAD Accessory Checklist Common accessories for each X-431 PAD are same, but for different destinations, the accessories of X-431 PAD (such as diagnostic software, testing connectors) may vary. Please consult from the local agency or check the package list supplied with X-431 PAD together.

  • Page 13: Printer

    Fig. 2-2c Fig. 2-2d Fig. 2-2 Installing paper Push the printer cover located on the rear of X-431 PAD out and open it as indicated on Fig. 2-2a. Place the unpacked thermal paper into the compartment with its starting end approaching to the paper outlet (refer to Fig.

  • Page 14: Getting To Know X431 Pad

    2.4 Getting to know X431 PAD 2.4.1 Powering on X-431 PAD Press on the X-431 PAD to turn it on, the screen will begin to initialize, as shown in Fig.2-3. Note: Pressing for 8 seconds can power it off. Doing so is not suggested, please click "Exit system"...

  • Page 15: Function Items, Ui Layout And On-Screen Keyboard

    LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual 2.4.2 Function items, UI layout and on-screen keyboard A. Function menus a. Below lists all function items and its detailed descriptions of X-431 PAD: Function Descriptions To check vehicle's technical state, find out trouble location Diagnostic and cause.
  • Page 16 LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual Function Descriptions Borescope To check unseen or unreachable parts or components Rapidly determine vehicle electrical equipment and circuit Oscilloscope trouble, making the measurement and setting of vehicle electrical equipment easier and more intuitive. Display and analyze ignition waveforms, assist to detect Ignition current status and relevant performance of the engine.
  • Page 17 LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual Name Notes This area shows the running tasks and the highlighted one is the currently displayed window. Click the area, a task list window will pop up, click the desired one to switch to the corresponding window.

  • Page 18: Settings

    LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual Keys Name Functions Place the cursor next to the character, Delete and click this key to erase it. Hide keyboard Click it to hide on-screen keyboard. the key that causes a carriage return or Confirm line feed.
  • Page 19 LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual 1. Language setting This items enables you to change the system language. Traditional Chinese and English are available. In Fig. 2-8, click on your preferred language, the system will prompt you that language has been changed, please close the application and then restart it.
  • Page 20 LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual A. Date setting In Fig. 2-9, click to switch to the previous/next month. Alternatively you can also click month or year directly and choose from the pull-down list (see Fig. 2-10). Then click on the desired date to set the date.
  • Page 21 LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual Fig. 2-11 Click the desired time zone, then click [Date] to switch to date setting screen, the time zone you have set will be displayed on the bottom of the screen and the system time varies with the time zone.
  • Page 22 LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual Fig. 2-13 Operations: Automatically or manually obtain IP: A. You can select “Automatic DNS server address” or “Use the following DNS server address” to obtain IP address. B. You need to set DNS to manually input IP address.
  • Page 23 Click “Standby Settings”, the system will enter Fig. 2-16. Click the arrow and choose the desired standby time from the pull-down list. If X-431 PAD is only powered by battery, you can use this option to save power and prolong the life of your battery.
  • Page 24 LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual Fig. 2-17 Use the stylus to click the black dot, the dot will change in red and a progress reading will appear above it. Click and hold the dot until it proceeds to 100%, then one calibration has been finished. See Fig. 2-17.
  • Page 25 LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual Click “Wi-Fi”, the screen will be shown as follows: Fig. 2-19 Click the checkbox in Fig. 2-19 to activate the Wi-Fi network, the system will start searching wireless network. Fig. 2-20 Choose one from the search result list to link. If the desired wireless router is encrypted, you can not connect to it until correct password is keyed in.
  • Page 26 This option allows you to set the relevant user information. Before setting this option, please make sure the X-431 PAD is properly connected to the internet. Click “User Center” under the Application tab, a screen identical to Fig. 2-23 will appear.
  • Page 27 LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual A. New Password This option enables you to modify the password that you set while registering. Input the old password and fill in “New Password” and “Confirm Password”, then click “Modify” to revise it. B. Take back password This option lets you take back the password if you forgot the registered password.
  • Page 28 LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual Fig. 2-25 D. Authenticate Email If E-mail is bound, we will inform you of the latest update information. It is strongly recommeded to bind your Email. Alternatively, this option can also be set in the process of registration. If Authenticate Email is checked, the system will send the confidential information to you after you made a successful registration.
  • Page 29 LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual 2-27. Fig. 2-27 Fig. 2-28 Click “Start test” to start detecting and printing, a screen similar to Fig. 2-28 will appear. To cancel testing, click “Stop test”.

  • Page 30: How To Diagnose

    90-110℃ and transmission oil temperature is 50-80℃). Select testing connectors If X-431 PAD is testing vehicles equipped with universal OBD II 16 PIN diagnostic socket, please use the included DBScar diagnostic connector. (For vehicles with non-OBD II 16 PIN diagnostic socket, a non-16 PIN connector is required.)

  • Page 31: Start Diagnosing

    DBSCar connector 3.2 Start diagnosing X-431 PAD can test a lot of vehicle make, models and systems which may continuously increase day by day. While X-431 PAD is online, the system will remind you of new released version automatically. To keep your X-431 PAD, please focus on prompt information and remember to download the latest diagnostic program in time.
  • Page 32 LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual Fig. 3-1 Descriptions for on-screen buttons: icons Name & functions Desktop: to return to the main menu. Browser: click to open web browser. Car cloud website: click to visit www.dbscar.com directly. Settings: enter system settings interface.
  • Page 33 LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual Fig. 3-2 A. Select Vehicle Enter vehicle make selection interface which includes 5 kinds of options, namely history cars, European cars, American cars and Asian cars. Click “European cars”, the system will display all European vehicle makes. See Fig. 3-3.
  • Page 34 LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual Fig.3-4 Choose one version, and click [OK], the system starts resetting and validate the diagnostic connector. If ok, it will enter model selection interface. Choose the desired one and start diagnosing. B. Search Bluetooth To use this function, please activate the bluetooth function. Search the diagnostic connector, then choose the desired one from the result list to pair.
  • Page 35 LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual Fig. 3-5 After searching, a list of bluetooth devices will be shown on the screen. See Fig.3-6. Fig. 3-6 Click the desired bluetooth device, the system will display “Pairing bluetooth, please wait...”. If ok, “Pairing bluetooth succeed! Searching port, please wait...”...

  • Page 36: How To Diagnose

    LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual 3.3 How to diagnose Click “DEMO” on the vehicle selection menu, the screen will display the main menu for DEMO diagnosis program, as shown in Fig. 3-7. Fig. 3-7 Note: The operations for other models, series and systems are similar to “DEMO”.
  • Page 37 LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual Fig. 3-8 Click [Engine] in Figure 3-8 (If there is more than one page of system menu, click to jump to the next page), the system message “Communication is initialized…” will appear on the screen.

  • Page 38: Read Trouble Code

    In Fig. 3-9, there are four functions of [Engine]: “Read trouble code”, “Clear trouble code”, “Read data stream” and “Special function”. 3.3.1 Read trouble code Click [Read trouble code] in Figure 3-9, X-431 PAD starts executing this function. After testing, results will appear on screen, as shown in Figure 3-10. Fig.3-10 Click to return to the previous screen.

  • Page 39: Read Datastream

    LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual Fig. 3-11 If trouble codes are cleared successfully, a prompt message will appear on the screen, as shown in Figure 3-11. If all trouble codes have been cleared, or there are no trouble codes, “No DTCs” will appear on the screen. Click to return to the function menu of diagnostic system.
  • Page 40 LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual Click to select the desired datastream item (more datastream items can be chosen), then click , dynamic data of the selected datastream will appear on screen, as shown in Figure 3-13. Fig. 3-13 To view the dynamic waveform of the selected datastream, click [Record] ( will become active) in Figure 3-14.

  • Page 41: Special Function

    LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual If more datastream items are selected, click [Plot-2], [Plot-4], [Plot-6], [Plot-12] and [Combination] to switch to display in multi-view window mode. Fig. 3-15 and Fig. 3-16 represent the display effect of [Plot-4] and [Combination] respectively (Combination means to display the selected datastream items into one waveform with each datastream marking in different color for easy review and analysis).

  • Page 42: Driving Record Management

    LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual function. To detect whether [1# injector] works normally or not, click [1# injector], the screen will be shown as Fig. 3-18. Fig. 3-18 Note: If [1# injector] works abnormally, the system will fail to indicate that the part has some trouble.
  • Page 43 LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual Fig. 3-19 The system switches to Fig. 3-20, listing datastream information for different vehicles and records in different time. Select the one you want to view and click in Fig. 3-20. Fig. 3-20 Click , the screen will be shown as Fig. 3-21.
  • Page 44 LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual Fig. 3-21 To view datastream information, select the desired one and click , then the system will present you the recorded dynamic datastream information again.

  • Page 45: Webbrowser

    LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual 4 Web browser Browser is available on X-431 PAD, which helps you retrieve and search for information sources all the time. Click [Webbrowser] to enter. Fig. 4-1 address bar, use the on-screen keyboard to input the Uniform Resource Identifier (URL) of the desired resource, and click to visit it.

  • Page 46: Photograph/Video

    LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual 5 Photograph/Video X-431 PAD is equipped with a 2 mega pixel lens for your photographing and video recording. Click [Video], the screen will enter video recording interface as shown in Fig. 5-1. Fig. 5-1 Click to view all recorded video files.
  • Page 47 LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual Fig. 5-2 Below are detailed descriptions on layout and functions on Fig. 5-2. Icon Name & Functions Playback window Playback progress bar: drag it directly to perform fast forward/fast reverse function. Playback time Return: return to the previous screen.
  • Page 48 LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual Fig. 5-3 R e t u r n t o t h e Zoom in previous screen Zoom out Send the picture Restore the picture to out via email the original size Rotate the picture...

  • Page 49: Launch News

    This option enables you to obtain the latest news and software download information about the device. To perform this function, please configure your network. Click [Launch News] on the main menu, the system will enter a screen similar to Fig. 6-1. Fig. 6-1 Click the desired news in Figure 6-1 detailed information will appear on the screen.

  • Page 50: Letterbox

    LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual 7 Letterbox X-431 PAD provides mailbox function, by which you can send E-mail to us once you come across any question or problem unresolved, and we will give you professional answer in time. To use this function, make sure that you have registered a passport and product successfully and network is properly configured.
  • Page 51 LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual Fig. 7-2 Click title or content edit box, the on-screen keyboard will appear automatically, use it to input or write down the title and contents by stylus manually. Button descriptions: [Attachment]: click to add an attachment.

  • Page 52: Update

    X-431 PAD User's Manual 8 Update X-431 PAD provides quick and easy software update service, by which you can enjoy all update services including download and update the software. Note: Enter the update center, vehicle software which can be updated are default to be checked, you can click [Upgrade] to perform one-key update.

  • Page 53: Register Your Product

    LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual Fig. 8-2. If “Authenticate Email” is checked while registering, the system will also prompt you that you have bound Email successfully. Fig. 8-2 Note: If Authenticate Email is checked while registering Email information, the system will send the confidential information to your Email immediately after registering successfully.

  • Page 54: Update

    X-431 PAD User's Manual Fig. 8-3 Product SN is printed on the bottom of X-431 PAD. While purchasing this product, you will be offered one envelop, in which there is the register password (secret). You can obtain the dealer code from the dealer. Complete filling the information and click [Submit] to enter update center.
  • Page 55 View all upgradable softwares including main unit software and diagnostic software Installed View all updated softwares Application Update software of X-431 PAD main unit Diagnostic Update diagnostic software of certain vehicle make One-Click Profile Personalize your setting for one-click update.
  • Page 56 LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual If the network communication interrupts, software download will fail and “Installation failed” will be shown. In this case, please check the network and download it again. If “Install after restart” appears, this software will be installed automatically after restarting system.

  • Page 57: My Data

    This option enables you to manage user data, including diagnostic data log, captured screen files, photos, videos. Moreover, you can perform browse, view, clear, import and export etc. In main menu of X-431 PAD, click [My data], the screen will be displayed as Fig. 9-1. Fig. 9-1 In Fig.

  • Page 58: Export Data

    LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual Fig. 9-2 9.3 Export data Take “Image/Video” as example to present how to export data. Click [Check] to select all items, then click , a dialog box will appear. Click the triangle next to the path and choose the target path that you want to save, then click [OK] to export the selected file.

  • Page 59: Borescope

    X-431 PAD has an optional function of borescope, which enables you to observe the parts that can not be seen or reached with the aid of borescope. In addition, the captured pictures and videos also provide you intuitive data for easy analysis.

  • Page 60: Fqa

    X-431 PAD User's Manual 11 FQA In process of operation of X-431 PAD, you may come across some questions, including the software, hardware, operation and something related to the vehicles. Read the user’s manual to get the answer if you have any question. If it can not be solved still, please note it down and contact our Customer Service Center (hotline: +86-0755-84528767) for help.

  • Page 61: About System

    A: It may be caused by a slackened connector. Please turn off the machine, firmly connect the connector, and switch on the machine again. Q: Why X-431 PAD fails in communication with ECU? A: ECU does not respond. Please try to use the latest update tool to upgrade to the latest diagnostic program.
  • Page 62 LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual Q: Why is the machine automatically powered off during standby? A: It is because the machine has been set for energy saving. Automatic shutdown will take place if the machine is not operated for a specified period of time.
  • Page 63 The exclusive remedy for any automotive meter found to be defective is repair or replacement, and LAUNCH shall not be liable for any consequential or incidental damages. Final determination of defects shall be made by LAUNCH in accordance with procedures established by LAUNCH.
  • Page 64 LAUNCH X-431 PAD User's Manual Longgang, Shenzhen, Guangdong P.R.China, 518129 Launch website: http://www.cnlaunch.com Car cloud website: http://www.dbscar.com •...
  • Page 65 2. The dealer shall fill in the “Dealer Code” on the box and stamp on it before selling. 3. The “X-431 PAD Product SN” and “Dealer Code” need to be on site while updating online via wired network or Wi-Fi. See “Update” in this manual for...
  • Page 66 Statement: LAUNCH reserves the rights to make any change to product designs and specifications without notice. The actual object may differ a little from the descriptions in the manual in physical appearance, color and configuration. We have tried our best to make the descriptions and illustrations in the manual...

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