Interfacing To Automotive Ethernet (Broadr-Reach / 100Base-T1) - Intrepid Control Systems neoVI FIRE 2 User Manual

neoVI FIRE 2 User's Guide
Vehicle Spy shows you the Engine Speed signal with the value we set in both decimal (207)
and hexadecimal (0xCF).
Figure 84: Vehicle Spy Messages View Showing Custom Transmitted Message and Signal.
Naturally, in a real example we would want to create a more realistic depiction of engine
speed. This can be done in a variety of ways in Vehicle Spy, such as writing a function block
program to describe engine behavior and control message transmission.
5.3

Interfacing to Automotive Ethernet (BroadR-Reach / 100BASE-T1)

The neoVI FIRE 2 can be used to monitor and transmit on a BroadR-Reach (100BASE-T1)
Automotive Ethernet network, with the help of a device that changes the BroadR-Reach PHY
into the standard 10/100 Ethernet PHY used by the FIRE 2. Intrepid sells an inexpensive tool
for this exact purpose, called the RAD-Moon media converter.
Figure 85 shows the neoVI FIRE 2 hookup diagram of Figure 46 modified to illustrate a typical
Automotive Ethernet application. The RJ-45 jack on the FIRE 2 network interface cable is
connected to the RAD-Moon's RJ-45 jack using a standard Ethernet cable. The BroadR-Reach
ECU or network is connected to the RAD-Moon's Mini50 connector on the other side of the
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