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VEGA MT X CAN
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  • Page 1 MONITORING DEVICE VEGA MT X CAN User Manual...
  • Page 2 Document Information Series Name Device Name Revision Date Name Comments Revision 01 - 22.07.2019...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    ....................................5 ..............................6 ....................................7 ................................9 Contacts description ..................................9 Device indication................................... 10 SIM installing ....................................11 Initial configuration ..................................11 ............................. 13 Dallas temperature sensors ................................. 13 Authorized dallas keys ................................. 14 Fuel level sensors ..................................14 Extension unit ....................................
  • Page 4 Server connection ..................................39 Data transmission ..................................40 Track ........................................ 42 Power Saving ....................................44 Security ......................................45 Geofencing ..................................... 46 Inputs/outputs ....................................46 Scenarios ......................................47 iQFreeze ......................................49 NRF beacons ....................................49 Wireless thermosensors ................................50 ....................................51 .................................
  • Page 5 This manual is designated for Vega MT X monitoring device (hereinafter – the device) manufactured by Vega-Absolute OOO and provides information on powering and activation procedure, control commands and functions of the device. This manual is targeted at specialists which familiar with installation and repairing procedures rules for motor transport and had holding of professional knowledges in the field of electronic and electrical equipment of different vehicles.
  • Page 6 Vega MT X CAN device is designed for monitoring of vehicles by the using of GLONASS/GPS positioning systems including the determination of vehicle placement, speed and motion direction as well as for transmitting of collected data through GSM. Vega MT X have the built-in processor with a CAN-processor functionality and supports up to three CAN-buses that allows to get a full information about vehicle.
  • Page 7 Built-in black box Up to 100 000 entries Tamper sensor Vega MT X CAN provide the next functionality: o Wialon IPS, Wialon Combine, EGTS, NDTP, VEGA protocols supporting o Simultaneous operation with four servers through any of supported protocol o Device activity can be programming by the “Scenarios” function (up to 25 scripts)
  • Page 8 o Manage of actuators by the commands and by the events o Built-in black box holding up to 100,000 entries o SMS-notifications with a wide spectrum of set abilities o GPS-odometer o Geofences control with ability of SMS-notification and manage of actuators (up to 50 specified geofences) o Trip counter o Remotely diagnostic of the device status...

  • Page 9: Contacts Description

    CONTACTS DESCRIPTION Contact Wire color Description Black Ground - Orange 1-Wire Pink Digital output 1 Dark blue Digital output 3 White + yellow Multifunctional input 1 White + red Multifunctional input 3 Yellow + white RS-232 Rx Pink + black RS-485 A White + brown CAN3 High...

  • Page 10: Device Indication

    Pink + red Lin/K-Line Dark blue + white RS-232 TX Pink + dark blue RS-485 B Brown CAN3 Low Green CAN2 Low Black + white CAN1 Low White + black UART RX DEVICE INDICATION The device has three LED indicators. Blue indicator shows the navigation receiver status. Red indicator shows the presence of an external power.

  • Page 11: Sim Installing

    SIM INSTALLING To use the Vega MT X CAN monitoring device, you need a micro-SIM with support of SMS and GPRS functions. There must be cash on the account. PIN protection must be disabled. The device supports the ability to use two SIM cards. In this case, one of them will perform the reserve function, and will be used only if it is not possible to send data from the first main SIM.
  • Page 12 4. Run the Configurator application on the PC, press “Connect” button and choose the connection method like “Connect through USB”. 5. On the left menu choose “Settings”. First, you need to make connection settings, after which you can configure and change other parameters at any time remotely as needed (See “Settings”...

  • Page 13: Dallas Temperature Sensors

    DALLAS TEMPERATURE SENSORS Vega MT X CAN monitoring device allows to connect is up to ten Dallas temperature sensors through 1-Wire interface. Connection scheme is on the picture below. If connected temperature sensor has three contacts instead of two then you should to close “Power” with “Ground”.

  • Page 14: Authorized Dallas Keys

    “Data transmission” tab or set the device behavior in the “Scenarios” tab. AUTHORIZED DALLAS KEYS Vega MT X CAN monitoring device allows you to connect an I-Button authorized key reader to a 1- Wire pin. The connection scheme is shown in the figure below. The number of authorized keys can reach ten.

  • Page 15: Extension Unit

    EXTENSION UNIT The Vega MT X CAN monitoring device allows you to connect the Vega BR-1 expansion unit via the RS-485 or RS-232 interface. Vega BR-1 has 15 multifunction inputs and 15 digital outputs. To configure the inputs, you must connect to the device through the “Configurator” program, go to the “Settings”...

  • Page 16: Actuators

    To increase the load on the outputs of the device, you must use an external relay. The relay connection diagram is shown below. INPUTS Vega MT X CAN monitoring device has three multifunctional inputs that can operate in four modes: o Analog; o Digital;...
  • Page 17 In digital mode, the input signal level (0 or 1) is measured. Such an input can be used for logic sensors, the readings of which are determined by two states (on/off). In the frequency mode, the frequency of the pulse signal is measured. Such an input, for example, is convenient to use for a car tachometer.
  • Page 18 The Vega MT X CAN monitoring device allows you to fine-tune many parameters. The device can be configured either remotely via GPRS, or directly via USB connection. This part describes the interface of the "Configurator" program, with which the settings are made. The “Configurator” program does not require installation and allows you to: Fine-tune the device;...
  • Page 19 The “Configurator” program has the functions of saving settings to a file and loading settings from a file with the *.vsf extension. The corresponding buttons are in the lower right corner of the program window. This function can be used both to speed up the process of setting up several devices of the same type, and when contacting technical support for a more informative description of occurs.

  • Page 20: System

    The “State” menu in some tabs allows you to not only view the status of the device and its parameters, but also configure or manage some options. SYSTEM 1. In the first tab "System" are the device commands buttons. Restart device – forced device reload. In this case, the connection with the device will be lost and it will need to be reconnected to the “Configurator”.

  • Page 21: Navigation

    NAVIGATION In the "Navigation" tab there are two buttons that allow you to reset the GPS odometer and reset the trip counter. Revision 01 - 22.07.2019...

  • Page 22: Inputs/Outputs

    INPUTS/OUTPUTS Several settings buttons are also in the “Inputs/Outputs” tab, which displays the status of the device I/O. These buttons enable you to turn on/off the digital outputs and reset the machine hours. Revision 01 - 22.07.2019...

  • Page 23: Gsm Network

    GSM NETWORK In the “GSM network” tab, it is possible to reset the statistics of sent/received packets from each of the servers. CAN-BUS A detailed description of working with the CAN-bus is given in part 8. Revision 01 - 22.07.2019...

  • Page 24: Input/Output Extension Unit

    INPUT/OUTPUT EXTENSION UNIT In the “Expansion unit” tab, there are buttons for turning on/off the digital outputs of the expansion unit. Revision 01 - 22.07.2019...

  • Page 25: Wireless Thermosensors

    WIRELESS THERMOSENSORS In the tab "Wireless thermosensors" you can reset the alarms of all sensors by clicking on the corresponding button at the very bottom of the tab. Revision 01 - 22.07.2019...

  • Page 26: Can-Sensors

    To operate with the CAN bus, the program has three tabs in the “Status” section: CAN-sensors, CAN- scanner and CAN-scripts. Below, each of them is considered in detail. When sending random commands to the vehicle’s CAN bus, the result may be unpredictable.
  • Page 27 If you do not load the settings from the unit and try to change the CAN settings, a warning appears: It also appears if the device was not connected at all. Therefore, before configuring CAN sensors, you need to load the settings from the device by clicking the "Download" button in the left part of the window.
  • Page 28 “CAN hardware settings” button – when clicking the window with settings appears. Window contains the settings of hardware CAN-filters for specific CAN-sensors or diapasons of them for every CAN bus. Transmission speed – it is important to indicate the correct speed for a CAN bus. Operation mode –...
  • Page 29 Normal mode Data is transmitted and read from the CAN bus in normal mode on both sides. Loopback mode The device will transmit data to the CAN bus and listen to itself at the same time. Packets from the CAN bus will not reach the device. Packets from the device go to the CAN bus.
  • Page 30 When all the parameters are configured, you need to make sure that the “Enabled” checkbox is checked, then you must click the “OK” button in the settings window and “Save settings” button in the general window - otherwise the settings will not be saved on the device. After that, you can proceed to the settings of specific CAN sensors.
  • Page 31 “Save to file” button - when pressed, the program will prompt you to choose a location to save the settings file in *.vsf format. “Load from file” button - when pressed, the program will prompt you to select a settings file in *.vsf format.
  • Page 32 Vega Sensor Type – sensor value type, integer, floating point, etc. Vega Sensor ID – sensor ID, can take values from 2800 to 2927, a total of 128 sensors can be added. Reset by no Data, s – if during the specified period this Frame ID is absent on the CAN bus, then write the default value to the sensor.

  • Page 33: Can-Scanner

    CAN-SCANNER The “CAN-scanner” tab displays information coming from a data scanner physically connected to the CAN-bus. It is needed to determine all the information that is necessary for entering sensors in the “CAN sensors” tab. If the scanner is connected, you can press the start button “ ”...
  • Page 34 To reduce the amount of incoming information, you can configure filters by clicking the settings button " " next to the start button. Here you can set one mask for each of the three CAN buses. If masks are not set, then all data from all buses will be displayed, regardless of the filters previously configured in the “CAN hardware settings”...
  • Page 35 mode is selected, the information will be presented as a continuous log of values, a new line appears as soon as the frame value has changed. If the desired sensor is found, then by clicking the button for creating a CAN-sensor " ", you can fill in part of the information automatically: frame ID, CAN-bus number, data type.
  • Page 36 resulting values to a file, or immediately send the entire sequence to the CAN-bus. If you press the "Cycle" button, the sequence will be sent to the CAN-bus in a cycle mode. When the work with the scanner is finished, it is stopped, the necessary comments are added, you can save them by clicking the "...
  • Page 37 The CAN-tracer and [Script] functions are similar in meaning, but in the CAN-tracer, the entire range of values is recorded, there you cannot select individual frames and edit them as in [Scripts]. In addition, in [Scripts] (as in [List]], it is possible to create frames by manually filling in all the information.

  • Page 38: Can-Scripts

    Last error – a last occurs in the interface. CAN-SCRIPTS In the “CAN-scripts” tab, scripts are configured similarly to the scripts in the “CAN-scanner” tab, but at the hardware level. These scripts are saved to the device and read from there. In total, you can specify up to 8 different scripts.

  • Page 39: Server Connection

    SERVER CONNECTION The “Server connection” tab has two types of settings. 1. Monitoring servers’ settings The monitoring device can operate by four protocols, exchanging data with four servers. In this settings item, it is proposed to select a data exchange protocol (EGTS, Wialon IPS, Wialon Combine, VEGA, NDTP), or disable data transfer.

  • Page 40: Data Transmission

    2. Network settings There are the settings of the SIM card access point for accessing the GSM network. Most modern SIM cards do these settings on their own. If this does not happen, in this setting item you can do it manually by specifying the APN of the access point, username and password.
  • Page 41 Example of setting up the transmission of readings. In this example, with each track point generated, the following parameters will also be transmitted: o Uptime of device operation o Operation mode o Black boxes messages quantity o Device firmware version o GSM firmware version o GPS firmware version In addition, every 65535 seconds, a record will be generated with information about the firmware...

  • Page 42: Track

    “Operation mode” parameter is a logical parameter that can have a value of either 0 or 1. Therefore, in the field next to the “Send by change” checkbox, there is 1, which means - if mode is change, the block will form the corresponding record and transfer it to the server.
  • Page 43 Don’t record track if HDOP greater than - track points determined with HDOP greater than a specified value will not be considered reliable and will not be recorded in a black box. 3. Odometer reset Reset GPS odometer on stop - resetting the GPS odometer after each parking fix. Increment odometer only when ignition is on - mileage will not be taken into account when the ignition is off, even if the car is moving.

  • Page 44: Power Saving

    POWER SAVING In the sleep mode, the device turns off the modem and the main power of the navigation module, only its recharge for a hot start remains. Consumption of about 2 mA. The power indicator flashes every 3-4 seconds. The “Power Saving”...

  • Page 45: Security

    Sleep only when all selected conditions are met – the device enters sleep mode only when all selected events occur. 2. Awakening Settings Wake up by ignition – the device will wake up immediately after turning on the ignition. Wake up by accelerometer – the device will wake up immediately after the start of movement fixed by the built-in accelerometer.

  • Page 46: Geofencing

    GEOFENCING The Geofences tab allows you to configure the sizes and position of the geofences, if you plan to use them. It is necessary to set the latitude and longitude of the center of the geofence in degrees, as well as its radius in meters.

  • Page 47: Scenarios

    Authorization sensor - used when working with authorized I-Button keys (see "Security” part). Machinery hours sensor - allows you to configure the work on the voltage of the onboard network. Input/output extension unit - used when connecting the VEGA BR-1 extension unit (see the " External equipment connection"...
  • Page 48 parameters of the two sensors, then check the box "AND" and select the second sensor from the list of "Sensor 2". Also choose how his readings should change. The scenario conditions on this are defined. Now we need to determine the behavior of the device when specified conditions occur. To the right of the customizable scenario there is a “Action”...

  • Page 49: Iqfreeze

    IQFREEZE In the “iQFreeze” tab, select the interface used to connect the RS-232 or RS-485 temperature recorder. Or select “Off” if the interface is not used. NRF BEACONS In the “NRF beacons” tab select the interface used to connect the reader: RS-232 or RS-485 interface. Or select “Off”...

  • Page 50: Wireless Thermosensors

    WIRELESS THERMOSENSORS The tab "Wireless thermosensors" is used to configure temperature sensors with an integrated LoRa radio module. Here you should select the interface used to connect the RS-232 or RS-485 temperature sensor reader. Or select “Off” if the interface is not used. Here you also need to enter the individual addresses of the temperature sensors, in total 10 addresses can be set.
  • Page 51 The Configurator program allows remote diagnostics of the device and save the diagnostic results to a file for further sending to a technical support. To do this, go to the "Diagnostic" section and click "Read LOG". Diagnostics can also be done by connecting to the device directly via the USB port, in which case the LOG file will be read much faster.
  • Page 52 Through the Configurator program, you can update the device firmware (remotely or via USB) using the corresponding file. To do this, click the "Update" button in the lower left corner of the window - a dialog box will appear asking you to select a file with the new firmware file. Select the file and click “OK” - the device firmware will be updated.
  • Page 53 The Vega MT X CAN monitoring device supports several protocols: EGTS, WIALON IPS, WIALON Combine, VEGA, NDTP. The current protocol description is contained in a separate document, which can be found on the website vega-absolute.ru. Revision 01 - 22.07.2019...
  • Page 54 Some settings of the Vega MT X CAN monitoring device can be managed remotely via SMS commands. General command format is @PIN:command, where PIN is a four numbers PIN of the device (See “Security” part). There are also two information commands, in response to which an SMS message with information about the device settings.
  • Page 55 setapn – set APN @PIN:setapn:apn&user&pass @1234:setapn:internet.beelin ____________ e.ru& beeline& beeline apn – APN ____________ user – username PIN – 1234 pass – password APN – internet.beeline.ru Username – beeline Password – beeline info? – current device @PIN:info? @1234:info? state request ____________ PIN –...
  • Page 56 46.183.183.4:16122&egts&15&43382912 server3: 193.193.154.154:20453&off&0&0 server4: 37.194.197.213:5604&vega&0&0 Here in order are indicated - server address: port & protocol (if enabled) or off (if data exchange with this server is turned off) & communication period in minutes & device address for NDTP or device ID for EGTS protocol.
  • Page 57 Vega MT X CAN devices shall be stored in the original packaging in heated room at temperatures +5°С to +40°С and relative humidity less than 85%. The device shall be transported in covered freight compartments of all types at any distance at temperatures -40°C to +85°C.

  • Page 58: Vega Мт Х Int

    Content of the package depend on the model of the Vega MT X device. VEGA МТ Х INT Vega MT X Int monitoring device – 1 pc. Wire connector – 1 pc. Fuse – 1 pc. Factory certificate – 1 pc. VEGA МТ...
  • Page 59 The warranty period for the device is 5 years from the date of sale. The warranty period for the battery is 12 months from the date sale. The manufacturer is obligated to provide repair services or replace the failed device during the entire warranty period.
  • Page 60 vega-absolute.ru User Manual © ООО Vega-Absolute, 2019 Revision 01 - 22.07.2019...

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