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Au Group Electronics Au SAE J1939 Simulator Gen II 1.00A User Manual Rev. I Au SAE J1939 Simulator V1.00A User Manual Rev. I Au Group Electronics April 2022 All Copyrights are reserved by Au Group Electronics. 2007 - 2022 Au Group Electronics...
Au Group Electronics Au SAE J1939 Simulator Gen II 1.00A User Manual Rev. I Table of Contents CHAPTER - 1 INTRODUCTION ............................4 SAE J1939-15 N SAE J1939 S ............4 YPICAL ETWORK OPOLOGY WITH IMULATORS ............................4 AJOR ARDWARE EATURES ............................7 AJOR...
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Au Group Electronics Au SAE J1939 Simulator Gen II 1.00A User Manual Rev. I A - R GUI I ..................36 PPENDIX EMOTE ERMINAL NSTALLATION UIDE 6.1.1 What is needed to install Au J1939 Simulator Remote Terminal GUI ..............36 6.1.2 Step by step guide on installing the software to your PC..................36...
Chapter - 1 Introduction Au SAE J1939 Simulators (Gen II 1.00A), a family of well designed devices (Figure 1-1), are capable of simulating majority of J1939 signals on a SAE J1939 network. It is widely for product development, validation, assembly-line testing, incoming inspection, and business demonstration, etc.
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(Figure 1-4). Figure 1-4 Au J1939 Simulator can be connected to a PC through an RS232 serial extension cable (part # CBL-RS232-01), as shown in Figure 1-5. Figure 1-5 For a PC with USB port, a USB to RS232 serial convert cable (part # CBL-USB-232) can be used (Figure 1-6).
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Necessary accessories for Au J1939 Simulator CBL-CAN-485-01 A 6-wire color-coded cable used for Au J1939 and Au J1708 devices. One end of the cable is a DB9 female connector, designed to mate with Au devices on the BUS side. The other side of the cable is a pigtail with 3 pairs of twisted color-coded wires: Red wire: Power supply, e.g.
Custom firmware and GUI modification is available upon request 1.4 Eleven Editions of Au SAE J1939 Simulators Eleven editions of Au SAE J1939 simulator 1.00A are available: 4 Non-Plus editions, 4 Plus editions, and 3 Script editions. 1.4.1 Non-Plus Editions Au J1939 Simulator Non-Plus editions are stand-alone devices.
"Script" control capability is available for Vehicle Platinum Script Edition 1.6 License /Firmware Upgrade and Annual Support Service Part numbers for license upgrading and annual service for the 11 editions of Au SAE J1939 Simulator 1.00A are summarized in Figure 1-7.
• Annually minor upgrade and support service is available (part #: SVS-SIM-J1939). 1.7 Order information All of Au J1939 Simulators, accessories, and license upgrade are available to be ordered at the website of Au Group Electronics: https://www.auelectronics.com/System-J1939Simulator.htm The part# for 11 editions of Au SAE J1939 simulator are summarized in Table 1-2.
Supported SAE J1939 Parameters 2.1 Value Package editions Au SAE J1939 Simulator Gen II 1.00A Value Package editions supports 11 most frequently used engine parameters: • Engine % Load at Current Speed (SPN 92) • Response for Engine Hour Request (Rx) •...
Au SAE J1939 Simulator Gen II 1.00A User Manual Rev. I Chapter - 3 Operating Instructions All editions of Au SAE J1939 Simulator Gen II 1.00A can be operated by just controlling 3 push buttons. It generates SAE J1939 signals for product developers, testers, operators and manufacturers. 3.1 Power On Mate the DB9 female connector of a 6-wire cable (Part#: CBL-CAN-485-01) to the BUS side DB9 male connector of Au SAE J1939 Simulator, connect the Red wire to +12 ~ +14.2V DC power supply, Black wire to ground, Yellow...
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Au Group Electronics Au SAE J1939 Simulator Gen II 1.00A User Manual Rev. I • Press Up button: Up button is used to increase the values of all J1939 signal. A single press will increase all simulated ▲ data one step to next data level until they reach the maximum values, 100% LED will be triggered on or off.
Figure 3-2 All SAE J1939 data can be changed within the SAE defined range from 0 to 100 control steps (named 0% to 100% control step value from now on), 6 LEDs are used to identify the control step value in the range of 0%, 20%, 40%, 60%, 80%, and 100%.
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Au Group Electronics Au SAE J1939 Simulator Gen II 1.00A User Manual Rev. I Figure 3-5 When control step value equals to 60%, 60% LED blinks If keep pressing Up button, the control step value will keep rising, the 20%, 40%, and 60% LED will be on, as shown in Figure 3-6, it indicates the data range from 61% to 79%.
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Au Group Electronics Au SAE J1939 Simulator Gen II 1.00A User Manual Rev. I Figure 3-9 The control step value LED indicator status is summarized in Table 3-2. Table 3-2 Control step value vs. LED indicator status (in Static Mode)
The display panel is applicable only for “Plus” editions and “Script” editions of Au SAE J1939 Simulator. It displays engine, ABS, Transmission information, warning lamp, etc. Figure 4-1 shows Remote Terminal GUI for Au SAE J1939 Simulator Gen II 1.00A vehicle platinum script edition.
Baud Rate, FW Build number, and Source addresses will show up, 1-VIN switch, CAN-OFF switch, and Source Address settings will recall the last saved status, as shown in Figure 4-3. Figure 4-3 Note: Control panel step 1 is available for all editions of Au J1939 simulator (non-plus, plus and script editions). 4.1.1. Device Information...
Au Group Electronics Au SAE J1939 Simulator Gen II 1.00A User Manual Rev. I Table 4-2 Au J1939 Simulator CAN Baud rate and Source Address Settings CAN Baud Rate Engine Source Address Trans. Source Address ABS Source Address Au J1939 simulator can...
Au Group Electronics Au SAE J1939 Simulator Gen II 1.00A User Manual Rev. I The function for the 3 push buttons and 4 check boxes is listed in Table 4-4. Table 4-4 Functions for push button and check boxes in step 2...
All line comments are preceded by a semicolon (;) • Always use the script commands generated by Au J1939 Simulator Script generator as any other script may not work properly. For example, the script generated from Au J1708 Simulator will not work for Au J1939 Simulator and vice versa.
Au Group Electronics Au SAE J1939 Simulator Gen II 1.00A User Manual Rev. I 4.3.4 Example of script command segments To help forming script file, Script control also provides 4 buttons that generate 4 most commonly used script command segments. There segments can be copied and modified, then saved as a script file with extension of *.txt.
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Au Group Electronics Au SAE J1939 Simulator Gen II 1.00A User Manual Rev. I • Select a desire script file, click "Open" Figure 4-8 • Loaded script file name will display, script commands in the script file will display in the script view-port.
Au Group Electronics Au SAE J1939 Simulator Gen II 1.00A User Manual Rev. I 4.4 Display Panel 4.4.1. Value Package Parameters SIMJ1939 1.00A Value Package plus edition display the following 6 engine parameters, as shown in figure 4-11. Engine coolant temperature...
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Au Group Electronics Au SAE J1939 Simulator Gen II 1.00A User Manual Rev. I • If Engine DM1 or DM2 warning is off, a SAE defined non-warning message will be shown as (0,0,0,0). • Engine DM1 message could be single packet (without warning or with 1 warning) or multi-packet.
Au Group Electronics Au SAE J1939 Simulator Gen II 1.00A User Manual Rev. I Table 4 – 12 Engine DM1 Multi-Packets (49 – 64) 4.4.4. Engine DM2 • Engine DM2 message could be a single packet or multi-packet. • If engine DM2 is a single packet, SPN, FMI, OC, CM will display.
Au Group Electronics Au SAE J1939 Simulator Gen II 1.00A User Manual Rev. I 4.4.5. Engine Configuration • Engine Configuration PGN includes 39 bytes of messages, which require transport protocol for multi-packet communication. • “Engine Configuration” button will be active on the remote terminal GUI for Vehicle Platinum editions, as shown in Figure 4 - 19.
Au Group Electronics Au SAE J1939 Simulator Gen II 1.00A User Manual Rev. I 4.4.7. Engine / ABS / Transmission Info and Warning Lamp • Engine info and Warning Lamps Display the engine address claiming information, 1 information lamp (Cruise lamp), and 3 warning lamps for engine (WIF - water in fuel, Red Stop, Amber), The warning lamps will turn on/off based on the scale range, see Table 4-4 to Table 4-7 for more information.
Au Group Electronics Au SAE J1939 Simulator Gen II 1.00A User Manual Rev. I Chapter - 5 Data Configuration Table 5-1 Simulated result at control step value of 0%, 20%, 40%, 60%, 80%, and 100%. J1939 Parameters 100% RPM (rpm) 1606.38...
Au SAE J1939 Simulator Gen II 1.00A User Manual Rev. I 5.2 Au SAE J1939 simulator 1.00A supported PGN and SPN Table 5-3 List of Supported PGN and SPN supported by Au SAE J1939 simulator 1.00A Description Parameters (SPN) 54528...
Au SAE J1939 Simulator Gen II 1.00A User Manual Rev. I 5.3 Transport Protocol for DM2 Request As defined by SAE J1939-21, Au SAE J1939 simulator response to different “engine DM2 request” with different transport protocols (illustrated in Table 5-4).
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Au Group Electronics Au SAE J1939 Simulator Gen II 1.00A User Manual Rev. I Table 5 – 6 SAE J1939 Simulation result vs. control step values (from 11 to 20) Control Step RPM (rpm) 883.50 963.75 1044.13 1124.38 1204.75 1285.00 1365.38...
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Au Group Electronics Au SAE J1939 Simulator Gen II 1.00A User Manual Rev. I Table 5 – 8 SAE J1939 Simulation result vs. control step values (from 31 to 40) Control Step RPM (rpm) 2489.88 2570.13 2650.50 2730.75 2811.13 2891.38 2971.75...
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Au Group Electronics Au SAE J1939 Simulator Gen II 1.00A User Manual Rev. I Table 5 – 10 SAE J1939 Simulation result vs. control step values (from 51 to 60) Control Step RPM (rpm) 4096.25 4176.50 4256.88 4337.13 4417.50 4497.75 4578.13...
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Au Group Electronics Au SAE J1939 Simulator Gen II 1.00A User Manual Rev. I Table 5 – 12 SAE J1939 Simulation result vs. control step values (from 71 to 80) Control Step RPM (rpm) 5702.63 5782.88 5863.25 5943.50 6023.88 6104.13 6184.50...
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Au Group Electronics Au SAE J1939 Simulator Gen II 1.00A User Manual Rev. I Table 5 – 14 SAE J1939 Simulation result vs. control step values (from 91 to 100) Control Step RPM (rpm) 7309.00 7389.25 7469.63 7549.88 7630.25 7710.50 7790.88...
Appendix 6.1 Appendix A - Remote Terminal GUI Installation Guide A remote terminal program can be used to control and display detail information of simulated SAE J1939 signals on a PC screen. 6.1.1 What is needed to install Au J1939 Simulator Remote Terminal GUI PC software: The installation program "AU setup J1939 Simulator Remote Terminal V1.00A"...
4. Au J1939 Simulator Remote Terminal. (Refer to Appendix A for how to install) 6.2.2 Step by Step License Upgrading Procedure 1. Connect your PC with Au J1939 Simulator, and power up Au J1939 Simulator using a AC/DC power supply (part # PWR-912V-CP).
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“Validate license” button to continue. Figure B - 3 5. Each Au J1939 Simulator will have a unique Serial Number If the license code is invalid, an error message will be pop up, as shown in Figure B-4 . Website: www.AuElectronics.com...
Au Group Electronics Au SAE J1939 Simulator Gen II 1.00A User Manual Rev. I Figure B - 4 6. After a validate license is entered, updated license Information will display, as demonstrated here in Figure B-6, J1939 Simulator Value Package edition will be upgraded to vehicle Platinum Script Edition click “Update License”...
Note: If the Au PIC Boot-loader has been installed on PC before, please bypass step 1 to step 8, and start with step 1. Double click icon of the “Setup Au PIC Boot-loader V1.00B” to start installing Au PIC Boot-loader (Figure C-1).
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Figure C-7 7. “Ready to Install” window shows up. Click “Install” (Figure C-7). 8. After a few seconds, “Completing the Au PIC Boot-loader Setup Wizard” window shows up, check “launch Au Boot-loader”, click “Finish” to exit setup (FigureC-8). Figure C-8 Figure C-9 9.
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