Westerbeke 3.5KW SBCG-60Hz Operator's Manual page 40

ENGINE TROUBLESHOOTING/SOFTWARE DIAGNOSTICS
PC INTERFACE SOFTWARE
The software is available free of charge for the 3.5 SBCG
generator. Contact your local WESTERBEKE distributor.
The interface communication cable needed to connect.
between the generator's ECU and ones laptop must be
purchased from the distributor cable pn#049998 COM port
to ECU AND (cable pn#055351 USB to ECU).
This Diagnostic Software is designed to aide the technician
in monitoring the Low CO generator's operation and the
ECU (Electronic Control Unit) functions.
Once downloaded, this new improved software provides Idle
Mode diagnostics, Failure Record and Run Time Data
Logging to EXCEL.
The
D~agnostic
Software will run on Windows 98, XP, Vista
and Wmdows 7 laptop. These must have a minimum of
128 megabytes of RAM (Random Access Memory). The
communications cable plugs into a serial connection or a
USB port. When using serial to USB adapters, the
commu?ication port that the adapter is using MUST be
known m order to configure the Diagnostic Software.
The Westerbeke communication cable is unique to this
Diagnostic So.ftware
~d
must be used or otherwise damage
to the ECU Will occur if any communications cable is
substituted. The Diagnostic Software is designed with
multiple screens, tabs and pull down menues to aide the user
in the diagnostic process.
The Diagnostic Software is for monitoring ONLY. It is read
only so none of the values can be changed.
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