Purpose Of The Units - MTU Gas engine8 V 4000 L62 Operating Instructions Manual

2.6.3 Purpose of the units

Engine governor ADEC (ECU 7)
Central control and monitoring unit for the engine
• Communication with other devices and higher-level systems via CAN bus
• Control of throttles (mixture and gas)
• Acquisition and evaluation of engine operating states
• Limit value monitoring
• Self-monitoring and self-diagnostic functions
• Integral status/fault display
• Fault memory
• Large number of inputs/outputs provided:
• Genset side: 14 inputs, 7 outputs, 2 serial interfaces,
• Engine side: 39 inputs, 28 outputs, 1 serial interface
• Engine and genset-related parameter settings in flash memory
• In case of inadmissible states and limit value violations: Initiation of power reduction, engine stop or
emergency engine stop (configurable)
• Diagnostic function via CAN interface (Default CAN1, connection for dialog unit provided)
Software structure:
• One data record for engine software
• One data record for genset software
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