Automon User Manual
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1. recorded time will be displayed as can be seen in figure 10 The Digital Dashboard Although the digital dashboard is a novelty feature by Automon it can be useful if your dashboard dials give up To start the dashboard you simply choose the Digital Dashboard menu button and on the view shown in figure 12 you simply tap on the Start Dashboard push button The dashboard gives a dial for both the vehicle speed and the engine speed It is important to note that how quick the dials change or respond to real time changes depends really on what OBD II protocol your vehicle has implemented Each dial might only get updated once every 1 3 of a second which might seem un responsive to some quick or fast revving cars Tih ae ii E 2 sh Monitoring Digital Dashboard Diagnostics Acceleration Test d Car Details Figure 14 The Digital Dashboard The Car Details View The car details view gives a very basic few descriptions of what OBD protocol your vehicle uses as well as the Vehicle Identification Number VIN The VIN ts also known as the chassis number of a car It is its unique ID world wide The VIN has encoded in it the manufacture code and the location of the factory that built the vehicle Final Notes Automon cannot support the simultaneous running of modes For example it is not possible to start monitoring when the digital dashboard or acceleration test is running This is due to the limitation of OBD II in that only a limi2. Automon User Manual terior hima Table of Contents Getting TO KNOW your POC ied ieee CA Ud da dia 1 VEnIcle REGUITEMENUS resore basais dnote erp as 2 PSU ee Oe Se crates o trey een A teenage late ea 2 MONTON 4 cucatcaactserssnercmwectennunianeeanseainanenauetanctetens ria diana 3 Diagnos tE tedio orto E abel casal A e 6 Acceleration Testa iia 8 TNe Digital Dasnbo ardua io ai OU co a 9 ne Car Detal VIS Won coa cae 10 FINAL NOCES 1d dina bee stant 10 Getting to know your product Automon is a embedded touch screen computer that run s specialised custom built diagnostic software This product is capable of the following functions Displaying of live data from supported OBD II sensors in your vehicle Capturing sensor states with custom rules Retrieval of diagnostic trouble codes DTCs if available Resetting of Malfunction Indicator Lamp MIL and clearing of DTCs Testing vehicle acceleration times to custom speeds Identification of Vehicle s Identification Number and OBD Standards In figure 1 you can see the main menu bar and Automon s status bar Navigation of Automon was designed with a touch based interface in mind The menu on top provides easy access to the main parts of Automon with a single tap and sufficient size buttons for the average person Any messages that Automon has to the user will be displayed using the status bar area In figure 1 you can see the status is Monitoring Started Ty Mn hs NA Monitor
3. MIL push button a menu will appear prompting your for a confirmation This confirmation prompt is shown in figure 10 Clearing the MIL and DTCs is only advisable once all problems in your vehicle have been resolved After the MIL is reset you will see all the codes have disappeared and the MIL light turned off as can be seen in figure 11 Note Your vehicle might run inefficiently for a few miles as the engine management system must re calibrate the fuelling mixture to get a efficient mix This could take several miles of driving a Thy A 5 Monitoring Digital Dashboard y Diagnostics ji Acceleration Test T Car Details Are you sure you want to reset the MIL In here you can vie This will 1 Turn off the MIL DTC Code 2 Delete all current DTCs 4 Delete any Freeze Frame data T P0100 EE 2 P0200 Figure 10 Resetting the MIL and clearing DTCs a Monitoring 7 Digital Dashboard Diagnostics ii Acceleration Test e Car Details In here you can view any Diagnostic Trouble Codes DTCs that are present on your El MIL Successfully Reset AN DTCs were removed including freeze frame data and the MIL reset Reset MIL Figure 11 View after resetting the MIL and clearing DTCs Rechecking for Codes By default when Automon starts it does a scan for DTCs However if you have a problematic vehicle the malfunction indicator lamp might appear illuminated again and more DTCs logged as soon as you reset it To check fo
4. box in the rule management area of the monitoring screen Rules are managed in the lower half of the monitoring view which is shown in figuure 7 below To add a rule to the monitor you simply select the rule you want from the drop down list and tap on the add rule button Multiple rules can be added by selecting different rules from the drop down list Note For each sensor listed in the rules the respective sensors must also be added to the monitor To remove a rule you simply tap on the rule you want to remove and then tap on the Remove Rule push button Agi Rule Added Rules Remove Rule Rule Editor i Figure 7 Rule Management in Monitoring View Mode Starting the Monitor Once you have all your sensors added and any rules you would like added you can start monitoring by tapping on the Start Monitor Automon will only successfully start monitoring if all the neccessary sensors have been added that are required by the rules added Adding rules is optional however in that case any sensors can be added Figure 8 The button to push to start monitoring Diagnostics When an error occurs in your vehicle the ECU logs an error code or a diagnostic trouble code DTC in it s memory These codes are typically just numeric numbers that are meaningless to a user Automon has a built in database of codes to give you a more user friendly description of what the codes found mean If a serious malfunction occurs in the en
5. dual sensor and wait back on a response before requesting the next and so on Some vehicles support roughly 5 samples of a single sensor value per second As more sensors are added the less frequent each will get updated Some sensors update more regulary than others For example engine RPM and vehicle speed change very frequent relative to something like the coolant temperature of the engine For this reason it would be wasteful to check up engine coolant temperature as often as engine RPM For this reason the concept of a sensor frequency was brought into Automon By default all sensors get added with the default frequency of 1Hz This means that a sensor gets updated every cycle However the user can change this to another value for example 10Hz if they only want to update the value every 10th cycle Introduction to Rules With Automon it is possible to enable rules when live data is being monitored A rule forms a condition from 1 or 2 sensor values When the sensor value s meet the conditions set by the rule the rule becomes satisfied and the user is notified by the satisfied rule becoming highlighted in the list of rules Automon allows you to add multiple sensors to the monitor in order to allow the user to monitor various different sensor values states Creating a Rule To create a rule the rule editor must be used The rule editor can be launched from the Monitoring view Simply click the button highlighted in figure 5 to en
6. gine management system the malfunction indicator lamp MIL is illuminated on the dashboard Generally this indicator light is turned off by mechanics using specialised scan tools Turning off the MIL clears all DTCs logged and resets any information the engine learned such as calibrating fuel consumption Automon supports this functionality by allowing the user to clear any DTCs present as well as turn off the MIL This is a convenient function that should only be exercised once the root cause of the problem has being detected and resolved O Th a Monitoring Digital Dashboard J Diagnostics Acceleration Test Car Details In here you can view any Diagnostic Trouble Codes DTCs that are present on your ECU DTC Code English Meaning 1P0100 Mass or volume der Flow Circ wil 5 Eatin 2 PUZ UG Figure 9 Codes were found and the MIL was on Viewing Diagnostic Codes If Automon detected diagnostic trouble codes in the engine s control unit it will display them in the Diagnostics view To access this simply tap on the Diagnostics menu button on top This view can be seen in figure 9 above In the figure 6 codes were present 2 of which had no human readable meaning in the data base Some codes are proprietary to the car so you will have to get access to these codes from your local dealer Resetting the Malfunction Indicator Lamp MI L In figure 9 it is evident that the MIL is on in the current vehicle By tapping on the Reset
7. ing Digital Dashboard P Diagnostics Acceleration Test Car Details The Main Menu Status Area Figure 1 The main menu bar and status area Vehicle Requirements In order to use Automon you will need an OBD II complient vehicle For American vehicles the OBD II standard was made mandatory for all vehicles produced after 1996 However in Europe the European OBD EOBD standard was not introduced until 2001 Vehicle s that support OBDII are required to have the connector shown in figure 2 This connector is generally hidden away usually underneath the dash If you see this connector in your car then there is a good chance your car supports it However this connector was used before OBD II so you will have to connect Automon to confirm Figure 2 The datalink connector DLC for OBD II vehicles Installation Installation of Automon is very simple All you have to do is connect the diagnostic male connector into the vehicle s DLC connector shown in figure 2 Locating this connector may be difficult so please look at your vehicle s documentation Automon is powered from the 12 volt cigerrette lighter Simply plug in the power lead into this Once Automon s physical connections are set it is only a matter of starting Automon It will look after the rest Monitoring Introduction The monitoring view is the first view that is seen when you start Automon It can be navigated by tapping on the first menu icon labe
8. led Monitoring The monitoring mode allows you to view live sensor data while also supporting the addition and activation of rules More details will be given on this below mn i Th sa La Monitoring i Digital Dashboard Diagnostics Acceleration Test Car Details Welcome to Monitoring Simply add which sensors their frequency of update and what rules you want to apply Agd Senso Update Frequency all Sensor Name Code Frequency Value 010 10Hz 19 Remove Sensor Add File Added Rules Remove Rule Pule Editor Figure 3 The Monitoring View Mode Live Sensor Data Just because one vehicle supports a sensor such as Engine Runtime doesn t mean another vehicle has to The OBD II standard does not force manufacturers to implement all sensors just a subset On start up Automon intelligently discovers what sensors are available on the vehicle it is connected to and only makes these available to the user Multiple sensors can be added to the monitor so live data can be viewed These sensors can be added one by one by selecting the appropiate sensor from the drop down in figure 4 and tapping the Add Sensor button Welcome to Monitoring Simply add which sensors their frequency of update and what rules you want to apply Update Frequency Add Sensa Code Frequency Value Figure 4 Adding a sensor to the monitor Sensor Frequencies Automon must query the ECU for each indivi
9. r this you can Simply tap on the Check ECU push button Acceleration Test Automon provides a very useful function the Acceleration Test This allows you to test the time in which your vehicle can reach a defined speed e ti 2 La 42 Monitoring Digital Dashboard Diagnostics A Acceleration Test k Car Details The acceleration test allows you to test how quick your car can reach a speed Instructions Simply select your destination speed get ready on track click start and when ready put the foot down Speed KPH Speed to Reach Time Seconds Figure 12 The Acceleration Test View Mode Choosing your Destination Speed The first step on starting an acceleration test is to define your destination speed The destination speed is the speed in kilometres per hour you want to time your vehicle to The destination speed can be any speed from O 255KPH that is a multiple of 5 i e O 5 10 and so on The destination speed can be chosen by tapping on the up and down arrows shown in figure 11 Speed to Reach Figure 13 Choosing your destination speed Starting the Acceleration Test Before starting the acceleration test you should prepare your car on a track in a stationary position You then simply tap on the Start Acceleration Test push button Automon will then wait for you to start moving gt 1KPH before a timer will start As soon as you reach the destination speed the test will stop and the
10. ted amount of Sample data can be obtained by the ECU at one time Each request has to be sent In sequence so no parallel activity can occur We hope you enjoy your new product and if you have any problems please do not hesitate to get in touch with us 10
11. ter the rule editor Figure 6 shows a screen shot of what the rule editor looks like n Rule Editor Figure 5 Button to Launch the Rule Editor The rule editor allows you to add 1 or 2 sensors to a rule Simply tap on the drop down combo box and choose your rule The range of values available on the slider for adapt to the sensor selected For example engine speed goes from O to 255 while engine coolant is from 40 to 215 The available operators to be chosen on a sensor can be less than greater than equal to and so on When you ve chosen what conditions each sensor is you can join both using an AND or an OR boolean condition If AND is selected then both sensors have to be satisfied individually but if OR is selected if one sensor s value matches it s condition then the rule as a whole gets satisfied To add the rule to the rule list you simply tap on the Create Rule button Rules will remain persistently on reboot a Ti a A 1 E E Monitoring Digital Dashboard J Diagnostics Acceleration Test 4 Car Details ate or delete ru Es 40449 nn E E ppm Current Rules Figure 6 The Rule Editor Deleting a Rule Deleting a rule is just a matter of selecting the rule you want to delete from the Current Rules table list and tapping on the Delete Rule push button Using Rules Once you ve created your rules in the Rule Editor the rules will come available in the Add Rule drop down combo
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