ETAS ES441.1 User manual

ES441.1
Counter and Frequency Module with Sensor Supply
User’s Guide

2
Copyright
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fication from ETAS GmbH. ETAS GmbH undertakes no further obligation in rela-
tion to this document. The software described in it can only be used if the
customer is in possession of a general license agreement or single license. Using
and copying is only allowed in concurrence with the specifications stipulated in
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belonging to the respective owners.
ES441.1 - User’s Guide R08 EN - 04.2018

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Contents
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1 About this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.1 Identification of Safety Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.2 Presentation of Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.3 Scope of Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.4 Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2 Basic Safety Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.1 General Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.2 Requirements for Users and Duties for Operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.3 Intended Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3 ES400 Product Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.1 Wiring Concepts in Test Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.2 Features of the ES400 Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.2.1 Advantages of the Decentral Wiring Concept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.2.2 Further Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.3 Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.4 Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.4.1 “Sensor” Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.4.2 Daisy Chain Ports (“IN”, “OUT”) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.5 LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.5.1 Operational State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.5.2 Service State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.5.3 Functional State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4 Hardware Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.1 Features of the ES441.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.2 Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.3 Measurement Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4.3.1 Input Stage with Signal Acquisition and Signal Processing . . . . . . . 22

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4.3.2 Sensor Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
4.4 Data Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
4.4.1 Communication Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
4.4.2 Realization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
4.4.3 Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4.5 Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
4.5.1 Supply Voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
4.5.2 Supplying the ES400 Modules via the Connecting Line . . . . . . . . . 30
4.5.3 Additional Supply of the ES400 Modules via a Y-Boost Cable . . . . 30
4.6 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
4.7 Tool Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
4.8 Firmware Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
4.9 Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
5 Functional Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
5.1 Measuring Sensor Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
5.1.1 Acquisition and Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
5.1.2 Configuration and Adaptation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
5.2 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
5.2.1 Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
5.2.2 State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
5.2.3 Pulse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
5.2.4 Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
5.2.5 Cycle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
5.3 Signal Sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
5.3.1 Sampling and Rates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
5.3.2 What to do in the Case of Oversampling by the Calibration Software
38
5.4 Overview of the Measuring Capabilities of the ES441.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
5.5 Overflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
5.6 Measuring Signal State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
5.7 Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
5.7.1 Measurement Modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
5.7.2 “Standard without Qualifying Signal” Counter Mode . . . . . . . . . . 42
5.7.3 “Standard with Qualifying Signal” Counter Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
5.7.4 “Up/Down” Counter Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
5.7.5 “X1”, “X2” and “X4” Counter Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
5.8 Time Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
5.8.1 Measurement Modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
5.8.2 Measurement Modes without a Qualifying Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
5.8.3 Measurement Modes with a Qualifying Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
5.9 Frequency Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
5.9.1 Measurement Modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
5.9.2 Measurement Modes without a Qualifying Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
5.9.3 Measurement Modes with a Qualifying Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
5.9.4 Measuring the Duty Cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
5.9.5 Measurement Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
5.10 Timeout (Monitoring the Input Signal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
5.11 Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

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6 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
6.1 General Installation Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
6.1.1 Assembly Environment and Components for Attaching the Module 66
6.1.2 Potential Equalization in the Vehicle and Mounting the Modules . 66
6.1.3 Guarantee of Features as defined by IP67 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
6.2 Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
6.2.1 How to Connect and Attach ES400 Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
6.2.2 Connecting Several ES400 Modules Mechanically . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
6.2.3 Attaching ES400 Modules to Other Components Using the Integrated
Assembly Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
6.2.4 Attaching ES400 Modules on DIN Rails with the Integrated Assembly
Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
6.2.5 Attaching ES400 Modules to Other Components with Screws . . . . 76
6.2.6 Attaching ES400 Modules on DIN Rails using Screws . . . . . . . . . . . 78
6.2.7 Attaching ES400 Modules to Other Components Using Cable Fasten-
ers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
6.3 Drilling Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
6.4 Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
6.4.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
6.4.2 ES441.1 with additional ETAS Modules (MC Application). . . . . . . . 83
6.4.3 ES441.1 with additional ETAS Modules (Rapid Prototyping Application)
84
6.5 Wiring Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
6.5.1 ES400 Modules with additional ETAS Modules (Measurement and Cal-
ibration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
6.5.2 ES400 Modules with additional ETAS Modules and Drive Recorder
(Measurement and Calibration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
6.5.3 ES400 Modules with ES910.3 (Rapid Prototyping) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
6.5.4 ES400 Modules with ES910.3 and Drive Recorder (Rapid Prototyping)
88
6.5.5 ES400 Modules with ETAS RTPRO-PC (Rapid Prototyping) . . . . . . . 89
6.6 Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
6.6.1 “Sensor” Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
6.6.2 Daisy Chain Ports (“IN”, “OUT”) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
7 Troubleshooting Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
7.1 LED Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
7.2 Troubleshooting ES441.1 Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
7.3 Problems and Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
7.3.1 Network Adapter Cannot Be Selected via Network Manager . . . . . 96
7.3.2 Search for Ethernet Hardware Fails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
7.3.3 Personal Firewall Blocks Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
8 Technical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
8.1 General Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
8.1.1 Product labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
8.1.2 Standards and Norms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
8.1.3 Environmental Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
8.1.4 Maintenance the Product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

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8.1.5 Cleaning the product. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
8.1.6 Mechanical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
8.1.7 Modules in one chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
8.2 RoHS conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
8.2.1 European Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
8.2.2 China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
8.3 CE marking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
8.4 Product return and recycling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
8.5 Declarable Substances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
8.6 Use of Open Source software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
8.7 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
8.7.1 Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
8.7.2 Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
8.8 Electrical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
8.8.1 Host Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
8.8.2 Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
8.8.3 Sensor Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
8.8.4 Input Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
8.9 Pin Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
8.9.1 “IN” Connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
8.9.2 “OUT” Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
8.9.3 “Sensor” Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
9 Cables and Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
9.1 Combined Ethernet and Power Supply Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
9.1.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
9.1.2 CBEP410.1 Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
9.1.3 CBEP4105.1 Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
9.1.4 CBEP415.1 Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
9.1.5 CBEP4155.1 Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
9.1.6 CBEP420.1 Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
9.1.7 CBEP4205.1 Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
9.1.8 CBEP425.1 Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
9.1.9 CBEP4255.1 Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
9.1.10 CBEP430.1 Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
9.1.11 CBEP4305.1 Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
9.2 Ethernet Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
9.2.1 CBE400.2 Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
9.2.2 CBE401.1 Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
9.2.3 CBE430.1 Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
9.2.4 CBE431.1 Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
9.2.5 CBEX400.1 Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
9.2.6 ES4xx_BRIDGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
9.3 Cable for the Connection "Sensor" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
9.3.1 CBAV400.1 Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
9.3.2 CBAV411.1 Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
9.3.3 CBAV413.1 Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
9.4 Protective Caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
9.4.1 Protective Caps supplied . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

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9.4.2 Cap CAP_LEMO_1B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
9.4.3 Cap CAP_LEMO_1B_LC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
9.4.4 Cap CAP_SOURIAU_8STA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
9.5 Angle Brackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
9.5.1 Angle Bracket Left. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
9.5.2 Angle Bracket Right. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
10 Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
10.1 ES441.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
10.2 Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
10.2.1 Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
10.2.2 Protective caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
10.2.3 Angle brackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
10.2.4 Device Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
11 ETAS Contact Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

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About this Manual ETAS
1 About this Manual
This chapter contains information about the following topics:
• "Identification of Safety Notices" on page 8
• "Presentation of Information" on page 9
• "Scope of Supply" on page 9
• "Additional Information" on page 9
1.1 Identification of Safety Notices
The safety notices contained in this manual are identified with the danger symbol
shown below:
The safety notices shown below are used for this purpose. They provide notes to
extremely important information. Please read this information carefully.
DANGER!
indicates an immediate danger with a high risk of death or serious
injury, if not avoided.
WARNING!
indicates a possible danger with moderate risk of death or (serious)
injury, if not avoided.
CAUTION!
identifies a hazard with low risk that could result in minor or medium
physical injuries or property damages if not avoided.

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ETAS About this Manual
1.2 Presentation of Information
All activities to be performed by the user are presented in a "Use Case" format.
That is, the goal to be accomplished is briefly defined in the heading, and the
respective steps required for reaching this goal are then presented in a list. The
presentation looks as follows:
Goal definition:
any advance information...
1. Step 1
Any explanation for step 1...
2. Step 2
Any explanation for step 2...
3. Step 3
Any explanation for step 3...
Any concluding comments...
Typographical conventions
The following typographical conventions are used:
Important notes for the user are presented as follows:
1.3 Scope of Supply
Prior to the initial commissioning of the module, please check whether the mod-
ule was delivered with all required components and cables (see chapter 10.1
on page 130).
Additional cables and adapters can be obtained separately from ETAS. A list of
available accessories and their order designation is located in chapter "Accesso-
ries" on page 130 of this manual or in the ETAS product catalog.
1.4 Additional Information
The configuration instructions for the module under INCA can be found in the
corresponding software documentation.
Bold Labels of the device
Italic Particularly important text passages
Note
Important note for the user.

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Basic Safety Notices ETAS
2 Basic Safety Notices
This chapter contains information about the following topics:
• "General Safety Information" on page 10
• "Requirements for Users and Duties for Operators" on page 10
• "Intended Use" on page 10
2.1 General Safety Information
Please observe the Product Safety Notices ("ETAS Safety Notice") and the follow-
ing safety notices to avoid health issues or damage to the device.
ETAS GmbH does not assume any liability for damages resulting from improper
handling, unintended use or non-observance of the safety precautions.
2.2 Requirements for Users and Duties for Operators
The product may be assembled, operated and maintained only if you have the
necessary qualification and experience for this product. Incorrect operation or
operation by users without sufficient qualification may lead to injuries or death
or property damages.
The safety of systems that are using the product is the responsibility of the system
integrator.
General safety at work
The existing regulations for safety at work and accident prevention must be fol-
lowed. All applicable regulations and statutes regarding operation must be
strictly followed when using this product.
2.3 Intended Use
Application area of the product
This product was developed and approved for applications in the automotive
area. The module is suitable for use in interiors, in the passenger cell, in the
trunk, in the engine compartment or in the exterior area of vehicles.
For use in other application areas, please contact your ETAS contact partner.
Requirements for the technical state of the product
The product is designed in accordance with state-of-the-art technology and rec-
ognized safety rules. The product may be operated only in a technically flawless
condition and according to the intended purpose and with regard to safety and
dangers as stated in the respective product documentation. If the product is not
used according to its intended purpose, the protection of the product may be
impaired.
Note
Carefully read the documentation (Product Safety Advice and this User's Guide)
that belongs to the product prior to the startup.