ETAS ES581.4 User manual

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ES581.4
CAN Bus Interface USB Module
User’s Guide

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relation to this document. The software described in it can only be used if the
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stipulated in the contract.
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ES581.4 - User’s Guide R07 EN - 05.2020

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Contents
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1 About this Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.1 Classification of Safety Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2 Presentation of Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.3 Typographical Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.4 Presentation of Supporting Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2 General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.1 Basic Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.1.1 Requirements for Users and Duties for Operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.1.2 Intended Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.2 RoHS Conformity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.3 CE Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.4 Taking the Product Back and Recycling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.5 Identifications on the Product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.6 APackage Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.7 Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3 Hardware Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.2 Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.2.1 General Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.2.2 CAN Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.3 Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.4 Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.5 Serial Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.6 Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.7 LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.7.1 Flashing Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.7.2 Operating States of the Module (LED "ON") . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.7.3 Error and Firmware update States of the Module (LED "ER") . . . . . . . . . 14
3.7.4 Communication States of CAN Interfaces (LED "CAN") . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.8 Firmware Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.1 Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.1.1 USB and J2534 Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.1.2 Checking System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.1.3 CD-ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.1.4 Installing Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.1.5 Upgrading Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.1.6 Plug & Play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.2 ES581.4 USB Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.2.1 Installing the ES581.4 USB Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.2.2 Uninstalling the ES581.4 USB Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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4.3 ES581.4 J2534 Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4.3.1 Installing the ES581.4 J2534 Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4.3.2 Uninstalling the ES581.4 J2534 Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.4 Verifying the Installation of the USB Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.5 USB Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.6 CAN Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.6.1 Minimum CAN Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.6.2 CAN Network Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
5 Troubleshooting Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
5.1 Displays of the LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
5.2 Problems with the ES581.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
6 Technical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
6.1 General Technical Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
6.1.1 Fulfilled Standards and Norms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
6.1.2 Environmental Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
6.1.3 Maintenance of the Product. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
6.1.4 Cleaning the Product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
6.1.5 Mechanical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
6.2 System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
6.2.1 Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
6.2.2 Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
6.3 Electrical Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
6.3.1 Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
6.3.2 CAN Interface (CAN1 and CAN2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
6.4 Pin Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
7 Cables and Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
7.1 Cable CBCF100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
7.2 Cable CBAC180 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
7.3 Adapter CBCX131.1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
8 Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
8.1 ES581.4 CAN Bus Interface USB Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
8.2 Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
9 Contact Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

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1 About this Document
1.1 Classification of Safety Messages
The safety messages used here warn of dangers that can lead to personal
injury or damage to property:
1.2 Presentation of Instructions
The target to be achieved is defined in the heading. The necessary steps for his
are in a step-by-step guide:
Target definition
1. Step 1
2. Step 2
3. Step 3
> Result
DANGER
indicates a hazardous situation with a high risk of death or serious injury if
not avoided
WARNING
indicates a hazardous situation of medium risk which could result in death or
serious injury if not avoided.
CAUTION
indicates a hazardous situation of low risk which may result in minor or
moder-ate injury if not avoided.
NOTICE
indicates a situation which may result in damage to property if not avoided.

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1.3 Typographical Conventions
Hardware
1.4 Presentation of Supporting Information
Bold Menu commands, buttons, labels of the product
Italic Emphasis on content and newly introduced terms
NOTE
Contains additional supporting information.

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2 General Information
The introductory chapter provides information about the basic safety notices,
product return and recycling, use of this manual, system requirements for oper-
ating the module, scope of supply and additional information.
2.1 Basic Safety Instructions
2.1.1 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. Improper use or use by
a user without sufficient qualification can lead to damages or injuries to one's
health or damages to property.
General Safety at Work
The existing regulations for safety at work and accident prevention must be
followed.
2.1.2 Intended Use
This product was developed and approved for automotive applications. For use
in other application areas, please contact your ETAS contact partner.
Requirements for Operation
The following requirements are necessary for safe operation of the module:
• Observe the notes for the ambient conditions (see chapter 6.1.2
on page 25).
• Ensure compliance with the connection and settings values (see chapter
6.3 on page 29).
• The USB/CAN ports shall not be connected to any hazardous voltage/
energy sources.
Opening the Module
Requirements for the technical State of the Product
The product is designed in accordance with state-of-the-art technology and
recognized safety rules. The product may be operated only in a technically flaw-
less 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.
CAUTION
Damage or destruction of module is possible!
Do not open or change the module housing!
Work on the module housing may only be performed by qualified personnel.

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Maintenance
The product is maintenance-free. Servicing will be done at ETAS only. After the
servicing is complete, if the same module has to be delivered, then the module
will be verified again for safety conformity.
Cleaning
For cleaning, use a clean and dry cloth.
2.2 RoHS Conformity
European Union
The EU Directive 2002/95/EU limits the use of certain dangerus materials for
electrical and electronic devices (RoHS conformity).
ETAS confirms that the product corresponds to this directive which is applica-
ble in the European Union.
China
ETAS confirms that the product meets the product-specific applicable guide-
lines of the China RoHS (Management Methods for Controlling Pollution
Caused by Electronic Information Products Regulation) applicable in China
with the China RoHS marking affixed to the product or its packaging.
2.3 CE Labeling
ETAS confirms that the product meets the product-specific, applicable Euro-
pean guideline with a CE label on the product or its packaging. CE conformity
declaration for the product is available upon request.
2.4 Taking the Product Back and Recycling
The European Union has passed a directive called Waste Electrical and Elec-
tronic Equipment, or WEEE for short, to ensure that systems are setup through-
out the EU for the collection, treating and recycling of electronic waste.
This ensures that the devices are recycled in a resource-saving way represent-
ing no danger to health or the environment.
Fig. 2-1WEEE-Symbol
The WEEE symbol (see Fig. 2-1 on page 8) on the product or its packaging
shows that the product must not be disposed of as residual garbage.
The user is obliged to collect the old devices separately and return them to the
WEEE take-back system for recycling.
The WEEE directive concerns all ETAS devices but not external cables or batter-
ies.

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For more information on the ETAS GmbH Recycling Program, contact the ETAS
sales and service locations (see chapter 9 on page 34).
2.5 Identifications on the Product
The following symbols are used for identifying the product:
Please observe the information in the chapter “Technical Data” on page 25.
2.6 APackage Contents
Before using your ES581.4 for the first time, check that the module has been
delivered with all required parts (see section 8.1 on page 33).
Additional cables and adapters can be ordered separately from ETAS. A list of
available accessories and ordering information can be found in the section
“Accessories” on page 33 of this manual or in the ETAS product catalog.
2.7 Additional Information
Take a look at the relevant software documentation for details on how to con-
figure the ES581.4 under INCA.
Symbol Description
The User's Guide must be read prior to the startup of the
product!
1: NC Terminal assignment (see chapter “Pin Assignment” on
page 29)
2: CAN 1 Low
3: GND
4: CAN 2 Low
5: NC
6: GND
7: CAN 1 High
8: CAN 2 High
9: NC
SN: 1234567 Serial number (seven-digit)
F 00K 107 771 Ordering number of the product, see chapter 8.1
on page 33
5 V Operating voltage (DC voltage)
0.1 A Current consumption
Marking for CE conformity, see chapter 2.3 on page 8
Marking for RoHS, see chapter on page 8

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3 Hardware Description
The “Hardware Description” chapter describes the features, functions, areas of
application, interfaces and indicators, and the block diagram of the ES581.4
CAN Bus Interface USB Module.
3.1 Overview
The ES581.4 is a dual-channel, compact and cost-effective solution for con-
necting the PC to a vehicle CAN (Controller Area Network) bus or the CAN port
of an individual electronic control unit (ECU). It is a easy-to-handle solution for
CAN access for PC measurement, calibration and diagnostics.
Used in conjunction with ETAS' INCA and ODX-LINK applications, the ES581.4
provides a single solution, eliminating the need to deploy several different tools
for ECU calibration and diagnostics applications.
Fig. 3-1ES581.4
The ES581.4 connects with a PC over USB and establishes a direct CAN con-
nection. The included Y cable (see chapter 7.1 on page 31) enables the access
of both CAN interfaces to the CAN bus.
There is only minimum installation and configuration effort and no external
power supply is needed.
3.2 Features
The ES581.4 is part of the family of compact ETAS bus interface modules and
is involved in the process of continuous firmware and software upgrades.
3.2.1 General Features
General features of the ES581.4 are:
• Process an average 96% bus load on both channels up to 500 kBaud
• No external supply voltage necessary
• Part of the ETAS tool suite – supported by INCA