Launch X-431TOP Operation & User’s Manual

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v Table of contents Safety Precautions ...............................................1 Precautions on Operation ................................1 Safety Precautions...........................................1 Precautions on Operating Vehicle ECU...........1 Introduction...........................................................2 Outline of X-431TOP........................................3 Ports and Indicators.........................................4 Connectors and Diagnostic Cables..................5 Hardware Configuration...................................9 X-4 ...

1 Safety Precautions Precautions on Operation l Please read the construction before operation. l Do not collide when operation. l After flickering, unplug the main socket when no run or chaos screen. Reinsert the plug then operate. l Be careful when connect the main cable and the diagnosis socket. Tighten the screw fastener and avoid disconnecting or destroying the interface. l Handle with care. Avoid collision. Unplug the power after operation. l Hold the connector when plug or unplug it. Do not pull the cable for unplugging. Safety Precautions l Automotive batte ...

2 Introduction X-431TOP automobile work station (short for X-431TOP) is a newly developed automobile diagnostic computer by LAUNCH. It succeeds to the fruits of many years’ hard work and successful experience achieved by LAUNCH in the auto aftermarket field, which enhance the function of diagnosis with available more than 100 series. Besides its functions in reading trouble code and data stream, actuation test, read control module, adaptation, resetting maintain/ oil indicator and control unit code , X-431TOP also has the functions of vehicle oscilloscope, ignit ...

3 Outline of X-431TOP As shown in fig. 1-1 and fig1-2, X-431TOP is composed of two parts: the terminal and the main unit. Terminal is mainly used to collect signals. The main unit operates with X-431TOP terminal by instruction, and analyses and processes signals collected by X-431TOP terminal. Fig1-1 X-431TOP terminal Fig. 1-2 X-431TOP main unit ...

4 Ports and Indicators See Fig1-3 for X-431TOP connection ports and indicators. Fig. 1-3 Note: table of ports and indicators. 1 CH1（channel 1&positive pole channel） 2 CH2（channel 2） 3 CH3（channel 3） 4 CH4（channel 4） 5 GND（GND channel） 6 Power switch 7 DC power jack 8 25PIN port 9 Power indicator 10 Diagnosis indicator 11 Communicate state indicator ...

5 Connectors and Diagnostic Cables Fig 1-4 DAEWOO-12 Fig. 1-5 FIAT-3 Fig. 1-6 TOYOTO-16 Fig.1-7 TOYOTO-17 Fig.1-8 TOYOTO-17F Fig.1-9 FORD-6+1 Fig. 1-10 CHRYSLER-6 Fig. 1-11 SUZUKI-3 Fig. 1-12 MAZDA-17 Fig. 1-13 ISUZU-3 Fig. 1-14 KIA-20 Fig. 1-15 OBDⅡ-16C Fig. 1-16 AUDI-4 Fig. 1-17 BMW-16 ...

6 Fig. 1-18 BMW-20 Fig. 1-19 BENZ-38 Fig. 1-20 HONDA-3 Fig. 1-21 DAIHATSU-4 Fig.1-22 NISSAN-14+16 Fig.1-23MITSUBISHI/HYUNDAZ-12+1 Fig.1-24 GMNAZ-12 Fig.1-25 SMART-3 Fig.1-26 CITROEN-2 Fig.1-27 SMART OBDⅡ-16 Fig.1-28 TOYOTO-22 Fig.1-29 BENZ-14 Fig.1-30 SSANGYONG-14 Fig.1-31 SABARU-9 Fig.1-32 CAN connector all-guides.co m ...

7 标贴字方向 Fig.1-33 VOLVO CAN connector Fig.1-34 Diagnostic cable 标贴字方向 标贴字方向 Fig.1-35 Sensor diagnostic cable Fig.1-36 Oscilloscope cable 标贴字方向 标贴字方向 Fig.1-37 Secondary signal induction cable Fig.1-38 Oscillscope GND cable 标贴字方向 Fig.1-39Secondary signal cable Fig.1-40 Electricity control patch cord 1 Fig.1-41 Electricity control patch cord 2 Fig.1-42 Electricity control patch cord 3 Fig.1-43Electricity control patch cord 4 Fi ...

8 Fig.1-45 20MM crocodile clip（red） Fig.1-46 Cigar ligter power supply Fig.1-47 Primary signal patch cord Note: The hardware is different as the different con figuration for each modle. ...

9 Hardware Configuration NO. NAME QUA . DESCRIPTION NOTE 1 X-431TOP MAIN UNIT 1 2 X-431TOP TERMINAL 1 3 [TOYOTO-17]DIAGNOSTIC CONNECTOR 1 Diagnose TOYOTO17PIN semicircle diagnostic socket model See fig. 1-7 4 [TOYOTO-17F]DIAGNOSTIC CONNECTOR 1 Diagnose TOYOTO17PIN square diagnostic socket model See fig. 1-8 5 [MITSUBISHI/HYUNDAI-12+16] DIAGNOSITC CONNECTOR 1 Diagnose Mitsubishi12PIN、 16PIN and 12+16PIN diagnostic socket model See fig. 1-23 6 [NISSAN-14+16]DIAGNOSTIC CONNECTOR 1 Diagnose NISAN14PIN and 16PIN diagnostic socket model See fig. 1-22 7 [HONGDA-3]DIAG ...

10 1-10 19 [SUZUKI-3]DIAGNOSTIC CONNECTOR 1 Diagnose SUZUKI3PIN diagnostic socket model See fig. 1-11 20 [ISUZU-3]DIAGNOSTIC CONNECTOR 1 Diagnose ISUZU3PIN diagnostic socket model See fig. 1-13 21 [DAIHATSU -4]DIAGNOSTIC CONNECTOR 1 Diagnose DAIHATSU4PIN diagnostic socket model See fig. 1-21 22 [CITROEN/FUKANG-2]DIAGNOSTIC CONNECTOR 1 Diagnose CITROEN/FUKANG 2PIN diagnostic socket model See fig. 1-26 23 [MAZDA-17F]DIAGNOSTIC CONNECTOR 1 Diagnose HAIMA CA7130 See fig. 1-12 24 [BMW-16]DIAGNOSTIC CONNECTOR 1 Diagnose BMW16PIN diagnostic socket model See fig. 1-17 25 ...

11 1-33 37 KES secondary signal cable 1 Acquire secondary signal See fig. 1-39 38 Secondary signal induction cable 1 Acquire variety of secondary signal of vehicle without high tension cable See fig. 1-37 39 KES-200 一cylinder signal clamp 1 Acquire cylinder signal Not available 40 20MM crocodile clip（red） 4 See fig. 1-45 41 Electricity control patch cord 1 5 Convenient to input signal for test. See fig. 1-40 42 Electricity control patch cord 2 5 Convenient to input signal for test. See fig. 1-41 43 Electricity control patch cord 3 5 Convenient to input signa ...

12 X-431TOP Operation Starting After the X-431TOP Terminal (power, diagnostic cable, etc. For more details, please refer to the explanation of connection below) is correctly connected, press the button to Power ON the X-431TOP Terminal (refer to Not available X-431TOP Terminal ports and buttons), then press the power button to power ON the main unit (For more details about other operation of X-431TOP main unit, please refer to the manual supplied with the main unit). Several minutes later, the X-431TOP main unit automatically enters the X-431TOP menu (fig.2-1).The ...

13 pages. Delete the chosen content. Reset. Print the current content. Note: The button will be highlighted when choosed.When the button font is grey, the button is disabled. Function Introduction Vehicle Fault Diagnosis Connection Description Choose the correct port, then connect the vehicle socket to main cable and connect the main cable to the X-431TOP Terminal (See fig. below). Vehicle Fault Diagnosis Diagram 1 to connect the vehicle diagnostic socket 2 diagnostic connector(choose the corresponding connector according to the vehicle model) 3 main cable 4 X- ...

14 Fig. 3-2 Fig. 3-3 Fig. 3-4 Clicking the “history”button can view the diagnostic records saved before.(Fig. 3-5). Fig. 3-5 Vehicle Oscilloscope Vehicle oscilloscope does not only grasp the circuit signal, but also can display these waveforms with slow speed. Vehicle oscilloscope can record the signal waveform by storage and can replay the fast signal. In thus, it is very convenient to analyse the faults, including the fast signals (e.g. injector signal and intermittence fault signal) and slow signals (e.g. throttle position variation signal and oxygen sensor ...

15 Diagram of vehicle osciloscope 1 X-431TOP Terminal 2 battery 3 battery cable with w/two clips 4oscilloscope GND cable 5 oscilloscope cable 6 electronically controlled patch cord Attention: Please use the special capacitance probe when diagnose the ignition high tension line. Do not directly connect the oscilloscope to the ignition secondary circuit. NOTE: 1. From cigar lighter: insert one end of the cigar lighter cable into the lighter socket in vehicle and connect the other end to the DC power connector of X-431TOP Terminal. 2. From double-clip power c ...