Recommended Practice for Pass-Thru Vehicle Programming
J2534/1_201510
This SAE Recommended Practice describes a standardized interface that connects between a standard personal computer (PC) and vehicle.
The purpose of this interface is to enable the reprogramming of emission-related control modules, in 2004 and later model year vehicles. The interface shall consist of the necessary hardware and/or software to support the requirements defined in this document. It is expected that vehicle manufacturers will provide the software application that will control the Pass-Thru Interface, to perform the actual reprogramming.
The goal of this document is to ensure that reprogramming software from any vehicle manufacturer is compatible with interface supplied by any tool manufacturer. A common interface for all vehicle manufacturers reduces the tool costs for aftermarket garages, while allowing each vehicle manufacturer to control the programming sequence for the electronic control units (ECUs) in their vehicles. Aftermarket garages will be able to obtain a standardized interface from a variety of tool suppliers.
This document does not limit the hardware possibilities for the connection between the PC and the interface (e.g., RS-232, RS-485, USB, Ethernet…). Tool suppliers are free to choose the connection that is most appropriate for their needs. Tools that are required to be SAE J2534-1 compliant must strictly adhere to the requirements defined in this document.
Applications that are required to be SAE J2534-1 compliant must strictly adhere to the requirements defined in this document. Applications that use features defined in the SAE J2534-2/xxxx document set are not considered to be SAE J2534-1 compliant.
Rationale:
Concerns from the Vehicle OEMs, Regulators, and Application Programmers have prompted the J2534-1 document to be updated to address the following items:
Ensure that all compliant devices can be validated
Ensure that all compliant devices act the same
Concerns/issues from Vehicle OEMs and Device manufacturers
Add new functionality to meet the needs of Vehicle OEMs that are improving the reprogramming process
To address these items, the following changes have been made:
1
To ensure testability and consistency among compliant devices
APIs have been clarified to eliminate ambiguities
Error case handling has been added/extended
Optional Content has been eliminated
Prohibit pop-ups or other types of user interaction from within the DLL
Specify behavior when a device disconnect occurs
2
To address Vehicle OEMs and Device manufacturers concerns
Interleave ISO 15765 messages
Individual timing/control settings for each ISO 15765 logical communication channel
Support ISO 15765 full and half-duplex
3
To meet new OEM requirements
The API now supports raw CAN frames and ISO 15765 messages on the same physical link
A Pass-Thru Device discovery mechanism has been added
New device details to specifically support wireless Pass-Thru Devices
Provided the ability to send and receive larger messages
Provide a framework that is extendable with future protocols
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Related Topics:
Commercial vehicles
Electronic control units
Environmental protection
Communication protocols
Vehicle networking
Computer software and hardware
Diagnostics
Also known as: SAE J 2534/1
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