Launch X-431 PRO User Manual

Version: V1.00.001

Revised date: 2013-08-12

LAUNCH X-431 PRO User’s Manual — Safety Precautions

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LAUNCH X-431 PRO User’s Manual — Safety Precautions

Safety Precautions

Before using X-431 PRO, please read the following safety information carefully.

 Never collide, throw, or punch X-431 PRO, and avoid falling, extruding and

blending it.

 Do not use X-431 PRO in exceptionally cold or hot, dusty, damp or dry

environments.

 In places where X-431 PRO is forbidden or using X-431 PRO may cause

interference or generate a potential risk, please turn off it.

 To ensure a safe driving, please do not use X-431 PRO while driving.  Turn off X-431 PRO before boarding any airplane.  Do not dismantle X-431 PRO by yourself. If there is any inquiry, please

contact the dealer.

 Never place X-431 PRO into apparatus with strong electromagnetic field.  Keep X-431 PRO far away from magnetic devices because its radiations

may erase the data stored on the devices.

 Store X-431 PRO out of reach of children and do not allow children to use it

unsupervised.

 Please use the included battery and charger. Otherwise, explosion may

happen.

 Do not disconnect power abruptly when X-431 PRO is being formatted or in

process of uploading or downloading. Or else it may result in program error.

Precautions on Using X-431 PRO

z The ignition switch should be OFF while plugging or unplugging the

DBScar diagnostic connector.

z When DBScar connector is not used, remember to place it into the

diagnostic connector housing located at the back of the protection sleeve to avoid loss.

z If your vehicle keeps unattended for a week or a long period, it is

suggested to unplug the connector from vehicle’s DLC to save battery power.

z While diagnosing a vehicle, you are not advised to use phone or

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messaging, because it may cause a data communication interruption. If it happens, it is abnormal and just try to re-do it.

Precautions on Operating Vehicle’s ECU

z Do not disconnect the vehicle inner consumer when the ignition switch is

on. High voltage transients may encounter at the moment of disconnecting, which may damage the sensors and the ECU.

z Protect the computer from magnetic object. z Do cut off the power supply of ECU system before welding on the vehicle. z Pay more attention to the ECU and the sensors when the operation is next

to them.

z Ground yourself when you disassemble PROM, otherwise ECU and

sensors will be damaged by static electricity.

z Do connect ECU harness connector firmly, otherwise electronic elements,

such as IC inside ECU, will be damaged.

LAUNCH X-431 PRO User’s Manual — Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1 INTRODUCTIONS............................................................................................ 1

1.1 P

RODUCT PROFILE...................................................................................1

1.2 F

EATURES................................................................................................1

1.3 K

NOWLEDGE OF X-431 PRO....................................................................2

1.3.1 X-431 PRO Whole Set....................................................................... 2

1.3.2 X-431 PRO Tablet Computer.............................................................3

1.3.3 X-431 PRO Protection Sleeve........................................................... 4

1.3.4 DBScar Diagnostic Connector........................................................... 4

1.3.5 GOLO diagnostic connector (applied for personal car owners)........ 5

1.4 T

ECHNICAL PARAMETERS.........................................................................5

1.5 P

ACKAGE LIST..........................................................................................6

2 PREPARATIONS.............................................................................................. 7

2.1

CHARGE X-431 PRO...................................................................................7

2.2

ON USING YOUR BATTERY ............................................................................7

2.3

POWER ON / POWER OFF X-431 PRO...........................................................8

2.3.1 Power on............................................................................................ 8

2.3.2 Power off............................................................................................ 8

2.4

ABOUT DESKTOP..........................................................................................8

2.5

CUSTOMIZE YOUR DESKTOP.........................................................................9

2.5.1 Add items on the desktop.................................................................. 9

2.5.2 Move items on the desktop ............................................................... 9

2.5.3 Delete items from the desktop...........................................................9

2.5.4 Change your wallpaper......................................................................9

2.5.5 Create a folder on the desktop........................................................ 10

2.6

ON USING TOUCH SCREEN..........................................................................10

2.7

AUTO-ROTATE THE SCREEN .......................................................................10

2.8

LOCK & UNLOCK THE SCREEN ....................................................................10

2.8.1 Lock the screen...............................................................................10

2.8.2 Unlock the screen.............................................................................11

2.9

NOTICE BAR...............................................................................................11

2.9.1 Turn on the notification panel ...........................................................11

2.9.2 T urn off the notification panel............................................................11

2.10

HOW TO SET AS AIRPLANE MODE..............................................................11

3 HOW TO DIAGNOSE..................................................................................... 12

3.1 C

ONNECT DBSCAR CONNECTOR ............................................................12

3.2 B

LUETOOTH SETTING..............................................................................13

3.3 D

IAGNOSIS FLOWCHART .........................................................................13

3.4 U

SER AND CONNECTOR REGISTRATION...................................................14

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3.4.1 User registration ..............................................................................14

3.4.2 Software layout................................................................................ 16

3.5

DOWNLOAD DIAGNOSTIC SOFTWARE .........................................................17

3.6

START DIAGNOSING...................................................................................17

3.5.1 Read Trouble Code.......................................................................... 20

3.5.2 Clear Trouble Code.......................................................................... 20

3.5.3 Read Data S tream........................................................................... 20

3.5.4 Special Function.............................................................................. 23

3.6

MAINTENANCE DATABASE..........................................................................23

3.7

MY DATA ...................................................................................................24

3.7.1 Diagnostic Report............................................................................24

3.7.2 Operation Record............................................................................27

3.8

WHAT’S NEW .............................................................................................27

3.9

CUSTOMER MANAGEMENT .........................................................................28

3.10

ONE KEY UPGRADE .................................................................................28

3.11

CIRCLE ....................................................................................................29

3.12

USER MANAGEMENT................................................................................30

3.12.1 Connector Registration..................................................................30

3.12.2 Modify Personal Information.......................................................... 30

3.12.3 Change Password......................................................................... 30

3.12.4 Setup Security Question................................................................30

3.12.5 Forget Password ........................................................................... 30

3.12.6 Theme............................................................................................ 31

3.12.7 Select Serial Number..................................................................... 31

3.12.8 Connector Firmware Upgrade File Download...............................31

3.12.9 Log Out..........................................................................................31

3.13

MORE......................................................................................................31

4 OTHERS......................................................................................................... 32

4.1

EMAIL ........................................................................................................32

4.1.1 Add an email acc ount......................................................................32

4.1.2 Delete an email account.................................................................. 32

4.1.3 Send a email.................................................................................... 32

4.1.4 View email ....................................................................................... 33

4.2

WLAN.......................................................................................................34

4.2.1 Set Wi-Fi on.....................................................................................34

4.2.2 Connect to Wi-Fi..............................................................................34

4.3

BROWSER..................................................................................................35

4.3.1 Open browser.................................................................................. 35

4.3.2 Browse a webpage..........................................................................35

4.3.3 Zoom in / zoom out a page.............................................................. 36

4.3.4 Find on page.................................................................................... 36

4.3.5 Save favorite webpage to bookmark...............................................36

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4.3.6 Open multiple pages........................................................................36

4.3.7 Customize internet settings............................................................. 36

4.4

USING BLUETOOTH....................................................................................37

4.4.1 Open Bluetooth................................................................................ 37

4.4.2 Allow other devices to search for X-431 PRO................................. 37

4.4.3 Search other devices and pair X-431 PRO with it...........................37

4.4.4 Send file via Bluetooth.....................................................................37

4.5

CAMERA ....................................................................................................38

4.5.1 Open and close camera ..................................................................38

4.5.2 Take a photo.................................................................................... 38

4.5.3 View a photo....................................................................................38

4.5.4 Record a video ................................................................................ 38

4.5.5 View a video ....................................................................................39

4.5.6 Customize camera settings............................................................. 39

4.5.7 Customize camrecorder settings..................................................... 39

4.6

GALLERY ...................................................................................................40

4.6.1 Open gallery ....................................................................................40

4.6.2 Browse images................................................................................ 40

4.6.3 Play video........................................................................................ 40

4.6.4 Zoom in/ out images........................................................................40

4.7

MUSIC .......................................................................................................40

4.7.1 Play audio files ................................................................................40

4.7.2 Music player interface...................................................................... 41

4.7.3 Create a new playlist.......................................................................42

4.7.4 Delete a playlist ...............................................................................42

4.8

CALENDAR.................................................................................................42

4.9

ALARMS.....................................................................................................42

4.9.1 Add an alarm ................................................................................... 42

4.9.2 Delete an alarm ...............................................................................43

4.9.3 Customize your alarm...................................................................... 43

4.10

FILE MANAGER ........................................................................................43

4.11

DISPLAY ..................................................................................................43

4.11.1 Brightness......................................................................................43

4.1 1.2 Auto-rotate the screen...................................................................44

4.12

SET SCREEN LOCK...................................................................................44

4.13

APPLICATIONS .........................................................................................44

4.13.1 View installed applications............................................................. 44

4.13.2 View the running applications........................................................ 45

4.14

LANGUAGE & INPUT..................................................................................45

4.15

SET DATE & TIME .....................................................................................45

4.16

VIEW AND RELEASE THE MEMORY OF SD CARD AND X-431 PRO..............46

4.17

RESTORE X-431 PRO TO FACTORY SETTINGS..........................................46

4.18

DOWNLOADS............................................................................................46

4.19

INSTALL / UNINSTALL APPS.....................................................................46

LAUNCH X-431 PRO User’s Manual — Knowledge of X-431 PRO

1 Introductions

1.1 Product Profile

X-431 PRO is a new vehicle trouble diagnostic device developed based on internet and mobile terminals by Launch with over 20 years R&D experience in vehicle diagnosis. Through the Bluetooth communication between vehicle diagnostic connector and variant mobile intelligent terminals, it achieves X431 series full car model and full system vehicle trouble diagnosis, which include reading DTCs, clearing DTCs, reading datastream, actuation test and special functions. Meanwhile, taking advantage of mobile internet, it integrates more application and service, such as creating maintenance data base and case library, providing instant maintenance information, establishing public and private maintenance social circle etc. As a result, it builds a broad vehicle diagnostic community, which helps you to share vehicle maintenance knowledge online, exchange vehicle maintenance experience online and provide vehicle maintenance relate d service support online. This will be another revolution raised by Launch in the vehicle diagnosis industry.

1.2 Features

1. Diagnose:  Can diagnose the electronic control system of prevailing vehicle

models covering Asian, European, American and Chinese. Diagnosis functions include: Read DTCs, Clear DTCs, Read datastream, Special functions etc;

 Specially designed for Android platform with clear and user-friendly

interface;

 Via Bluetooth, it is simple for DBScar diagnostic connector to

communicate with X-431 PRO;

 Equipped with an exclusive X-431 PRO protection sleeve to prevent it

from being damaged;

2. Browser: built-in Wi-Fi module makes surfing on the internet freely;

3. Email: allows you to send and receive email. External POP3 or IMAP email

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account for some common Web email service provider can be added;

4. Search: enables you to locate your target quickly and conveniently;

5. File Manager: with it, you can manage the files or downloaded files stored

in SD card efficiently;

6. Settings: to configure your personalized X-431 PRO through it;

7. Other additional functions: alarm, calendar and calculator etc.

8. Applications: Other android based applications can be customized to install

or uninstall.

1.3 Knowledge of X-431 PRO

1.3.1 X-431 PRO Whole Set

X-431 PRO is composed of an X-431 PRO tablet computer, a protection sleeve and a DBScar diagnostic connector.

Fig. 1-1 X-431 PRO whole set

A ---- X-431 PRO tablet computer (See Chapter“1.3.2”) B ---- Protection sleeve (See Chapter “1.3.3”) C ---- DBScar diagnostic connector (See Chapter “1.3.4”)

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1.3.2 X-431 PRO Tablet Computer

Fig. 1-2 X-431 PRO tablet computer

No. Name Notes

1 POWER key

 In Off mode, press it to turn on

X-431 PRO;

 In On mode, press it to activate the

LCD if the LCD is blank.

 In On mode, press it to turn off the

LCD if the LCD lights up. 2 VOLUME +/- key Used to adjust the volume. 3 Earphone jack 4 Rear camera 5 Reset key (Inside

the housing) 6 SD card slot 7 Speaker 8 USB port 9 Microphone

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1.3.3 X-431 PRO Protection Sleeve

Dismantling X-431 PRO protection sleeve

To remove protection sleeve from X-431 PRO main unit, follow the steps described as below to proceed:

1. Pull the red sleeve outwards from the right margin of X-431 PRO, and then remove it completely.

2. Reverse the upper enclosure and then use the screwdriver to loosen all screws.

3. Take out the lower enclosure from the upper enclosure.

4. Finally remove X-431 PRO tablet computer from the upper enclosure.

Note: Reverse the above-mentioned steps to install X-431 PRO protection sleeve. While mounting it, please pay more attention to the installation direction.

1.3.4 DBScar Diagnostic Connector

Fig. 1-3 DBScar diagnostic connector

①

OBD-16 diagnostic connector

To connect to vehicle’s OBD2 DLC.

②

Power indicator It lights up while plugging the

DBScar connector into the vehicle’s DLC.

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③

Communication indicator

It will flash once the DBScar connector is communicating with X-431 PRO or it is being reset.

④

Micro USB port To connect to PC for data

transmission or upgrade via USB cable.

If DBScar connector keeps unattended, please place it in right position.

1.3.5 GOLO diagnostic connector (applied for personal car owners)

Fig. 1-4 GOLO diagnostic connector (optional)

The GOLO diagnostic connector shown in Fig. 1-4 provides same indicators and ports as the DBScar diagnostic connector (red & black). Please refer to Chapter

1.3.4. However it is designed for personal car owners and mainly applied with smart

phone based on Android OS (Before using this connector, users need to download and install the diagnostic software firstly. For detailed operations, please refer to “User’s Manual” included with it.). It can not be used with X-431 PRO3 together.

Since X-431 PRO3 features Customer Management, it is very helpful for repair shops to maintain friendly relationship with customers and manage customer’s data. In view of it, repair shops may recommend this powerful connector to customers.

1.4 Technical Parameters

X-431 PRO:

 Operating system: Android  CPU: Dual core 1GHz  Battery: 3000mh, rechargeable polymer lithium battery  Standby time: it is subject to the using environment. Generally it can keep

working for 4 hours.

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 Extension memory card: 32G Micro SD(TF) card supported  Memory: 512MB  Storage capacity: 2GB  LCD: 7.0 inch  LCD resolution: 1024X600  Touch screen: 5 points capacitive touch screen  Cameras: 2 mega rear and 0.3 mega front  Wi-Fi: supported  Bluetooth: supported  Working temperature: -10 ~ ℃ 55 ℃ (14°F to 131°F)  Storage temperature: -20 ~ ℃ 70 ℃ (-4°F to 158°F)  Weight: about 0.68Kg  Outline dimension: 198*124*10.1mm

DBScar Connector:

Working voltage : 9 ~15V Average working current: about 35mA Standby current: about 25mA Working temperature: -20 to 55 (℃ -4°F to 131°F) Storage temperature: -30 to 70 (℃ -22°F to 158 °F) Storage humidity: <80% Working humidity: <60% Net weight: about 26g

1.5 Package List

While purchasing, please check the following accessories:

• X-431 PRO tablet computer (including X-431 PRO protection sleeve)

• Password envelope

• DBScar diagnostic connector

• OBD II extension cable

• Cigarette lighter cable

• Power adaptor

• USB data cable

• Non-16pin connector

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2 Preparations

2.1 Charge X-431 PRO

1. Insert the included USB cable into the charger.

2. Plug the charger into AC outlet.

3. Connect the other end of USB cable to X-431 PRO. If

appears on the

screen, it indicates it is being charged.

4. If the logo changes into

, it indicates that the battery is fully charged.

Disconnect the charger from the AC outlet.

5. Unplug the USB cable on the charger from X-431 PRO.

2.2 On using your battery

z If the battery keeps unused for a long time or battery is completely

discharged, it is normal if it can not be turned on while being charged. Please charge it for a period and then turn it on.

z Using data service will cause more power consumption and shorten the

standby time.

z The charging time of battery varies with temperature condition and battery

consumption status.

z While X-431 PRO has low battery, a beep will sound. If it is very low, X-431

PRO will be switched off automatically.

Note: Do one of the followings to save power:

z When X-431 PRO keeps unattended, press POWER key to turn off the

LCD.

z Shorten the standby time: Enter main menu, choose “Settings” > “DEVICE”

> “Display” > “Sleep” to select a shorter standby time.

z Decrease the brightness of LCD display: Enter main menu, choose

“Settings” > “DEVICE” > “Display” > “Brightness”, and then drage the slider to adjust it.

z Change “Live wallpaper” into “Gallery”. z Set Bluetooth off: Enter main menu, choose “Settings” > “Wireless &

Network” > “Bluetooth”, and then toggle the switch to OFF.

z Set Wi-Fi off: Enter main menu, choose “Settings” > “Wireless & Network” >

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“Wi-Fi”, and then toggle the switch to OFF.

z Turn off GPS satellites: choose “Settings” > “Personal” > “Location access”

and set GPS satellites to OFF.

z Press VOLUME key to decrease the volume.

2.3 Power on / power off X-431 PRO

2.3.1 Power on

1. Press the POWER key to turn on X-431 PRO.

2. If it is the first time you turned on X-431 PRO, the system will prompt you to make some initial setup.

3. Set your account.

4. Set date and time.

Note: if use network-provided time is selected, it is unnecessary to set date, time

and time zone.

2.3.2 Power off

1. Press the POWER key, an option menu will pop up on the screen.

2. Click “Power off” to turn off X-431 PRO.

2.4 About desktop

On-screen keys and status bar are as follows:

RETURN key: Return to the previous screen or exit the running

application.

MAIN MENU key: To switch to main menu screen.

SHORTCUT key: To view the recent applications.

OPTION MENU key: To select operation option from the list. E. Notice bar: To notify users of new events and display the status (For detailed indicators, please see the following table.).

Definitions of indicators

Indicators Definitions Indicators

Definitions

Connected to PC

Preparing SD card

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Connected to Wi-Fi

Airplane mode

Bluetooth is on

Alarm has been set.

View more notices

Connected to other Bluetooth device

Battery is fully charged

Mute your X-431 PRO

Charging

Low battery

New mail

Full memory

2.5 Customize your desktop

2.5.1 Add items on the desktop

On the main menu screen, hold and press the desired item, the system will automatically enter the desktop, place the icon into the circle.

Hint: If many applications occupy the desktop, hold and press the desired one to move it to other extension desktop.

2.5.2 Move items on the desktop

1. Hold and press the item to be moved.

2. After a movable circle appears on the screen, drag it to the target location.

2.5.3 Delete items from the desktop

1. Hold and press the desired item, “X Delete” appears in the upper middle of the screen.

2. Drag it on the icon until it change into red, then release it.

2.5.4 Change your wallpaper

1. Hold and press a blank area on the desktop, a pop-up wallpaper window w ill be shown on the screen.

2. Set different wallpaper as desired:

• Wallpapers: Choose a still picture from gallery as wallpaper.

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