Vector Indigo Quick Start Guide

Indigo

In-Vehicle Diagnostics – Quick and Easy

Diagnostics & Flashing

What is Indigo?

Indigo is an intuitive to use diagnostic tester that can be
easily configured without diagnostic protocol knowledge.
Indigo is suitable for both vehicle development and work­shop use. Indigo provides a quick overview of the status of
a vehicle and also allows detailed diagnostics of individual
ECUs. Various tester configurations can be defined, saved
as projects and securely exchanged between partners.
Remote diagnostics with Indigo Remote is also possible.

Overview of Advantages

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Ideal for diagnosis of the entire (commercial) vehicle and
individual ECUs as well as applicable for all OEMs and
vehicle series

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Freely definable projects for each application with
customizable user interface

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Direct overview of vehicle status and vehicle identifica­tion data as well as predefined tools for each diagnostic
task (e.g. read fault memory)

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Simultaneous support of UDS, KWP2000, GMW3110
and OBD

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Automatic configuration via ODX, CANdela (CDD) or
Ford MDX diagnostic descriptions

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Simultaneous support of different vehicle accesses via
CAN (FD), K-Line and DoIP

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Interactive Remote Diagnostics with Indigo Remote

Highlights of Version 7

Flexible Implementation of Own Individual Use Cases

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Software Development Kit (SDK) for creating custom­ized windows for specific functions and use cases

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New APIs included in Diagnostic Scripting for conve­nient access to the fault memory, authentication
and CAN access

Security and DoIP Extensions

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The new version 7 now supports DoIP over TLS
according to ISO 13400-3

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TLS-specific parameters such as TLS status, ECU
name or processing can be quickly configured

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Easy communication and identification of DoIP
ECUs via VLANs

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Improved usability when entering DoIP communica­tion parameters

Remote Diagnostics

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Simplified setup and configuration

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Increased security through user authentication

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Support of the new Remote Access Point for all
Vector remote products

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Faster data transmission due to optimized trans­port protocol

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Extended configuration options, e.g. for proxy
configuration

Further Optimizations

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Modernization of the user interface, e.g. redesign of
the icons and the diagnostic trace window

Vehicle identification: Acquisition of general information about the installed ECUs with Indigo on a Windows tablet computer

Fact Sheet Indigo

Functions

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DTC Auditor: Graphically display of ECUs and their fault

memories.

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DTC Browser: Display the identified DTCs with their

status flags, environment data and error conditions.

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DTC Inspector: Overview of all supported DTCs with-

highlighting and marking of “active” DTCs.

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Identification Browser: Gather general information

about the installed ECUs (e.g. serial number, ECU
version, VIN, ...).

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Parametrizer: Read and modify ECU data vehicle-wide.

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Live Data: Measurement of diagnostic parameters and

CAN signals, as well as their graphical representation.

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Trace: Display sent and received diagnostic data (includ-

ing data interpretation) – optimized for diagnostics

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IO Control Center: Comfortable control of actuators

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Routine Control Center: Start or stop the execution of

remote routines (UDS service 0x31) and query the result
of the routine.

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Diagnostic Console: Directly access all diagnostic

services for manual execution.

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Flashing: Reprogramming of ECUs based on vFlash

Pack&Go projects.

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Scripting: Comfortable recording and execution of

recurring diagnostic sequences as well as creation of
vFlash Custom Actions. Scripts in C# can be reused in all
Vector diagnostic testers

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OBD II/WWH-OBD/HD-OBD: Read and evaluate

different OBD data.

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Indigo Remote: With Indigo Remote an expert may diag-

nose a vehicle from a remote location. Despite the long
distance, analysis and problem solving are achieved effi­ciently. All confidential data remain in a secure environ­ment on the expert‘s computer and will not be trans­ferred to the vehicle.

Application Areas

Indigo is designed for applying diagnostics in the develop­ment, start-up and maintenance of ECUs. It also fits
perfectly for ECU integration and fault diagnostics in the
vehicle. Thanks to its higher level operating concept Indigo
can be applied efficiently without requiring detailed diag­nostic knowledge by users.
In addition to diagnosing individual ECUs many use case
windows provide also a direct view to diagnostic data of an
entire system or a complete vehicle. Due to the the conse­quent reduction of the necessary user interaction, Indigo
can also be used perfectly on test drives. Captured data
can be saved for later analysis and archiving purposes in
well-organized Reports.
A created diagnostic configuration can also be stored in a
“protected” (= “sealed”) format. Forwarding such a config­uration to a third party is thereby very easy. This configura­tion can neither be changed, nor can the included diag­nostic databases be viewed. Thus, only the execution of
predefined functions is possible.

Supported Hardware

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Vector: VN16xx (USB), VN5610A, VN5640, VN8950,
VN8970, VN8810, VX113x, VX0312

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PassThru devices: J2534 hardware, Ford VCM-I / VCM-II,
GM MDI, GM MDI II, GM Peak Dongle

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D-PDU API Devices based on ISO 22900-2

More information: www.vector.com/indigo

Indigo

Diagnostic

Tester

Vector

Interface

DoIP

CAN/CAN FD
K-Line

Parameterization and configuration of Indigo

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PassThru/

D-PDU API

ODX

CDD

MDX

Configuration:
Vehicle identification
and project selection

VN8810

Intelligent

Diagnostic Device

Vector

Remote Access Point

OBD

Interactive Remote Diagnostics with Indigo Remote
and the Vector Remote Access Point for the Intelligent
Diagnostic Device VN8810

Indigo Remote

Diagnostic Test

Software

Diagnostic

Expert

V7 | 2020-December