10. Glossary
Here is a glossary of terms commonly used in the Auto-
motive Diagnostics industry.
TERM DESCRIPTION
TERM DESCRIPTION
AC ALTERNATING CURRENT
BAUD RATE THE SPEED AT WHICH DATA IS TRANS-
FERRED OVER A SERIAL DATA LINK
BPS BITS PER SECOND
CURSER HIGHLIGHTED TEXT OR DATA ON A DIS-
PLAY SCREEN
DC DIRECT CURRENT
DCE DATA COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
DLC DATA LINK CONNECTOR
DTE DATA TERMINAL EQUIPMENT. A TERM
USED TO DESCRIBE A DEVICE CONNEC-
TED TO AN RS232 LINK.
ECM ENGINE CONTROL MODULE
ECU ENGINE CONTROL UNIT
EEPROM ELECTRONICALLY ERASABLE PROM
ETHERNET STANDARDIZED IEEE 802.3 TWISTED-
PAIR WIRE FOR CONNECTING SYSTEMS
TO A NETWORK.
HZ HERTZ - A UNIT OF MEASURE FOR FRE-
QUENCY
I/F INTERFACE
I/O INPUT/OUTPUT
I/P INSTRUMENTATION PORT
LAN LOCAL AREA NETWORK
LED LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE
OBD ON BOARD DIAGNOSTICS
OEM ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER
PC PERSONAL COMPUTER
RCV RECEIVE
RS232 Same as RS232C
RS232C THE MOST STANDARD SERIAL COM-
MUNICATION INTERFACE USED IN THE
COMPUTER INDUSTRY
SCI SERIAL COMMUNICATION INTERFACE
USB UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS - A COMMON
STANDARD FOR INTERFACING WITH A
PC
VCI VEHICLE COMMUNICATION INTERFACE
VCI MANAGER PC SOFTWARE THAT CONFIGURES,
TESTS, AND UPDATES THE VCI
VDC VOLTS DC
WLAN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK
11. Hardware Specifications
The following table lists the various hardware characte-
ristics of the MTS 6513.
MTS 6513 HARDWRE SPECIFICATIONS
HOST INTERFACE
Wired High-Speed (480 Mbps) USB
Client Interface (via OTG Port)
Wireless Optional Wireless via Host
USB Interface
PROCESSOR SYSTEM
Microprocessor Type PXA270 Processor
Clock Speed 312 MHz
RAM 64 MB SDRAM
ROM 32 MB Flash EEPROM
Mass Storage • Micro-SD Card Slot (ex-
ternally accessible)
• Optional 4 GB (GigaByte)
Micro-SD Card
USER INTERFACE
LED One green LED for power in-
dication
LCD 160x100 with greyscale and
LED backlight
Audio Beeper (software frequency
controlled)
Keypad 8-Key keypad
Switch Recovery switch
Trigger Switch Remote Interface possible via
OTG USB Interface
POWER
Vehicle From vehicle battery via DLC
External USB power (4.75 to 5.5V)(500
mA max)
Backup 15 seconds typical (Ultra-ca-
pacitor)
MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Size 140x96x30 mm
Weight 240 grams
Input Voltage 6V – 16V
Power Sources R 12-24 Volt vehicle power
R USB power
Operating temperature 0ºC to 50ºC
CERTIFICATIONS
VCI FCC, CE, CSA, RoHS
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