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CAT engines transmit data using the J1939 protocol over a CAN bus consisting of two wires, CAN-H and CAN-L. This data contains engine parameters but also encrypted proprietary data. The J1939 data can be read from either the diagnostic connector with pins A, B, F and G or from the CAT MPD display connector with pins 1, 3, 4 and 5. A CAN to serial converter is required to read the J1939 data on a PC using FT NavVision software.

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Cat Interfacing PDF

CAT engines transmit data using the J1939 protocol over a CAN bus consisting of two wires, CAN-H and CAN-L. This data contains engine parameters but also encrypted proprietary data. The J1939 data can be read from either the diagnostic connector with pins A, B, F and G or from the CAT MPD display connector with pins 1, 3, 4 and 5. A CAN to serial converter is required to read the J1939 data on a PC using FT NavVision software.

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Interfacing with Caterpillar Engines

CAT engines transmit and industry standard data protocol known as J1939
The J1939 protocol is an industrial protocol that was originally developed for the
engine manufactures but has now worked its way into other industries. CAT
transmits this data onto a two-wire circuit known as a CAN bus (Controlled Area
Network) CAN buses are used in almost all industries known today. The two
wires in the circuit are designated as Can-high or Can-H and Can-Low
or Can-L. CAN-H & CAN-L are not to be interpreted as data and ground it is
what is known as a differential signal. The wire color designation is (rule of
thumb) yellow for CAN-H and green for CAN-L, most manufactures follow this
rule. For more detail info about J1939 go to:http://www.kvaser.com/index.htm

Embedded in the J1939 data string is all the relative engine parameters
ex: oil pressure, oil temp, coolant temp and so on however along with the
normal data CAT does also transmit encrypted proprietary data which is used by
CAT service personnel. This proprietary data is not decoded by FT NavVision
only the normal data is.

For reading CAT J1939 data there is two places you can read this data
from, the first is near the CAT customer connector you will find a round 9 pin
connector referred to by CAT as a diagnostic connector (see photo) the pins you
need to be concerned about are labeled A, B, F and G. The pins are as
follows:

A is +24 VDC (switched)


B is Ground.
F is CAN-L
G is CAN-H

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The second place and most practical is from the connector that mates up
with the CAT MPD displays at the helm (see photo). The pins you need to be
concerned about are pins 1,3,4 and 5. The pins are as follows:

Pin 7 CAN H (Yellow)


Pin 8 CAN L (Green)
Pin 11 Power
Pin 12 Ground

To read the CAT J1939 data you will need a CAN to Serial converter to
plug into the serial communication port on the PC. The one that you must use is
manufactured by B & B Electronics
http://www.vehicleinterface.com/product.asp?sku=HDV100A1 no other converter
will work with FT NavVision software. If you have a twin engine application FT
NavVision will see J1939 data coming in on two ports. FT NavVision is
configured to read the lower com port as the port engine and the higher com port
as the stbd engine. If FT NavVision recognizes the data the needles in the
instruments will be light gray in color if it fails to see the data the needles will be
dark gray in color.

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The following schematic shows you how to pick of the data and power
from the wire side of the CAT MPD connector. If you do not wish to cut and
crimp on to the wires, we have pre-made hookup adapter kits available.

1 config
2 config
3 config return
4 External alarm CAT MPD DISPLAY
5 NC CONNECTOR
6 NC
Yellow 7 CAN-H
Green 8 CAN-L
Drain 9 Shield
10 SW power
11 Power
12 Ground

15 pin D-sub connector

12 Can-L

13 Can-H

8 Power

6 Ground

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