ES636 Lambda Module

The ES636 Lambda Module is a variant of the ES631 Lambda module. In contrast to the ES631, it offers exhaust pressure compensation in addition to ambient pressure compensation.

The ES636 Lambda Module allows Lambda measurement in combination with Lambda sensors. It provides two Lambda channels. ES636 operates the sensor at constant temperature to ensure reliable measurement accuracy. Based on the sensor signals, ES636 provides the following measurements:

The sampling rate of the signal is software configurable, between 0.5 Hz and 2 kHz for Lambda measurements. Also, for use in test beds or to feed analog post-processing, ES631 provides an electrically isolated analog voltage output that can be software configured.

The ES636 can be controlled directly at the device via menus. For that purpose, the device includes a screen, 4 soft keys at the bottom of the screen and one up and one down key at the right side of the screen.

The ES636 Lambda module can be used in a daisy chain arrangement with other ES4xx, ES63x and ES93x measurement modules and connected either to an ES600 network module or directly to the PC via XCP on Ethernet.

Module parameters in the INCA Hardware Configuration Editor

Enter any name for the hardware module.

Shows the serial number of the device which is used for identification.

  • Online mode (direct access to the ETAS hardware):

    If the hardware is connected and operating, the serial number is automatically read upon initialization or a search for hardware.

  • Offline mode (no access to the ETAS hardware):

    If the hardware is not connected or if it was not found during the hardware search, you can enter the complete number by hand (to be found on the device).

    The serial number is stored in the hardware configuration.

Enter an internal name of the device. It is stored in the device like the serial number and helps you to distinguish between devices of the same type. By assigning a unique name which expresses the role of the device, it can be used more conveniently than the serial number, especially when you link the devices in the Hardware Mapping dialog box. The alias name is used, for example, if you switch between different vehicles when measuring with the laptop or if you have installed different devices of the same type in the vehicle.

Specifies how the system should react if the connection between INCA and the hardware module is interrupted at measuring start or during measurement.

  • Abort after failure

    The measurement using this hardware module will be terminated in any case of measurement failure (at measuring start or during measurement). The system does not try to reinitialize the hardware module. After the connection has been interrupted, you have to reinitialize manually.

    This option is appropriate when, e.g., the measured values are not essential for the experiment, as the module will be ignored after any failure. This option is the default.

  • Abort at start, try again later

    INCA stops measurement of this module in case of failure at measuring start, assuming the module is disconnected or has any systematic problem.

    It continues to try measurement in case of failure during the measurement assuming the failure is temporal and can be resolved via retries.

  • Retry always

    INCA continues to try measurement of this module in any case of measurement failure (at measuring start or during measurement).

    This option is useful if you want to conduct quick start or cold start measurements.

Note

To modify this setting, you must click Configure to open the Daisy Chain Configuration program and set the measurement failure behavior via the corresponding command in the Hardware menu, see Setting the Behavior in Case of Measurement Failures.

The same setting applies to all devices in all chains of the current configuration.

This specifies whether timestamps are to be rounded or not.

If rounding is enabled, the precision is determined according the following rule:

Divide the acquisition rate by 10 and round to the next smaller power of 10.

Example:

Acquisition rate

Resolution

10 µs

1 µs

20 µs

1 µs

50 µs

1 µs

0,1 ms

0,01 ms

0,2 ms

0,01 ms

0,5 ms

0,01 ms

1 ms

0,1 ms

2 ms

0,1 ms

5 ms

0,1 ms

10 ms

1 ms

20 ms

1 ms

50 ms

1 ms

100 ms

10 ms

200 ms

10 ms

500 ms

10 ms

1 s

0,1 s

2 s

0,1 s

5 s

0,1

Note

There are two data types for the timestamp format:
UINT32 (32Bit) and REAL64 (64Bit).
Define the data type in the Database Manager:
Options –> User options –> Hardware tab using the Time stamp data type option).

Shows a consecutive number.

You cannot edit this field.

Shows the name of the measurement variable.

You cannot edit this field.

Shows the physical unit for displaying the measure variable.

You cannot edit this field.

Shows the lower physical value.

You can not edit this field.

Shows the upper physical value.

You can not edit this field.

Shows the conversion formula used for the hardware module.

You cannot edit this field.

See also

Parameters for ES636 Lambda Module