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Worksheet 1 – Starting ODIS

TT ODIS Introduction/Practical part on the car

1. Please start the ODIS programm on the VAS 6150 (perhaps on the VAS 5051B) by
choosing the ODIS-icon in the Diagstarter programm on the desktop.
Identify the car in the corresponding pop-up window on the screen. Proceed !
When the „jobs“ screen apears select one of the offered jobs.
Write down the entire boot sequence from the start to the end. (Make sure that the
guided fault finding option is checked)!

- Starting by activating the icon diagnosis in the main menu

- Determining VIN of the car
- complete the car identification manually by choosing the variants
- Starting of guided fault finding
- Login for group systems (with Globel User-ID)
- Decision without or with job and job selection.
- execute traversion test (determining the version)
- creating knowledge base ( starting of the specific internal fault-finding
tree)
- performing the starting modules (determination of the internal function
checks and test plans)
- Starting of the DISS-coding assistent
2. Which functionalities of diagnosis can you find in the the pop-up menu which you can
activate by a right mouse click on the corresponding control unit icon?
- Test instruments
- identify control unit
- Select variant
- Read event memory
- Read all event memories
- Guided functions
3. Which functions you can find linked in the softkey control unit self-diagnostics?

In case that we performed the ODIS initialisation by selecting a job

the functions control unit self-diagnostics and Vehicle self-diagnostics
aren´t offered.(solution we find in exercise no. 4)

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Worksheet 2 – Opportunities of ODIS diagnostics

TT ODIS Introduction/Practical part on the car

4. Please start the ODIS programme on the VAS 6150 (perhaps on the VAS 5051B) from
the very beginning. Perform the login for the global services. When the „jobs“ screen
apears select „without job“ (none of the offered jobs) and proceed.

- Which additional disgnosis funcitons you can find in the the pop-up menu which you
can activate by a right mouse click on the corresponding control unit icon?

If the option „without job“ has been selected the functions control unit
self-diagnostics and Vehicle self-diagnostics are offered.
The function Vehicle self-diagnostics contains the subfunctions:
- Read event memory of entire system
- Transport mode
- Installation list

5. Which information is offered by the ODIS programme to the connected car, respectively
which brand information or systems is/are centrally linked in the tester ?

In addition to the Carport database access in the course of the VIN

verification and cross check with the car configuration ODIS is also linked
to the FAZIT database for data exchange of the immobilizer system and
component protection.

Additionally ODIS has a permanent online access to ElsaPro and thus

to various documents and information for the connected car, e.g. :
- jobs
- circuit diagrams
- manuals
- DISS reports
- Car configuration
- TPIs
- car repair history (not yet available)

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Worksheet 3 – Faultelimination with ODIS

TT ODIS Introduction/Practical part on the car

6. Please produce a fault on the training car by unplugging an easy accessible connection
(please memorize the fault). Perform a refresh of the fault memory in the control unit
overview or control unit list and visualize the new situation.

Displayed fault-code:

Any fault might be produced by the participant, e.g. disconnect the air mass
sensor.
Please note your specific measure!

7. In addition to the automatically proposed test plan please create one on your own and
add it to the list on the screen.

- Please note the necessary steps !

- Switch to the menu test plan and be aware of the autimatically

generated test plans.
- Create an additional complaint in the DISS menu and add it to the job list.
- Create a separate individual test plan via the documents menu.

- How can you distinguish between the automatic and the manually generated test plans?

The test plans created in the DISS menu have a note pad as
distinguishing mark in front.
The test plans created in the documents menu have a person icon
as distinguishing mark in front.
- Please eliminate the fault again and erase the fault memory !

This is executed either in the point-to-point communication with the

individual control units or with the broadcast command erase all event memories.

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Worksheet 4 – ODIS Interaction with ELSApro

TT ODIS Introduction/Practical part on the car

8. Parallel to the ODIS session please login to ElsaPro on an other terminal and create a
new job/order in ElsaPro for this car. Please also create a DISS complaint, an inscription
in/from the Technical Service Handook and also a repair operation.

- Please activate the display of this job on the corresponding ODIS menu!
What do you have to do therefore ?

- Please verify if all the items you have edited in ElsaPro are visible on the ODIS tester !

The job should be visible on the ODIS screen as soon as you edit it in
ElsaPro, stored it in the memory and sent it to the DMS (dealer-management
–system).
When the DMS has generated an order number you can refresh the
ODIS-screen and the job should be displayed in the corresponding list.

9. What are the necessary conditions for accessing a job with the ODIS programme?

The order must have been created in ElsaPro.

The tester on which the ODIS programme is running needs to be

set to the same environment (for the ODIS rollout the productive
environment, and during VSQ training currently the QS environment) and to
the same dealership used in ElsaPro for creating the order.
- What has to be adjusted in the ODIS administration menu for that purpose?

Under Admin/Connections/ElsaPro you have to enter the correct brand,

country code and dealership ID in the last 3 lines.

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Worksheet 5 – Actuator test with ODIS

TT ODIS Introduction/Practical part on the car

10. Please perform en actuator test of the onboard power supply control unit (OSCU) on your
specific training car. Do this by starting the application once from self diagnosis and once
from guided functions!

- What kind of control unit is the OSCU ?

The OSCU is a conventional KWP2000 control unit.
- Which are the differences in the procedures (self diagnosis and guided functions ?

When starting the actuator test in self diagnosis mode you have to follow
the sequence of actuators saved in the OSCU.
When starting the application from guided functions the tester programme
provides the function of the actuators defined in the control unit in such a way
that users can selectively test individual actuators.

11. Please perform on the Volkswagen_________a partial acuator test of the _______ ECU,
e.g. _______, from the mode self diagnosis !

- What kind of control unit is the _________ECU ?

The _________ECU is a control unit with UDS protocol.

- Please identify the sequence of the individual steps and determine the differences
between the new and the previous sequence using the VAS PC programme !

After the change over to a new diagnostic data format (ODX) and to the
new UDS protocol all connected actuators are selectively available.
The users can select any number they want from the list that is offered.
If entries are made in the parameters menu (next step) the users can then
additionally select actuator-specific measured values
or measured values applying to several vehicles .
After the start these are displayed in the last execution window
in parallel to the action.

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Worksheet 6 – Basic settings with ODIS

TT ODIS Introduction/Practical part on the car

12. Please perform on the Volkswagen__________the basic settings of the __________ECU

in the mode self diagnosis !

- What kind of control unit is the ___________ECU ?

The _________ECU is a control unit with UDS protocol.
- Please identify the sequence of the individual steps !

At first the window opens which shows the overview of all possible basic
settings. You can select one or several from the list and put them into the
selection window. In the nest parameters window these can be adapted if
necessary. The next screen then allows you to actually execute the basic
setting that has to be selected explicitly again. The according measured
values which are defined by the diagnostic system are displayed in this
process. Here the users have no option to extend the values.

13. Please perform the basic settings of the _________ECU on your training car in the mode
guided functions!

- Please identify the sequence of the individual steps and determine the differences
between this exercise and the previous one (no.12) !

When you start the function "Basic Settings" from Guided Functions and
select the desired basic setting, ODIS switches to the tab "Process".
The programme also controls the individual steps and guides the user
through the basic setting process until the check has been completed.

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Worksheet 7 – Differences between ODIS and VAS-PC

TT ODIS Introduction/Practical part on the car

14. Which is the difference between the initialization of the function test instruments in the
pop-up menu of the individual ECU and the activation in the main menu on the right ?

When you open the function fron the main menu (Test Instruments) in the
right screen window all functions that are also available on a VAS PC are
available.
If you wish to display a measured value block in addition to the multimeter
reading or to the DSO image you have to chose the way by selecting
(Test Instruments) in the context menu of the according control unit.
Here you have to select the according measured values before entering
into the Test Instruments menu.

15. Which functions, or options, are offered by the programme during the quick start in ODIS
without Guided Fault Finding ?

When you start the diagnosis without Guided Fault Finding the start
sequence is already complete after identifying the VIN and the max.
range of installed control units (List of control units or network plan are
greyed out).
The context menu of a system only offers the following functions: Identify
Control Units, Erase All Event Memories as well as Guided Functions.
- What has to be done in order to access the functions control unit self-diagnostics and
vehicle self-diagnostics nevertheless ?

In order to access these important functions in the pop-up menu of the ECUs
the function Identify Control Unit has to be carried out first.

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Worksheet 8 – Faultfinding in the Passat convenience system

TT Electrical Faultfinding with ODIS Service/Practical part on the car

16. A customer comes to your workshop with his Passat and mentions the following
complaint:
- „the left rear window doesn´t work /is out of function !“

Please find the fault , write it down and remove it !

Interruption of the LIN Bus between drivers door ECU and rear left door ECU.
Outpushed pin in the B-piller connection.

17. What would be a correct sequence for the diagnosis of the failure ?

Be aware of it and write the sequence down !

Solution:
- Verify the customer symptom(what does he mean ?)
- function of the rear lifter by rear actuation = given
- function of the rear lifter by front activation = not given
- convenience closing doesn´t work
- rear left passenger door doesn´t lock

II
V
-No communication between the drivers door ECU and rear left door ECU

II
V

- Interruptioin of the LIN Bus connection in B-column

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Worksheet 9 – Faultfinding in the Golf convenience system

TT Electrical Faultfinding with ODIS Service/Practical part on the car

18. A customer comes to your workshop with his Golf and mentions the following complaint:
- „the rear window lifter doesn´t work /is out of function !“

Please find the fault and write it down !

Child lock switch is defektive and stucked in the activated position.

19. What would be a correct sequence for the diagnosis of the failure ?

Be aware of it and write the sequence down !

Solution:
- Which window-lifter is in fact concerned ?
- both switches in the back out of function

-Is the activation of the rear window lifters principaly possible ?

- from the front switches = yes
- from the rear switches = no
- convenience activation = yes

-Is the LIN communication given ? = yes

central locking is principally working? = yes
power supply of rear door ECU´s given ? = yes

- is the function of the child lock switch given ? = no

- Child lock switch stucked in the activated position and additionally

ist illumination doesn´t work.

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Worksheet 10 – Faultfinding in the Touareg infotainment system

TT Electrical Faultfinding with ODIS Service/Practical part on the car

20. A customer comes to your workshop with his Touareg and mentions the following
complaint:
- „the radio of the car doesn´t work /is out of function !“

Please find the fault and write it down !

Interruption of the MOST bus optical ring
21. What would be a correct sequence for the diagnosis of the failure ?

Be aware of it and write the sequence down !

Solution:
-Verification of the symptom.
- Main display without function.
- Radio without function
- Main unit / media player without function
- Instrumentpanel(Dashboardinsert) works partially

-Read out the fault memory of the car infotainment system

- no communication between Gateway-ECU and Instrumentpanel-
- interrruption of the optical ring

-Perform testplan „check of the optical ring“

- crosscheck the circuit diagramms
- perform the ringbrake diagnosis

-Result: no communication(Gateway is the ringbreak diagnosticmaster) to

with the instrumentpanel possible.
This could be caused by the Gateway or the instrumentpanel MOST
transceiver or an open circuit in their optical fiber-connection.

Why does the instrumentpanel partially work ?

- Because it receives only the high resolution data for navigation via MOST.
The other data is received via confort _CAN

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Worksheet 11 – Measuring with the ODIS function test instruments

TT Electrical Faultfinding with ODIS Service/Practical part on the car

22. Please pick up the LIN-bus signal between the drivers door ECU (master) and the rear left
door ECU (slave) of the Passat and display it in the test instrument function of the ODIS
tester (VAS 5051B) on the DSO screen !
-Along with this measurment please initialize in parallel(simultaneously) the display of
corresponding/usefull measurment values on the ODIS screen!

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Worksheet 11 – Measuring with the ODIS function test instruments

TT Electrical Faultfinding with ODIS Service/Practical part on the car

23. Please pick up the signal of a window lifter switch and the switch for Kindersicherung of
the Golf at the same time and display them in parallel on the DSO screen combined with the
measurement value monitor !

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