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Smartbox 3.0-J2534 Operation Manual

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Content

1Connection of Smartbox3.0 ......................................................................................................3

2Installation of Software Package and Driver.............................................................................3

2.1 Installation Steps of Software Package .........................................................................3

2.1.1 Installation Steps of Software Package .............................................................3

2.1.2 J2534 Registry Information View (Reserved)...................................................6

3Firmware Upgrade and Log Generation....................................................................................7

3.1 Firmware Upgrade Function .........................................................................................8

3.2 Log View Function........................................................................................................8

3.3 Communication Method Configuration (Reserved)....................................................10

3.3.1 Communication Method Configured as USB..................................................10

3.3.2 Communication Method Configured as USB to Ethernet Adapter .................12

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1Connection of Smartbox3.0

Smartbox3.0 comes with a USB cable.

One end of Smartbox3.0 is connected to the USB cable: one port of the USB cable is connected to

Smartbox3.0; the other port is connected to a USB port of a PC; the other end of Smartbox3.0 is

connected to the OBD interface bus, and the other port of the bus is connected to the OBD

connector.

2Installation of Software Package and

Driver

2.1 Installation Steps of Software Package

2.1.1 Installation Steps of Software Package

Attention：Please ensure that the PC user has administrator

rights and Smartbox3.0 has been connected to a PC before

installation.

Step 1:Open "SmartBox_3.0_Setup.exe", and select the installation path according

to prompts

Step 2: Click 'Change' to select the installation path, and then click 'Next'

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Step 3: After confirming the installation path, click 'Next'

Step 4: Click 'Next' to start to install the driver. It is recommended to have the

device connected before installing the driver. The software shall install by itself.

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Step 5: Click 'Done'. Drivers installed!

Step 6: Click 'Done' again. Software installed!

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2.1.2 J2534 Registry Information View (Reserved)

After installing the software, LAUNCH's corresponding registration information about J2534Dll

can be seen in the registry. Open "Run" window (shortcut "Windows+R"); enter the command

"regedit", as shown below:

Enter the registry, and find LAUNCH's J2534 DLL registration information according to the

following path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PassThruSupport.04.04

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Note: It may be because of the 64-bit operating system, if you cannot view the registration

information. You can find it according to the following path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\PassThruSupport.04.04

The Screenshot is shown below:

3Firmware Upgrade and Log Generation

Run "SmartBox Tool 3.0" on the Windows desktop after installing

"SmartBox_3.0_Setup".

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3.1 Firmware Upgrade Function

SmartBox 3.0 can be upgraded through SmartBox Tool 3.0. Please select "M7

Upgrade" for the upgrading of lower programs and "A7 Upgrade" for the

upgrading of the system. Click "Browse" to select the path for storing upgrading

files and click "Upgrade".

Note: Restart the software and SmartBox 3.0 upon completion of the

upgrade. You can check the version to confirm whether the upgrade is

successful.

3.2 Log View Function

When necessary, you can enable "Write Log File" or "Window Print Information"

function to record the test status of SmartBox 3.0 and the process. To avoid software

errors due to overlarge log files, do not enable the function if it is not necessary. The

log files are saved under the root directory of disk C by default.

Steps: The corresponding J2534Log information can be generated by ticking the

“Write Log File” option after clicking “View Log” in the upper left corner of the

software interface, as shown below:

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Note: Please restart the diagnostic software!

Note: If the log printing function is enabled, the log files may be very large as the information

are written accumulatedly. Please enable this function when necessary, such as development and

debugging. In other cases, please do not activate this function option at will.

The default storage path of the log file "J2534Log" generated is: C:\Program Files\SmartBox

3.0\SmartBox 3.0\Log\ J2534_LOG.txt, as shown below:

Also note: In some computer systems, users have no write permission to this file folder, resulting

in unsuccessful log file generation. It is necessary to modify the permissions of this folder

(requiring administrator privileges), as shown below:

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Right-click the "Log" folder, select the "Attribute" option and find the "Security" attribute, select

current user, click "Edit", select the corresponding user name again, and tick all the "Allow"

options in the permission column (requiring administrator rights), and click "OK" to go back.

3.3 Communication Method Configuration (Reserved)

SmartboxTool can be used only when the USB mode configuration function is available.

3.3.1 Communication Method Configured as USB

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