Data Link Communications Operation

DATA LINK CONNECTOR
The Data Link Connector (DLC) allows a scan tool to communicate with the class 2 serial data line. The serial data line is the means by which the microprocessor-controlled modules in the vehicle communicate with each other. Once the scan tool is connected to the class 2 serial data line through the DLC, the scan tool can be used to monitor each module for diagnostic purposes and to check for diagnostic Trouble Codes (DTCs). Class 2 serial data is transmitted on a single wire at an average of 10.4 Kbps (10,400 bits per second). This value is an average, class 2 uses a variable pulse width modulation to carry data and, depending on the message, it may operate faster or slower. The bus is active at 7.0 volts nominal and inactive at ground potential. When the ignition switch is in RUN, each module communicating on the class 2 serial data line sends a State Of Health (SOH) message every 2 seconds to ensure that the module is operating properly. When a module stops communicating on the class 2 serial data line, for example if the module loses power or ground, the SOH message it normally sends on the data line every 2 seconds disappears. Other modules on the class 2 serial data line, which expect to receive that SOH message, detect its absence; those modules in turn set an internal DTC associated with the loss of SOH of the non-communicating module. The DTC is unique to the module which is not communicating, for example, when the Dash Integration Module (DIM) SOH message disappears, several modules set DTC U1064. Note that a loss of serial data DTC does not normally represent a failure of the module that set it.

CLASS 2 SERIAL DATA LINE
The class 2 serial data line CKT 1807 (PPL) is wired to the DLC at terminal 2.
The control modules on the class 2 serial data line can include the flowing:
^ Cellular Telephone Module
^ Continuously Variable Road Sensing Suspension (CVRSS) Module
^ Dash Integration Module (DIM)
^ Driver Door Module
^ Electronic Brake and Traction Control Module (EBTCM)
^ Inflatable Restraint Sensing and Diagnostic Module (SDM)
^ Instrument Cluster (IPC)
^ Instrument Panel Integration Module (IPM)
^ Memory Seat Module (MSM)
^ Navigation Data Processor
^ Powertrain Control Module (PCM)
^ Radio
^ Radio Amplifier
^ Remote keyless Entry (RKE) Module
^ Rear Integration Module (RIM)
^ Steering Column Module
^ Theft Deterrent Module