Circuit/System Description

The serial data circuit is the means by which the control modules in the vehicle communicate with each other. Once the scan tool is connected to the serial data circuit through the data link connector (DLC), the scan tool can be used to monitor each control module for diagnostic purposes and to check for diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs). When the ignition switch is in RUN, each control module communicating on the serial data circuit sends a state of health (SOH) message to ensure that the control module is operating properly. When hybrid powertrain control module 2 stops communicating on the serial data circuit, for example if the hybrid powertrain control module 2 loses power or ground, the SOH message it normally sends on the serial data circuit disappears. Other control modules on the serial data circuit, which expect to receive that SOH message, detect its absence; those control modules in turn set a DTC associated with the loss of SOH of the hybrid powertrain control module 2. A loss of serial data communications DTC does not represent a failure of the control modules that contain the stored code.

The auxiliary transmission fluid pump control module is controlled by drive motor 3 control module. The communication for auxiliary transmission fluid pump control module and all drive motor control modules is handled through the hybrid powertrain control module 1. The auxiliary transmission fluid pump control module and the hybrid powertrain control module 1 are all internal to the power inverter module. All circuits to the auxiliary transmission fluid pump control module and hybrid powertrain control module 1 are also internal to the power inverter module. Communication diagnostics for the serial data, including control module power and ground as well as the wakeup circuits, for auxiliary transmission fluid pump control module and the hybrid powertrain control module 1 are all diagnosed from external sources only to the power inverter module connector.