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APC200
Calibration
of clutch control

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The display is located on the APC200 front panel and consists of:

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APC200

Before to start this calibration make sure the transmission oil temperature is about 60 ° C.
1 - enter Stand-alone calibration mode: using a APC200 display
It is activated by pressing the ‘S’-switch for at least 30 seconds on the APC200 front panel while
powering up the APC200. When stand-alone calibration mode is entered the display shows:

Transmission (Clutch control) parameter calibration

By pressing the ‘M’-switch, the existing calibration modes are displayed,

2 - stop the vehicle
3 – insert “bypass transmission” using a LMS external keyboard. The code is 8888.
4 - apply the parking-brake
5 – switch on the engine and make sure the engine speed is about 800 RPM during the calibration
6 - pushing the ‘S’-switch starts the calibration of the currently displayed mode.
If vehicle is not standing still, the display shows:

If the position of the shift lever is not neutral, the calibration process does not start and the
following displays is shown:

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7 - Now, the driver should select the forward (or reverse, this depends on te27 installation mode)
shift lever position, as requested by the following display:

Note : The transmission calibration process can be interrupted at all times by moving the shift lever
into the reverse position. In that case, the transmission controller will reset and ignore the
calibration results obtained so far.

Now, the transmission’s temperature is checked against the minimum required temperature to
calibrate. If the actual temperature is too low, the driver should stall or drive the vehicle. If the
transmission temperature reaches the desired value, calibration proceeds automatically. Meantime
the display shows the actual temperature:

If all conditions to start calibration are met, the calibration process starts. The following display is
shown:

The first two digits show the currently calibrated clutch. The third digit shows the actual calibration
mode and the last digit shows the calibration algorithm’s current step. During the calibration
process, this information is continuously updated.
Depending on the actual calibration mode, a different engine speed may be required. Whenever
the actual engine speed is too low following display is shown:

Whenever the actual engine speed is too high, the display looks as follows:

If the vehicle is equipped with throttle-by-wire, the engine speed will be automatically adapted. In
the other case the driver has to change the throttle pedal position until the display looks as follows:

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After the engine speed has been within limits for about three seconds, the calibration process
proceeds.

After successful completion of the calibration process, the calibration results are memorised in
Flash memory and will become active at the next power-up of the controller. The following display
is showed:

When one or more errors were encountered during calibration the display shows vertical lines to
indicate the calibration result of each clutch (the first line corresponds to clutch1, the second line to
clutch2,…). A blinking line indicates the calibration of the corresponding clutch was not successful.