BOSCH LT2 Sport Lambda CAN Module
Product Information
Specifications
- Product Name: Lambdatronic LT2 Sport
- Manufacturer: Bosch Motorsport
- Release Date: 10/20/2016
- Supports up to two Bosch type LSU 4.9 lambda sensors
- Provides lambda value, sensor status, and diagnostics via CAN
- Main features include Bosch lambda measurement technologies and sport pricing
Product Usage Instructions
Getting Started
The LT2 Sport is designed to provide controlled pumping current to Bosch-type LSU 4.9 lambda sensors. To use the LT2 Sport, you will need:
- One (or two) Bosch LSU 4.9 wide-band lambda sensors
- One LT2 Sport module
- LT2 Sport prebuilt wiring loom or LT2 Sport connector kit
Follow these steps to get started:
- Connect the Bosch LSU 4.9 sensors to the LT2 Sport module.
- Check for 60 ohms resistance across the CAN bus termination using a multimeter.
- Configure your CAN-enabled device to read messages from the LT2 Sport.
- Provide power to the LT2 Sport and verify CAN communication between the LT2 Sport and your device.
Wiring
The pin layout for the LT2 Sport module is as follows:
Use 20 AWG gauge wire for all pins on the LT2 Sport. The LT2 Sport mating connector kit part number is F02U.V0U.150-01.
Pinout Information:
| Pin | Function |
|---|
For detailed pin descriptions and wiring instructions, refer to the user manual.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Q: Does the LT2 Sport include CAN termination on board?
A: No, the LT2 Sport does not include CAN termination on board.
Proper CAN termination must be included in the wiring harness at each end of the bus.
Q: What wire gauge should be used for connecting the LT2 Sport?
A: It is recommended to use 20 AWG gauge wire for all pins on the LT2 Sport.
Getting Started
The LT2 Sport provides controlled pumping current to supply up to two Bosch type LSU 4.9 lambda sensors. The lambda value, sensor status and diagnostics are available via CAN. The main features of this unit are the well established lambda measurement technologies of Bosch and attractive sport pricing.
The following supplies are required to use the LT2 Sport:
- One (or two) Bosch LSU 4.9 wide-band lambda sensors
- One LT2 Sport module
- LT2 Sport prebuilt wiring loom or one LT2 Sport connector kit and one (or two) LSU 4.9 connector kit(s) with related wiring supplies
- Engine controller, data logger or related CAN enabled device
These steps are recommended to get started with the LT2 Sport. Please note when power is provided to the LT2 Sport, it will automatically turn the lambda sensor heaters on after 30 seconds. The sensors become very hot so to avoid harm please verify sensors are installed in the exhaust and away from flammable objects. - Verify the resistance across CANH and CANL is equal to 60 ohms with a multimeter when the system is powered off. If 60 ohms is not found check the CAN termination and refer to the wiring diagram in Fig. 3.
- Configure the CAN enabled device of choice to read the CAN messages from the LT2 Sport.
- Provide power to the LT2 Sport and verify CAN communciations between the LT2 Sport and CAN enabled device.
Wiring
The pin layout is shown below looking in at the connector of the module. Part number for the LT2 Sport mating connector kit is F02U.V0U.150-01.
Table 1 lists descriptions for each pin of the LT2 Sport. Some functions are duplicated because there are two sensors. A number follows the function acronym to incidate which sensor the pin is for. It is recommended to use 20 awg gauge wire for all pins on the LT2 Sport.
| Pin | Function |
| 1 | 12 V supply to heater (VS1) |
| 2 | 12 V supply to heater (VS2) |
| 3 | CAN high (CANH) |
| 4 | nernst voltage (UN2) |
| 5 | pump current (IP2) |
| 6 | nernst voltage (UN1) |
| 7 | pump current (IP1) |
| 8 | heater control (RH2) |
| 9 | 12 V supply to LT2 (UBATT) |
| 10 | ground (GND) |
| 11 | CAN low (CANL) |
| 12 | virtual ground (VM2) |
| 13 | setup current (IA2) |
| 14 | virtual ground (VM1) |
| 15 | setup current (IA1) |
| 16 | heater control (RH1) |
Tab. 1: LT2 Sport Pinout Information
The following image gives the pin layout of the LSU 4.9 connector.
Table 2 lists descriptions for each pin of an LSU 4.9. It is recommended to use twisted pair wiring for all pins listed with a paired pin.
| Pin | Function |
| 1 | pump current (IP) |
| 2 | virtual ground (VM) |
| 3 | heater control (RH) |
| 4 | 12 V supply to heater (VS) |
| 5 | setup current (IA) |
| 6 | nernst voltage (UN) |
Tab. 2: LSU 4.9 Wide Band Lambda Sensor Pinout
It is recommended to use twisted pair wiring for all pins listed in the following table. This helps to reduce noise on the lambda signal. The following pairs should be twisted for each LSU and for the CAN bus.
| Pair 1 | Pair 2 |
| CAN high (CANH) | CAN low (CANL) |
| nernst voltage (UN) | virtual ground (VM) |
| pump current (IP) | setup current (IA) |
Tab. 3: LT2 Sport twisted Pairs
The LT2 Sport does not include CAN termination on board. Proper CAN termination must be included in the wiring harness at each end of the bus. A daisy chain style bus must be constructed with stub lengths for added devices kept to less than 1 foot (0.3 meters). Figure 3 shows a correctly constructed CAN bus with termination. Shielding is not required and the LT2 Sport does not offer a shield pin. However, if another module on the CAN bus offers a shield pin it is recommended to use it.
Heater Control Strategy
The LSU 4.9 can be damaged by condensation in the exhaust contacting the ceramic heater of the sensor. It is recommended to not turn on the sensor heater until all condenstation in the exhaust has evaporated.
By default, the LT2 Sport does not turn the LSU 4.9 sensor element heaters on for the first 30 seconds of operation unless a CAN message is sent to turn the heaters on. This simple time based strategy is automatically used if the LT2 Sport config message is not sent on the bus.
A more advanced strategy can be utilized where the heaters can be further delayed via CAN. By sending the LT2 Sport config message with the heater off command at system powerup the LT2 Sport will wait for a heater command on CAN.
After the engine has run for some time the LT2 Sport config message can then be sent to enable the heaters. For further information see the LT2 Sport config message section.
Lambda Sensor Installation and Environmental Considerations
Care must be taken when mounting the lambda sensor to avoid damange and ensure accuarcy. Ideally the sensor should be mounted vertically with the wiring above the sensor. The following diagrams show how the sensor mounting can vary slightly from vertical. They also show how the sensor must be mounted in relation to exhaust flow. If the sensor is mounted upside down damage to the sensor is likely.
The PTFE formed hose is part of the reference air volume of the sensor and must be kept sealed and undamaged. For installation, the minimum bending radius of the hose must be 20 mm (for long PTFE hose) resp. 12 mm (for short hose). Keep the PTFE formed hose away from sharp edges and avoid contact/ friction with frame/engine assembly. The first fixing point for the cable to the car body should be 200 mm to 400 mm after the end of the PTFE formed hose, depending on movement of the exhaust system.
The LSU 4.9 can read incorrectly or be damaged when high exhaust gas temperatures are present. The following specifications must be met to maintain signal accuracy and sensor life.
| Exhaust Gas Temperature | ≤930°C |
| Sensor Hexagon Temperature | ≤600°C |
| Sensor Side Grommet Temperature | ≤250°C |
| Cable Side Grommet Temperature | ≤200°C |
| Sensor Sleeve Temperature | ≤250°C |
| Sensor Connector Temperature | ≤140°C |
The sensor can handle futher extreme temperature for a shortened amount of time.
| Max 250 hours over sensor life | |
| Exhaust Gas Temperature | ≤1,030°C |
| Sensor Hexagon Temperature | ≤680°C |
| Max 40 hours over sensor life | |
| Sensor Side Grommet Temperature | ≤280°C |
| Cable Side Grommet Temperature | ≤230°C |
| Sensor Sleeve Temperature | ≤280°C |
| Sensor Connector Temperature | ≤150°C |
The following diagram shows the thread boss dimensions in metric units.
Recommended material for the thread boss is temperature resistant stainless steel, e. g. X 5 CrNi 18 10, DIN 17440 1.4301 or 1.4303 or SAE 30304 or SAE 30305 (US standard). Thread boss dimensions should match the dimensions in the drawing. Note that the sensor thread must be covered completely.
Recommendation(*): For hot applications (sensor hexagon temp > 600°C or exhaust gas temp > 930°C) the thread boss should be a minimum of 13 mm to avoid overheating of the protection tube welding and to cool down the sensor hexagon. If the length is ≥ 16 mm (max. 22 mm permissible) the danger of thermo shock will be increased due to condensation water formation inside the protection tube.
Exhaust back pressure can also impact the LSU 4.9 accuracy and can even damage the sensor if pressure is high enough. The following must be maintained to not damage the sensor.
- Exhaust Gas Pressure ≤2.5 bar
Mounting and Environmental Considerations
The following specifications should be considered for LT2 Sport vehicle mounting.
| Min Temperature | -40°C |
| Max Temperature | +85°C |
| Short Duration Max | +120°C for max 30 minutes |
| Max Vibration | 11 ms 30 G peak sawtooth wave |
The LT2 Sport can be mounted underhood and is splash proof. Vibration isolation is recommended for LT2 Sport mounting.
Voltage Supply and Current Consumption
The following specifications should be considered for wire and circuit selection.
| Supply Voltage | 9.5 V – 16.5 V |
| Nominal Voltage | 13.5 V |
| Max Current draw | 10 amps (simultaneous heating of both sensors) |
| Average Current draw | 4 amps |
The LT2 Sport offers overvoltage protection with the following specifications.
The LT2 Sport offers reverse battery protection with the following specifications.
The LT2 Sport offers load dump protection with the following specifications.
CAN Communications
The LT2 Sport transmits four messages and receives one for configuration and control purposes. There are two messages per sensor. The first contains primary sensor information and the second contains detailed status and diagnsotic information.
The module is shipped with a baud rate of 1,000 kbits/sec. Please note that the module baud rate must match the bus baud rate. Mismatched baud rates can crash the entire bus. To configure the baud rate it is recommended that no other modules be on the bus to avoid mismatched baud rates during configuration.
Primary Data Message
| ID | 0 x 460 / 0 x 461 (default setting for sensor 1 / 2, however the IDs can be re- configured) |
| ID type | Standard (11 bit identifier) |
| Direction | Transmit from LT2 |
| Length | 8 bytes |
| Rate | 10 ms |
| Byte | Function |
| Byte 0 | Row Count = 0 |
| Byte 1 Byte 2 | Lambda |
| Byte 3 Byte 4 | Pump Current |
| Byte 5 | N/A |
| Byte 6 | Fault |
| Byte 7 | Heater PWM |
| Lambda (no units) | |
| Byte 1 | MSB |
| Byte 2 | LSB |
| Endianess | Motorola (big-endian) |
| Type | Unsigned |
| Factor | 0.001 |
| Offset | 0 |
| Pump Current (amps) | |
| Byte 3 | MSB |
| Byte 4 | LSB |
| Endianess | Motorola (big-endian) |
| Type | Signed |
| Factor | 0.000001 |
| Offset | 0 |
| Fault (bit mask) | |
| Type | Unsigned |
| Factor | 1 |
| Offset | 0 |
| Bit 0 | Heater short to ground |
| Bit 1 | Heater short to ubatt |
| Bit 2 | Heater open circuit |
| Bit 3 | Heater failed to heat sensor |
| Bit 4 | Sensor wire/circuit error |
| Heater PWM (duty cycle %) | |
| Type | Unsigned |
| Factor | 1 |
| Offset | 0 |
Status and Diagnostic Message
| ID | 0 x 460 / 0 x 461 (default setting for sensor 1 / 2, however the IDs can be re- configured) |
| ID type | Standard (11 bit identifier) |
| Direction | Transmit from LT2 |
| Length | 8 bytes |
| Rate | 100 ms |
| Byte | Function |
| Byte 0 | Row Count = 1 |
| Byte 1 | LSU State |
| Byte 2 | Stat B3 |
| Byte 3 | Stat B4 |
| Byte 4 | Stat B5 |
| Byte 5 | Stat B6 |
| Byte 6 | Stat B7 |
| Byte 7 | SW Ver |
| LSU State (enumeration) | |
| Type | Unsigned |
| Factor | 1 |
| Offset | 0 |
| LSU State (enumeration) | |
| = 0 | Start Up / Other |
| = 6 | Heating |
| = 7 | Operating Normally |
| = 8 | Cooling |
| Stat B3 (enumeration) | |
| Type | Unsigned |
| Factor | 1 |
| Offset | 0 |
| Bit 0 – Bit 1 | Supply Voltage Status |
| = 0 | Voltage not in range |
| = 1 | Voltage in range |
| = 2 | Voltage error |
| Bit 2 – Bit 3 | Sensor Temperature Status |
| = 0 | Sensor not at Temperature |
| = 1 | Sensor at Temperature |
| = 2 | Sensor Temperature error |
| Bit 4 – Bit 5 | Heater Mode |
| = 0 | Autoheating |
| = 1 | Preheat2 |
| = 2 | Preheat1 |
| = 3 | Heater off |
| Bit 6 – Bit 7 | Lambda Stability |
| = 0 | Lambda not stable |
| = 1 | Lambda stable |
| = 2 | Stability error |
| Stat B4 (enumeration) | |
| Type | Unsigned |
| Factor | 1 |
| Offset | 0 |
| Bit 0 – Bit 1 | Heater resistance diagnostic |
| = 0 | Diag not run |
| = 1 | Diag pass |
| = 2 | Diag fail |
| Bit 2 – Bit 3 | Heater circuit short high diagnostic |
| = 0 | Diag not run |
| = 1 | Heater not shorted high |
| = 2 | Heater shorted high |
| Bit 4 – Bit 5 | Heater circuit short low diagnostic |
| Stat B4 (enumeration) | |
| = 0 | Diag not run |
| = 1 | Heater not shorted low |
| = 2 | Heater shorted low |
| Bit 6 – Bit 7 | Heater open circuit diagnostic |
| = 0 | Diag not run |
| = 1 | Heater not open circuit |
| = 2 | Heater open circuit |
| Stat B5 (enumeration) | |
| Type | Unsigned |
| Factor | 1 |
| Offset | 0 |
| Bit 0 – Bit 1 | Heater performance diagnostic |
| = 0 | Diag not run |
| = 1 | Heater performance ok |
| = 2 | Heater performance fail |
| Stat B6 (enumeration) | |
| Type | Unsigned |
| Factor | 1 |
| Offset | 0 |
| Bit 0 – Bit 1 | LT2 internal diagnostic |
| = 0 | Diag not run |
| = 1 | Internal diag pass |
| = 2 | Internal diag fail |
| Bit 2 – Bit 3 | Sensor circuit short high diagnostic |
| = 0 | Diag not run |
| = 1 | Sensor not shorted high |
| = 2 | Sensor shorted high |
| Bit 4 – Bit 5 | Sensor circuit short low diagnostic |
| = 0 | Diag not run |
| = 1 | Sensor not shorted low |
| = 2 | Sensor shorted low |
| Bit 6 – Bit 7 | Sensor open circuit diagnostic |
| = 0 | Diag not run |
| = 1 | Sensor not open circuit |
| = 2 | Sensor open circuit |
| Stat B7 (enumeration) | |
| Type | Unsigned |
| Factor | 1 |
| Offset | 0 |
| Bit 0 – Bit 1 | UN open circuit diagnostic |
| = 0 | Diag not run |
| = 1 | UN not open circuit |
| = 2 | UN open circuit |
| Bit 2 – Bit 3 | IP open circuit diagnostic |
| = 0 | Diag not run |
| = 1 | IP not open circuit |
| = 2 | IP open circuit |
| Bit 4 – Bit 5 | Not used |
| Bit 6 – Bit 7 | IA open circuit diagnostic |
| = 0 | Diag not run |
| = 1 | IA not open circuit |
| = 2 | IA open circuit |
| SW Ver (Software Version) | |
| Type | Unsigned |
| Factor | 1 |
| Offset | 0 |
| Simple software version counter starting at 1. | |
LT2 Sport Config Message
| ID | 0 x 18FEDF00 |
| ID type | Extended (29 bit identifier) |
| Direction | Transmit LT2 |
| Length | 8 bytes |
| Rate | n/a |
| Byte | Function |
| Byte 0 | Mode |
| Byte 1 | Data1 |
| Byte 2 | Data2 |
| Byte 3 | Data3 |
| Byte 4 | Data4 |
| Byte 5 | Data5 |
| Byte 6 | Data6 |
| Byte 7 | Heater Ctrl |
| Mode (enumeration) | |
| Type | Unsigned |
| Factor | 1 |
| Offset | 0 |
| = 0 x AA | Configure CAN IDs |
| Data1 | ID1 MSB (partial byte) |
| Data2 | ID1 LSB |
| Data3 | ID2 MSB (partial byte) |
| Data4 | ID2 LSB |
| Data5 | Not used |
| Data6 | Not used |
The CAN ID is 11 bits so the most significant byte of the config message is used to only represent the 3 most significant bits of the ID. If Data2 or Data4 are set greater than 7 the ID will not be set as expected.
| = 0 x BB | Reset CAN IDs to default |
| Data1 | Not used |
| Data2 | Not used |
| Data3 | Not used |
| Data4 | Not used |
| Data5 | Not used |
| Data6 | Not used |
| = 0 x CC | Set baud rate |
| Data1 | Not used |
| Data2 | Not used |
| Data3 | Not used |
| Data4 | Not used |
| Data5 | 25, 50 or 100 |
| Data6 | Not used |
| 1,000 k = 100 or 0 x 64 | |
| 500 k = 50 or 0 x 32 | |
| 250 k = 25 or 0 x 19 | |
| = 0 x DD | Reset baud rate to default (1,000 k) |
| Data1 | Not used |
| Data2 | Not used |
| Data3 | Not used |
| Data4 | Not used |
| Data5 | Not used |
| Data6 | Not used |
| Heater Ctrl (enumeration) | |
| Type | Unsigned |
| Factor | 1 |
| Offset | 0 |
| = 0 x FF | Turn heaters on |
| ! = 0 x FF | Not used |
Only 0 x FF will turn the heaters on, all other values have no effect. If the LT2 Sport does not receive this message the heaters automatically turn on after 30 seconds. Once the message is received once auto heater turn on is disabled and byte 7 must be set to 0 x FF to turn the heaters on. Reference the state diagram in the heater control strategy section to see the possibilities to control the heaters.
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Documents / Resources
 | BOSCH LT2 Sport Lambda CAN Module [pdf] User Manual LT2 Sport, LT2 Sport Lambda CAN Module, Lambda CAN Module, CAN Module, Module |