Circuit/System Description

The serial data is transmitted on two twisted wires that allow speeds up to 500 Kb/s. The twisted pair is terminated with two 120 Ω resistors, one is internal to the engine control module (ECM) and the other can be a separate resistor in a connector assembly or in another device. The resistors are used as the load for the powertrain high speed GMLAN bus during normal vehicle operation. The powertrain high speed GMLAN is a differential bus. The powertrain high speed GMLAN serial data bus (+) and powertrain high speed GMLAN serial data (-) are driven to opposite extremes from a rest or idle level of approximately 2.5 V. Driving the lines to their extremes, adds 1 V to the powertrain high speed GMLAN serial data bus (+) circuit and subtracts 1 V from the powertrain high speed GMLAN serial data bus (-) circuit. If serial data is lost, devices will set a no communication code against the non-communicating device. Note that a loss of serial data DTC does not represent a failure of the device that set it.

The powertrain high speed GMLAN serial data circuits connect directly to the auxiliary data connector. The scan tool does not communicate with powertrain high speed GMLAN bus.