ACRONYMS which may come up DRBIII, DAD

[220629]

This is copied from my Tips for New to Sprinter owners thread.
https://sprinter-source.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23409

I've received some inquiries as to Sprinter acronyms and abbreviation abbreviations. Having a separate thread may make this info easier to find.

DRBIII, DAD and some other acronyms which may come up

What specifically does DAD stand for? Not my Dad, cause he's of no use here....

The DAD is Doktor A Diagnostics


It is a fleet purchased aftermarket scan tool which Doktor A supplied at a great low price until the supply dried up. If memory serves it is related to the Carsoft technology. It accesses via K-line communication and will work on 2001 - 2006 (NAS aka NAFTA) T1N Sprinters. It will also work on Euro models with a proper cable adapter. I'm 100% certain that it will not work on any NCV3 models (CAN bus accessed).

DARF (Doktor A Rsn Fix)
A cure for RSN accomplished by drilling a set size bleed orifice for a specific transmission solenoid.
https://sprinter-source.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9305

Oh yeah, DRB too....

Dirty Rotten Bastard?

^^^ that's what it means according to internetslang.com...

If you can believe this...


"It is the Chrysler(Dodge) factory scan tool. It stands for Diagnostic Readout Box (model 3?). The DRB III was/is used for vehicles up till the 2006 model year." The DRBIII and Sprinters up to NAS aka NAFTA MY 2006 use K-line for scan tool/module communication.

http://www.ask.com/question/drb-scan-tool

Actually the 2006 reference is incorrect. Many post 2006 Dodge/Chrysler vehicles (non-CAN bus access) still use the DRBIII tool.

Newer generation CAN bus vehicles respond to the StarScan, Wi-Tech or StarMobile tool. I know that the 2007 Sprinters can use those tools. I don't believe later model Sprinters than 2007 do. (Where is Jon Caples when you need him??)

These are all the Same Picture of an Engine on the Dash Warning Light

Names are interchangeable: MIL Malfunction Indicator Light, CEL Check Engine Light, ECU Engine Control Unit as in this page from the manual. (common name used across the pond)





Some other acronyms you'll likely run into.







CAB = Controller Anti-lock Brake (Commonly referred to as ABS unit. Also HCU Hydraulic Control Unit)




Edit: It has been reported that a Mercedes Benz dealership may also call the main engine computer the CDI module Common rail Direct Injection. DFI is Digital Fuel Injection.

More here:

ASSYST Active Service System (MB maintenance monitor)
FB #1 = Fuse Box #1 under the steering column.
FB #2 = under driver seat.
FB #3 = Who knows? Possibly included in FB #2?

ABS – Anti-Lock Brake System aka CAB aka HCU
ABRS – Air Bag Restraint System
AEM - Approved Emissions Modification (NAS aka NAFTA NCV3 recall/update)
AGM - Absorbed Glass Mat battery
AIS – Air Injection System
ALB - Anti Locking Brakes - Mercedes = mechanical proportional braking unit Dodge = Automatic Load-dependent Brake?
Alt. – Alternator
Ah (Amp Hour) amount of electrical energy flowing past a point (eg. 1 amp flowing for an hour = 1 Ah)*
* Refer down to post #3 - 12.)
A/T – Automatic Transmission
ATC – Automatic Temperature Control
atm - atmosphere (pressure) (one atm = 14.696 psi)
ATF – Automatic Transmission Fluid
AWD – All Wheel Drive
AXOD – Automatic Transaxle Overdrive
B+ – Battery Positive Voltage
bar - (from "barometer") (pressure) ( one bar = 14.5 psi)
BCM – Body Control Module
BHP – Brake Horsepower
BOO – Brake On-Off Switch
BTU – British Thermal Unit
CAB - Contoller Anti-lock Brake aka ABS aka HCU
CAT – Catalytic Converter
CCC – Computer Command Control
CDI – Capacitor Discharge Ignition
CEL - Check Engine Light (aka MIL or ECU)

CDI = Common [Rail] Direct Injection (Mercedes acronym)
CIDI = Compression-ignition, Direct-Injection
CIDI Question. Is CDI a shortened version of "Compression-ignition" and not "Common-rail"?

CRD - Common Rail Diesel (Jeep Liberty)
CTS – Coolant Temperature Sensor

D+ - Circuit that is powered when engine is running
DAD - Doktor A Diagnosis (High(er) capability K-line scan tool)
DARF (Doktor A Rsn Fix)
DAS = DRBIII? (Dodge)
DAS - DAS is an electronic system used by Mercedes which validates the car key aka EZS aka EIS aka SKREEM
DEFI – Digital Electronic Fuel Injection
DFI – Digital Fuel Injection
DIC – Driver Information Center
DIS – Distributorless Ignition System
Distronic cruise control - A VS30 auto distance maintaining cruise control
Dis-tronic cruise control - An elec-tronic cruise control that mocks you every time it is enabled
DLC – Data Link Connector
DTC - Diagnostic Trouble Code
Eberspacher aka Espar - OEM diesel fired engine heater. Mounted under the T1N battery.
ECM - Engine Control Module aka Electronic Control Module
ECT – Engine Coolant Temperature
ECU - Electronic Control Unit aka Engine Control Unit
EDC = Electronic Diesel Control
EFI – Electronic Fuel Injection
EI – Electronic Ignition
ETS - Electronic Traction System (aka ASR?) ETS may relate to a German acronym.
EZS = Key Chip Recognition System aka EIS aka SKREEM
EVIC- Electronic Vehicle Information Center
FI – Fuel Injection
FLS – Fluid Level Sensor
FWD – Front-Wheel Drive
GDI – Gasoline Direct Injection
GPM – Grams Per Mile
GPS – Global Positioning System
GVW – Gross Vehicle Weight
HC – Hydrocarbons
HCU - Hydraulic Control Unit aka ABS aka CAB
H/D – Heavy Duty
HLDT – Headlight
hp – Horsepower
HP – High Performance
Hz – Hertz(Cycles Per Second)
IAT - Intake Air Temperature (measured after turbo and intercooler)
IFI – Indirect Fuel Injection
Inj. – Injector
IP – Instrument Panel
IC - Instrument Cluster
IC - Integrated Circuit
KAPWR – Keep Alive Power
KM/H – Kilometers Per Hour
kV – Kilovolt
kPa - kilo Pascals (pressure) ( 1 kPa = 0.145 psi )( 15 psi = 103.4 kPa )(one psi = 6.895 kPa)
LCD – Liquid Crystal Display
L/D – Light Duty
LED – Light Emitting Diode
LHM - Limp Home Mode (Reduced Power Mode)
LWB - Long Wheel-Base
mA - Milliamps
MAF - Mass Air Flow
MAP - Manifold Air Pressure
MFI - Multiport Fuel Injection
MFS - Mulit Function Switch (Wiper, turn-signal, headlight stalks)
MIL – Malfunction Indicator Light
MPI – Multi-Point (Fuel) Injection
MPPT - maximum power point tracking
MPV – Multi-Purpose Vehicle
MSW - Modified Sine Wave
mV – Millivolts
MY - Model Year
NAS - North American Specification
NOX – Oxides of Nitrogen
O2S – Oxygen Sensor
OBD – On-board Diagnostics
OCI - Oil Change Interval
OD – Overdrive
OE – Original Equipment
OEM – Original Equipment Manufacturer
O/S – Oversize
OS – Oxygen Sensor
P/B - Power Bakes
P/N – Part Number
PA – Pressure Air
PAS – Power-Assisted Steering
PCM – Powertrain Control Module
PGM-FI – Programmed Fuel Injection
PNP – Park Neutral Position Switch
P/N – Park/Neutral
PPM – Parts Per Million
PRNDL – Park Reverse Neutral Drive Low
P/S – Power Steering
PSI – Pounds Per Square Inch
PSP – Power Steering Pressure
PTC – Pending Trouble Code
PTO – Power Take-Off
PWR – Power to Weight Ratio (sometimes PWR = Power)
PWM - Pulse Width Modulated
R&R - Remove and Re-install
R/A - Resume or Accelerate
RABS - Rear Anti-lock Brake System
RAC – Remote Accessory Controller
RAM – Remote Anti-theft Module
RAV – Remote Activation Verification
RCC – Rear Climate Control
RCC – Remote Climate Control
RCDLR – Remote Control Door Lock Receiver
RDCM – Right Door Control Module
RDM – Rear Door Module
RDS - Radio Display System
RECAL – Recalibration
RECIRC - Recirculation
RECIS – Remote Entry Control and Immobilizer System
RESC - Remote Emergency Satellite Unit
REX – Rear Exchanger
RF – Radio Frequency
RF – Right Front
RFA – Remote Function Actuator
RFI - Radio Frequency Interference
RFWS – Right Front Wheel Speed
RIM - Radio Interface Module
RIM – Rear Integration Module
RKE – Remote Keyless Entry
Rly – Relay
RM - Relay Module
RMD - Right Mid Door
ROW - Rest Of World
RPA – Rear Parking Assist
RPM – Remote Power Module
RPM – Revolutions Per Minute
RPO – Regular Production Option
R & R – Remove and Replace
RR – Right Rear
RRD – Right Rear Door
RSA – Rear Seat Audio
RSC – Roll Stability Control
RSN - Rumble Strip Noise (Re. Sprinter = Transmission vibration at specific RPM's. Not fatal.)
RSS – Reverse Sensing System
RSS – Road Sensing Suspension
R/T – Road/Track
RV – Recreational Vehicle
RVAC – Rear Video/Audi/HVAC Module
RWAL – Rear Wheel Anti-lock
RWD – Rear Wheel Drive
RWS – Rear Wheel Steer
SBC - Sensotronic Brake Control an electro-hydraulic brake system. Wheel brake cylinders are operated through a servomechanism.
SC – Supercharged
SDS - Star Diagnosis System (MB proprietary or pirate)
SEFI – Sequential Electronic Fuel Injection
SES – Service Engine Soon
SFI – Sequential Fuel Injection
SIL – Shift Indicator Light
SIR – Supplemental Inflatable Restraint
SIPS – Side Impact Protection System
SOB = SurlyOldBill
SPFI - Sequential Port Fuel Injection
SRI – Service Reminder Indicator
SRS – Secondary Restraint System aka Safety Restraint System
SS – Speed Sensor
Sw. – Switch
SWB – Short Wheel-Base
TACH – Tachometer
TB – Throttle Body
TC - Torque Converter
TC- Turbocharged
TD – Turbo Diesel
TDI – Turbo Direct Injection
TPI – Tuned Port Injection
TR - Turbo Resonator
TCM - Transmission Control Module
V – Valve
VAC or Vac - Volts, alternating current (such as household wall outlets)
Vac. – Vacuum
VAPS – Variable Assist Power Steering
VIN - Vehicle Identification Number
VOM – Volt-Ohmmeter aka Volt Ohm Multimeter
VSS - Vehicle Speed Sensor

W (Watt) Power (volt x amp) (also volt*volt/resistance)(also amp*amp*resistance)

http://mbworld.org/forums/c32-amg-c55-amg-w203/401696-acronym-database.html

vic

 

[autostaretx]

Re: DRBIII, DAD and some other acronyms which may come up

A few suggested add-ins:

D+ Circuit that is powered when engine is running

In converter/inverter/charger/solar discussions:
VAC or Vac Volts, alternating current (such as household wall outlets)
VDC or Vdc Volts, direct current (such as battery voltage)

Amp Amount of electrical current flow
AH (Amp Hour) total amount of energy (an amp flowing for an hour)
W (Watt) Power (volt * amp) (also volt*volt/resistance)(also amp*amp*resistance)

MSW Modified Sine Wave
PSW Pure Sine Wave
PWM Pulse Width Modulated
MPPT maximum power point tracking

Sprinter engine:
IAT Intake Air Temperature (measured after turbo and intercooler)
MAF Mass Air Flow

Found in service manual instructions:
ft-lb Foot-pound (torque measurement: a pound of pressure applied at the end of a one-foot-long lever)
in-lb Inch-pound (smaller units torque measurement)( one ft-lb = 12 in-lb)
N-m Newton-meter (torque measurement) ( one N-m = 0.737 ft-lb = 8.85 in-lb)

kPa kilo Pascals (pressure) ( 1 kPa = 0.145 psi )( 15 psi = 103.4 kPa )(one psi = 6.895 kPa)

bar bar (from "barometer") (pressure) ( one bar = 14.5 psi)
atm atmosphere (pressure) (one atm = 14.696 psi)

--dick
(the "D+" shows on your earlier scanned list as "Terminal D+", but that's not where you'd look for it alphabetically)

 

[Nic7320]

One somewhat nitpicky correction:

AH (or Ah, Amp-hours) is a measure of charge, not energy. So when your battery monitor measures Amp Hours, it's measuring Amps (in or out) over time, or if you're buying a battery, Ah gives you a measure of its total charge capacity.

Amps x Volts is power, and multiplying power over time gives you energy measured in Watts. So Amps x Volts x time is energy.

But Ah is a short hand often used as an analog for energy, because if you're using the same voltage, say, 12 volts, it saves a lot of time multiplying by volts. But once you mix both 12 volt systems and 120 volt AC loads, you're better off measuring everything in Watts (of power), or Watt-hours (of energy), because they translate across the voltage change with only a small decrease in efficiency.

And you hear many people mix these up. We buy electricity from the "power" company. But they bill in kWh, which is energy. Somebody might also say, "it takes a lot of power to go up that hill," but -- a butterfly does it with much less power. So what they're really saying is, "it takes a lot of power (for that big heavy truck) to go up that hill (quickly)."

Power is instantaneous. When you push the pedal, you want more power. Energy requires time.

Especially when you're watching the gas pump fill your tank.

 

[Cheyenne]

One somewhat nitpicky correction:

AH (Amp-Hours) is a measure of charge, not energy.

And to pick you up on one very small technicality, the abbreviation for Amp hours is actually Ah with a lower case 'h'. An upper case 'H' is the symbol for a Henry, a unit of Inductance.

Keith.

 

[220629]

One somewhat nitpicky correction:

AH (Amp-Hours) is a measure of charge, not energy. So when your battery monitor measures Amp Hours, it's measuring Amps (in or out) over time, or if you're buying a battery, AH gives you a measure of its total charge capacity.
...

Thanks for the input. I added the info, but...
To be somewhat nitpicky, isn't a "charge" stored energy?

And to pick you up on one very small technicality, the abbreviation for Amp hours is actually Ah with a lower case 'h'. An upper case 'H' is the symbol for a Henry, a unit of Inductance.

Keith.

Thanks for all of the info.

vic

 

[Nic7320]

To be somewhat nitpicky, isn't a "charge" stored energy?

No, not exactly. But people think of it that way, because it's an analog for stored energy. As an example, you can't compare the stored energy of a 100Ah 12 volt battery to a 100Ah 24 volt battery or a 100 Ah 48 volt battery by saying they're all 100 Ah.

The voltage potential *multiplied by* the current, over time determine the energy.

Similarly, if I dropped an apple on someone's head. One from 12 feet hurts less than from 120 feet, right? But both are still just *one* apple. Now if I drop 10 apples from 12 feet, or only one apple from 120 feet... that poor soul is really going to be *sauced* either way. (It's not a perfect analogy, but one that anyone can understand).

I knew someone would call me out on AH, I'm just trying to follow the previous post.

 

[220629]

Ok. I'll bite.

A charge is stored energy. An Amp Hour is a method of measurement. Your are assuming and making your Amp hour discussion specific to battery technology. That is not the definition of an Amp Hour.

Merriam Webster.

Definition of an ampere-hour:
a unit quantity of electricity equal to the quantity carried past any point in a circuit of a circuit in one hour by a steady current of one ampere.

The original definition in the list that included "(eg. 1 amp flowing for an hour = 1 Ah)" was correct.

vic

 

[Nic7320]

They're correct in that definition, but being deliberately vague when they say "a quantity of electricity" for two reasons:

One, a dictionary is not a physics or electrical engineering class. They are conveying more of a concept without a precise definition, because they have to be concise.

Two, current *is* electricity -- but it's a flow of electrons without regard to their potential. Strictly speaking, you need voltage to determine energy.

That all said, many people expand the concept of what "energy" is in both the physical world and the metaphysical world. Ignoring the second one, you often hear energy and power used interchangeably. They are different. Charge and energy are also different.

The voltage potential *multiplied by* the current, integrated over time determines the energy. This applies to any electrical circuit, and not just batteries.

Also violating defined units, you hear a "TON" of people apply weight units (such as tons) to large quantities or uncountable items, etc., when they really mean, "a lot." And they'll also say something is increasing "EXPONENTIALLY," when they just mean "rapidly" and not any base raised to an exponent. But that's another can of worms. I'm sure there's a linguist out there that studies all this.

 

[elemental]

A charge is stored energy. An Amp Hour is a method of measurement. Your are assuming and making your Amp hour discussion specific to battery technology. That is not the definition of an Amp Hour.

As a measure [of] energy, Ah (ampere-hours) is incomplete. Without the voltage being specified, the actual amount of energy that has flowed is unknown. Watt-hours captures the voltage as well as the amperage, and hence fully describes the energy.

 

[autostaretx]

Yes, i was writing too loosely. As for the AH vs Ah, i was following the acronym's general habit of ALL CAPS.
(Ampere and Watt are specific peoples' names, hence the capitalization.. Volt is a mis-spelling of Volta's name)

An Ampere is a coulomb (of charge) per second, so multiplying by (any) time unit brings us back to pure Coulombs.
(likewise, Watts are jou, pardon, Joules per second.)
Historically the "coulomb" was defined as the charge delivered by a current of one ampere in one second.
Nowadays a Coulomb is 10^19 divided by 1.602176634 "elementary charges" ... or the same number of electrons.

For the nit-picky: "The ampere is that constant current which, if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross section, and placed 1 metre apart in vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2 times 10^–7 newton per metre of length. " (source)

I agree that (in a battery's sense) an Ah is a measure of the stored charge it can contain (or deliver). Loosely.

--dick

 

[220629]

Definition of energy


1a: dynamic quality narrative energy
b: the capacity of acting or being active intellectual energy
c: a usually positive spiritual force the energy flowing through all people
2: vigorous exertion of power : EFFORT investing time and energy
3: a fundamental entity of nature that is transferred between parts of a system in the production of physical change within the system and usually regarded as the capacity for doing work
4: usable power (such as heat or electricity) also : the resources for producing such power

Definition of ENERGY

dynamic quality; the capacity of acting or being active; a usually positive spiritual force… See the full definition

www.merriam-webster.com

Whatever energy has been expended here the discussion isn't helping with the original intent of the sticky thread and can be taken to Off topic if further discussion is wanted.

...
One, a dictionary is not a physics or electrical engineering class. They are conveying more of a concept without a precise definition, because they have to be concise.
...

You have one post left here to include your proper definition that's acceptable for your physics or engineering class.

I ain't changin' the definition any further up in the OP.

vic

 

[Nic7320]

See, even Webster mixes up power and energy, so you can hardly blame those who haven't taken physics or EE. Charge is a rough analog for energy when you imply a specific unstated voltage. You just can't use it across multiple voltage systems.

There are other ways to infer energy without directly measuring it, By far the most common is with a voltmeter. From that, you can tell a lot about your battery's state of charge -- as long as you know, or assume, some things, such as the size (the Ah capacity) of your battery, the health of your battery, and that all your connections are good. Bad connections will often give you the wrong information.

Integral over time of Volts times Amps is energy. An integral is really just the sum of all the pieces of a waveform stretched out over time. And I'm leaving out one other item, the phase angle, to illustrate this point with DC because it gets a bit more complicated with alternating current, dealing with reactive power and real power.

And now, I feel like "the positive spiritual force the energy flowing through all people" isn't getting better discussing this further.

Signed,
A standing member of the SOPWUAFE
(Society of People who use Acronyms for Everything)