General Information: Structure

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2009 Mitsubishi Lancer. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

Fig 1: Local Interconnect Network (LIN) Structure Communication Diagram

Courtesy of MITSUBISHI MOTOR SALES OF AMERICA.

Master and slave ECUs are connected to the LIN bus lines. The master ECU is the ETACS*¹ -ECU, and the slave ECUs are the column switch (column-ECU), the power window main switch*² , the sunroof-ECU*³ and the lighting control sensor*⁴ . The master ECU requests these slave ECUs to communicate each other via communication lines.

NOTE:

^*1 : ETACS (Electronic Time and Alarm Control System)
^*2 : Vehicles with central door locking system
^*3 : Vehicles with sunroof
^*4 : Vehicles with auto light function