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This is a step by step guide to installing the HEX ezCAN Arno for Aprilia Bikes. The following bikes are supported:
Due to limitations on the information of the ambient brightness on the CAN-bus, these models have the following limitations:
This is a good time to plan your installation by:
Now that you have taken some time to think and plan your installation, you are ready to get your hands dirty (figuratively of course)!
Remove the seat. Access to the battery and the red EURO5 diagnostic connector is trivial. Both are in close proximity under the seat.
Location of motorcycle battery
Location of diagnostic connector
Once you have removed the seat you will see the red EURO5 diagnostic connector on the right side of the motorcycle. This is where we will be connecting your HEX ezCAN! This is a good time to look for one or two positions that could be well suited for positioning your HEX ezCAN.
Connect HEX ezCAN Arno to diagnostic connection
It is also time to remove the battery cover.
Connecting the HEX ezCAN to the battery is straightforward. If you have not done so you should remove the battery cover now.
Disconnect the battery cables. ALWAYS disconnect the Negative first and reconnect it last. In doing so you would prevent possible short circuits if a tool connected to the positive terminal touches the metal frame of the motorcycle.
Connect the HEX ezCAN battery harness, reconnect the battery terminals in the reverse order (positive terminal first, followed by the negative terminal).
The HEX ezCAN LED should be a solid green for around a minute, before the ezCAN goes to sleep and the green LED goes off.
Connect the HEX ezCAN to the positive (first) and negative (second) motorcycle battery terminal
Replace the battery cover and optimise the wire routing. Once complete your installation should look similar to the following.
The HEX ezCAN kit includes four two stub connectors (Orange) with male connection terminals. The stub connectors are made up of the following types:
– 4 x Two wire stub connectors (Orange)
– 4 x Terminal Wires (Orange)
– 4 x Blanking seals
If your auxiliary lights have three wires change the two-wire stub connector into a three-wire see the image below. If your auxiliary lights have two wires use the two-wire stub connectors for accessories that have power and ground wires only.
If you are not going to use one or more of the circuit functions it is recommended that you install a blanking plug over the unused output. The HEX ezCAN product contains two blanking plugs.
Insert blanking seal to use as a two-wire stub connector
Insert terminal wire to use as a three-wire stub connector
Connect the terminals of the high-power stub connectors to the correct female terminals on the ezCAN.
Connect the spotlight’s ground wire to the ground wire of the stub connector.
If you are installing spotlights equipped with a third wire for light-intensity control, connect the spotlight control wire to the control wire of the stub connector. If the spotlight only has two wires, use the two wire stub connectors.
If you received four different coloured wires, please note the colour-coding on the output wires must match the colours in the output configuration you select from the HEX ezCAN circuit function software. Red to red, yellow to yellow, etc. Black wire is Battery Negative and the Red, Blue,Yellow and White are the Positive Supply.
The HEX ezCAN Extension Kit provides you with everything that you need to connect your front auxiliary lights, brake lights and horn to the ezCAN, with additional connectors to facilitate other accessories. You can purchase the Extension Cable Kit here.
This step is optional and only required if you would like to:
As the Tuareg 660 does not have the horn signal on the CAN-bus, a separate horn trigger input is provided. This is the green horn trigger wire that also connects to the green-wired stub on your diagnostic adapter.
Connecting the Green Horn trigger wire to the horn is trivial. You need to connect it to the correct blade terminal. The OE wires that connect to the horn are black and black with a white stripe – these can be tough to tell apart. You need to connect the trigger wire to the solid black one (having it on the incorrect one will not harm anything but the trigger will not function correctly).
Top Tip 1: How do I connect the trigger wire to the correct pin of the horn?
The one side of the horn is connected to Battery Negative (ground) the other side is connected to 12V when the horn button is pressed. It is this terminal that is connected to 12V when the horn is active that we need to connect to.
This is the top spade connector on the Aprilia Tuareg horn
This is with the HEX ezCAN Horn tigger cable connected
Top Tip 2: in our installations this was always the top spade connector, but this is not guaranteed.
Test your connection. Observe the horn input value in the diagnostic screen of the HEX ezCAN software – If the trigger wire is connected to the correct spade terminal on the horn, then the Horn voltage in the Diagnostic screen shows zero or near zero when the horn is inactive, and around 12V when the horn is active!
STEP 1: The Diagnostics section can be found by clicking the ‘hamburger’ icon in the top right corner of the HEX ezCAN Application
STEP 2: Run the test to observe the Horn Input Value. If you have connected your HEX ezCAN Horn Cable to the correct horn terminal, you will record a votage of approximately 12v when tiggering the motorcycle’s horn.
Most newly installed accessories can be tested simply with the ignition “ON” except for accessories where the “Only on when engine running” feature has been selected (such as Aux 1, Aux 2, MotoLights, and Heated Clothing), and some brake functions will require the bike to be in motion and traveling above a certain speed. For example, emergency braking requires deceleration of more than 21km/h/s (kilometres per hour per second).
SAFETY NOTICE: Test and check your installations and accessories in a safe, controlled environment. Caution is advised at all times. Extra vigilance is required when testing new features or accessories. You do so at your own risk.
DISCLAIMER: HEX ezCAN is not liable for any injury or damage howsoever caused and all products and services are used at your own risk.
Complete the installation by:
Well done! Now finish that beer whilst you read the important information in the User Manual on how to set the brightness of your lights using your bike’s handlebar controls. Did you know you can also toggle your accessory lights on and off using your handlebar controls?
Top Tip: skip the rest and read section 5!
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