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This part of ISO 14230 specifies data link layer services tailored to meet the requirements of UART based vehicle communication systems on K-Line as specified in ISO 14230-1. It has been defined in accordance with the diagnostic services established in ISO 14229 1 and ISO 15031 5, but is not limited to use with them, and is also compatible with most other communication needs for in-vehicle networks. The protocol specifies an unconfirmed communication. The diagnostic communication over K-Line (DoK-Line) protocol supports the standardized service primitive interface as specified in ISO 14229-2. This part of ISO 14230 provides the data link layer services to support different application layer implementations like:
- Enhanced vehicle diagnostics (emissions-related system diagnostics beyond legislated functionality, nonemissions- related system diagnostics),
- Emissions-related OBD as specified in ISO 15031, SAE J1979-DA and SAE J2012-DA;
- In addition, this part of ISO 14230 clarifies the differences in initialization for K-line protocols defined in ISO 9141 and ISO 14230. This is important since a server supports only one of the protocols mentioned above and the client has to handle the coexistence of all protocols during the protocol determination procedure.