2012 SSANGYONG RODIUS Service Manual

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2. RAIN SENSOR OPERATION
The rain sensor is installed on the specific heat treated windshield that has minimum 13% of
transmittance rate with specified intensity of radiation. It is installed on the glass with a adhesive
of Sorepa.
It communicates with STICS and makes the wipers to operate automatically under the rain
sensing mode (multifunction switch wiper: AUTO mode).
The emitting section of the rain sensor unit emits infrared rays against the windshield and then
detects the amount of rain drops by receiving reflected rays with photodiode.
The sensing section on the windshield is located just above the center point between LED and
photodiode.
Components and functions of the rain sensor unit
Unit latch
Rain
sensor unit
PCB assembly and
emitter lens
Emitter lens
The LED emits the infrared
rays is located at bottom and
the lens guides the infrared
rays to target point.
Receiver lens
The receiver lens guides the
reflected infrared rays from
windshield to photodiode.
Housing and
receiver lens
Housing and PCB
Rear
Front
Rain sensor unit (including cover)

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1) Rain Sensor Coupled Wiper
▶ System layout
This vehicle has a different wiper control logic compared to other models. As shown in the
system diagram, the rain sensor unit does not control wiper directly. The rain sensor unit sends
infrared rays signal through LED and then receives it with photo diode and then sends the
returned signal to STICS and the STICS controls the wipers directly.
For more details, refer to rain sensing wiper section in this manual.

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▶ Rain sensing operation point
The wiper relay is turned on and the wiper motor runs one cycle when the ignition key is
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4700900095004702c80068007c007b007602c9004700970096>sition).
The wiper relay (LO) is turned on and the wiper motor runs one cycle when changing the
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system drives the wiper relay (LO) to run the wiper motor one cycle only when the rain sensor
detects the “Rain Detected” signal. 1)
2)

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The wiper relay is turned on and the wiper motor runs one cycle when the volume sensitivity is
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“AUTO” position, and the wiper motor is in “Parked” position). However, the wiper motor can be
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▶ Rain sensing sensitivity control
If the volume sensitivity is changed more than 2 stages within 2 seconds, the wiper motor runs
only one cycle. *

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The wiper system continuously outputs the parking signal of current sensitivity when the
parking terminal is grounded (while the ignition key is in “ON” position and the wiper switch is
in “AUTO” position). 1)
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When the parking terminal is fixed to IGN (HIGH), the wiper system outputs the operating
signal of current sensitivity for 2 seconds, then continuously outputs the parking signal of
current sensitivity. 2)
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▶ Wiper operation when the wiper parking terminal is grounded

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The wiper relay (LO) is turned on and the wiper motor runs one cycle when the wiper sensitivity is
changed to 2 from 3 during receiving the malfunction signal (1) from the rain sensor. However,
the wiper motor can be operated only when the rain sensor detects the "Rain Detected" signal. 1)
If the volume sensitivity is changed more than 2 stages within 2 seconds, the wiper motor
runs only one cycle. ▶ Defective rain sensor

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The wiper relay (LO) is turned on and the wiper motor runs one cycle when the wiper
sensitivity is changed to 3 from 4 during receiving the malfunction signal (2) from the rain
sensor (while the ignition key is in “ON” position and the wiper switch is in “AUTO” position). 2)
The wiper relay (LO) is turned on and the wiper motor runs one cycle when the wiper sensitivity
is changed to 2 from 1 during receiving the malfunction signal (3) from the rain sensor (while
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47009a009e0090009b008a008f00470090009a004700900095> “AUTO” position). Also, the wiper
relay (LO) is turned on and the wiper motor runs one cycle when the wiper sensitivity is
changed to 2 from 1 during receiving the ground fixed or IGN fixed signal from the rain sensor. 3)

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3. OPERATION MODE OF RAIN SENSING WIPER SYSTEM