8.7COMMUNICATIONTHROUGHVEHICLEDATALINKS
TheCommunicationInterfacecombinedwiththeSAEDatalinkProtocols
enablesvariousbody,transmission,brakesystem,andenginecontrollersof
avehiclesystemtoexchangeinformationbetweenthesemodulesinthe
vehicle.Useofanetwork,ordatalink,foron-vehiclecommunicationcan
greatlyreducetheamountofwiringinavehicleandprovideaccesstoawider
rangeofinformationformanydifferentcomponentsandsubsystems.
CheckwithyourvehicleOEMorAllisonTransmissiondistributorordealer
forthecapabilitiesoftheTCMinyourvehicle,orifyouneedassistancein
determiningthedatalinktypesavailableforyourvehicle.
8.8INFORMATIONDISPLAYS
TheOEMmaysupplyandinstallaremotedisplayforuseindisplaying
transmissionstatusandserviceinformationbroadcastoverthevehicle
datalink.Thisinformationmayincludethetransmissionrangeselected,
transmissionrangeattained,sumptemperatureindicator,prognostic
information,andDTCs,(referto7.5SELECTORDISPLAYDESCRIPTIONS
FORACTIVEDIAGNOSTICTROUBLECODES(DTCs)ANDINHIBITS)for
additionalinformation.
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