OTC 3109N - Diagnostic Functions and Settings; Drive Cycle Monitor Function; View Freeze Data Function; Vehicle Information Retrieval

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Drive Cycle Monitor
The Drive Cycle Monitor function is very similar to the I/M Monitors
though the Drive Cycle Monitor is used to view REAL TIME operations
of the Emissions System on OBD II vehicles.
9 Drive Cycle Monitor continuously updates as the vehicle
reports operations of the Emission System.
9 Refer to the vehicle service manual for how to perform a drive
cycleonyourspecicvehicle.
9 Drive Cycle Monitor will only show the monitors that are inc
(incomplete). When all monitors are complete the Tool will
display a message.
See I/M Monitors for more information.
View Freeze Data
Displays a snapshot of operating conditions at the time the Diagnostic
TroubleCodewascreated.SeePIDDenitionsformoreinformation.
Vehicle Information
TheVehicleInformationfunctionallowstheTooltorequestthevehicle’s
VINnumber,calibrationID(s)whichidentiessoftwareversioninvehicle
controlmodule(s),calibrationvericationnumbers(CVN(s)),andIn-use
Performance Tracking (IPT).
VehicleInformationfunctionappliestomodelyear2000andnewer
OBD II compliant vehicles.
NOTICE
TheVehicleInformationfunctionisnotsupportedbyall
vehicles. Also, not every vehicle supports every piece of
information(forexample,CVN,IPT,VIN).
System Setup
System Setup allows:
• Display contrast to be changed
• Tool information to be viewed
• Display to be checked
• Operation of the keypad to be checked
• Memory of the Tool to be checked
• Language to be changed
• Units of measure to be changed
• Long PID Names to be enabled/disabled