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Table of Contents

1. SAFETY INFORMATION .............................................................................. 1

2. GENERAL INFORMATION .......................................................................... 2

2.1 TPMS SYSTEM REVIEW ................................................................................ 2

2.2 TPMS LEGISLATION .................................................................................... 2

2.3 TPMS TELL-TALE LIGHT .............................................................................. 2

2.4 BENEFITS OF TPMS ...................................................................................... 3

3. TOOL INFORMATION .................................................................................. 4

3.1 TOOL DESCRIPTION ...................................................................................... 4

3.2 SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................................................ 5

3.3 ACCESSORIES INCLUDED............................................................................... 6

3.4 ICONS ............................................................................................................ 6

3.5 KEYBOARD .................................................................................................... 7

3.6 BATTERY CHARGING .................................................................................... 7

3.7 POWER UP BY DLC....................................................................................... 8

3.8 SYSTEM SETTING .......................................................................................... 8

3.9 PRODUCT TROUBLESHOOTING.................................................................... 15

4. TPMS CHECK & DIAGNOSTICS .............................................................. 17

4.1 TPMS SENSOR CHECK ............................................................................... 17

4.2 TPMS RELEARN ......................................................................................... 27

4.3 REVIEW DATA ............................................................................................. 33

4.4 AUDIT REPORT ............................................................................................ 34

5. RKE & RF MONITOR .................................................................................. 36

6. PRINT AND UPDATE................................................................................... 38

6.1 PRINT DATA ................................................................................................ 38

6.2 SOFTWARE UPDATE ..................................................................................... 39

7. COMPLIANCE INFORMATION ................................................................ 45

8. WARRANTY AND SERVICE ...................................................................... 46

8.1 LIMITED ONE YEAR WARRANTY ................................................................ 46

8.2 SERVICE PROCEDURES ................................................................................ 46

Summary of content (47 pages)

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Table of Contents 1. 2. SAFETY INFORMATION.............................................................................. 1 GENERAL INFORMATION .......................................................................... 2 2.1 TPMS SYSTEM REVIEW ................................................................................ 2 2.2 TPMS LEGISLATION .................................................................................... 2 2.3 TPMS TELL-TALE LIGHT ...............................................
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1. Safety Information To prevent personal injury or damage to vehicles and/or the scan tool, read this instruction manual first and observe the following safety precautions at a minimum whenever working on a vehicle:  Always perform diagnosis or service in a safe environment.  Wear safety eye protection that meets ANSI standards.  Keep clothing, hair, hands, tools, test equipment, etc. away from all moving or hot engine parts.
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2. General Information 2.1 TPMS system review A tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) is an electronic system designed to monitor the air pressure inside the pneumatic tires on various types of vehicles. TPMS report real-time tire-pressure information to the driver of the vehicle, either via a gauge, a pictogram display, or a simple low-pressure warning light. TPMS can be divided into two different types — direct (dTPMS) and indirect (iTPMS).
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When diagnosing TPMS systems, you should understand what the TPMS tell-tale light means. When turning the ignition OFF to ON, the TPMS tell-tale should come on, and then go off, which indicates the system is working fine. If the light stays on, there would be a pressure problem. If the light flashes, there would be a system problem, which can range from faulty sensors to sensors on the vehicle that haven’t been learned to that vehicle. 2.
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3. Tool Information 3.1 Tool Description 1) SIGNAL MARK – Indicates where the tool sends or receives signals. 2) LCD DISPLAY – Displays the menus and test screens. 3) N BUTTON – Cancels a selection (or action) from a menu or return to previous menu. 4) UP SCROLL BUTTON – Moves up through menu and submenu items in menu mode. When more than one set of data are retrieved, use this button to move up to previous screens for additional data. It is also used to view previous trouble code when viewing DTCs.
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5) 6) LEFT SCROLL BUTTON –When scrolling through a screen of data or text, moves to previous character and views additional information on previous screens, if recorded data content covers more than one screen. HELP BUTTON – Provides help information. 7) POWER BUTTON – Long press the button to turn on/off the tool; short press the button to return to Home screen. 8) DOWN SCROLL BUTTON – Moves down through menu and submenu items in menu mode.
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2) Power: 3.7V Li-polymer battery 3) Operating Temperature: 0 to 50°C (32 to 122 °F) 4) Storage Temperature: -20 to 70°C (-4 to 158 °F) 5) Dimensions: Length 202.2 mm (7.96") 6) Width 106.7mm (4.20") Height 37.7 mm (1.48") Weight: 0.4kg (0.88lb) 3.
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6) “ ”-- Indicates deflation is required to activate TPMS sensor. 7) “ ” -- Indicates test mode One Wheel of Wheels to Test in the system setting is selected. 8) “ ” -- Indicates test mode ALL Wheels of Wheels to Test in the system setting is selected. 9) “ ” – Indicates the TPMS tool is sending signals to the tire sensor for activation and test. 10) “ ” – Indicates tool communication with the vehicle’s OBDII DLC. 3.5 Keyboard No solvents such as alcohol are allowed to clean the keypad or display.
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un-approved power supplies may damage your tool and void the tool warranty. 3.7 Power Up by DLC The tool can also be powered via the vehicle Data Link Connector (DLC). Just follow the steps below to turn on the TPMS tool: 1) Connect the OBDII Cable to the TPMS tool. 2) Find DLC on vehicle.  A plastic DLC cover may be found for some vehicles and you need to remove it before plugging the OBDII cable. 3) Plug OBDII cable to the vehicle’s DLC.
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5) Temperature Unit: Sets the temperature unit in degree Celsius or Fahrenheit. 6) Wheels to Test: Gives the operator the choice to test One wheel or All wheels. 7) Distance Unit: Sets the distance unit in Km or mile. 8) Power-off: Sets the time to power off automatically. 9) About: Views important information of the tool.  Settings of the unit will remain until change to the existing settings is made.
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2) Use the UP/DOWN scroll button and LEFT/RIGHT scroll button to select the desired language and press the Y button to save your selection and return to previous menu. (Figure 3.3) Figure 3.3 Note: The current version of TS501 TPMS tool supports only the English language, and there will be more languages to come with new updates released. Beep Set This function allows you to turn on/off the built-in speaker for key pressing.
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3) Press the Y button to save your selection or the N button to exit without change. ID Format 1) From System Setting screen, use the UP/DOWN scroll button and LEFT/RIGHT scroll button to select ID Format, and press the Y button. 2) From ID Format screen, use the LEFT/RIGHT scroll button to select the desired format of ID. (Figure 3.5) Figure 3.5 3) Press the Y button to save your settings and return to previous menu, or press the N button to exit without change.
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Figure 3.6 3) Press the Y button to save your settings and return to previous menu, or press the N button to exit without change. Temperature Unit 1) From System Setting screen, use the UP/DOWN scroll button and LEFT/RIGHT scroll button to select Temperature Unit, and press the Y button. 2) From Temperature Unit screen, use the LEFT/RIGHT scroll button to select the desired unit of temperature. (Figure 3.7) Figure 3.
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1) From System Setting screen, use the UP/DOWN scroll button and LEFT/RIGHT scroll button to select Wheels to Test, and press the Y button. 2) From Wheel to test screen, use the LEFT/RIGHT scroll button to select All Wheels or One Wheel mode for TPMS sensor testing. (Figure 3.8) Figure 3.8 3) Press the Y button to save your selection or the N button to exit without change. NOTE: In All Wheels mode, the tool will determine if a duplicate sensor ID has been read.
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Figure 3.9 3) Press the Y button to save your settings and return to previous menu, or press the N button to exit without change. Power-off 1) From System Setting screen, use the UP/DOWN scroll button and LEFT/RIGHT scroll button to select Power-off, and press the Y button. 2) Press UP/DOWN SCROLL button to increase or decrease the time to auto power-off the tool, and then press the Y button to confirm your change or the N button to exit without change. (Figure 3.10) Figure 3.
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NOTE: When using external power, the scan tool stays on until you turn it off. When using internal battery power, the scan tool turns off automatically after a set time of inactivity. About This function allows viewing of some important information such as serial number and software version number of the tool. 1) From System Setting screen, use the UP/DOWN scroll button and LEFT/RIGHT scroll button to select About, and press the Y button; wait for the About screen to appear.
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 Verify that the vehicle is OBD II compliant.  Verify that the vehicle is equipped with TPMS.  Verify the tool battery is sufficiently charged.  Turn the ignition off and wait for about 10 seconds. Turn the ignition back to on and continue the testing.  Verify the control module is not defective. Operating Error If the scan tool freezes, then an exception occurs or the vehicle’s ECU (Engine Control Unit) is too slow to respond to requests, do the following to reset the tool:  Reset the scan tool.
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4. TPMS Check & Diagnostics The MaxiTPMS® TS501 is a new generation TPMS diagnostic & service tool specially designed to activate all known OEM/Universal TPMS sensors, and provide users with direct access to the vehicle’s ECU through OBDII connection, thus allowing users to reprogram sensor IDs and retrieve/clear TPMS DTCs, helping technicians to quickly find out faulty TPMS and turn off MILs.
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Figure 4.1 3) From the vehicle make screen, select a specific vehicle manufacture and press the Y button. (Figure 4.2) Figure 4.2 4) Observe the menu title and use UP/DOWN scroll button to select by model and year to identify the vehicle being tested.  The selected vehicle is remembered by the tool when a test is commenced.
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Select by Model: Figure 4.3 Select by Year: Figure 4.4 5) For some vehicle types an option screen will show up to let users choose between 4 Wheels test and 5 Wheels test mode. Figure 4.
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 Depending upon the test mode (All Wheels or One Wheel), results are displayed in different manners. All Wheels Mode In this mode, a function menu screen will show up (Figure 4.6). Use the UP/DOWN and LEFT/RIGHT scroll button to select a desired wheel and press the TEST BUTTON to start sensor activation (Figure 4.7). Figure 4.6 Figure 4.7 NOTE: The TPMS Relearn function icon on the upper right corner of screen is not supported by all vehicles, but the sensor activating process remains the same.
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Figure 4.8 The tool will do TPMS test in a sequence of FL (Front Left), FR (Front Right), RR (Rear Right), LR (Rear Left) and SPARE, if the vehicle has the option for the spare. Or, you can use the UP/DOWN or LEFT/RIGHT scroll button to move to the desired wheel for testing. Place the tool alongside the valve stem, point toward the sensor location, and press the TEST button. The tool will send LF signal to trigger the sensor.
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One Wheel Mode In this mode the screen will show as below (Figure 4.10). The tool will check TPMS sensor on the single wheel. Place the tool alongside the valve stem, point toward the sensor location, and press the TEST button. Wait for test result before moving the tool. Figure 4.10 The tool will send LF signal to trigger the sensor. Depending on the sensor type, the tool will activate the sensor on the first or last step.
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TABLE 1 POSSIBLE RESULTS FOR TESTING Icon Test Results Description √ Successful Sensor Read TPMS sensor is successfully activated and decoded. The tool displays the sensor information. X Failed Sensor Read If the search period expires and no sensor is activated or decoded, it may be wrong sensor fitting or non-functioning sensor. The tool displays a message “No sensor detected.”. In this case, repeat testing to confirm the TPMS failure.
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 If the TPMS sensor requires a magnet, place the magnet over the stem and then place the tool alongside the stem, and press TEST BUTTON. Figure 4.12  If the TPMS sensor requires tire deflation (of the order of 10PSI), then deflate the tire and place the tool alongside the stem while pressing the TEST BUTTON. Figure 4.13  Anytime while doing the TPMS test, press BUTTON to read the sensor make, OEM part no., and relearn information for the vehicle being tested.
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Figure 4.14  Sensor activation can be aborted at any time by pressing the N button. When the activation is aborted, the user will be returned to the previous menu.  By pressing the Y button, you may review information of all sensors tested. Press the LEFT/RIGHT scroll button to turn over data screens while viewing. Figure 4.15 Figure 4.
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[Pos] – Indicates the wheel sensor position. [ID-H/D] – Shows sensor ID data. [KPa/Psi/Bar] – Indicates tire pressure. [℃/℉] – Indicates tire temperature. [BAT] – Indicates battery condition. [Mode] – Defines tire sensor working mode or status. [Modulation] – Indicates sensor signal amplitude.  Different ID format, pressure and temperature units will display at the title bar according to the device’s system setting, please refer to 3.8 System Setting for detailed instruction. B.
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Figure 4.18 3) If user is going to retest the sensor, a prompt will come up asking for your confirmation. Figure 4.19 4) Press the Y button to delete all test records and enter test mode. Or press the N button to reserve the previous data and check the remaining untested sensors.. 4.
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3) Make sure the testing mode is set to All Wheels mode in System Setting. 4) Follow the same process in 4.1 TPMS Sensor Check to enter the activation screen. Use the UP/DOWN scroll button or LEFT/RIGHT scroll button to select the TPMS Relearn function. (Figure 4.20) Figure 4.20 5) The tool will display a function screen as below. Use the UP/DOWN scroll button to select TPMS Diagnosis or TMPS Sensor Information, and press the Y button to continue. (Figure 4.21) Figure 4.
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 For some vehicles users may be asked to choose the specific engine model or other features before turning to the function menu.  The TPMS Diagnosis function varies by vehicle being tested. NOTE: In this manner, the scan tool will communicate with the vehicle being tested. If there is a linking error, a notice screen will show up. Please refer to 3.9 Product Troubleshooting for more details. A.
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3) Once the sensor IDs are successfully written, a confirm screen will show up. Press any key to continue the TPMS diagnostic procedure. (Figure 4.24) Figure 4.24 NOTE: The sensor writing procedure may vary for different vehicles being serviced. Please follow the onscreen instruction and take appropriate measures and selections to complete the process. NOTE: If there are untested sensors in the vehicle, the writing ID process cannot proceed. The tool will display a warning message as below.(Figure 4.
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B. Read IDs from Vehicle 1) From the TPMS Diagnosis Menu, use the UP/DOWN scroll button to select the Read IDs from Vehicle, and press Y button. (Figure 4.22) 2) The tool will display the sensor IDs and positions for your viewing. Press the Y button to save data for future review, or the N button to exit without saving. (Figure 4.26) Figure 4.26 C. Read Codes 1) From the TPMS Diagnosis Menu, use the UP/DOWN scroll button to select the Read Codes, and press Y button. (Figure 4.
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Figure 4.27  The saved DTC and sensor data can be reviewed in Review Data, which supports easy data playback and printing. D. Erase Codes 1) From the TPMS Diagnosis Menu, use the UP/DOWN scroll button to select the Erase Codes, and press Y button. (Figure 4.22) 2) The tool will display a warning message for your confirmation. Press the Y button to continue, or N button to exit. (Figure 4.28) Figure 4.28 3) If the erase command is sent successfully, the screen will show as below (Figure 4.29).
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Figure 4.29 4.3 Review Data The Review Data function allows user to view and print out saved data of the latest TPMS diagnostic recordings by the service tool. Use the UP/DOWN and LEFT/RIGHT scroll button to select Review Data from Main Screen (Figure 3.1), and wait for the review data menu to appear.(Figure 4.30) Figure 4.30 NOTE: If no data from the previous TPMS diagnosis is recorded, a message “No data available!” will show on the screen.
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Figure 4.31  Print --- Select this function to print out the data on screen. For detailed instructions, refer to 6.1 print data.  Delete --- Use the RIGHT scroll button to delete the selected data.  Delete All --- Use the LEFT scroll button to delete all data on the screen. NOTE: Don’t use Delete All unless you are definitely sure what you are going to proceed. 4.
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the date. It also provides data entry areas for other tester and vehicle data. Figure 4.
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5. RKE & RF Monitor Today's keyless remotes -- also known as key fobs -- make life easier. But when your key fob stops working or starts to perform sporadically, it will be particularly frustrating. Check your key fob to make sure it is in top condition so it will work when you really need it. Since a key fob is attuned to a special frequency that is only detected by the car for which it was issued, you will need to use your vehicle to test the fob.
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the key fob. 3)  The stronger the signal, the higher the beep tone.  The tool only tests 315MHz and 433MHz key fobs. Press the N button to return to previous menu.
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6. Print and Update To print out retrieved data or update software, you will need the followings:    TS501 tool with SD card inserted PC or laptop with USB ports USB cable 6.1 Print Data The Print Data function allows printing out TPMS DTC data recorded by the service tool by connecting the scan tool to a PC or laptop with the USB cable supplied. 1) Install the PC Suit program to the PC from the supplied CD. 2) Connect the scanner to computer with the USB cable supplied.
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6) The selected data will display on the textbox of Printer. By selecting the function keys on the right, you could execute the following operations:  Print – Print all data in the textbox to a printer connected to your computer.  Edit – Once clicked, the software will automatically open a NOTEPAD window with all recorded data showing on.  Copy – Copy all data in the textbox to the clipboard.  Clear – Delete all data in the textbox.  Exit – Quit the operation.
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4. Put in the Product Serial No. and Register Password, and click on Next. (Figure 6.2) 5. Follow the instructions on screen to finish the registration. Figure 6.2 NOTE: Please use the About function to find out the Product Serial No. and Register Password. For details, please refer to the Section 3.8 System Setting.  Update Procedure Autel frequently releases software updates that you can download. The Update feature makes it very easy to determine and get exactly what you need.
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window to pop up. (Figure 6.3) Figure 6.3 2) Put in the user name and password and wait for the Update window to display. If you forget your password unintentionally, you may always click the [Forget your password?] to link to our website and find your password back. 3) In the Update window, select the items you want to install. Usually, you should install all available updates. Figure 6.
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2) Or click on the Select All checkbox on the right side of screen and all updatable items will be selected automatically. Then click the Update Selected Items button on the right side of screen. 3) Check the updating process by observing the upper left progress bar [downloading] and upper right progress bar [installing]. You may also find progress information in the Status column of updated items.
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old one. 6) Once the update is complete, disconnect the tool from the computer. It is now updated and ready to go. 7) For users who choose to update by SD card, please insert the SD card into the scan tool, and switch on the TPMS tool. It’s now updated and ready to go.  View or Delete Programs To view the list of installed programs or to delete an installed program, please follow these steps: 1) Click on the Installed Programs tag entry and the page will show the list of programs installed.
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program list in the UPDATE page in case you would like to install again. Theoretically, all programs of the latest versions will be automatically compatible with the older versions, but if your TPMS tool does have a problem of compatibility and need to retrieve the older version for some programs, please delete the new versions first then install the older version again. Choose the older version from the pull-down menu of program version. Figure 6.
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7. Compliance Information FCC COMPLIANCE FCC ID:WQ83017501601 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules and with RSS-210 of Industry Canada. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. This device may not cause harmful interference. 2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
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8. Warranty and Service 8.1 Limited One Year Warranty Autel warrants to its customers that this product will be free from all defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one (1) year from the date of the original purchase, subject to the following terms and conditions: 1) The sole responsibility of Autel under the Warranty is limited to either the repair or, at the option of Autel, replacement of the TPMS tool at no charge with Proof of Purchase. The sales receipt may be used for this purpose.