User Manual

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CONTENTS
SAFETY INFORMATION ........................................................................................................ II
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS....................................................................................................... II
1. USING THIS MANUAL ................................................................................................... 1
1.1 CONVENTIONS ..................................................................................................... 1
2. GENERAL INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................... 3
2.1 MAXISYS TABLET ................................................................................................. 3
2.2 MAXIFLASH VCMI – VEHICLE COMMUNICATION AND MEASUREMENT INTERFACE ........ 7
2.3 ACCESSORIES KIT .............................................................................................. 11
3. GETTING STARTED .................................................................................................... 14
3.1 POWER UP ........................................................................................................ 14
3.2 POWER DOWN ................................................................................................... 17
4. DIAGNOSTICS ............................................................................................................. 19
4.1 ESTABLISH VEHICLE COMMUNICATION AND SELECTION .......................................... 19
4.2 DIAGNOSTICS SCREEN LAYOUT ........................................................................... 29
4.3 AUTO SCAN ....................................................................................................... 30
4.4 CONTROL UNIT .................................................................................................. 36
4.5 ECU INFORMATION ............................................................................................ 37
4.6 TROUBLE CODES ............................................................................................... 38
4.7 LIVE DATA ......................................................................................................... 40
4.8 ACTIVE TEST ..................................................................................................... 47
4.9 SPECIAL FUNCTIONS........................................................................................... 48
4.10 PROGRAMMING AND CODING ............................................................................... 49
4.11 GENERIC OBD II OPERATIONS ............................................................................ 53
4.12 DIAGNOSTIC REPORT ......................................................................................... 57
4.13 EXIT DIAGNOSTICS ............................................................................................. 61
5. INTELLIGENT DIAGNOSTICS ..................................................................................... 62
5.1 ACCESSING INTELLIGENT DIAGNOSTICS FUNCTION ................................................ 62
5.2 INTELLIGENT DIAGNOSTICS OPERATION ................................................................ 70
6. SERVICE ...................................................................................................................... 82
6.1 OIL RESET SERVICE ........................................................................................... 82
6.2 ELECTRIC PARKING BRAKE (EPB) SERVICE .......................................................... 83
6.3 TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM (TPMS) SERVICE ...................................... 83
6.4 BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (BMS) SERVICE ................................................ 84
6.5 DIESEL PARTICLE FILTER (DPF) SERVICE ............................................................ 84