Diagnostics Operations
Establishing Vehicle Communication
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communication is about 164 feet (about 50 m); this means you can perform
vehicle diagnosis freely around the workshop with greater convenience.
If you use more than one VCI device to connect to the test vehicles, you can
perform vehicle diagnosis on various vehicles conveniently, by pairing the
Display Tablet separately to each of the VCI devices connected to the different
test vehicles, via wireless BT, without the need to repeat the plugging and
unplugging procedure, which is unavoidable through traditional wired
connection, thus saves you more time and provides more efficiency.
To pair up the Display Tablet with the MaxiVCI V100 via BT
1.
If not already done, power up the Display Tablet.
2.
Select the
VCI Manager
application from the MaxiSys Job Menu.
3.
When the
VCI Manager
application is opened, the Display Tablet
automatically starts scanning for available VCI devices around for
BT pairing. The found VCI devices are listed in the Setting section
on the right side of the screen.
NOTE
: If no VCI device is found, this may indicate that the signal strength
of the transmitter is too weak to be detected. In this case, try to get closer
to the device, or reposition the VCI device, and remove all possible
objects that cause signal interference. When these are done, tap the
Scan
button at the top right corner to start searching again.
4.
The device name appeared on the Display Tablet may display as
Maxi suffixed with a serial number. Select the required device for
pairing.
5.
When paring is successfully done, the connection status displayed
to the right of the device name is shown as
Paired
.
6.
Wait for a few seconds, and the VCI button on the system
Navigation bar at the bottom of the screen shall display a green tick
icon, and the Connection Mode LED on the MaxiVCI V100
illuminates solid blue, indicating the Display Tablet is connected to
the VCI device, and is ready to perform vehicle diagnosis.
Refer to
11.1 BT Pairing
on page 94 for additional information.
USB Cable Connection
The USB cable connection is a simple and quick way to establish
communication between the Display Tablet and the MaxiVCI V100. After
properly connecting the USB cable from the tablet to the VCI device, the VCI
navigation button at the bottom bar of the screen shows a green tick icon in a
