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Vehicles
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and odometer reading is automatically extracted out of the vehicle and made
available in reports
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Check Engine light is detected and shown in Checkmate
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Engine measurements including battery voltage, oil pressure and temperature,
fuel level and any engine fault codes describing maintenance attention issues
are extracted
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Gas engine
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Supports old and new gas engines
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Supports ISO 15765 (CAN bus on all new European and North American
vehicles)
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Supports ISO 14230 KWP2000 (older vehicles mostly European and Asian
manufacturers)
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Supports ISO 9141-2 (older vehicles mostly Chrysler, European, and Asian
vehicles)
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Supports SAE J1850 PWM (older Ford vehicles)
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Supports SAE J1850 VPW (older General Motors vehicles)
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J1708 J1939 diesel
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Supports old and new diesel engines
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Supports SAE J1708 (older diesel vehicles)
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Supports SAE J1939 (replacement for J1708 for diesel vehicles)
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Hybrid, electric vehicle and alternate fuel vehicles
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Special support for analysing performance of the new hybrid and alternative
fuel vehicles. Partners of Geotab analyse and consult around this data
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Secondary Engine Protocol
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Newer devices can communicate using two protocol for engines that require it.
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This is needed for some newer vehicles to get all the data that the engine
computer has like seatbelt and VIN
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Support for extra GM information
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Remote Scan Tool
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This allows Geotab support to remotely communicate directly with the engine
computer. This is useful for adding support for new vehicle types remotely and
troubleshooting any issues
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2G/GSM
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Support for older GSM 2G networks. This is the most common network
everywhere in the world
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3G/HSPA
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Some network carriers eg AT&T don’t allow new GSM devices on their network.
A 3G or HSPA version of the device is available for these networks. The 3G
version will run on GSM networks.
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CDMA
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Support for CDMA 1xRTT is also available for CDMA networks like Sprint and
Verizon
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Garmin
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Through a Garmin cable, a garmin can be attached to a GO device allowing
messaging and dispatch
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