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Содержание ScanGauge II

Страница 1: ...i t h e ScanGaugeII by LinearLogic INSTALLATION AND OPERATION www scangauge com www linear logic com ...

Страница 2: ...ScanGaugeII where it can obstruct the view of the driver Don t mount the ScanGaugeII in a manner which could cause it to be propelled through the vehicle during an accident causing injury such as over or near an air bag Don t route the cable in a manner which would interfere with the operation of the vehicle controls RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS The ScanGaugeII may be used on any number of vehicles The ...

Страница 3: ...en The velcro attachment allows you to easily remove it and use it to trouble shoot another vehicle and then return it to this vehicle IMPORTANT Don t place it on an airbag cover or where it will be propelled by a deploying airbag The location should be where it can easily be seen from the normal driving position It should not be placed where it will obstruct the drivers view outside the vehicle o...

Страница 4: ... type and fuel tank size The information can be changed and saved again as often as needed When the ScanGaugeII is first connected it attempts to communicate with the vehicle Communications can be established with the key in the run position even if the engine is not actually running It could take up to 60 seconds for the connection to be made after the unit is plugged in with the key in the run p...

Страница 5: ...AUGE TRIP MORE Pressing the button at the upper left corner will bring up selections for scanning the vehicle s computer for trouble codes and other information Pressing the upper right button will bring up Gauges showing the current information for the vehicle such as Speed RPM fuel economy etc Pressing the lower left button shows trip information and the lower right button brings up more types o...

Страница 6: ...hich type it is for it to be used AUTOMATIC REPEAT BUTTONS Pressing the buttons and holding them for more than a second will cause them to automatically repeat at a rate of about 2 times a second This allows for rapid stepping to a value without a lot of button pressing USER PROGRAMMABLE GAUGES Up to 25 trip vehicle specific or special gauges can be entered into the ScanGaugeII These are stored in...

Страница 7: ...t back to the HOME screen The following button sequences assume a start from HOME GAUGE GAUGE GAUGE GAUGE Pressing the button next to GAUGE causes the display to change to show the currently selected gauges They are automatically updated The following screen shows a typical gauge display 710RPM 28MPH 15 2MPG 50FWT This is a special case display Even though there are no or next to the displayed gau...

Страница 8: ...Water Temperature Water Coolant temperature A vehicle with a 50 50 mix of coolant and water will not boil over until about 265 degrees F at sea level This will be reduced at higher elevations FPR Fuel Pressure This is the fuel pressure from the fuel pump Very few vehicles report this GPH LPH Gallons per Hour Liters per Hour Fuel consumption rate in the selected units This is sensitive to throttle ...

Страница 9: ...g could indicate poor charging of the battery Voltage below 11 when the engine is off could indicate a low battery charge or a shorted battery cell SCAN An example screen where no codes were found would be No Codes Found Ready Ready indicates all tests have been completed since the last reset This is needed in some states to indicate a valid OBD test If Not Ready is displayed the vehicle hasn t co...

Страница 10: ...the other trouble code P0446 CLEAR PREVIOUS NEXT Pressing NEXT again will not change the display because we are at the last trouble code Pressing PREVIOUS will return the display to show the earlier trouble codes P0440 CLEAR PREVIOUS NEXT Pressing the CLEAR button will result in a prompt from the ScanGaugeII to verify that you want to clear the trouble code s and turn off the Check Engine lamp CLE...

Страница 11: ...blem is to do a search on the trouble code and the type of vehicle For instance searching for P0440 Ford will return not only the code definition but also information on the cause and cure When you find a list of codes for your vehicle it would be a good idea to print them out and keep them in the glove box for future reference It is comforting when you are on a trip and the Check Engine light com...

Страница 12: ...g display is a typical trip display Pressing the upper right or left button will allow you to change the displayed information for the trip tank 15 3 MPG CURRENT RESET For instance pressing the upper right button will select the amount of fuel consumed on the trip The following display is typical of the resulting output The Current trip can be reset manually at any time by pressing RESET It will a...

Страница 13: ...AY along with the data NOTE If the vehicle is driven early in the morning and then not again until late that evening the data will be transferred to the previous day If the vehicle is driven until late at night and then used again very early in the morning the data will stay in the TODAY trip The end of TODAY requires the vehicle be off the ScanGaugeII connected and the vehicle not driven for 8 to...

Страница 14: ...ficient speed This causes the fuel economy for the tank to rise and applying this higher fuel efficiency to the fuel remaining in the tank can actually result in more remaining distance If you drive slower than the average speed of the tank so far the time to empty can increase You should refill the vehicle when there is above 50 miles km remaining Pushing below 50 could result in running out of f...

Страница 15: ...4 intensity of this color 2 1 2 intensity of this color 3 Full intensity of this color Pressing the button with the color at level 3 will cause it to return to 0 As you press the buttons the backlight will change to show the color of the current selections If you have previously set the intensity at LOW the display will show the color at the low intensity level If you had set it at HIGH the displa...

Страница 16: ...r covering the ScanGaugeII with a piece of paper can significantly reduce this temperature If attached with velcro you can also move it temporarily to a location away from the sun MORE SETUP This selection allows you to set the ScanGaugeII up for a particular vehicle ENGINE UNITS SPEED FUEL MORE SETUP UNITS Selecting UNITS will result in the following display MILES GALLONS F PSI This screen allows...

Страница 17: ...ed the entered value will be lost when the ScanGaugeII is disconnected This may be the desired operation if the vehicle is not to have the ScanGaugeII regularly used on it 3 0 LITERS Engine SAVE MORE SETUP FUEL This selection leads to a screen that allows you to set the type of fuel used by the vehicle and the capacity of the fuel tank TYPE TANK SIZE MORE SETUP FUEL TYPE MORE SETUP FUEL TYPE MORE ...

Страница 18: ...YBRID or the ScanGaugeII will go to sleep when the engine automatically shuts off Propane powered vehicles should use LPG MORE SETUP FUEL TANK SIZE This selection is used to tell the ScanGaugeII how much fuel can be held in the fuel tank This information is available in the owners manual of the vehicle 25 GALLONS Tank Size SAVE The upper buttons can be used to adjust the value to match that of the...

Страница 19: ...ches 100x 1 24 30 20 Setting the value to 20 will compensate for the tire size change For gear changes the formula would be 100x 1 new ratio old ratio For instance if the old ratio was 3 55 and the new ratio was 4 10 100x 1 4 10 3 55 15 One accurate way to set the speed is to use a handheld GPS With one person driving the other person observes the speed on the GPS and adjusts the until the lower r...

Страница 20: ...d the tank must be filled Using this screen will also make adjustments to the fuel consumption calculations and result in more accurate absolute fuel use and economy readings 21 6 GALLONS 0 0 DONE The following cautions are important to prevent miscalibration and inaccurate fuel economy and use The accuracy of the ScanGaugeII can be improved if you properly use the calibration procedure as follows...

Страница 21: ...e You can record the adjustment factor for your vehicle and later adjust it back to this if you use it in another vehicle and then return it back to this one Now press DONE The adjustment will take effect immediately and the fuel economy and fuel used will be immediately affected by this adjustment If you find the fuel economy and use is way off what you think it should be use MORE MORE MORE USE D...

Страница 22: ...n the fuel is colder Variations in vehicle sensors due to temperature and time Pump accuracy limits These are just some of the variables that limit absolute accuracy and show why you should never trust a low reading of DISTANCE TO EMPTY to believe you will be able to make it to the next gas station MORE FILLUP DONE Pressing DONE resets the TANK trip information and starts the calibration sequence ...

Страница 23: ...top buttons will change between ALL and SUPPORTED Most vehicles use ALL which is the factory default But some vehicles will not work properly unless SUPPORTED is used This is the case for 1995 to 1999 Subaru vehicles If the ScanGaugeII connects but then goes to sleep after showing little or no data on the GAUGE display change this to SUPPORTED and press SAVE MORE MORE CMNDS MEMORY 0 EDIT SEND In t...

Страница 24: ...starting character This allows the maximum length allowed to be sent by OBD to be used Pressing OK OK OK OK will save the value to non volatile memory and return to the previous screen where it can be sent or another memory location selected Pressing the HOME button will exit this screen without saving the value and return to the HOME screen An even number of characters must be used If an odd numb...

Страница 25: ...nge the gauge update rate RATE FAST NORMAL SLOW The update rate defaults to NORMAL In some cases a faster update rate can be used If this causes some updates to be skipped or irregular operation FAST should not be used In some cases even NORMAL can be too fast and lead to poor operation In these cases SLOW should be used PWM and all the CAN modes can usually use FAST rate VPW ISO and KWP modes may...

Страница 26: ...nded Gauge feature allows you to extend the available gauges to include Vehicle specific information Trip data as gauges Special function gauges The ScanGaugeII is intended to be used in all OBDII compatible vehicles You don t have to buy a different type of ScanGaugeII for each type of vehicle One limitation of this has been that vehicles supply more than the standard information but the ScanGaug...

Страница 27: ... EDIT MORE MORE MORE XGAUGE EDIT MORE MORE MORE XGAUGE EDIT MORE MORE MORE XGAUGE EDIT If the memory is currently empty you will see the following display TXD OK Pressing the upper left button will cause the character at the underscore to step to the next higher character Pressing the lower left button will cause the character at the underscore to step to the next lower character Pressing the uppe...

Страница 28: ...eger tenths hundreds hex a decimal or on off There are also some fields that can turn any trip value into a gauge Pressing OK will move you to the RXD screen 0000 RXD OK This screen tells the ScanGaugeII where the data and its size in the response Entry in this screen is done the same as the other XGAUGE entry screens Pressing OK moves you to the MATH screen 000000000000 MTH OK This screen tells t...

Страница 29: ...er before saving and all the data will be written to that XGauge memory number leaving the previously selected memory number unchanged If you want to enter a gauge that is very similar to ones you have already entered start by pressing EDIT for the XGauge memory you wish to copy Step through the settings and edit the things you want to change for the new XGauge Before selecting SAVE change the num...

Страница 30: ...1 Fuel used 2 Max Coolant Temperature or Fuel Remaining for TANK trip 3 Distance 4 Max RPM or Distance to Empty for TANK trip 5 Time 6 Max Speed or Time to Empty for TANK trip 7 Average Speed 8 Cost The second character determines which trip to use 0 CURRENT Trip 1 TODAY Trip 2 PREVIOUS DAY Trip 4 TANK Trip NOTE 3 is skipped for the trip selection All entries other than those shown are undefined F...

Страница 31: ...ike any other gauge In the GAUGE screen press the button next to the gauge you want to use for the XGauge Keep pressing as needed until the XGauge name appears For instance if the following screen were visible pressing the button next to the RPM a number of times would eventually reach TDT 710RPM 28MPH 15 2MPG 50FWT The display would now look similar to the following 8 1TDT 28MPH 15 2MPG 50FWT NOT...

Страница 32: ... ECU requires only Supported PIDS Common on 1995 1999 Subaru 2 SOLUTION Use MORE MORE MODE PIDS select SUPPORTED and SAVE PROBLEM Poor MPG and TRIP Fuel use accuracy CAUSE Some sensor initial accuracy not good especially Diesel SOLUTION Use FILLUP procedure to adjust for sensor errors IMPORTANT Use MORE FILLUP DONE MORE FILLUP DONE MORE FILLUP DONE MORE FILLUP DONE at first fillup after connecting...

Страница 33: ...l continue to say NOT READY until all on board diagnostic tests have been completed This does not mean that it is not ready to be scanned To get to this screen the vehicle computer reported that no trouble codes exist Some states require that some or all on board tests be completed and no trouble codes be present to pass emissions testing When the ScanGaugeII reports No Codes Found and READY the v...

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Страница 36: ... com may be able to assist in solving a problem and will not diminish your rights to the full warranty Limits and Exclusions There are no express warranties except as listed above LINEAR LOGIC SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THIS PRODUCT OR ARISING OUT OF ANY BREACH OF THIS WARRANTY ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF...

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