Help & Troubleshooting

TOOL SELF-TESTS

If you experience problems when performing the Tool Self-Tests, contact tech- nical support at 1-800-228-7667(8:00 – 6:00 EST Monday – Friday) or send an email to tech_support@actron.com

Tool Self-Testscheck the display, keypad, internal memory, and RS-232 inter- face.

 

After powering up the Scan Tool, the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Main Menu displays four choices.

 

MainMenu

 

 

 

 

the

 

key.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select Tool Self-Testwith the

 

 

Vehicle Diagnosis

 

 

 

 

arrow keys and press

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From the Tool Self-Testmenu, choose

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

from Display Test, Keyboard Test, Memory Test or Printer

 

.

 

 

Display Test

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Display Test is used to check the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LCD. The test fills every pixel of the LCD

ToolSef-

 

 

 

 

For example, f you press the

ENTER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1)Disp3MeyboardmorTest

 

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display with a solid black character.

 

`2K

lay

 

Test[

 

Select Display Test and press

 

.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press

 

again to start the test. Look for pixe

that

not black. In other

 

words, look for missing spots in the solid black

aracters. When done, press

 

BACK

 

 

Test Look

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ForMissing Spots

 

 

 

 

key

not working.

 

If the ToolInBACKWhenDoneDisplaySelf-Test .menuPressdoes not return, then the

 

KeyboardUP/DOWNTest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tup

 

 

[

 

TheENTERKeyboard Test is used

verify the keysToolSeare functioninglf-Testproperly. ~

8

Select Keyboard

 

from the Tool Self-

est m

nu to display he Keyboard

Test screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When y u pre

 

 

, he

y name or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

scroll direction

hould appear

n the dis-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

play.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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key, then Key: EN ER displays on the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

third line of the

cre

. If the name does

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

not display, then t

 

key is

working.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The only exception

the

BACK

key.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BACK

 

is .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WhenENTERthe Tok

 

ed, the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tool Self-Te t me

u retu .

 

 

BACKWhenDoneKeyAndKey:ENTER

Name

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENTER

 

 

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