CarChip Online Help Printable Version

CarChip Specifications

Prior Release Notes

Incompatible Vehicle List

What is OBDII?

One Year Limited Warranty

Contacting Davis Instruments

CarChip Online Help Printable Document

A printable version of the online help is provided in the Adobe Acrobat file carchip.pdf located on the CarChip software CD. The manual is also provided as a short cut on the Start Menu.

CarChip Pro and CarChip Fleet Pro Specifications

The following specifications pertain to the CarChip Pro (# 8226) and CarChip Fleet Pro (# 8246) models of the CarChip. See CarChip (# 8211), CarChip E/X (# 8221) and CarChip E/X with Alarm (# 8225) Specifications for specifications on older and discontinued CarChip Models. Also, check www.davisnet.com for updated specifications on all of our products.

Note: CarChip Software version 2.3 or later is required for both the CarChip Pro and CarChip Fleet Pro models of CarChip.

General

Operating Temperature

-40° to +185°F (-40° to +85°C)

 

 

Primary Power, Connected to Vehicle

9 to 16 VDC, 80 mA with vehicle running, 17 mA with

 

vehicle's power off

 

 

Primary Power, Connected to

USB powered

Computer

 

 

 

Backup Power

Internal battery, minimum of 5 years total, with data logger

 

not powered by vehicle or computer; 10-15 year life in

 

normal use

 

 

Memory

512KB for CarChip Pro, 2MB for CarChip Fleet Pro

 

 

Data Logging Capacity for CarChip Pro

300 hours maximum, depending on logging intervals and

 

number of optional parameters selected

 

 

Data Logging Capacity for CarChip

1200 hours maximum, depending on logging intervals and

Fleet Pro

number of optional parameters selected. Data logging

 

capacity is determined by a combination of factors, such as

 

logging intervals, number of optional parameters

 

selected,and, if optional GPS is used, the logging interval

 

used for GPS. Please see the CarChip Fleet Pro specification

 

sheet on our website at www.carchip.com.

 

 

Time & Date

Accurate to +/- 2 seconds per day

 

 

Vehicle Interface

16-pin OBDII connector

 

 

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