Universal serial bus memory device for use in a vehicle diagnostic device

摘要

A method and apparatus are provided that allow an off-the-shelf USB flash memory device to be used with a scan tool. The USB flash memory device can have a different operating system then the proprietary operating system of the scan tool. The method and apparatus allows the scan tool to read from and write on the USB flash memory device regardless of the formatted operating system on the device.

主权项

1. A method of writing onto a USB flash memory device connected to a vehicle diagnostic scan tool, comprising:
detecting, by a processor of the vehicle diagnostic scan tool, the USB flash memory device that is formatted for a first operating system that is different from a second operating system used by the vehicle diagnostic scan tool and is coupled to the vehicle diagnostic scan tool; collecting, with the processor of the vehicle diagnostic scan tool, diagnostic information from a vehicle that is coupled to the vehicle diagnostic scan tool; and writing the diagnostic information on the USB flash memory device that is formatted for the first operating system at a sector by sector level without using a file system.