Automotive diagnostic tool

摘要

PCT No. PCT/GB91/01246 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 2, 1993 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 2, 1993 PCT Filed Jul. 25, 1991 PCT Pub. No. WO92/02825 PCT Pub. Date Feb. 20, 1992.An apparatus (16) for diagnosing faults in the electrical circuit of a motor vehicle which has a microprocessor (90) connected to a wiring harness (10) of a vehicle for controlling selected operations of the vehicle as a diagnostic microprocessor (22) which is coupled to the vehicle microprocessor (90) and wiring harness (10) by way of a multipin connector (14) and either an autotest circuit (44) or a manual breakout box (42) and reference probe (18). The microprocessor (22) also has a further test probe (20) for connection to the various terminals in the wiring harness (10). A plugin module (28) stores information particular to the vehicle and the test and the diagnostic microprocessor (22) monitors the vehicle microprocessor (90) and interprets any fault signals received from this using the information in the plugin module (28) to carry out a diagnostic test of the vehicle wiring harness (10) to locate the fault. The diagnostic test may include user interface through a display (24 ) and a keypad (30) which allows user input in response to selected displays generated on the display (24) by the microprocessor (22).