Copyright 2009-2014 Pico Technology Ltd. All rights reserved.

PicoDiagnostics

User's Guide

pd.en r12

Automotive Software

IPicoDiagnostics User's Guide

Copyright 2009-2014 Pico Technology Ltd. All rights reserved. pd.en r12

Table of Contents....................................................................................................................................11 Welcome

....................................................................................................................................22 Introduction

........................................................................................................................................21 Contact information

........................................................................................................................................22 System requirements

........................................................................................................................................23 Using PicoDiagnostics for the first time

........................................................................................................................................34 Licence agreement

....................................................................................................................................43 Menus

........................................................................................................................................41 File menu ......................................................................................................................................................................51 User Details dialog

........................................................................................................................................52 View menu ......................................................................................................................................................................61 Customer details dialog

........................................................................................................................................83 Tests menu

........................................................................................................................................84 Options menu

........................................................................................................................................85 Help menu

....................................................................................................................................94 Tests

........................................................................................................................................91 Cylinder balance ......................................................................................................................................................................91 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................................92 Test conditions

......................................................................................................................................................................103 Wizard

......................................................................................................................................................................124 Options

......................................................................................................................................................................125 Running the test

......................................................................................................................................................................136 Controls

......................................................................................................................................................................147 Signal graph

......................................................................................................................................................................158 Failed test ........................................................................................................................................162 Compression test

......................................................................................................................................................................161 Introduction

......................................................................................................................................................................162 Test conditions

......................................................................................................................................................................173 Connections

......................................................................................................................................................................184 Test setup

......................................................................................................................................................................185 Options

......................................................................................................................................................................186 Running the test

......................................................................................................................................................................207 Failed test ........................................................................................................................................213 Battery test

......................................................................................................................................................................211 Introduction

......................................................................................................................................................................222 Connections

......................................................................................................................................................................233 Setup

......................................................................................................................................................................244 Options

......................................................................................................................................................................255 Running the test

......................................................................................................................................................................266 Interpreting the results ........................................................................................................................................274 Propshaft balancing

......................................................................................................................................................................271 Preparing the vehicle

......................................................................................................................................................................272 Running PicoDiagnostics

......................................................................................................................................................................403 Options ........................................................................................................................................415 NVH

......................................................................................................................................................................411 Equipment

Table of ContentsII

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......................................................................................................................................................................412 Terminology

......................................................................................................................................................................423 Connecting the PicoScope and sensor

......................................................................................................................................................................424 Running the PicoDiagnostics software

......................................................................................................................................................................425 Selecting the NVH test

......................................................................................................................................................................436 NVH Wizard

......................................................................................................................................................................447 NVH Manual setup

......................................................................................................................................................................458 Signal quality check

......................................................................................................................................................................459 Entering vehicle information

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