Viewing Capture Info Data; Saving A Snapshot To Disk - GMC Tech2 User Manual

TIP Display modes can be used in various combinations to provide the most useful
diagnostic capability. It is even possible to view DTC information, locked parameters, and
graphed parameters simultaneously. In multi-display mode, replay selections can be used,
as previously described, to move through the snapshot.

Viewing Capture Info Data

Capture Info is a feature that allows the Tech2 to retrieve DTCs, Freeze Frame and Failure
Records from the vehicle's control module. This is a different function than snapshot
display. Capture Info files consist of only one frame of data, whereas snapshots typically
contain multiple frames of data.
When Capture Info is selected, the scan tool displays a menu selection that allows data
from the control module to be stored to the Tech2 PCMCIA card, or to refresh the PCMCIA
card with new data from a control module.
Important: A single code may be counted as two different codes in a Capture Info file if it
exists both in freeze frame and failure records.
To view DTCs, freeze frame or failure record data through TIS2Web software:
1. Use the Tech2 Capture Info function to retrieve data from a vehicle's control module.
2. Connect the Tech2 to the computer and go to the Tech2 start-up screen.
3. Launch TIS2Web.
4. Select the Snapshot Upload/Display application.
Click the "Upload from Handheld" icon on the toolbar.
5.
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Select Tech2, then click OK.
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Select Capture Data from upload selection menu, then click OK.
6. The data will display on screen. The top of the screen lists DTCs that were stored in
the control module. The lower portion of the screen lists captured freeze frame or
failure record data for the selected DTC.
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Notice that the navigation selections at the bottom of the screen are gray (cannot be
selected) because the data record consists of only one frame.
7. If more than one DTC is present, selecting a DTC in the list changes the data list to
match that DTC.
8. Capture Info can be stored and printed by the PC.
9. The user may toggle on/off the DTC(s) at the top of the screen in order to view only the
freeze frame or fail record data by selecting the Show/Hide Failure Record Information
icon on the toolbar. This icon is only active for the Capture Info Data function.

Saving a Snapshot to Disk

If you wish to save a file that you've opened, click the Save Snapshot icon on the toolbar.
You then have the option of saving the file to the computer's hard drive.
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