Buy Davis Instruments 8226 CarChip ProDavis Instruments 8226 CarChip Pro Product Description:
- Time and date for each trip
- Distance traveled
- Speed (recorded every 5 seconds)
- Hard brakings and quick accelerations
- Read the diagnostic trouble code (or DTC).
- Get the "freeze-frame" sensor readings telling you the status of various engine parameters at the time.
- Reset the check engine light.
- RPM
- Throttle position
- Engine load
- Fuel pressure
- Fuel system status
- Short- and long-term-fuel trim
- Battery voltage
- Timing advance
- Coolant temperature
- Air flow rate
- Intake air temperature
- Intake manifold pressure
- Oxygen sensor voltage
Product Description
With the CarChip Pro from Davis Instruments, you'll have complete access to all your vehicles diagnostic data at your fingertips! No more taking your car in to see why your Engine light came on - the car chip will give you the trouble code so you can check it yourself, and even reset the light! You can also find out if you car will pass the smog test before you take it in! CarChip Pro with Alarm records every second of every trip, up to 300 hours of driving data! Sort miles by type, business or personal miles, set thresholds for alarms, calculate gas mileage, and lots more!
You can view all of this graphically on your computer screen, giving you a moment-by-moment picture of how you (or your employees or kids!) are driving!
If the vehicle's check engine light (also known as a malfunction indicator light or MIL) comes on, you'll be able to:
CarChip Pro with Alarm includes the data storage - up to 300 hours of driving data. (The actual number of hours will vary, depending on how frequently you log data. When full, CarChipPro "rolls over" and begins to overwrite the oldest data with the newest.) It also provides user-settable alarms for speed, hard braking, and quick acceleration. If you're unfortunate enough to be involved in an accident, CarChipPro will automatically generate an accident log showing the last critical 20 seconds of speed.
Includes data logger, software on CD, and USB cable for downloading data. Requires Windows 98SE/2000/MProP and one USB port.
Notes:
Vehicle Conflicts and Exclusions
There are a few vehicles in which CarChip does not function properly, and there are others in which CarChip may interfere with the normal operation of the vehicle. Please review the list of known CarChip Vehicle Conflicts and Exclusions before purchasing or using CarChip. http://www.davisnet.com/drive/products/carchip_exclusions.pdf
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
A great gift for the geek that has everything
By Steven R. Roth
I have little to add to the previous reviews for this device - they've covered most everything accurately. However there's one bit of advice for owners and prospective owners that I'd like to share: the Car Chip isn't especially robust when it comes to electrical system anomalies. I'm basing this comment on a previous version, however from what I can see, the power input appears to be approximately the same on this one.So specifically what am I talking about? Well, for example, if you happen to find yourself with a dead battery, you should unplug the CarChip before doing any kind of jump starting, battery replacement, battery charging, or any other electrical system repairs. It's VERY easy to blow the protective device in the CarChip which will almost certainly blow the fuse for the 12V supply to your OBDII port. The consequences of this will vary from vehicle to vehicle, ranging from nothing more than no data collection (and an inoperative OBDII port, naturally) to a No-Start condition. The latter occurred to me on a Chrysler product which, for reasons passing understanding, the engineers decided to share power to the OBDII port with the supply to the engine computer. Not realizing that it was the CarChip that was blowing the fuse sent me and the service folks in some expensive circles.Bottom line: if you're having ANY kind of electrical issues in your vehicle, remove the CarChip immediately until they are resolved.Otherwise, with that above caveat, this is a very useful gadget especially for those who love digging into things.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.Great Hardware - So so software
By M. Magnus
I bought this unit to diagnose an issue with one of my cars and to also serve as a training aid for my son who is a new driver. It works as described and proved to be very useful in troubleshooting my car. I would give the device 5 stars if the software were better but it needs work.You review each trip as a separate graph. Also each graph only has one parameter on it such as speed. This limits the ability to use the software directly to analyze the data by comparing two measurements on the same time axis.To do any real analysis, you have to export all of the data to excel which is not a simple process but instead involved cutting and pasting the numbers.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.Great Item!
By Joshua T. S. Blaha
I had seen this product that a friend of mine had for a long time. I was excited to get one when I got a car that would meet the qualifications. I just bought this this last month. I have traveled over 1000 miles already with it and is works beautifully. It has a LOT of potential for car up-keeping, but it also already does more than I thought it could. It is great for keeping up mileage, MPG usage, self-troubleshooting, breaking bad driving habits, and much more. I highly recommend this product and will get another one for the rest of the cars that I get.
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