BAR 9V9770 - Caterpillar

Cat® Electronic Technician (Cat ET) Service Tool
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Use the Communication Adapter 3 to connect to Cat® Electronic Technician (Cat ET) Service Tool. Components of the Communication Adapter 3 Gp (317-7484) are listed: (1) Current version of Cat ET software for use with a Windows-based personal computer (2) 317-7485 Control Gp-Electronic (Com Adapter 3) (3) 327-8981 Cable As. (Data Link Cable CA3) (4) 370-4617 Cable As. (CA3 PC USB Cable)Cat® Electronic Technician (Cat ET) Service Tool is a software program used to access data. The service technician can use Cat ET to perform maintenance on the machine. Some of the options that are available with Cat ET are listed below:
View the active diagnostic codes and logged diagnostic codes. See Troubleshooting, "Using Caterpillar Electronic Technician to Determine Diagnostic Codes".
View the active event codes and logged event codes.
View the status of parameters.
Clear active and logged diagnostic codes.
Calibrate machine systems.
Program the ECM "Flash" with the "Winflash" program. See Testing and Adjusting, "Module - Flash Program (Winflash)".
Print reports.The following list contains some of the diagnostic and programming functions that are performed by the service tools.
The failures of the ECM system are displayed.
The status of most of the inputs and outputs are displayed.
The settings for the ECM are displayed.
The status of the input and output parameters are displayed in real time.
The clock hour of the internal diagnostic clock is displayed.
The number of occurrences and the clock hour (of the first and last occurrence) are displayed for each logged diagnostic code.
The definition for each logged diagnostic code and each event is displayed.
New FLASH software is loaded.See Troubleshooting, "Diagnostic Code List" for the list of diagnostic codes for the ECM:
Active diagnostic codes
Logged diagnostic codesEvent Codes
Logged Event Codes
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Typical Cat ET screen for logged events.An indicator for logged events is provided. The indicator allows the service technician to monitor event codes that are intermittent. The data for the logged event will include the following information:
An event identifier (EID)
A text description of the problem
The number of occurrences of the problem
The first occurrence of the problem
The last occurrence of the problemStatus Groups for Cat ET
The Status groups are lists of machine parameters. The status of the parameters is shown in real time.
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Typical Cat® Electronic Technician (Cat ET) Service Tool Status Screen.