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The Caterpillar Electronic Technician (ET)
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The Caterpillar Electronic Technician (ET) is a software program that is used to access data. The service technician will use the ET in order to perform the maintenance on the machine. Some of the options that are available with the Caterpillar Electronic Technician are listed below:
Diagnosis of problems
Viewing diagnostic codes
Viewing active event codes and logged event codes
View the status of parameters.
Clear active diagnostic codes and clear logged diagnostic codes
Perform calibration of machine systems.
Program the ECM (Flash). This is done with the "WINflash" program. See Testing and Adjusting, "Electronic Control Module (ECM) - Flash Program".
Print reports.See Troubleshooting, "Using the Caterpillar Electronic Technician to Determine Diagnostic Codes". Diagnostic information is accessed with the following drop down menus:
Active diagnostic codes
Logged diagnostic codesLogged Event Codes
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Typical Cat ET screen for logged event codesLogged events are provided with an indicator which is used to keep track of recurring or intermittent events. The data for the logged event shall include the following items: an event identifier (EID), a text description of the event, the number of occurrences of the event, a time stamp that shows the time that the event first occurred and a time stamp that shows the time that the event has most recently occurred.Status Groups For The Electronic Technician
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Typical Cat ET screen for parametersThe status groups are lists of machine parameters. The status of the parameters are shown in real time.