Before you consider purchasing a FAULTMATE MSV system even at it's December discount price, i wanted you to know what it can and cannot do.
When under ford ownership, Land Rover introduced the Discovery 3 (LR3) and the RRS.
However unlike the BMW technology based L322 (Mk3 RR) this was a totally new vehicle, at least diagnostic wise.
For the first time Land Rovers employed CAN busses extensively, over which all diagnostics are also done.
This demanded a total rethink and a whole new strategy for us.
As such for the last 3 years we have done little else but study LR / Ford CAN bus technology and communicatoins over it.
At the moment we know so much about this, i would say with some confidence that we are currently the leading experts.
One of the problems however is that although we now fullly understand and indeed master this CAN bus based communication technology and can achieve almost anything we wish with it, there is so much of it that introducing it in the form of our own diagnostic equipment in one go is near impossible. Indeed it may never be possible for any third party equipment manufacturer to provide a system fully capable of equalling or bettering the manufacturers own IDS system. But that won't stop us trying.
So firstly, you have to understand that while we are synonymous for producing nothing but the very best and most capable systems around, the software that we currently produce for these later CAN bus vehicles is therfore by no means extensive in terms of capability and functionality.
We produce software for every single system fitted on all variants of the vehicles, this can be up to 30 per vehicle and can be on either the high speed CAN bus, The low speed CAN bus or even on the fibre optic infotainment bus (MOST BUS)
For each system we cover the basics of vehicle diagnostic equipment requirements, which is to fully read and clear any of the sixty five thousand manufacturer specific fault codes along with causal, accessory and freeze frame data. It also handles not tested faults.
We also read out all the part number, vin and serial number type identification information.
On those systems carrying Car Configuration file data we also read this out and dispaly it for moduification as well as vehicle assembly code data.
Sorry if that sounds a bit heavy, its the sort of thing to get to learn all about when you get into diagnosing these vehicles.
We also allow the service reminder to be set reset as desired for time, distance and fuel usage.
It is our serious intent to add further capability and to specifically look into those settings features which are of particular desire to private owners, seat belt warning, key in warning, Engine power mapping, height adjustment, ride handling perameters etc. But we cannot give any guarantees as to if and when this might be.
Not for now. Info from the manufacturer:
