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Does PF-Diagnose show everything that the OEM software shows?

April 26, 2017OEM pf-diagnose shows Software

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Does PF-Diagnose show everything that the OEM software shows?

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A. No, PF-Diagnose has access to published PID, SID, SPN, and faults only. Some data is either sent on a proprietary protocol or using PID, SID, or SPNs set aside for proprietary use. Only the OEM Software has access to most of these. For example, Engine Oil Pressure is published and will display however Oil Pressure Sensor Volts is Proprietary and is not available in PF-Diagnose. Some Body controller and electrical system codes are proprietary as well, PF-Diagnose will display a large number of values in most cases however, and is a great, inexpensive, alternative to the OEM Diagnostic packages, if they will even sell it to you. In short, PF-Diagnose will show more data than any other 3rd party software package we tested and many technicians report that the data available is more than enough to troubleshoot most failures. With thousands of code definitions, about 90% of the available fault codes are supported and we are adding more as they come available.