Vehicle Profiles

Each vehicle make and model has its own unique set of parameters. The list of parameters for one manufacturer's vehicles will be completely different than the list for a different manufacturer's vehicles. Moreover, some vehicles that share a make and model may support different parameters and channels if their controllers have different operating system IDs.

When you connect to a new vehicle, VCM Suite will create and store a new "Vehicle Profile" in order to save the channel and parameter setup you implement for that vehicle. When you connect to the vehicle again, the correct profile will be automatically selected.

(VCM Scanner version 4.13 and later) If a vehicle is located remotely, you can obtain its profile from a user who has access to the vehicle. This allows you to create a channel configuration for remote customers. There are two ways to do this:

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Profiles can be saved to file and exchanged between users of VCM Scanner. See Saving a Vehicle Profile to File for instructions.

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Profiles can be imported from a data log performed on the vehicle. See Importing a Vehicle Profile from a Data Log.

NOTE: If a vehicle misreports or doesn't report its operating system ID or VIN, it may be necessary to manually enter these in the vehicle profile in order to help VCM Scanner load the appropriate parameter set. See Manually Entering an OS ID or VIN.

When you are not connected to a vehicle, you can switch between profiles so that VCM Scanner loads the parameter set for the vehicle you wish to work with. See Selecting a Stored Vehicle Profile.

NOTE: Only OBD channels are saved in vehicle profiles. Since external channels are independent of the vehicle, they will be available with all vehicles