Caterpillar is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway gas and diesel engines, diesel and electric locomotives, and industrial gas turbines. For over 100 years, the company has made a name for itself in product durability and quality and more recently, in machinery that contributes to a reduced carbon future.
However, what sets Caterpillar equipment apart from their competitors is its constant technological innovations. Take the example of CAT Command where operators can control their machines from outside their equipment. It is very useful in tough conditions to prevent injury to personnel. That Caterpillar is the leading manufacturer of quality products is evident in all their products.
In this post, the focus will be on Caterpillar construction equipment such as dozers, excavators, skid steers, compact track loaders, articulated trucks, and motor graders and the Caterpillar scanner to use if you own a fleet of them.
Caterpillar Construction Equipment And The CAT Diagnostic Computer
Even though Caterpillar material handling equipment is considered the best in this niche, it is not unusual for simple or complex problems to occasionally crop up. In this case, with the Caterpillar diagnostic tool, you can quickly check for malfunctions and take rectification action before they become too big which might lead to downtime and loss of revenue.
Most importantly, our Jaltest Caterpillar diagnostic software makes sure that fault codes are diagnosed in-house and solutions implemented so that no time is wasted and the equipment is soon back on the job.
The reason why our Jaltest Caterpillar scanner diagnostic tool is a leader in its class is because it is customized for a wide range of Caterpillar construction equipment. These include but are not restricted to such world-class Caterpillar equipment as the Cat d6t dozer, Cat 930H wheel loader, Cat 259D compact track loader, 336F excavator, Skid steers, and many others.
Our CAT diagnostic software has a very intuitive and user-friendly dashboard from where you can get all information about the health of your equipment by connecting it to the onboard computer. Fault codes and all technical data can be obtained from the software that is related to hydraulics, engines, transmissions, brakes, lights, and many more components and systems. Quick solutions are offered in the diagnostic tool to get your equipment back on the job without wasting time calling in external certified engineers.
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Cutting-edge Diagnostics With The Caterpillar Scanner & Diagnostic Tool
Before going further into the functioning of our Caterpillar scanner, a quick word on Caterpillar fault codes that are cleared by the Jaltest diagnostic tool.
Every modern piece of equipment today has an onboard computer that reflects the health of the machinery through certain alphanumeric codes. Any malfunction of a system or component corresponds to a fault code, usually alphanumeric, that is shown on the display screen below the dashboard on the driver’s side along with warning lights and alarm.
When our CAT diagnostic computer is connected to the onboard computer the specific fault code shows up here too along with the nature of the issue and the required rectification actions to be taken.
Our Caterpillar scanner provides great coverage of your construction equipment which include engines, hydraulics, transmissions, body computers, powertrains, instrument clusters, and several other systems. Once the fault code is identified, a host of functions, even the most complex ones like bi-directional activities and forced regens can be easily performed in-house to keep your equipment on the job.
What helps in diagnosing and clearing fault codes with our Caterpillar diagnostic tool is the detailed technical information, maintenance data, and wiring diagrams provided in the software. Hence, any component fault can be easily detected from among hundreds of parts in the equipment from its precise location on the wiring diagram, and corrective action is initiated.
Deep coverage of maintenance data also helps users of Caterpillar equipment to carry out various types of preventive and maintenance activities. You can calibrate joysticks, set up flows and pressures on excavators, calibrate booms, perform dump on wheel loaders, calibrate the blade on a motor grader and transmissions, and much more.
With this one Jaltest Caterpillar scanner diagnostics, you can keep your construction equipment in peak performance mode through services that are at par with those offered by dealers.
Preventive and Corrective Troubleshooting With The Caterpillar Diagnostic Tool
The focus of the Jaltest Caterpillar digital diagnostic tool is to ensure that your equipment is always in top operating mode. There are two ways to ensure this, by taking preventive action or by solutions that are specific to symptoms and fault codes. Both processes are built into the CAT diagnostic computer.
The first is taking preventive measures to thwart any serious malfunction. Through our diagnostic menu, you can periodically undertake full system scans to identify any minor fault codes that might cause serious damage to your equipment if left unattended. These fault codes are temporary and typically go away after a few driving cycles. However, identifying them and clearing these fault codes prevent minor issues from becoming major problems.
The other use of the Caterpillar scanner is taking up scanning by symptoms. This is done when specific fault codes are shown and relevant action needs to be taken. Our maintenance tool will handhold you through the necessary action required to clear the fault code and bring your equipment back to working condition. The software will confirm that all critical parameters are working as per settings calibrated by you.
In short, it is always advisable to carry out full system scans on your Caterpillar construction equipment to pre-empt any malfunction, especially during peak operating seasons.
Read more about fault codes for Caterpillar construction equipment.
Caterpillar Engine Diagnostic Scanner
So long in this post, we have gone through the details of various systems of Caterpillar equipment and how the CAT diagnostic computer resolves the issues. Let us now check a key activity of a critical machinery of Caterpillar construction equipment which is the engine.
If you find the engine warning lights flashing, you must prioritize its solution over everything else. Whenever you find the engine of any Caterpillar construction equipment not sounding right or running rough, check the fault code and reach for the CAT engine diagnostic software to know what action must be taken to clear it.
It is always advisable to resolve the fault codes and not operate the equipment. However, in some cases where the equipment has to be moved to another location for better fault resolutions, make sure that any other warning lights of critical components like transmission and hydraulics are not on.
The biggest problem is that it is very difficult to say what is wrong with the engine without using our advanced Jaltest Caterpillar engine diagnostic scanner. It might be anything simple like a loose wire or something more complicated like soot buildup that requires activating force regens to prevent the equipment from going into limp mode.
It should be mentioned here that our Jaltest Caterpillar digital diagnostic tool performs force regens for Caterpillar equipment up to Level 2 though it goes much beyond that for other brands of construction equipment.
Now, what is forced regens that is taken care of with our CAT engine diagnostic software?
For diesel engines only, soot builds up in the diesel particulate filter, prevents the engine from performing at top capacity, and pushes the equipment towards limp mode. Forced regens carried out with our Jaltest software are the highest level of maintenance activity and are done when the usual passive regens cannot stop this soot accumulation in the DPF. When this happens, it shows up as a fault code in the Caterpillar scanner and must be cleared at the earliest.
Soot buildup usually occurs when the equipment does not run for long stretches at a time but carries out stop-go operations, common for construction equipment like tractors, dozers, and excavators. When force regens is required, our Caterpillar engine diagnostic scanner will guide you through the process. It will advise whether to go for High or Very High settings depending on the extent of soot buildup.
Force regens is done by running the engine continuously for about 40 minutes at a specific rev as guided by the CAT engine diagnostic software. This leads to a rise in the temperature of the exhaust gasses that burn off the soot.
Another powerful maintenance action done by our engine diagnostic software is the code injector scanner. It helps to change the code injector in the Electronic Control Module (ECM) whenever an injector is installed or replaced.
Summing Up
The Jaltest Caterpillar scanner is a very user-friendly software that helps users navigate effortlessly through the diagnostic menu. Moreover, the tool can be configured and set up without the need to go through any elaborate processes. This gives our software over others in this niche. Simply plug in the CAT diagnostic computer to the onboard computer of the equipment and you are ready to read fault codes and act as suggested.
We also offer three updates to our software every year. It keeps abreast of any technical innovations made to Caterpillar construction equipment so that the software never becomes obsolete.
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