Changelog
VCM Scanner 5.0
General
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MPVI3 and RTD gen 3. VCM Scanner now supports our latest generation of interface devices. |
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Multi-language support. It's a work in progress, but we have begun to translate portions of the VCM Suite user interface. See Selecting the Displayed Language for more information. |
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Improved Vehicle Profile Editor. You can now load and save vehicle profiles and import them from log files. Doing channel configuration for vehicles that are located remotely just got a whole lot easier. See Vehicle Profiles for more information. |
Scanning
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Markers are back! While scanning, you can place a marker in the log by pressing the M key. During playback, the marker will be displayed in the timeline. See Scanning Procedure. |
Layouts
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Drive Cycle panel. You can now add a Drive Cycle panel to your layouts to help with emissions and fuel economy testing. See Drive Cycle Panel. |
VCM Scanner 4.12
Scanning
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Channel configurations now support advanced properties of "OS Fallback" and "OS Override". See Advanced Channel Properties for more information. |
Parameters
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Improved definition support for many supported platforms. |
VCM Scanner 4.10
Parameters
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Improved definition support for many supported platforms. |
Diagnostics & Info
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Enhanced DTC polling and clearing for select vehicles |
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DTCs reported via KWP2000 (varies per vehicle) |
MPVI2
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Standalone Datalogging available for most supported platforms (Pro Feature Set required). |
VCM Scanner 4.8
Parameters
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Improved definition support for many supported platforms. |
Diagnostics & Info
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Enhanced DTC polling for select vehicles |
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All modules on GM HS-CAN bus (varies per vehicle) |
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DTCs reported via Unified Diagnostic Services (varies per vehicle) |
MPVI2
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Additional CAN sensor support for MPVI2+ProLink |
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AEM 30-0306 Boost Gauge |
Controls & Special Functions
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Porsche Service Reminder Reset |
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17+ Ford Super Duty (Remote Start Duration, Adjust TPMS Thresholds) |
VCM Scanner 4.6
Scanning
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Improved scanning performance for many older vehicles. |
Parameters
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More parameters have been added. |
Layouts > Gauges
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Improved Range level 3 background alert activation |
Maths
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User maths increased to 40. |
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Added a Shift() function. |
Diagnostics & Info
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Manufacturer specific DTC descriptions have been added for many platforms. |
MPVI2
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External CAN sensors via ProLink now supported |
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External CAN sensors can be monitored without a vehicle present. |
VCM Scanner 4.4
General
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Vehicle info has been added to the Details tab for log files. |
VCM Scanner 4.2
General
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Export to csv alignment issue fixed when a channel without any data points was present. |
Scanning
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Added support for MPVI2 Pro Link. |
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Fixed a few Dodge scanning issues. |
Parameters
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More parameters have been added. |
Controls & Special Functions
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More controls & special functions have been added for many newer vehicles. |
VCM Scanner 4.0
General
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The Help >About form now checks if a newer update is available. |
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Interface disconnects are now detected and handled appropriately when connected/scanning. |
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Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.1 is the new system requirement. |
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The software will no longer prompt for application keys at startup if no application keys are found. |
Scanning
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Fixed a bug where in some cases channels with higher intervals were prioritized higher than channels with lower intervals. |
Parameters
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More parameters have been added. |
Controls & Special Functions
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More controls & special functions have been added for many newer vehicles. |
MPVI2
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Initial hardware release. |
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USB scanning fully supported, same as the MPVI. |
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Bluetooth pass-through scanning supported. On some vehicle, scanning over bluetooth may be slower than scanning over USB. |
VCM Scanner 3.6
General
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Diagnostics and Info Readiness Tests now list tests that are Not Supported. |
Scanning
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Fixed a bug where the scanner would randomly stop after an arbitrary length of time. |
Parameters
Controls & Special Functions
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More controls & special functions have been added for many newer vehicles. |
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Several issues on GM vehicles have been resolved, including VATS Relink, Transmission Gear control, ... |
VCM Scanner 3.4
General:
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Improved overall application performance. |
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Many RTT features have been added. |
Scanning
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Improved the connect and protocol detection process. This fixes support for older ISO 9141 vehicles. |
Parameters
Controls & Special Functions
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More controls & special functions have been added for many newer vehicles. |
VCM Scanner 3.2
Files
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Support for 2.24 and prior config (.cfg) and histogram (.hst) files. |
Scanning
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GM 97 V6, 97-98 LS1: Doubled the scanning data rate for these controllers. |
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More controller support has been added. |
Parameters
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Improved parameter search string matching. Similar results are now returned. |
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GM 97 V6 now reports Timing Advance (SAE) with the correct +/- sign. The sign used to be reversed. |
Controls & Special Functions
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GM Relink VATS for vehicles that support it, has been added. This function used to be in VCM Editor in 2.x releases. |
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GM Change VIN for vehicles has been added. This function used to be in VCM Editor in 2.x releases. |
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Ford KAM Reset (Copperhead, TC-1791, TC-1797). |
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Ford Crank Relearn bidi (Copperhead, TC-1791, TC-1797). |
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Dodge ETC Learn bidi feature for CAN vehicles, including 2008-2010 Viper. |
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Dodge Traction Control Enable/Disable bidi feature added. |
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Dodge Reset All Adaptives feature for added. |
Layouts
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Added tags to parameter descriptions like [Math] [Sensor] [Input], etc... on layout editor forms. |
Maths
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User maths increased to 30. |
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User Interface improvements. |
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Improved Variable Wizard. |
Misc
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Real Time Tuning (RTT) for GM vehicles that support it, has been added. |
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Many bugs have been fixed. |
VCM Scanner 3.0
Global
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The software can now remember multiple application keys and interface license information. |
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VCM Suite Info form is now more informative. |
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Editor and Scanner both save vehicle history, allowing you to switch between vehicle profiles while offline to build channel configs more easily. |
Core
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The scanner now remembers its layout and config automatically. No need to save a separate file every change. |
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New design allows multiple instances of any core display object (Plot/Gauge/Chart). |
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New design auto scales when the main VCM Scanner window is resized. |
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New design more clearly separates the visual layout from the channel configuration and logged data. |
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Zoom is now time based instead of frame based. |
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Scroll bar is now on the bottom of the main window, and shows an RPM plot. |
Files
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.hpl files are saved using a new file format. |
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You can now open third party .csv files. |
Scanning
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All scanned marketers are now managed through one display: the Channels Form. This combines the displays from VCM Scanner 2.x, Table Display and Status Bit Display. |
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The internal scanning methods have been improved for faster scan rates. |
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OBD Support for CAN 250 kb/s and ISO 14230 (European KWP 2000). |
Windows Screen Saver and Sleep is suspended while scanning.
Parameters
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Broadcast parameters now supported. |
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Parameters now have default polling intervals set. These intervals can be adjusted. |
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SAE parameters have been added. |
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Ford and Dodge pmeters have been added. |
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pmeters have been organized and grouped more appropriately. |
Channels
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Load Vehicle Defaults added, which take into account each vehicle specifically. |
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Serial port wideband support added. |
Layouts
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Default Layouts are now built into VCM Scanner. |
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Many more options available. |
Layouts > Chart vs Time
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Acts in a better fashion near the front and end of logs. |
Layouts > Graph:
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Formerly known as "Histogram". We inappropriately used the term "histogram" since VCM Scanner 1.x. |
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Supports multiple cell selection with the ctrl key. |
Maths
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Table Filters and Math pmeters now support avg() and slope(). |
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Variable Wizard added to help expression creation |
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Unsupported variables are highlighted in Pink |
Diagnostics & Info
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Freeze Frame support added |
MPVI Interface
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Standalone Datalogging format has changed. |
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You will need to write your config to the interface using VCM Scanner 3.0 or newer. |
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You will not be able to read logs from the interface configured with older versions of VCM Scanner. |
Misc
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Many bugs have been fixed from 2.24. |
