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Help Menu Commands
The CarChip Help menu lets you access the CarChip Help and CarChip Version Information. The Help
menu contains the following:
• CarChip Help - Opens the CarChip Help window. See Using CarChip Help for more information about
using the Help window.
• About CarChip - Displays version information for the CarChip hardware, firmware, and software.
To display the CarChip Help Window:
1. Select CarChip Help from the Help menu or click Help from the toolbar. The Help window displays.
To display the About CarChip Window:
1. Select About CarChip from the Help menu. The About CarChip window displays.
2. Click the window to close it and re-display the CarChip software.
Information on Discontinued and Older Model
CarChips
Davis Instruments continues to improve and update our CarChip product and software. Among these
changes are vehicle compatibility and product enhancements. The following product numbers show the
features for discontinued versions of CarChip.
Use CarChip (# 8210, 8211) for:
• Troubleshooting your car - Records trouble codes and displays freeze frames of sensor readings.
• Logging your car's performance - Records acceleration, deceleration, and speed.
• Recording trip information - Records dates, starts and stops, and distance.
• Clearing your car's check engine light - Checks your car's sensors and turns off the check engine
light.
Use CarChip E/X (# 8220, 8221) for all the features of the CarChip plus:
• Engine performance data logging - Log up to 4 of 23 available data parameters.
• Creating an Accident Log for every hard and extreme stop.
Use CarChip E/X with Alarm (# 8225) for all the features of CarChip E/X plus:
• Announcing to driver when speed, braking, and acceleration thresholds have been
exceeded - Gives off an audible alarm when thresholds have been broken.
Use CarChip Fleet (# 8240, 8241, 8244, 8245) for all the features of CarChip plus:
• Downloading car information to both the CarChip software and the DriveRight Fleet
Management Software (# 8186)
See Also:
Connecting an Older Model CarChip to a Computer
Older Model CarChip Specifications