[Gmecm] Class2 DIY tools?

[Dustin Lof]

Jay, I have a BDM it is Standard Ignition's scan tool,
it will do all the things you listed, this site shows
my kit:
http://www.bsecorp.com/products_auto_bdm_pro_kit.php I
also have the mastermind 03 cartridge for powertrain,
the body cartridge, which you will need to communicate
with the cluster and bcm, the chasis cartridge, for
abs systems, the domestic one cartrige for the OBD 1
stuff, and the toyota/lexus(replaced by Asian)
cartridge. all the software is shown at this link 
http://www.bsecorp.com/products_software.php I have
had mine for a few years so I dont know current
prices, but it was close to $4,000.  The kits without
the lab scope sell for less.  The salesman was in the
other day and tried to sell me another $1,800 in
updates.  I will consider the updates when they add
Honda to the Asian cartridge.  I bought mine through
Auto Value, but I have seen them in the Delgard tool
flyer also http://www.delegardtool.com/ .  My work has
an OTC Genisys http://www.genisysotc.com/ with the 05
update for body, chasis, powertrain, asian,(including
Honda) and a five gas analyzer installed, I have
worked with it less, but I think it will also do what
you need.  Dustin Lof

--- Jay Vessels <jay at vessels-clan.com> wrote:

> Hi there!
> 
> Are there any consumer tools that will talk over the
> Class 2 bus on a GM 
>   light truck that will communicate with the IPC and
> BCM?  I'm thinking 
> of tools that would do some of the tests that I can
> do with a Tech2 
> (i.e. command IPC to turn on/off indicator lamps,
> command fuel guage to 
> full or empty, read BCM DTCs, etc.)  I haven't done
> an exhaustive 
> search, but it seems most tools outside of the Tech2
> will either only 
> read and clear DTCs, or they are geared to primarily
> gather powertrain data.
> 
> An example of why I want this -- I've got a '99
> Bravada that seems to 
> have a failure in the Class2 bus wiring.  I recently
> replaced the heater 
> core, which involved at one point removing the IPC
> and BCM.  Things 
> worked fine for a few days, then the IPC seemed to
> have lost Class2 
> communications since the fuel gauge, seat belt
> indicator, and a few 
> other things stopped working.  Things not driven by
> Class2 data (tach, 
> oil pressure gauge, voltmemter, SIR lamp) still
> work.
> 
> Last night I started checking the wiring harness and
> apparently angered 
> the security system since now it starts and
> immediately dies.  I suspect 
> an intermittant break in the Class2 bus that I have
> completely broken, 
> and now the BCM can't send the Passlock "thumbs up"
> to the PCM.
> 
> Being able to attempt to talk to the IPC and BCM
> would help rule out 
> some faults, and I could more quickly hone in on the
> problem.
> 
> These kind of problems have come up before -- I had
> a failed distributor 
> cap on this same truck, and at the time I had access
> to a Tech2 which 
> really made running tests much faster since I could
> eliminate a lot of 
> areas quickly.  My Tech2 connection has dried up,
> unfortunately, since 
> he changed jobs.
> 
> So, does anyone have a tool that does at least a
> reasonable subset of 
> what the Tech2 does for decent money?  I don't have
> the bones for a Tech2...
> 
> Jay Vessels
> 1982 Chevrolet S-10 Sport, 2.8V6 TBI
> 1984 Chevrolet S-10 Blazer Sport, 2.8V6 (TBI
> pending)
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