Relationship between tire position and number keys Truck (including tractor), bus Tires: 4 Tires: 6 Tires: 8, Axle arrangement: 2 • 2-D Tires: 8, Axle arrangement: 2-D • 2 Tires: 10 Tires: 12 Trailer Look at the [TL1] etc. displayed at the bottom of the key when entering trailer tire position.
Reading data from sensor INTRODUCTION 2-8 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS This section describes how to read the data from the sensor mounted on the tire. 1. Press the POWER switch to turn on the power. See section "2-1 Power ON" (page 10). 3. Gently touch the tip of the antenna against the sidewall near the valve of the tire to be measured. PART NAMES & FUNCTIONS 2. Select the measurement mode and set. See "3 Performing measurement only" (page 17) and "4 Saving the measured data" (page 19).
Performing Measurement Only (MES mode) To perform measurement only, select MES mode from the Select Menu screen. 1. Press the POWER switch to turn on the power. See section "2-1 Power ON" (page 10) ` Press SELECT MENU 1REG 2MES 3OB Select Menu screen 2. Press the [2] key and select "2MES" when the Select Menu screen appears. See section "2-4 Selecting operation mode" (page 11) 3. MES Mode Input Wait screen appears on the LCD panel. Press MES MODE READY MES Mode Input Wait screen 4.
5. Press the B button. INTRODUCTION Press SAFETY PRECAUTIONS • The data will be measured when the B button is released. • Measurement will be performed only once when you release the B button even if you continue pressing it. Sensor ID MES ID=123ABC 1000kPa 45d@0914 BASIC OPERATION 7. If the data is received normally, an alarm (0.5 sec) sounds twice and the received data appears on the LCD panel. PART NAMES & FUNCTIONS 6. Data is received from the sensor inside the tire.
Saving the Measured Data (REG mode) Select REG mode from the Select Menu screen to measure while saving the measured data to the hand reader. In this mode, you must enter or select vehicle information such as date, customer no., vehicle no., vehicle type, number of tires, and Axle arrangement before measurement. 4-1 Saving and controlling measured data The data measured in REG mode can be saved and controlled as follows.
Entering date, customer Number INTRODUCTION 4-3 Enter the date and customer no. as follows: PART NAMES & FUNCTIONS SAFETY PRECAUTIONS 1. Press the POWER switch to turn on the power. See section "2-1 Power ON" (page 10) 2. Press the [1] key and select REG when the Select Menu screen appears. See section "2-4 Selecting operation mode" (page 11) BASIC OPERATION Press SELECT MENU 1REG 2MES 3OB Select Menu screen 4. Enter the date. Enter the date as six digit number.
. After finishing input, press the [ENTER] key. Press W h e n You want to return to Select Menu screen 8. The date and customer no. are saved and the Vehicle No. Input screen for the next step appears. Press the [BACK] key. Long alarm sounds when you pressed the [ENTER] key If a long alarm (1.5 sec) sounds after entering the customer no. and pressing the [ENTER] key, an invalid number as date was entered. Enter the correct date. 4-4 Entering vehicle Number Enter the vehicle no. as follows: 1.
The Confirm Overwrite screen appears. DATA OVERWRITE! 1PRE 2DEP 3NO=1 - SAFETY PRECAUTIONS There is measurement data equal to the entered vehicle information INTRODUCTION W h e n Confirm Overwrite screen When overwriting groove depth, mileage, valve cap presence, and irregular wear data Press the [2] key and select GROOVE. The Mileage Input screen appears and each data is overwritten.
4-5 Selecting vehicle type Select the type of the vehicle to measure. When selecting truck 1. Press [1] in the Vehicle Type Selection screen, select [1 Truck], and then press the [ENTER] key to confirm. V-TYPE?=1 1TRUCK 2TRAILER Vehicle Type Selection screen • You can measure truck, bus, and tractor by selecting TRUCK. Press Press 2. The Number of Tires Input screen for the next step appears. When selecting trailer 1.
Entering number of tires INTRODUCTION 4-6 1. Enter the number of tires with the number key and press the [ENTER] key. The number of tires must be entered as a two digit number. W h e n A long alarm (1.5 sec) sounds TRU COUNT TIRE? TN=1 -2 PART NAMES & FUNCTIONS BASIC OPERATION [0] key If a long alarm (1.5 seconds) sounds when you press the [ENTER] key, an inappropriate number of tires was entered. The Number of Tires Input Error screen appears on the LCD panel.
4-7 Selecting axle arrangement Select the axle arrangement as follows. Axle arrangement selection depends on whether you select TRUCK or TRAILER as the vehicle type. Enter the axle arrangement according to the selected vehicle type. 1. Select axle arrangement.
Select the measurement target as follows: INTRODUCTION Selecting measurement target SELECT MEASURE? 1PRE 2DEP =1 - 1. Select the measurement target. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS 4-8 Measurement Target Selection screen Measuring pressure/internal temperature Press the [1] key on the Measurement Target Selection screen and press the [ENTER] key. Press PART NAMES & FUNCTIONS Press the 1 or 2 key.
4-10 Reading data from sensor 1. Gently touch the tip of the antenna against the sidewall near the valve of the tire to be measured. W h e n You want to measure the inside tire of double tire • Note that if you touch the tip of the antenna against the rim or other metal parts, radio wave from the sensor will be blocked and you will not be able to receive the data. Press 2. Press the B button. • The data will be measured when the B button is released.
INTRODUCTION W h e n A long alarm (1.5 sec) sounds once REG RCV FAIL! RETRY!! SAFETY PRECAUTIONS When there is no response from the sensor for 5 seconds after pressing the B button or the data could not be received correctly, the Receive Error screen appears and then the B Button Input Wait screen appears. At this point, be careful of the following and press the B button once more to repeat measurement.
4-12 Repeating measurement from the middle You can resume measurement as follows if the power goes off while measuring in REG mode and measurement is cancelled. • Once the power goes off, the operation is reset and the Select Menu screen appears, but the data measured up to the time the power went off are saved. You can save measurement data of all tires by resuming measurement from the next tire position. • There is no problem if you repeat measurement of tire you have already measured previously.
