Ford/Mazda IDS v76 (12.2011) | 4.46 GB
TheVehicle Commnication Module (VCM) is a high performance, ruggedized,vehicle serial communications gateway. This device provides multiplevehicle serial communication interfaces to meet the requirements of allFord Motor Company vehicles.
The VCM unit is housed in amagnesium enclosure with a tough, protective, plastic cover for thePCMCIA expansion slot which can, for example, be used for wireless LANcards or memory expansion. The VCM device contains five LED statusindicators to provide the user with a visual mode of internal VCM,vehicle, and host device (e.g. NGS Classics T-Handle, PC, PocketPC/PDS, and Laptop/IDS) operation.

The VCM also has detachablecables for connection to industry standard high-speed host interfaces aswell as to the vehicle under test. The VCM 2007.7 DVD includes both IDS(Integrated Diagnostic Software) and PDS (Portable Diagnostic Software)tools.