Initial Inspection and Diagnostic Overview

The SKIM has been programmed to transmit and monitor many different coded messages as well as PCI Bus messages. This monitoring is called On Board Diagnosis.

Certain criteria must be met for a diagnostic trouble code to be entered into the SKIM memory. The criteria may be a range of; Input voltage, PCI Bus message, or coded messages to the SKIM. If all of the criteria for monitoring a circuit or function are met and a fault is sensed, a diagnostic trouble code will be stored in the SKIM memory.



Refer to Body Control System.
Body Control Module

Refer to The Programmable Communication Interface Multiplex System (PCI Bus).
Information Bus

Refer to Computers and Control Systems.
Computers and Control Systems