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Scan Tool Data Definitions - Variable Effort Steering (VES)

Scan Tool Data Definitions

Data
Battery Voltage: The scan tool displays -17 volts. The battery voltage available to the Electronic Brake Control Module (EBCM).
EVO Actual Current: The scan tool displays the current the control module is actually commanding to the EVO solenoid.
EVO Command: The scan tool displays the state of the EVO solenoid.
EVO Desired Current: The scan tool displays the current the control module is trying to command to the EVO solenoid.
EVO Drive PWM: The scan tool displays the percentage of available voltage for the EVO solenoid.
EVOHI Feedback: The scan tool displays the output voltage from the control module to the EVO solenoid.
EVO Input Current: The scan tool displays the input voltage to the control module of the EVO solenoid.
EVOLOW Feedback: The scan tool displays the return voltage from the EVO solenoid to the control module.
Steering Wheel Position Sensor: The scan tool displays the output voltage of the of the steering wheel position sensor.
Steering Wheel Position Signal 1: The Scan Tool displays the output voltage of the signal 1 circuit of the Steering Wheel Position Sensor.
Steering Wheel Position Signal 2: The scan tool displays the output voltage of the signal 2 circuit of the Steering Wheel Position Sensor.
Steering Wheel Rate: The scan tool displays the speed at which the steering wheel is turning.
Vehicle Speed: The scan tool displays vehicle speed via a class 2 serial data circuit from the Powertrain Control Module (PCM).