Operator`s manual

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INDEX
About the SmarTire
®
TPMS and SmarTire Trailer-Link
™
TPMS . . . . . . . . 5
Section A - System Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.0 System Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.1 System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.2 Maintenance Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.3 How Does The SmarTire Trailer-Link
™
TPMS System Work? . . . . 8
1.4 Fundamentally, Why Is Temperature Monitoring Important?. . . . . 9
2.0 Tire Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Section B - System Installation – Tire Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.0 System Installation: Tire Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.1 Sensor Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.2 Tools Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.3 Tire Sensor Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
3.4 Re-mounting Tires After A Sensor Has Been Installed . . . . . . . 16
3.5 Removing A Tire That Has A SmarTire
®
Sensor Installed . . . . . . 20
3.6 Tire Sensor Specications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Section C: System Installation – Components and Programming. . . . . . .23
4.0 Installing The SmarTire Trailer-Link System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4.1 Conguring & Customizing Your SmarTire Trailer-Link System . . . 27
4.2 SmarTire Trailer-Link Axle CIP Adjustment Instructions . . . . . . .28
Section D: SmarTire Trailer-Link Display Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
5.0 Trailer Information Display Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
5.1 Tractor SmarTire Dash Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
5.2 Tractor SmarTire Dash Display Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
5.3 Trailer-Link To SmarTire Dash Display Link-Up Procedure . . . . . 35
5.4 Trailer Lamp Blink Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Section E: Additional Component Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
6.0 Trailer-Link System Component Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
6.1 Trailer-Link Module Specications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Section F: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
7.0 Troubleshooting Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
7.1 SmarTire Gauge Display And Trailer-Link Module Q&A . . . . . . . 41
7.2 SmarTire System Q&A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
7.3 Diagnosing A Defective, Missing, Or Misplaced Sensor . . . . . . . 46
7.4 SmarTire Hand Tool Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Appendix 1: Replacement Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
8.0 Replacement Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Appendix 2: System Scope Of Use & Alerts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
9.0 System Scope Of Use And Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
9.1 System Installation And Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
9.2 Use Of Chemicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
9.3 Reacting To Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
9.4 FCC Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50