hyundai gds global diagnostic system

Hyundai Motor Corporation and Hyundai Motor America are developing a powerful new diagnostic tool.

The Global Diagnostic System or “GDS”, for short, offers several new features. The tool, referred to as the “Information Terminal” is housed in Panasonic’s Toughbook™ laptop and allows diagnosis via wireless communication. When configured properly, the wireless function lets those in a wireless dealership environment to access updates or review the parts dialogue without all the wired connections.

The welcome screen is shown in Figure 1. From here you can choose functions in Preparation, Diagnosis, Vehicle Software Management or Repair. Preparation includes defining the vehicle and parameters being diagnosed. Hot Fix is a new function that searches and displays items from the Hyundai Technical Library that apply to the vehicle, symptom or Diagnostic Trouble Code.

 

The Diagnosis mode is very powerful and designed with you in mind. We will look more specifically at a few diagnostic functions in this article. Vehicle Software Management Mode facilitates reflashes, VIN rewriting required on some control modules and vehicle software upgrades. The repair mode taps into the Hyundai service knowledge base offering guidance on replacement procedures, part  information and circuitry.

To begin a diagnostic session, you can either enter the VIN for the vehicle; or you can select the parameters and systems to be diagnosed in the Preparation mode. Next a vehicle system to be evaluated must be selected. Remember, the tool has a touch screen so selection is easy with the supplied stylus.download