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    School me on Cat ET kits

    The DPA-3 works totally fine with my C7 over serial. And the speed is basically identical from what I can tell vs. the DPA-4 - It doesn't seem like the limitation is the interface between the DPA and the PC. USB is nice since it will work with more laptops. I do like the serial cable itself...
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    School me on Cat ET kits

    DPA 3, or 4/5? All of them have had NSN's at one point. I know the DPA 5 PRO is currently fielded - 4910-01-689-2353
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    School me on Cat ET kits

    So explain why DLA sells the ICE kits on Govplanet with these supposedly "restricted distribution" TM's on CD's in the kit? They make the units pull the hard drives out of the MSD's. But they leave the sealed discs with all the TM's on them. Hundreds have been sold on eBay with these discs. So...
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    School me on Cat ET kits

    The reality is that no one actually cares - it's a cargo truck not a weapon system. Ukraine has all of the manuals and a whole bunch of MSD V3's - I know units that were directed to turn some of their equipment in for disposition to Ukraine. Not to mention we gave them the TRUCKS themselves...
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    School me on Cat ET kits

    Oh I'm well aware of what it does and how it works. I do diagnostics and re-rates for people. But a scan tool isn't a shop manual. That's why at my shop I have multiple scan tools, a PICOScope, DVOM's, and a subscription to Shopkey (Snap-On/Mitchell) and other resources. You are ignoring all...
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    School me on Cat ET kits

    Which gives you codes and maybe some useful live data. Don't get me wrong - it's the critical first step. But it doesn't tell you what to do with the strings of digits you get out of it. It's just one piece of a much larger puzzle. And yeah you can pull the codes, ponder at the live data with no...
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    School me on Cat ET kits

    Correct. It has the A1R and the A1P2 which really helps with A1R information because the A1P2 shares the C7 and later Allison. The military doesn't call them A1R - they just call it an A1 with a serial number above 100,000 User friendly..... I mean it's designed for soldiers to use..... There's...
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    School me on Cat ET kits

    Yeah the DPA 3/4/5 is a good J1939 interface adapter. The military used them in the STE-ICE kits and they are still in the system available to order for unit level diagnostics. That's just part of what the military laptops do though. They also have all the (gigabytes of) manuals integrated...
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    School me on Cat ET kits

    I build MSD V4 laptops for our trucks if you are interested. I have a black SWICE kit available at the moment. Black SWICE kit and Dell 7214 with all manuals, CAT ET, etc is about $2500. These will not only communicate with the truck but with the electronic manuals it will walk you through the...
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