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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:

OPUS IVS

DrivePro ES powered
by Drew Technologies
The reviewer was impressed by this scan
tool's intuitive design, portability, and
attentive support staff.

The DrivePro ES from OPUS | IVS powered by Drew Technologies
offers technicians the ability to repair vehicles safely and quickly
with OE-licensed diagnostic software, remote programming, and
calibration - all connected to factory-trained, remote experts in
real-time. DrivePro ES comes with IVS 360, a live support service
from over 100+ OE brand-specific experts who remote directly
into vehicle communication systems so they can see the same data
technicians can. The OE-licensed diagnostics identify the root causes
of issues for all major domestic, Asian, and European vehicle brands.
The scan tool's built-in Remote Assist Program (RAP) offers assisted
flash programming for complex vehicles. The easy-to-use tablet
with built-in software is more affordable than buying software
directly from OEMs, allowing technicians to maintain profitability.
Circle 88 on card, or enter at "e-inquiry" on
VehicleServicePros.com

by Emily Markham, Assistant Editor

THE REVIEW:

F

inding a scan tool that fits a
shop's needs can be trying at
best, so when that scan tool
comes along, technicians are going to
stick with it. Phillip O'Farrell, shop foreman for Autowerkes Inc. in Huntington
Beach, California, was pleased with the
DrivePro ES scan tool's intuitive design
and attentive support staff.
O'Farrell and his team were able to
save time on various jobs using the scan
tool. When using the data stream along
with the trouble codes, O'Farrell notes
they were able to do initial diagnostic
scans on a vehicle to see which technician it would need to go to or whether
the vehicles would need to leave the shop
for the repair.
The scan tool arrived in a hard case
with all the necessary cords and cables
to go along with it. A manual was also
included, but O'Farrell found it be to
unnecessary, as he says the scan tool was
"very intuitive." Additionally, around
10 years prior to obtaining this scan
tool, O'Farrell's team had an Autologic
(now part of the OPUS | IVS division)
scan tool.

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"Knowing how to use that tool, it was
just like picking up an old friend and just
continuing on ... everything was effectively the same," O'Farrell says of using
the new DrivePro ES scan tool.
The only difference between the old
scan tool and the new one, O'Farrell
notes, is the new vehicle models loaded
onto the computer and/or the tool itself.
Aside from the tool's ease of use,
O'Farrell found the ability to take the
tool on test drives to be quite beneficial
for watching the data stream.
Around the shop, the scan tool was
used for some programming as well as
for logging data either onto their computer or into a customer's file.
"It basically is a handheld computer,"
O'Farrell says, "you can download information [from] the car or [do] manual

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inputs, [check] if an A/C compressor's
working or a water pump ... that type
of situation."
Though O'Farrell is overall pleased
with the scan tool, he noticed he was
not able to manually operate parts of
the vehicle through the tool, such as the
electric water pump or A/C compressor.
However, O'Farrell says the IVS 360
live support team has been very helpful in working to fill those holes. As
O'Farrell and his team run into problems, they are able to discuss them with
IVS 360 and have patches added to the
tool to fix those issues.
O'Farrell and his team spoke highly
of the DrivePro ES scan tool due to the
ease of use and amount of access it allows
them to vehicles.
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