Q: What is a TPMS activating tool?

A: This is a tool that lets you activate the wireless Tyre Pressure Monitoring Sensor mounted within your tyre. Indeed, those sensors when delivered to your local garage or tyre repair shop are left in "sleep" mode. That is because they carry an internal battery that TPMS manufacturers do not want to drain while being in storage.

To "Activate" or "Trigger" those sensors, you need a specially designed tool that will send a signal at a special frequency

Q: Why do I need a TPMS tool?

A: You need a TPMS tool whenever you need to:

Activate a newly mounted a TPMS sensor

Reprogram the vehicle ECU whenever you change the wheels order, switch between winter and summer tyres, mount a new wheel etc

Decode TPMS sensor information beyond what the ECU and dashboard of your vehicle can read from the TPMS sensor.

Q: Why do we say TPMS triggering tool. What do we trigger?

A: You trigger the TPMS sensor within the wheel. This TPMS sensor is not reachable as it stays inside the tyre. So any effort to decode it or trigger it must be done wirelessly using a TPMS triggering tool.

Q: What is the difference between TPMS reset tool, TPMS activating tool, TPMS triggering tool and TPMS decoding tool?

A:

TPMS Reset Tool is a commonly used expression to describe TPMS tools for end users. End users tend to use TPMS tools to reprogram their vehicle ECU whenever they change their summer tyres for winter tyres and vice-versa.

TPMS Activating Tool is an expression used in tyre repair shops to describe the process of "activating" a brand new TPMS sensor in "sleep" mode.

TPMS Triggering Tool describes the same as TPMS Activating Tool.

TPMS Decoding Tool is an expression used whenever a TPMS Tool is used to "Decode" the TPMS sensor. Not only can "TPMS Decoding Tools" Trigger or Activate TPMS sensors, but they can also receive and Decode the information those sensors send to the vehicle ECU. This information can be the pressure within the tyre, the temperature, the wheel rotating speed, the TPMS sensor unique ID, its battery status etc.

Q: What does a "universal" TPMS tool mean?

A:"Universal" is an expression used in the TPMS Tool industry to indicate that the triggering tool can actually trigger all known sensors on the market as opposed to dedicated TPMS tools that can only trigger one or few sensors.

Q: Why choose a "Universal" TPMS tool over a conventional one?

A: So you can trigger all TPMS sensors on the market as opposed to just a few.

Not only do we advise you to get a universal TPMS activating devise, we also recommend you get an upgradable one, so you can keep it "Universal" as new sensors and protocols come to the market.

Q: Why can my current TPMS Tool not trigger/activate/reset some sensors?

A:  This is because your TPMS triggering tool is not compatible with that sensor. Basically, it does not carry the TPMS protocol required to communicate with that specific sensor.

TPMS sensors on the market are manufactured by different companies.

Those companies did not meet to agree on one TPMS wireless protocol. As a result, there are many different TPMS sensor protocols and this number keeps growing as new sensors are coming to the market all the time.

Therefore if you purchased a TPMS tool a while ago, you will soon start seeing vehicles from which you cannot trigger the TPMS sensors unless it is possible to update your TPMS tool via the internet with new TPMS sensors protocols.

This is why you should make sure that your TPMS Tool can be upgradable easily through the internet. If it is not it will unfortunately become obsolete quickly.

Q: What is the ATEQ VT10 ?

A: The ATEQ VT10 is a universal TPMS activating triggering or reset tool that can activate all known TPMS sensors on the market.

The ATEQ VT10 is the easiest TPMS Tool on the market. Just one button to press.

Q: What is the ATEQ VT50?

A: The ATEQ VT50 is an AA battery based universal TPMS tool that can trigger, reset, activate and decode all TPMS sensors on the market.

Furthermore, the ATEQ VT50 can also be upgraded through the internet as new TPMS sensors protocols become available.

Dedicated to garages and Tyre Repair shops alike, the ATEQ VT50 features a unique interface that lets you choose first the make and model of the vehicle you're working on so the action of activating and decoding the sensor is faster than any of the TPMS tools on the market.

Q: What is the ATEQ VT55 ?

A: The ATEQ VT55 is a rechargeable battery based universal TPMS tool that can trigger, reset, activate and decode all TPMS sensors on the market.

Furthermore, the ATEQ VT55 can also be upgraded through the internet as new TPMS sensors protocols become available.

Dedicated to garages and Tyre Repair shops alike, the ATEQ VT55 features a unique interface that lets you choose first the make and model of the vehicle you're working on so the action of activating and decoding the sensor is faster than any of the TPMS tools on the market.

Q: What is the ATEQ VT55 OBDII?

A: The ATEQ VT55 OBDII is a rechargeable battery based universal TPMS tool that can Trigger, Reset, Activate and Decode all TPMS sensors on the market and reprogram the vehicle ECU using its built-in universal OBD connector.

This is necessary for all vehicles that do not have the capability to reprogram their ECU automatically following an exchange of TPMS sensors. This is necessary with most Asian vehicles and some European vehicles.

Furthermore, the ATEQ VT55 OBDII can also be upgraded through the internet as new TPMS sensors protocols become available.

Dedicated to garages and Tyre Repair shops alike, the ATEQ VT55 OBDII features a unique interface that lets you choose first the make and model of the vehicle you're working on so the action of activating and decoding the sensor is faster than any of the TPMS tools on the market.