Methods and systems for selective communication with electronic control units of a vehicle

A vehicle scan tool comprising:

• a user interface;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• provide, on the user interface, a first user-selectable control that labeled to identify a vehicle system, wherein the first user-selectable control corresponds to a first predetermined group of electronic control units, wherein the first predetermined group of electronic control units includes a first subset of electronic control units located in a vehicle and the first subset of electronic control units includes multiple electronic control units associated with the vehicle system identified by the label;
• receive a selection of the first user-selectable control;
• and
• transmit, to the vehicle in response to the selection of the first user-selectable control, one or more first vehicle data messages with a diagnostic trouble code request to the first predetermined group of electronic control units, wherein the diagnostic trouble code request includes a request to clear one or more diagnostic trouble codes in the first predetermined group of electronic control units or a request to respond with a status of one or more diagnostic trouble codes being set in the first predetermined group of electronic control units.

A non-transitory computer-readable memory configured to store instructions, that when executed by a computing system comprising one or more processors, causes the computing system configured as a vehicle scan tool to perform operations comprising:

• providing, on a user interface, a first user-selectable control labeled to identify a vehicle system, wherein the first user-selectable control corresponds to a first predetermined group of electronic control units, wherein the first predetermined group of electronic control units includes a first subset of electronic control units located in a vehicle and the first subset of electronic control units includes multiple electronic control units associated with the vehicle system identified by the label;
• receiving a selection of the first user-selectable control;
• and
• transmitting, to the vehicle in response to the selection of the first user-selectable control, one or more first vehicle data messages with a diagnostic trouble code request to the first predetermined group of electronic control units, wherein the diagnostic trouble code request includes a request to clear one or more diagnostic trouble codes in the first predetermined group of electronic control units or a request to respond with a status of one or more diagnostic trouble codes being set in the first predetermined group of electronic control units.