Apparatus and method of providing diagnostic information to an operator

A method of providing diagnostic information to an operator of a work machine, the work machine including a first and second display, comprising the steps of:

• determining whether the work machine control system is in diagnostic messaging mode;
• reading at least one diagnostic fault parameter descriptive message from a memory;
• and
• providing the at least one diagnostic fault parameter descriptive message to the operator, wherein said message is displayed as a scrolling text message on one of the first and second displays.

A method of providing diagnostic information to an operator of a work machine, the work machine including a first display and a second display, comprising the steps of:

• determining whether the work machine control system is in service mode;
• determining whether diagnostic text is selected;
• determining whether the work machine control system is in diagnostic messaging mode in response to the steps of determining whether the work machine control system is in service mode and determining whether diagnostic text is selected;
• determining whether there are any diagnostic fault parameters stored in memory;
• reading at least one diagnostic fault parameter descriptive message from a memory;
• and
• providing the at least one diagnostic fault parameter descriptive message to the operator in a scrolling text message on one of the first display and second display of the user interface while the work machine control system is in diagnostic messaging mode.