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- 21 F350 King Ranch Tremor 7.3 - RedZilla - Rapid Red/Stone Gray
Finally got the time and pulled up my big boy pants and dove into ForScan updates. Performed the following changes:
Removed double honk on exit with fob and truck running.
Removed double honk on lock with fob in truck running.
Switched fog lights to bambi mode.
Changed tire pressures to 60/60
Disabled triple chime at start up
Disabled chimes at door ajar with truck running
Added Heated/ Cooled Seats icon and heated steering icon to home screen.
I really like the Bluetooth OBDlink MX+ module. It works flawlessly and was very convenient to sit back in the seat and make changes.
I did find some information on the ForScan spread sheets a little sketchy and vague. In particular the TPMS change process is quite vague and confusing. It took a while to figure out after comparing several other spread sheets and thread comments that you are setting the actual tire pressure you are running and the system determines the alarm pressure based on those set pressures. Would have been nice if a note had been placed in the spread sheet explaining this. Also the conversion to Hexadecimal numbers could be quite confusing to the uninformed. I found a great converter on line that was easy to use: https://www.rapidtables.com/convert/number/decimal-to-hex.html
Also I noticed that the spread sheets give you values to change in the system codes but didn't realize until I got started that the system changes other values once you enter your change. At first I thought I was making mistakes because I was recording the original values in the system on my own spread sheet and once I made my update the original values in other parts of the codes also changed. That was disconcerting until it reversed my changes and the other system changes automatically changed back as well.
Whatever you do, make sure you are using up to date spread sheets for your exact truck. The program modules are completely different from year to year or from one Ford model to the next. It's utterly amazing to me that a common system shared by multiple Ford vehicles has completely different programming for each one.
Regardless I would say it was a total success even though I was literally sweating at times because of the confusion.
Moral of the story is do exactly as they say in the videos and save a copy of everything before you start making changes. Also save a copy of the original build program for your vehicle from the Ford site. And if you are like me, make a spread sheet of your own and record the as found and as changed values for each module you modify.
There's a couple more changes I'm considering but that will be for another day. Good luck with ForScan peeps, it's totally worth it in my opinion. ? ?
Removed double honk on exit with fob and truck running.
Removed double honk on lock with fob in truck running.
Switched fog lights to bambi mode.
Changed tire pressures to 60/60
Disabled triple chime at start up
Disabled chimes at door ajar with truck running
Added Heated/ Cooled Seats icon and heated steering icon to home screen.
I really like the Bluetooth OBDlink MX+ module. It works flawlessly and was very convenient to sit back in the seat and make changes.
I did find some information on the ForScan spread sheets a little sketchy and vague. In particular the TPMS change process is quite vague and confusing. It took a while to figure out after comparing several other spread sheets and thread comments that you are setting the actual tire pressure you are running and the system determines the alarm pressure based on those set pressures. Would have been nice if a note had been placed in the spread sheet explaining this. Also the conversion to Hexadecimal numbers could be quite confusing to the uninformed. I found a great converter on line that was easy to use: https://www.rapidtables.com/convert/number/decimal-to-hex.html
Also I noticed that the spread sheets give you values to change in the system codes but didn't realize until I got started that the system changes other values once you enter your change. At first I thought I was making mistakes because I was recording the original values in the system on my own spread sheet and once I made my update the original values in other parts of the codes also changed. That was disconcerting until it reversed my changes and the other system changes automatically changed back as well.
Whatever you do, make sure you are using up to date spread sheets for your exact truck. The program modules are completely different from year to year or from one Ford model to the next. It's utterly amazing to me that a common system shared by multiple Ford vehicles has completely different programming for each one.
Regardless I would say it was a total success even though I was literally sweating at times because of the confusion.
Moral of the story is do exactly as they say in the videos and save a copy of everything before you start making changes. Also save a copy of the original build program for your vehicle from the Ford site. And if you are like me, make a spread sheet of your own and record the as found and as changed values for each module you modify.
There's a couple more changes I'm considering but that will be for another day. Good luck with ForScan peeps, it's totally worth it in my opinion. ? ?