ECU module programming guide using FDRS

[Mike G]

I've decided to take the plunge, and I purchased the Mongoose (which has been updated and setup), 64GB USB 3 thumb drives in ExFAT, and the Schumacher 100 (which arrives today). I decided to setup my Motorcraft account but it appears it's now tied to my Ford account (redirects you to the Ford site and once you login back to the Motorcraft service site which you have to create a new account). The "User Type" now has 11 options and none of them are "Non-Dealer Motorcraft". The most logical options was "Do it yourself". After I login I only see the following licenses to purchase:

Found the answer in posts 241-243.

Two questions: 1. Is the license valid 2 days from the time the license is installed (timestamp) or just midnight of the 2nd day? 2. Is 2 days long enough if I'm on PowerUp v4.2.3.1?

Thanks

I can't remember the time frame exactly but activating first thing Saturday morning should carry you through the weekend.

2 days is long enough to do every module in the vehicle.

Be careful about Sunday mornings. That's quite often when Ford does server maintenance for a few hours (like from 8 to possibly 12 in the morning). They don't always do it, and the amount of time the servers are down varies, but you don't want to be in the middle of something when that goes down and you can't download some file...and you're thinking you just bricked something. The servers come back up invariably after lunchtime but it can mess with your planning if you had something else to do on a Sunday afternoon and weren't expecting the delay.

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[Mike G]

Oh and they did change the login thing to reflect your email address instead of a username...that was about 8-9 months ago.

 

[nhlightning]

I can't remember the time frame exactly but activating first thing Saturday morning should carry you through the weekend.

2 days is long enough to do every module in the vehicle.

Be careful about Sunday mornings. That's quite often when Ford does server maintenance for a few hours (like from 8 to possibly 12 in the morning). They don't always do it, and the amount of time the servers are down varies, but you don't want to be in the middle of something when that goes down and you can't download some file...and you're thinking you just bricked something. The servers come back up invariably after lunchtime but it can mess with your planning if you had something else to do on a Sunday afternoon and weren't expecting the delay.

Do you know what time zone the Ford servers are in?

Thanks

 

[Mike G]

Do you know what time zone the Ford servers are in?

Thanks

Tough question because when you use FDRS (or PTS) there’s more than one server it logs into, and I’m not sure they’re all in one place. If I had to guess I’d say Eastern time zone, but I don’t know that as a fact.

 

[nhlightning]

I'm sure glad I bought that Schumacher 100...after first doing the modem update, I did the IPMA 2nd and boy does that pull some juice (S100 set to 13.4v and at one point it dropped in FDRS to 11.4v). I wasn't getting a good connection at the 12v battery posts prior to the update (I used the correct ones). I ended up connecting to the jump posts under the passenger side fender because it said the battery SOC charge was below 70% (I had a trickle charger on the LVB all night long). IPMA is still running and at the current rate won't be done for a 1.5 hours. I'm not sure how Ford figured an OTA update like that would work.

 

[rugedraw]

I'm sure glad I bought that Schumacher 100...after first doing the modem update, I did the IPMA 2nd and boy does that pull some juice. I wasn't getting a good connection at the 12v battery posts (I used the correct ones). I ended up connecting to the jump posts under the passenger side fender because it said the battery SOC charge was below 70% (I had a trickle charger on the LVB all night long). IPMA is still running and at the current rate won't be done for a 1.5 hours. I'm not sure how Ford figured an OTA update like that would work.

The HVB charges the LVB during an update where the vehicle is inhibited. The OTA process also writes the updates files MUCH faster than the Mongoose does.

 

[nhlightning]

I believe I'm mostly caught up with the software updates. ACM doesn't go away after multiple successful installs and BCM won't accept the credentials I setup. I'm also at Sync v 23306_Product Rev. 1076 as well.

Based on this: (1) Software Update 6.14.0 - Sync Update Ver 23306 Revision: 1076 | Ford Lightning Forum For F-150 Lightning EV Pickup: News, Owners, Discussions, Community (f150lightningforum.com) It looks like I might be at Software Update 6.14.0 using FDRS.

 

[rugedraw]

I believe I'm mostly caught up with the software updates. ACM doesn't go away after multiple successful installs and BCM won't accept the credentials I setup. I'm also at Sync v 23306_Product Rev. 1076 as well.

Based on this: (1) Software Update 6.14.0 - Sync Update Ver 23306 Revision: 1076 | Ford Lightning Forum For F-150 Lightning EV Pickup: News, Owners, Discussions, Community (f150lightningforum.com) It looks like I might be at Software Update 6.14.0 using FDRS.

ACM won't clear; you can ignore that. BCM cannot be updated without a dealer FDRS login even if you set up the NFTSA password.

 

[ryry]

I had CSP 24B56 done today to update the IPMA. I’ve had back luck with my dealer and don’t really trust that they actually performed the update. Is this something that would show up in FDRS if completed? Can anybody check my VIN? I want to make sure it’s done before picking it up.
Thanks!

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[rugedraw]

I had CSP 24B56 done today to update the IPMA. I’ve had back luck with my dealer and don’t really trust that they actually performed the update. Is this something that would show up in FDRS if completed? Can anybody check my VIN? I want to make sure it’s done before picking it up.
Thanks!

1FT6W1EV1PWG35822

IPMA and PSCM were both updated earlier today.

 

[ryry]

IPMA and PSCM were both updated earlier today.

Thanks! I just picked it up but couldn't figure out how to turn on auto lane change with BC1.3. I think I recall that this needed to be activated with Forscan and searched but couldn't find it. Are there instruction on how to enable auto lane change?

 

[ktn]

Thanks! I just picked it up but couldn't figure out how to turn on auto lane change with BC1.3. I think I recall that this needed to be activated with Forscan and searched but couldn't find it. Are there instruction on how to enable auto lane change?

Did you ever find the answer to this?

 

[rugedraw]

Did you ever find the answer to this?

Changes are not posted publicly. If you fully updated your truck with FDRS (I believe you posted recently you were going to update it), message me and I can tell you what to do to turn the new features on.

 

[antimatterparticle]

When I look at the list of updates, if I hover over them, I can see the following messages:

1- This application enables the user to install a replacement module. ( example PCM update )

2- this application enables the user to update the software the module ( example ABS iodate)

3-this application enables the user to update the module to the latest software level ( example DCDC module update)

Do you download and run all 3 or just 2 and 3?

thanks.

Edit:

after completing the updates, I am assuming that message 1 comes up for multi module updates. Ex the PCM update required several modules to be updated in the process.

Apim update took the longest but within 2 hours. I now have Karaoke ? !!!!

Before initiating the updates, I use the battery charge function on the clore pl6100 to precondition the 12v battery. Then it was set to maintain while completing the updates. It never dipped below 13.3V.

One warning, make sure you check your battery target charge settings after the updates. In my case I lost the settings and it charged to 100%… I have it set at 80% usually. You need to set it on the sync screen because the app lost all history…

 

[majorgearhead]

I know this has been talked about a little. I have a 23 Lightning Lariat and had a bunch of modules I updated last evening. All took fine, except for two that took a long time and appeared to install but would never clear from the list. I did not check them to see if they were additional iterative updates, but it was kind of annoying as one of them was mentioned to help with PAAK. The two updates are listed below:

I included two pictures with the hover-over version. Does anyone know a good way to get these to install? The RFA one, in particular, took about 15 minutes to install, and I had no errors. However, it looks like it didn't take because it is still on the list.

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