F150 Lightning FORScan thread - Version 2

[bc1]

OK guys. I still can't get it to run very long now. I turned off all firewall and network protection in windows defender and downloaded forscan again and again and run it with windows defender turned off. It still comes up with the same thing. A popup box that says OS: Workstation. No Service Pack. Then it identifies the cpu and has a bunch of data below that it gives the option to copy the text before I click ok and the program crashes every time. I had gone in and allowed forscan.exe as an allowed program in the virus protection settings. I also identified that it had flagged a file called forscan.ink which may be the service pack it is looking for. It isn't an executable file so it can't be allowed in the virus settings and besides when I looked for the .ink file in windows explorer it wasn't in there and I reloaded forscan again without virus protection turned on and that file still doesn't appear or show as flagged.

So I've searched around forscan.org and can't find that file although others have had that problem in the forum with no fix. Guess I'd ask if anyone here can look in windows explorer and see if they have an ink file which is probably just a data file needed to run the program and post it here. Thanks.

PS. I looked and had Glare free turned on in my sync screen vehicle lighting settings but it obviously isn't working yet.

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[chriserx]

What device are you running forscan on, and are you absolutely sure the download source is legit and that you haven't got the DNS requests hijacked, all of the problems encountered makes my spidey senses tingle

 

[bc1]

What device are you running forscan on, and are you absolutely sure the download source is legit and that you haven't got the DNS requests hijacked, all of the problems encountered makes my spidey senses tingle

Downloading on a standard windows 10 laptop from the forscan website listed in post # 2. Nothing hijacked. Windows defender set on medium security. If my wife was here I'd download it on her computer.

 

[ragj1976]

So for the front camera not popping up on approach, if my value is B, I am SOL? Sucks because it worked before I brought the truck in for firmware updates this summer..

 

[bmwhitetx]

So for the front camera not popping up on approach, if my value is B, I am SOL? Sucks because it worked before I brought the truck in for firmware updates this summer..

Which post are you referring to? What setting?

 

[digitaldad]

Tried a little search before asking, but declaring that I'm more focused on 12v LVB power draining as of late...

When it comes to FORScan programming instruction: start/power on but don't start "engine" (meaning ACC mode), can one just physically start the Lightning, when it comes to our trucks?

I always follow the steps as shown, so was just curious.

 

[ragj1976]

Which post are you referring to? What setting?

This mod :

Fix front camera not popping up on screen when front sensor activated (source)
IPMA: 706-16-01 xxx*-xxxx-xxxx
if old value 0-7 then add 8 (hex) to get new value. For example 3=>B. If current value is 8-F, then this is not for you. Applicable to trucks without Park Assist and BC.

 

[PJnc284]

You can try changing it to another value, writing and then change it back. Believe that resolved another issue someone had a while back

 

[ragj1976]

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You can try changing it to another value, writing and then change it back. Believe that resolved another issue someone had a while back
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I changed B to a 3. Not sure why, and obviously it didn’t do anything. Your saying maybe add 8 to the 3 and try that?

 

[PJnc284]

If it was B previously, change back to that and try.

 

[chriserx]

Downloading on a standard windows 10 laptop from the forscan website listed in post # 2. Nothing hijacked. Windows defender set on medium security. If my wife was here I'd download it on her computer.

Mostly I need to know if it's Arm or AMD/Intel.

AMD/Intel/x86 - with all of the problems you've encountered, best I can say is uninstall and then go its file folder and remove manually any remaining files. Reinstall it to a completely different location.

Arm - Go to properties, compatibility and change your emulation settings, exact settings can vary, if you get this far and need assistance I can give you mine but I'm running on a Mac in a VM on Windows 11 Arm (though it should be close)

I mean no offense by my following statement but you don't seem to have a strong technical aptitude and that's fine. All you really need is a willingness to learn and not be afraid to break shit. I only say this because both the post you referenced and your reply give no details about processor architecture and that's one of the most important details about getting up and running. Screenshots and/or debug traces would also be extremely helpful in diagnosing the issue.

In the meanwhile, download a fresh copy of forscan 2.3.68
Open a command prompt
Type powershell
Type get-filehash your_path_and_filename_here
Ensure the output hash is C684EE00871D6039E931291D36134D9B9D977154CDB75087C999EC9F9D1D85E0

 

[bmwhitetx]

This mod :

Fix front camera not popping up on screen when front sensor activated (source)
IPMA: 706-16-01 xxx*-xxxx-xxxx
if old value 0-7 then add 8 (hex) to get new value. For example 3=>B. If current value is 8-F, then this is not for you. Applicable to trucks without Park Assist and BC.

Your profile just says Lightning. It would be helpful if your added the year and trim to your details. Click here and updates Vehicles field.

You might also check out this thread for ideas. There are different sensors and capabilities between years and trims so YMMV as they say.

 

[chriserx]

I successfully enabled glare free, but in controls sometimes it shows as enabled, sometimes disabled. Attempting to change it makes the switch flip back to whatever state it was previously in. I'll get around to randomly tinkering with it but I figure I should ask here first. Any insight?

 

[bc1]

Mostly I need to know if it's Arm or AMD/Intel.

AMD/Intel/x86 - with all of the problems you've encountered, best I can say is uninstall and then go its file folder and remove manually any remaining files. Reinstall it to a completely different location.

Arm - Go to properties, compatibility and change your emulation settings, exact settings can vary, if you get this far and need assistance I can give you mine but I'm running on a Mac in a VM on Windows 11 Arm (though it should be close)

I mean no offense by my following statement but you don't seem to have a strong technical aptitude and that's fine. All you really need is a willingness to learn and not be afraid to break shit. I only say this because both the post you referenced and your reply give no details about processor architecture and that's one of the most important details about getting up and running. Screenshots and/or debug traces would also be extremely helpful in diagnosing the issue.

In the meanwhile, download a fresh copy of forscan 2.3.68
Open a command prompt
Type powershell
Type get-filehash your_path_and_filename_here
Ensure the output hash is C684EE00871D6039E931291D36134D9B9D977154CDB75087C999EC9F9D1D85E0

I don't know but I'm running a 5 year old MSI special ordered from Xotic PC with a I7-5700HQ CPU @ 2.70 ghz but with turbo boost at idle it goes up to over 3.30 ghz. Limiting factor is the 16 gb of DDR3 1600 Sodimm ram which I probably need to spend the 160 bux to increase it 3g gb. But with the windows 10 and the fact that my SSD C drive is fairly full of programs to the point I have to load new ones over to one of the two installed 2tb HDD drives. It was at the limit of Windows 10 help and updates from Microsoft. It came with a 500 gb SSD as a C drive and I partitioned it into halves with a C and D drive. I now regret doing the partition because so many programs store data on the C drive that it is always running close to max capacity plus I need more ram because of all the stuff I have running.

So I just ordered a new ASUS vivobook S16 flip with an Intel I9-13900H with 14 cores and 24mb smart cache with a base frequency of 1.9 ghz but will turbo boost up to 5.4 Ghz. Most I could get was 40gb of 3200 mhz DDR4 SDram and 1 internal 4tb ssd for storage. But it has Windows 11 Pro which should be good for a while. Probably will need an external SSD drive for more storage and then a backup drive.

That said I tried excluding the entire Forscan folder on my F drive. Copied it over to another folder and uninstalled forscan and reinstalled forscan. Tried it again and while it was downloading the modules it came up with the same popup again saying "Error" at the top and where the first line said: OS. Workstation. No ServicePack. The second line said: CPU Genuineintel. Intel Pentium III. MMX @ 2690 Mhz. The third line said: Module name: F:\FORScan\FORScan.exe. The forth line said: Application data. All the lines below it were lines of data. Options were to click on an OK button or a copy text button. The OK button crashed the program.

It has been decades since I'm owned a computer with a Pentium III processor so I don't know why that is coming up. I still own an original IBM PC from 1980 with 64kb of memory and 2 5.4 floppy drives. Bot 2 new computers for my office about every other year since. Started with Dos 1.1 and went up to 6's doing my own networking before windows came out and progressed after that. Studied Cobol and Fortran in college but never used it but I did learn Basic and BasicA along with Multiplan in college and wrote many programs with basic and basicA back in the day. Guess I don't know a darn thing about computers anymore which is why I ask questions.

However this time I just minimized the popup error box and low and behold I was able to run through the whole procedure changing the modules and so far everything works out. I have Glare free headlights.

 

[chriserx]

I don't know but I'm running a 5 year old MSI special ordered from Xotic PC with a I7-5700HQ CPU @ 2.70 ghz but with turbo boost at idle it goes up to over 3.30 ghz. Limiting factor is the 16 gb of DDR3 1600 Sodimm ram which I probably need to spend the 160 bux to increase it 3g gb. But with the windows 10 and the fact that my SSD C drive is fairly full of programs to the point I have to load new ones over to one of the two installed 2tb HDD drives. It was at the limit of Windows 10 help and updates from Microsoft. It came with a 500 gb SSD as a C drive and I partitioned it into halves with a C and D drive. I now regret doing the partition because so many programs store data on the C drive that it is always running close to max capacity plus I need more ram because of all the stuff I have running.

So I just ordered a new ASUS vivobook S16 flip with an Intel I9-13900H with 14 cores and 24mb smart cache with a base frequency of 1.9 ghz but will turbo boost up to 5.4 Ghz. Most I could get was 40gb of 3200 mhz DDR4 SDram and 1 internal 4tb ssd for storage. But it has Windows 11 Pro which should be good for a while. Probably will need an external SSD drive for more storage and then a backup drive.

That said I tried excluding the entire Forscan folder on my F drive. Copied it over to another folder and uninstalled forscan and reinstalled forscan. Tried it again and while it was downloading the modules it came up with the same popup again saying "Error" at the top and where the first line said: OS. Workstation. No ServicePack. The second line said: CPU Genuineintel. Intel Pentium III. MMX @ 2690 Mhz. The third line said: Module name: F:\FORScan\FORScan.exe. The forth line said: Application data. All the lines below it were lines of data. Options were to click on an OK button or a copy text button. The OK button crashed the program.

It has been decades since I'm owned a computer with a Pentium III processor so I don't know why that is coming up. I still own an original IBM PC from 1980 with 64kb of memory and 2 5.4 floppy drives. Bot 2 new computers for my office about every other year since. Started with Dos 1.1 and went up to 6's doing my own networking before windows came out and progressed after that. Studied Cobol and Fortran in college but never used it but I did learn Basic and BasicA along with Multiplan in college and wrote many programs with basic and basicA back in the day. Guess I don't know a darn thing about computers anymore which is why I ask questions.

However this time I just minimized the popup error box and low and behold I was able to run through the whole procedure changing the modules and so far everything works out. I have Glare free headlights.

Nah, it's good, I'd still recommend doing that file hash to check the integrity, 15 or so years ago my router got hijacked because I never changed the default password so I started researching security, especially when I found out what it could do basically automatically. It never occurred to me at the time using the last 6 digits of the MAC number (other than the length anyway) could be bad security practice. Later learned the entire MAC number is literally sent in the ethernet frame...

Anyway, back to the issue. I could be hallucinating, but I seem to remember this being the error that presents when attempting to run Forscan in a Virtual Machine and the program files are not present on the C drive (presumably the windows system drive) ie C:/Forscan/forscan.exe
Forgive me if I used the wrong slash, I always have to look at the terminal to know which to use for which OS

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