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Any chance of restoring the spreadsheet file? I got used to it Anyone Used Forscan on the Flex? - Page 18 (1)

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Spreadsheets suck. They are incomplete and don't give you all the options most the time. Use this webpage.

https://cyanlabs.net/asbuilt-db/

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I uploaded the copies I have, dunno how recent they are
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing

While the cyanlabs database is extensive, it really only covers modules where someone has decoded the firmware. It's rather F150-heavy and most of the values are useless or poorly defined. It doesn't highlight any specific changes found by the communities.

Spreadsheets have the advantage of being vehicle-specific and grouping values together across module, such as having both the IPC and ABS values together for enabling Trailer Sway Control.

Got a Bronco? The entire database is useless outside the APIM; you're not gonna find stuff like the stereo fixes, global close, enabling extra GOAT modes, or Stop-and-Go cruise. That's all in the Bronco spreadsheet.

There's nine different databases for the IPC. Someone venturing outside the baked-in settings probably doesn't know if they have a Type 1, Type 2, Type 3, Type 3 but manufactured by Visteon, etc. I'm pretty well-versed in instrument clusters and still am not confident in the correct one -- a Type 2 for an F150 is not the same as a Type 2 for an Explorer, but F150 didn't have a Type 3. And would a Type 2 (2012-2015) be the one used on the Flex through 2019? Or is that an F150 Type 2?

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Very good points. For the Flex though it has most everything needed.

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XirallicBolts wrote: Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:59 amI uploaded the copies I have, dunno how recent they are
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing

While the cyanlabs database is extensive, it really only covers modules where someone has decoded the firmware. It's rather F150-heavy and most of the values are useless or poorly defined. It doesn't highlight any specific changes found by the communities.

Spreadsheets have the advantage of being vehicle-specific and grouping values together across module, such as having both the IPC and ABS values together for enabling Trailer Sway Control.

Got a Bronco? The entire database is useless outside the APIM; you're not gonna find stuff like the stereo fixes, global close, enabling extra GOAT modes, or Stop-and-Go cruise. That's all in the Bronco spreadsheet.

There's nine different databases for the IPC. Someone venturing outside the baked-in settings probably doesn't know if they have a Type 1, Type 2, Type 3, Type 3 but manufactured by Visteon, etc. I'm pretty well-versed in instrument clusters and still am not confident in the correct one -- a Type 2 for an F150 is not the same as a Type 2 for an Explorer, but F150 didn't have a Type 3. And would a Type 2 (2012-2015) be the one used on the Flex through 2019? Or is that an F150 Type 2?

I don’t believe that there was any changes to the spreadsheet, between the time you saved it and the time I deleted the sheet on my end.

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I need a little more information for my next video:
When I first connect on my 2016, if there's no saved profile, it will ask if I have a 2016 Flex, 2016 MKT, 2017 Flex, or 2017 MKT.

Does a similar prompt appear on 2013-2015 / 2018-2019 Flex?
This is only when doing the full module scan, not when loading a previously-saved profile.

I don't know why it asks to begin with, since it could easily get that information from the VIN it already has.

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I get this on my 15 Explorer. It asks if it is a 14 or 15.

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XirallicBolts wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2024 1:45 pmI need a little more information for my next video:
When I first connect on my 2016, if there's no saved profile, it will ask if I have a 2016 Flex, 2016 MKT, 2017 Flex, or 2017 MKT.

Does a similar prompt appear on 2013-2015 / 2018-2019 Flex?
This is only when doing the full module scan, not when loading a previously-saved profile.

I don't know why it asks to begin with, since it could easily get that information from the VIN it already has.

I also have this on my '15 flex. Is it flex 15 or 14, he asks?

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The computer is used on different years so that is why the questio

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I get this question on many different models.

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It's weird that it asks though since by that point it's already read your VIN -- which includes model year and brand.

I've never seen it ask for other models, but I've only hooked it up to Bronco, F150, and Focus -- none of which have a Lincoln equivalent.

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I agree, The VIN gives it away also but maybe since Ford is international and Forscan also there is something in there that does not always match up in the VIN's.

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On my 11 it asked it it was 11 or 12 and on the 14 I think it asked if it was 14 or 15

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mmsstar wrote: Wed Sep 11, 2024 10:26 amOn my 11 it asked it it was 11 or 12 and on the 14 I think it asked if it was 14 or 15

In both these cases, does it also give you the option to select MKT? That's the more critical aspect

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Hello,
I was playing with Forscan on my 2017 Flex Limited AWD and turned on Front Collision Warning System, though I don't have it nor Adaptive Cruise Control. After that when I start the car I get error message "Collision Warning system is not working". In Driver Assist there's an option with Collision Warning - I can click on it and it shows screen with distance, but nothing could be changed on that screen. There's no way to opt out this system through a left screen on dashboard.
Through Forscan I turned off Front Collision Warning System, turned off Adaptive Cruise Control in BdyCM. Looked through IPC and APIM, nothing was found that looks like FCW or ACC.
on BdyCM in AsBuilt view put 726-46-01: ****-xxxx-xxxx
0888=Without FCW, EFC Gasoline, w/CC

Where should I look to turn off this system?

Hope anybody knows it =))

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