Comprehensive PowerUp (OTA) Poll (1.x-2.x)

[skiingj]

Again? Did you get it in the early round too?

It looked like I got 2.4.1 then 2.4.2 but it went back to 2.4.1. Today 2.4.2 so hopefully full speed ahead.

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[hybrid2bev]

Changed my vote. 2.3.0 successfully updated today.

Changed again. 2.4.1 installed today (one day after 2.3.0)

 

[skiingj]

2.4.2 (2nd time) yesterday and 2.4.3 today

 

[JellyBelly]

2.4.3 quick update today

 

[Gullwingdmc]

2.4.3 quick update today

That’s good. Isn’t 2.4.3 the one that they said could take an hour or two?

 

[JellyBelly]

That’s good. Isn’t 2.4.3 the one that they said could take an hour or two?

Not sure… there are others that reported this being a quick update.. took less than the 30 mins I was expecting

 

[Gullwingdmc]

Not sure… there are others that reported this being a quick update.. took less than the 30 mins I was expecting

Sorry I was thinking of 2.5.1

 

[ChasingCoral]

2.4.2 installed today on the 7th try. Final combination was a 40 minute drive, turned off headlights, engaged parking brake, plugged in the L2 Charger and let it update at a scheduled time. Whew!

@Mirak: are you with me yet?

 

[Gullwingdmc]

2.4.2 installed today on the 7th try. Final combination was a 40 minute drive, turned off headlights, engaged parking brake, plugged in the L2 Charger and let it update at a scheduled time. Whew!

@Mirak: are you with me yet?

Was it still charging at the scheduled time, or had it hit its set level? I remember @JamieGeek thinking that was what did it for him.

 

[skiingj]

EA 2.4.3 today

 

[Jimrpa]

2.4.2 installed today on the 7th try. Final combination was a 40 minute drive, turned off headlights, engaged parking brake, plugged in the L2 Charger and let it update at a scheduled time. Whew!

@Mirak: are you with me yet?

Wait - what? You have to go on a 40 minute drive before the update is pushed? Seriously?
If that’s true:

1. It’s an incredibly STUPID design
2. I wish @Ford Motor Company would tell us these things. I rarely drive for that length of time recently ?

Appreciate hearing your experience!

 

[ChasingCoral]

Was it still charging at the scheduled time, or had it hit its set level? I remember @JamieGeek thinking that was what did it for him.

It was just starting to charge when the update worked. It also charged to 100% over night instead of 80%.

 

[ChasingCoral]

Wait - what? You have to go on a 40 minute drive before the update is pushed? Seriously?
If that’s true:

1. It’s an incredibly STUPID design
2. I wish @Ford Motor Company would tell us these things. I rarely drive for that length of time recently ?

Appreciate hearing your experience!

Not before it pushed, before it installed. I had mentioned here a while back the recommendation to drive the car at least 30 minutes a day to encourage the update. However I don’t know if that is what did it.

 

[Gimme_my_MME]

Wait - what? You have to go on a 40 minute drive before the update is pushed? Seriously?
If that’s true:

1. It’s an incredibly STUPID design
2. I wish @Ford Motor Company would tell us these things. I rarely drive for that length of time recently ?

Appreciate hearing your experience!

You know how sometimes when things aren't going right and you get frustrated and you just need to clear your head so you go for a drive? It's like that, except for the car. Maybe. I just made that up

 

[ChasingCoral]

Wait - what? You have to go on a 40 minute drive before the update is pushed? Seriously?
If that’s true:

1. It’s an incredibly STUPID design
2. I wish @Ford Motor Company would tell us these things. I rarely drive for that length of time recently ?

Appreciate hearing your experience!

Sometimes the judgmental statements on this forum astound me.

Let me begin by saying I don't know if this example even applies. I'm no expert in automotive software. However, running an operational satellite program for NOAA, I do know a bit about implementing operational code. A VERY brief version of implementing new code goes something like this:

1. Develop new algorithm
2. Write new algorithm into a code segment
3. Insert new code segment into a copy of the operational code that is currently running
4. Upload new code to a development computer
5. Test new code on a development computer and run on a large enough dataset to be convinced it is working
6. Upload new code to operational machine
7. Test new code on operational computer and run on a large enough dataset to be convinced it is working
8. Run new code on operational computer right before or after old code (sometimes timing matters) and compare output data from new (B) and old (A) code
9. Run the two in parallel for a few days and compare output data from new and old code
10. Switch to using output from new code in operations (A-B swap)
11. Delete old code

We were very particular about the data coming out of satellite or climate model processing because lives actually could depend on it.

Now let's think about the Mach E. We know there is an A-B code swap that occurs. The driving time may be testing to make sure the code not only doesn't seize up or crash the system, but testing that the desired performance is achieved to some level.

Your life really does depend on something like new braking code (found in 2.4.2) actually working right. I would be quite happy to know that the car runs diagnostics to make sure it is working before switching out the working brake software for new brake software.

Yeah. That would be

an incredibly STUPID design

?

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