FORSCAN Coding .. iOS? Or Full PC only?

[Shaka]

Just picked up my second MME GT - this time with Perf Pkg - and I want to do some coding this time around. I have plenty of iOS devices, but just 1x MacBook and no PC laptops. Am I correct that FORSCAN Lite/Viewer on iOS wont be able to help me? Do I need to get a friend with a PC laptop to help me here? Please advise; searched forums but didn’t find this specific question answered. TIA!

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[Mach-Lee]

What are you trying to do here?

 

[Shaka]

First and foremost I want to turn on the side view mirrors tilt/dip when in reverse. That option doesn’t show up on this car, but oddly enough my prior ‘22 GT (non-Perf) had that option in the big screen. So yeah, I want to DO THIS as explained in that thread.

Secondly, I’d love to change the compass in the instrument cluster to instead be the outside temperature, as EXPLAINED HERE. And then finally, I read something about enabling the kick sensor for the rear hatch, which I swear my other ‘22 had but maybe that hardware/sensor was just not in this new one? But that’s least of my worries.

From prior cars (BMW etc) I have a nice/newer generation BT/WiFi set of OBD2 dongles — but the question I have is what iOS software option(s) might exist to do the coding easily, and inexpensively.

 

[generaltso]

First and foremost I want to turn on the side view mirrors tilt/dip when in reverse. That option doesn’t show up on this car, but oddly enough my prior ‘22 GT (non-Perf) had that option in the big screen. So yeah, I want to DO THIS as explained in that thread.

Secondly, I’d love to change the compass in the instrument cluster to instead be the outside temperature, as EXPLAINED HERE. And then finally, I read something about enabling the kick sensor for the rear hatch, which I swear my other ‘22 had but maybe that hardware/sensor was just not in this new one? But that’s least of my worries.

From prior cars (BMW etc) I have a nice/newer generation BT/WiFi set of OBD2 dongles — but the question I have is what iOS software option(s) might exist to do the coding easily, and inexpensively.

I don’t believe those changes can be made with the light version of FORScan, so you’ll need a Windows machine.

 

[markboris]

You can use your Mac running Windows on a separate partition using BootCamp (Intel only, not M1) which is what I use for FORScan and FDRS

 

[Mach-Lee]

First and foremost I want to turn on the side view mirrors tilt/dip when in reverse. That option doesn’t show up on this car, but oddly enough my prior ‘22 GT (non-Perf) had that option in the big screen. So yeah, I want to DO THIS as explained in that thread.

Secondly, I’d love to change the compass in the instrument cluster to instead be the outside temperature, as EXPLAINED HERE. And then finally, I read something about enabling the kick sensor for the rear hatch, which I swear my other ‘22 had but maybe that hardware/sensor was just not in this new one? But that’s least of my worries.

From prior cars (BMW etc) I have a nice/newer generation BT/WiFi set of OBD2 dongles — but the question I have is what iOS software option(s) might exist to do the coding easily, and inexpensively.

What you're doing is called a FORScan mod, not coding. You're not writing new software.

OBDLink MX+ and a FORScan license is what you need.

 

[JohnFoxeSheets]

FORScan only runs on Intel hardware, but if you have an Intel (not M1) Mac (not iPhone), you can run FORScan by running Windows on your Mac. You have a couple choices for how to run Windows on your Mac (Boot Camp, or using a virtual machine such as Parallels). There's lots of information online about doing it. But if you have an M1 Mac, don't bother trying. It won't work, even if using Parallels for the M1 Mac (don't ask me how I know).

 

[Shaka]

What you're doing is called a FORScan mod, not coding. You're not writing new software.

Sorry, that is terminology that I’ve had since my VW/Audi/BMW days. Everyone in those circles calls this “coding” (eg: THIS APP called BimmerCode, but also see the likes of VAG-COM, etc). Not sure how/why that became the wording used but in the German cars, that is what they call changing the “settings” within the car to enable/disable features/functions. So yeah, old man using old words from my youth haha…

 

[Shaka]

Tons of great replies here, THANK YOU! I’m going to have to check what generation our MacBook is here— I think it’s pre M1 processor, and can indeed run parallels (something I am indeed familiar with). Works case I have a few MS-Win friends who can probably help me out. And I do have an OBD2 BLE dongle already, that should hopefully work. Though I think a friend of mine has the specific OBDLink MX+ unit.

Anyhow… guess it is time to source the hardware, so I can do the deed. Thx again!

 

[JohnFoxeSheets]

Tons of great replies here, THANK YOU! I’m going to have to check what generation our MacBook is here— I think it’s pre M1 processor, and can indeed run parallels (something I am indeed familiar with). Works case I have a few MS-Win friends who can probably help me out. And I do have an OBD2 BLE dongle already, that should hopefully work. Though I think a friend of mine has the specific OBDLink MX+ unit.

Anyhow… guess it is time to source the hardware, so I can do the deed. Thx again!

It sounds like your Mac will work - if it's older than a couple years it definitely will! As for OBD2, I don't think you'd want to try using FORScan with BLE - even if it "worked" I would want a hard-wired connection when making configuration changes...

 

[HuntingPudel]

I know that you cannot run FDRS in Parallels on any Mac. You have to run it under Boot Camp (FRDS has problems with virtual machines). Not sure if FORscan has an issue with VMs or not, since I purpose-bought a used PC laptop to run FDRS and put FORscan on the same machine. ?

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