That was it! Doing a full rescan with the MX+ found the rest of the modules, including the IPC. It hung on the HCM and had to be force quit just like you said. Worked fine the second time, and I now have the outside temp in the IPC. Thanks!
Trying to gain an understanding for this, why would seeing the temp in the cluster be more beneficial than the direction you're going? Am I missing something? When has anyone been driving and needed to more than maybe once during a drive check the temp outside?
We've got hills, and temperature varies ±20F in just 5 miles of driving. I assume people would be interested to see temps less than 40F so they know to look out for black ice, perhaps?
Yeah, I was wondering the same thing. It's not really hard to glance over at the large display to see the temp, something I seldom need to know anyway.
I think part of it is simply a user preference thing.
Thought this might be interesting to some. I was reading a thread where someone saw the UK version of a Mach E showed the temperature on the IPC (Dash Display) instead of the compass, so I set to find out if it would work on a US version. I am using @breeves002 formatting from his Double Honk thread to save some typing, so thanks in advance! Also, thanks to those from the UK that sent me VINs to check against.
Note: FORScan doesn't support writing the Mach E IPC in the current release. You will need the beta build found here: EDIT: Current release 2.3.47 can make the changes. If this link is dead download the latest version from their website instead, hopefully it's added to the mainstream build soon. I literally just sent the developers logs the other night and they came back with this test version.
DISCLAIMER: Do this at your own risk I'm not responsible for any damage you may do to your car or any denied warranty claims....
Great guide on how to use FORScan: If you don't know how to modify as built with FORScan there is a great write up here: http://www.2gfusions.net/showthread.php?tid=4573
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Easy way: Once connected go to the programming tab, select IPC configuration and hit play. When the list appears search 'outside' and the 'Outside Air Temperature' will show up. Select it, hit edit, select enable, hit write at the bottom, select OK. Once it writes, the IPC will reset and the temperature will show up shortly.
Manual way: Modify as built in IPC: 720-02-02 xxxx xxxx xExx ENABLES the temperature display. The stock value is C.
DO NOT change anything that is an X - leave your current value there. I had a C where the E is above. I'm about 99% sure all US Mach E will be a C. If not, let me know and I can check on it. Hit write next to the line you modified. No need to restart the car. This mod will either display temperature or compass. Not both.
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AFTER:
This among all of the mods that people do to their vehicles is always personal preference. Coming in and saying that it isn't hard to look over is correct. It doesn't take much effort to turn your head 35 degrees to the right, but some folks might just want something different. Not a huge deal.
Things like this show me that no matter what car builders do, there will always be things that people don't like hahaha
The super short answer is no.
Is there a short (or not super long) explainer you can point me to that talks about how people even figure out what to change for these mods? I'm too cowardly to do it myself lol but I find it very interesting and would love to understand more. Is there a way to like "decode" these numbers you mod? Is it trial and error? Something else?
I would be ecstatic if you figured out the power meter. I’ll be first in line to try it on my Premium.
If you guys put a spreadsheet together, that would be awesome! I'd really like to make this adjustment and the double honk, but would prefer to knock everything out at once, if there are any other cool tweaks on top of those two.
On, I'm not really interested in having the temp there vs on the SYNC, but was just curious if you could swap them, because, as you mentioned, I'd much rather see the direction.
These little tweaks can make the car so much more enjoyable. The only changes I've made so far are disabling the double honk, killing auto-lock, and now the temp in the IPC. I'm looking forward to more!
