dtbaker61
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- Dan
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I have a subscription to FDRS and update the modules in my car. I log the module part numbers before and after. After an OTA, I can do a car network scan with FDRS, get the module part numbers, and see what changed.
Forscan can be used to get the main firmware part number, labelled strategy. It is only part of the story as I noticed FDRS will display other part numbers in a window below the module list when a module is selected. Digging further, the APIM and GWM have multiple firmware components with their own part numbers. This makes sense to me as it allows Ford to add or update things like the recent notes app. When there is an update, the version numbers are checked to see if an update is required.
hhhhmmmmm, so it is certainly POSSIBLE for Ford to generate a list of changed/updated modules in any given OTA, and consider generating a list with perhaps some meaningful bullet summaries of the changes in each module.
It sure would be nice, since *most* of us do not have FDRS, and have no way to see even what modules get updated.
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