What are the acronyms DTC & FDRS? I should know these, my car builds in 2 weeks, or so they say. Thanks.
Two versions because the as built configuration is different in multiple modules if you have a hard button versus touchscreen button. You can't have both at the same time the way Ford has designed it.
Diagnostic trouble code and Ford Diagnostic and Repair System (dealer software).
Bummer. Kinda like how you can't have a power meter without a frunk button.
Well you COULD have a power meter without the frunk button but that probably isn't supported technically....Bummer. Kinda like how you can't have a power meter without a frunk button.
Don't tell @Jimrpa , but if I could only choose one, I'd much rather have the power meter than the frunk button.
Just update your IPC to my software level and there you go
may break 100 other things but you'd have the power meter.
I wonder if the IPC hardware is different between Job 1 and Job 2.Just update your IPC to my software level and there you go
It's possible but unlikely. If anything minor tweaks where the software is the same. It is super complicated when they start having hardware that requires different software. The IPC is probably made by Visteon, the company that makes digital IPCs for a huge segment of the car market.
I was thinking the hardware was likely the same. But if so, it seems odd that they added the BlueCruise functionality and new alert window design to the older software revision rather than just using the newer software revision that was already on Job 2 cars.
The software was probably approved a long time ago and at the time the IPC software wasn't compatible with some other modules software that was on the car. They didn't want to OTA update that module at the time so they didn't add the new feature. Thats my guess at least.
I'm going to go with that and hope that means that the IPC will be updated to the same version as the Job 2 cars eventually. Then once I have my power meter, I'm going to hope that there's a way in FORScan to disable the snowflake that appears on Job 2 cars when it's cold outside.
Yep you can disable the snowflake easily. I just need to make a spreadsheet...I'm going to go with that and hope that means that the IPC will be updated to the same version as the Job 2 cars eventually. Then once I have my power meter, I'm going to hope that there's a way in FORScan to disable the snowflake that appears on Job 2 cars when it's cold outside.
