Turn off BlueCruise Camera?

[AjzRide]

It's a handsfree safety feature.
The official Hands on safety feature is the steering wheel feedback sensor that urges you to put your hands on the wheel.

So disabling the safety feature associated with an option that you not only will be refraining from using, but disabling the option as well..... What's the beef? ??

A Mach-E or F150 without Bluecruise isn't even equipped with the eyescanner.

I'm rather certain the eye scanner was turned on full time (for vehicles that have it) due to the steering wheel ankle weight trick.

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[AjzRide]

I convinced the wife I need to drive the Mach E tomorrow. Will play around with the APIM and see if the registers look similar to the F150. I made the same edit SnakeBitten did to my truck.

 

[Snakebitten]

I'm rather certain the eye scanner was turned on full time (for vehicles that have it) due to the steering wheel ankle weight trick.

I could concur, but only if there were record of the eyescanner not being enabled during hands-on mode at some point in the past. I haven't seen that. Maybe I missed it?

I think it's just an example of Ford's software design shortcomings. Just like nixing EV mode on a Powerboost in Sport mode. Or no camping-mode (no interior lighting) for the Powerboost at a campground using ProPower. Or.........

 

[AjzRide]

I could concur, but only if there were record of the eyescanner not being enabled during hands-on mode at some point in the past. I haven't seen that. Maybe I missed it?

I think it's just an example of Ford's software design shortcomings. Just like nixing EV mode on a Powerboost in Sport mode. Or no camping-mode (no interior lighting) for the Powerboost at a campground using ProPower. Or.........

100% positive that I had no eye scanning with hands on at BC 1.0. I know this because I did some testing of LCA versus BC by taping the cameras and forcing it into hands-on mode. Now if you tape the cameras it will disable hands on and hands free. Sometime during the upgrade to BC1.4 it started eye scanning in hands on mode.

 

[Snakebitten]

I didn't have my Mach-E until 6 months ago, but I'm certain my 2022 Job2 (May 2022) F150 nagged me with the eyescanner warning (keep your eyes on the road) regardless of whether I was on a Bluecruise road. I remember vividly because I strongly objected to the eyescanner being in play if I wasn't in Hands-free mode.

Obviously the truck was shipped with BC 1.0
But it certainly had fresher software than the 2021-2022 Job1 trucks.

I received the Forscan eyescanner edit in May of 2023. Maybe the truck was running a later version of 1.0 stack at that point?

I did upgrade to 1.4 back in February 2024, shortly after the updates were available in FDRS. But I had to re-enable the eyescanner to go test the long awaited improvements. Which are vastly improved, as well as the eyescanner nag being more tolerant than before.

 

[Kamuelaflyer]

The eye nanny wasn't active in Hands-On until roughly the time of BC 1.0 and they started calling everything "BlueCruise". Before that, adaptive cruise control with lane centering (etc) worked fine without the eye nanny.

 

[SonicBlue]

It's a handsfree safety feature.
The official Hands on safety feature is the steering wheel feedback sensor that urges you to put your hands on the wheel.

So disabling the safety feature associated with an option that you not only will be refraining from using, but disabling the option as well..... What's the beef? ??

A Mach-E or F150 without Bluecruise isn't even equipped with the eyescanner.

All I see is safer and less safe. Even if saves only one life… I guess you don’t care about blind people. Man, what a virtuous way to start my morning!

 

[johnnycombo]

Your wish is my command!

 

[Jimrpa]

What would cause it to trigger if you’re not using BlueCruise? I’m trying to understand what actions you’re taking that would cause it to go off?

 

[AjzRide]

Disable Nanny Camera, Disable Hands Free, Enable Hands-On LCA:

Masking tape optional:

 

[Snakebitten]

What would cause it to trigger if you’re not using BlueCruise? I’m trying to understand what actions you’re taking that would cause it to go off?

It's triggered by the same things that always trigger it. Not looking where it wants you to look. And in certain lighting or sunglasses, those alerts are false.

Regardless, I don't think Bluecruise nanny should even be engaged if the vehicle isn't in Bluecruise mode. Just my opinion.

Admittedly, the scanner is far more accurate these days than it was when the vehicle was first released. In 2022, the software was far less dialed in.

 

[Kamuelaflyer]

What would cause it to trigger if you’re not using BlueCruise? I’m trying to understand what actions you’re taking that would cause it to go off?

As you may recall, there was no active eye nanny back when Hands on BlueCruise was called Adaptive Cruise Control with lane centering. Some folks don’t like “Bitchin Betty” and prefer not to have the eye nag complain when they’re not ever going to be using HFBC. I find the alerts to be annoying upon occasion but not annoying enough to do anything about it.

On the other hand, people should be thankful it’s not a voice warning system. The original Bitchin Betty:

 

[Jimrpa]

It's triggered by the same things that always trigger it. Not looking where it wants you to look. And in certain lighting or sunglasses, those alerts are false.

Regardless, I don't think Bluecruise nanny should even be engaged if the vehicle isn't in Bluecruise mode. Just my opinion.

Admittedly, the scanner is far more accurate these days than it was when the vehicle was first released. In 2022, the software was far less dialed in.

I’ve never had it whine when I wasn’t using BlueCruise and/or adaptive cruise control. Maybe mine is defective (I doubt I’m THAT attentive a driver ?)

 

[Snakebitten]

Adaptive Cruise is not Bluecruise though.
Adaptive Cruise is hands-on, so the hands-on nanny is the related safety measure.

Bluecruise (hands-free) requires eye scanning. So I get it.

If I haven't been on a Bluecruise road in a month, and therefore haven't been in handsfree mode for a month, then the eyescanner has no reason to scan my eyes for a month.

If you own a car with Adaptive Cruise and Lane Centering, but no Bluecruise, the car isn't even equipped with the eyescanner. Because the car will never be in handsfree mode.

 

[AjzRide]

I’ve never had it whine when I wasn’t using BlueCruise and/or adaptive cruise control. Maybe mine is defective (I doubt I’m THAT attentive a driver ?)

You most likely just haven't gotten the OTA yet that changes the behavior.

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