Thanks for clearing that up.

 

Wow. So no LIDAR added to the IPMA for 2018? They are just using the camera for the additional distance data needed for full stop/go?

It sounds like best case we may be looking at only a firmware upgrade or IPMA swap (with the latest firmware), and some FORscan changes in the other involved modules?

 

Livin', slight non sequitur, but are you using the Russian software or IDS to do firmware upgrades? And if the Russian software, have you discovered any other semi-mainstream uses for the software, i.e. Raptor IPC firmware?

 

I haven't decided what to use yet but I'm not going to experiment with '18 firmware unless I have 100% confidence that I can go back to my '16 firmware if the experiment fails miserably. The IPC may be the biggest obstacle in this depending how much involvement it plays in the stop & go function. I say this because '17 IPCs (or '17 IPC firmware on a '15/'16 cluster) in a '15-'16 presents its own set of issues with gears not displaying correctly on screen and the turbo gauge not working so I can only assume these issues (and maybe more) would still be present with '18 firmware on a '15-'16 cluster in a '15-'16 truck.

 

There's more to it from looking at the wiring diagrams. The CCM has been completely removed and replaced with a new module CADS that talks directly and only to the IPMA. It looks like the IPMA is now doing all the work and sending the information back on the HS2 com buss. So my guess new firmware changes in the IPMA and the IPC so now they know how to talk together for the adaptive cruise with start and stop. I am really interested in seeing what code changes in both those modules (IPMA and the IPC). And to see if you can even see the CADS module on the network.

 

I don't think stop/start is gonna be something I pursue even if possible. Every time my ACC hits the brakes it startles me anyway and I take over. I am not too worried about.

 

I'm with you...I'll be tickled to death just to have the regular ACC (soon....VERY Sooon)

 

I know it doesn't sound possible right now but you'll learn to trust it. I thought the same thing as you when I first started using it but now unless I see something dramatic like someone slamming on brakes, I just let her (ACC) be in control and am not nervous about it.

 

Mostly it scares me when it does it. I need to get my rotors turned so I also have an added "feature" of steering wheel vibration!

 

Sounds like stop/start is either a very long way away or not going to happen in the earlier trucks.