FORScan - software to enable/disable features in your truck
07-19-2018, 12:31 AM
Senior Member
F150's do on 16's and newer with factory Sync 3 for sure. Not sure about 15's with My Ford Touch and older image processing module firmware.
It's still not clear to me if that is controlled by the PSCM, IPMA / IPMB (my guess now), the SCCM or a bit of all three. But I can tell you that since Livnitup mapped the PSCM I disabled it there to see what would happen for fun and the white ghost lines remained.
I installed Sync 3 from the 4" screen and a cheap china backup camera on my fathers 300a XLT and I've been trying to guess what module controls those lines. My best guess it is embedded in the IPMA or IPMB considering he has neither. I figured angle of the lines is probably calculated by an algorithm in the PSCM, but as I said above, when I disabled 'backup camera' in the PSCM in my 500a it made no difference.
It's still not clear to me if that is controlled by the PSCM, IPMA / IPMB (my guess now), the SCCM or a bit of all three. But I can tell you that since Livnitup mapped the PSCM I disabled it there to see what would happen for fun and the white ghost lines remained.
I installed Sync 3 from the 4" screen and a cheap china backup camera on my fathers 300a XLT and I've been trying to guess what module controls those lines. My best guess it is embedded in the IPMA or IPMB considering he has neither. I figured angle of the lines is probably calculated by an algorithm in the PSCM, but as I said above, when I disabled 'backup camera' in the PSCM in my 500a it made no difference.
the dynamic lines.
EDIT: I went back and looked at my PSCM, I never made a change to the PSCM, it still shows the rear camera disabled, yet I have the dynamic lines and the zoom feature working on my camera. I'll have to enable it to see if anything changes. The other thought on this is the mapping is not an F150, but another model close to the F150.
Here is how the Active lines work:
The active guidelines feature displays dynamic guidelines that correspond to the projected path of vehicle
travel, based on the current steering angle. Several modules are involved in generating the steering angle data
used to support the active guidelines. The PSCM monitors the steering angle sensor and sends the steering
wheel angle sensor data to the ABS module via the HS-CAN2. The ABS module uses this message from the
PSCM to generate the steering angle message that is sent to the GWM on the HS-CAN2. The GWM then
sends the message to the BCM via the HS-CAN1. The BCM sends the steering angle data to the rear parking
aid camera via the LIN circuit. The camera uses this data to generate the active guidelines over the video
image.
Last edited by Gordy49913; 07-19-2018 at 11:11 AM.
07-19-2018, 05:44 AM
Senior Member
I was actually looking for this exact feature last night.
I think park lamps with DRL is a condition that only was ever created by Ford for their Fleet trucks for DOT compliance. With that in mind,
I had hoped I could scout out Fogs with DRLs in combination with doing the Lincoln experience or mixing reasonable settings together.
I had no positive results and encountered some humorous faults. I tried a lot of things including experimenting with the independent LF and RF DRL circuits at 726-61-02.
Again, I came up empty handed, but that's not to say it isn't possible... maybe someday.
I think park lamps with DRL is a condition that only was ever created by Ford for their Fleet trucks for DOT compliance. With that in mind,
I had hoped I could scout out Fogs with DRLs in combination with doing the Lincoln experience or mixing reasonable settings together.
I had no positive results and encountered some humorous faults. I tried a lot of things including experimenting with the independent LF and RF DRL circuits at 726-61-02.
Again, I came up empty handed, but that's not to say it isn't possible... maybe someday.
Maybe I’m mis understanding what you guys are trying to do here but if looking for the park/signal lights to be on with fog lights on the halogen headlights it can be done. Turn tail lights on with DRLs 726-26-02 and then set 726-50-01 for fog lights (04]
07-19-2018, 09:06 AM
Senior Member
F150's do on 16's and newer with factory Sync 3 for sure. Not sure about 15's with My Ford Touch and older image processing module firmware.
It's still not clear to me if that is controlled by the PSCM, IPMA / IPMB (my guess now), the SCCM or a bit of all three. But I can tell you that since Livnitup mapped the PSCM I disabled it there to see what would happen for fun and the white ghost lines remained.
I installed Sync 3 from the 4" screen and a cheap china backup camera on my fathers 300a XLT and I've been trying to guess what module controls those lines. My best guess it is embedded in the IPMA or IPMB considering he has neither. I figured angle of the lines is probably calculated by an algorithm in the PSCM, but as I said above, when I disabled 'backup camera' in the PSCM in my 500a it made no difference.
It's still not clear to me if that is controlled by the PSCM, IPMA / IPMB (my guess now), the SCCM or a bit of all three. But I can tell you that since Livnitup mapped the PSCM I disabled it there to see what would happen for fun and the white ghost lines remained.
I installed Sync 3 from the 4" screen and a cheap china backup camera on my fathers 300a XLT and I've been trying to guess what module controls those lines. My best guess it is embedded in the IPMA or IPMB considering he has neither. I figured angle of the lines is probably calculated by an algorithm in the PSCM, but as I said above, when I disabled 'backup camera' in the PSCM in my 500a it made no difference.
07-19-2018, 09:17 AM
Did your truck have Sync 3, My Ford touch, or a regular black plastic box for an APIM? The ACM does have a High Speed CAN line running to the 54pin APIM harness. The ACM goes TO pins 19 and 20 at the APIM. I forget the pin locations out of the back of the ACM but will look it up.
If the APIM was responsible for acting like a network hub for the FCIM and ACM which do indeed both run to it, it's possible that your head unit install is now bypassing that and that's where your network line is broken.
You can pull your ACM and have a look. If that's the case, I'm sure you could splice the two HS CAN wires out of the ACM to any other live HS CAN wires to re establish network comm with the ACM.
Sometimes you need to reset the ACM and BCM in ForScan after putting it back online so it will establish connection on the network with the other modules.
So, in short. You might only need to splice two wires, and then, yes, in theory, from there you can add the factory kicker sub or enable that output in ForScan and mess with all those fun settings.
54 pin APIM connector is the same between Sync 3 and MFT:
Pins 16 (+) / 17 (-) go to the FCIM (MS CAN)
Pins 19 (+) / 20 (-) go to the ACM (HS CAN)
If the APIM was responsible for acting like a network hub for the FCIM and ACM which do indeed both run to it, it's possible that your head unit install is now bypassing that and that's where your network line is broken.
You can pull your ACM and have a look. If that's the case, I'm sure you could splice the two HS CAN wires out of the ACM to any other live HS CAN wires to re establish network comm with the ACM.
Sometimes you need to reset the ACM and BCM in ForScan after putting it back online so it will establish connection on the network with the other modules.
So, in short. You might only need to splice two wires, and then, yes, in theory, from there you can add the factory kicker sub or enable that output in ForScan and mess with all those fun settings.
54 pin APIM connector is the same between Sync 3 and MFT:
Pins 16 (+) / 17 (-) go to the FCIM (MS CAN)
Pins 19 (+) / 20 (-) go to the ACM (HS CAN)
07-19-2018, 09:22 AM
Hey guys, I’m new to forscan. I bought this OBD2 cable in the picture and I can’t find IPC settings in forscan to add brake conteoller . Is this because of the obd cable I’m using?
07-19-2018, 10:25 AM
Senior Member
Thanks for this awesome write up! I will check my ACM to see what the connection looked like. I had Sync 2 on the 4inch screen. I upgraded using the Maestro Module and the FTR1 dash kit. My thought was to unplug the maestro module, plug in the ACM and restart the truck. Once the ACM is loaded make the adjustments, save them, restart and see if it stuck. Then I would re-hook up my aftermarket set up.
07-19-2018, 10:42 AM
The FORScan Guy
Thread Starter
2. connect to your truck again in FORScan but click no when it brings up your VIN profile
3. it should then find a few modules and then prompt you to flip the toggle switch on your adapter and find the rest of the modules (including IPC)
4. if it finds all modules then you can save this new VIN profile and use it on all subsequent connection attempts.
EDIT: I just added the instructions above to the FAQ section on the tutorial #15
Last edited by Livnitup; 07-19-2018 at 10:46 AM.
07-19-2018, 12:16 PM
The ACM is the radio/CD player, if you plug in the ACM again and make changes, as soon as you disconnect it, you lose those changes. It does not send any changes to the AMP, it just opens an output or input to the amp. What I would do is ask iDatalink or whoever made the radio if its possible to use the amp. From what I saw on the iDatalink website, one of the plugs had to have been disconnected from the ACM and plugged into the Maestro cable to keep your steering wheel controls.
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07-19-2018, 12:44 PM
Trying to figure it out!
I've been asked to turn off the hyper-flash on a 2017 F-250 after LED taillights have been installed. I'm scanning/searching through the thread and the spreadsheet but haven't found it yet.
Does anybody have the locations handy? I will keep looking and edit this post if I find it.
726-28-01 x*xx xxxx xxxx Rear LED turn outage cfg: 0 = no outage, 1=outage
Change this to 0, correct?
Does anybody have the locations handy? I will keep looking and edit this post if I find it.
726-28-01 x*xx xxxx xxxx Rear LED turn outage cfg: 0 = no outage, 1=outage
Change this to 0, correct?
Last edited by Scott91370; 07-19-2018 at 12:53 PM.
07-19-2018, 04:03 PM
1. go into FORScan settings, connection tab and change "MS-CAN Support" to "HS/MS Switch"
2. connect to your truck again in FORScan but click no when it brings up your VIN profile
3. it should then find a few modules and then prompt you to flip the toggle switch on your adapter and find the rest of the modules (including IPC)
4. if it finds all modules then you can save this new VIN profile and use it on all subsequent connection attempts.
EDIT: I just added the instructions above to the FAQ section on the tutorial #15
2. connect to your truck again in FORScan but click no when it brings up your VIN profile
3. it should then find a few modules and then prompt you to flip the toggle switch on your adapter and find the rest of the modules (including IPC)
4. if it finds all modules then you can save this new VIN profile and use it on all subsequent connection attempts.
EDIT: I just added the instructions above to the FAQ section on the tutorial #15
I have ave one more question I hope you or someone can help me with. I have a 2015 F150 XLT fairly base and I did the backup camera as per this video including the forscan part which seemed to work but now when I put my truck in reverse I get a message saying “reverse camera not available”
