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Old 04-23-2018, 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by ReactiveD
I was just looking at the spreadsheet and noticed something I had not noticed before and was wondering if someone can help make sense of this "configurable Splash Screen" option I am seeing. Does this mean we can customize the splash screen with a picture of our choice?




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No, the splash screen animations are hard-coded into the firmware and we can't add custom ones. I tested the configurable splash screen option above a while ago and didn't notice anything different that could be done with it. My original hope for it was being able to display one of the different stock splash screens while still keeping the new Ford Blue GT theme but I wasn't to get it working.
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Thanks for the info. Do either of you remember the module/bit changes used to accomplish these things?
No, to long ago, I would guess I did a google search and found either that bit or something someone put together.
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Do all the common things in forscan work the same on Canadian trucks (bambi mode,auto fold mirrors,double horn etc).
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Quick question for you folks, I'm installing a brake controller in my dads 2018 XLT. When i'm scanning the truck with my elm327 it says (reading vehicle info...) and it won't let me do anything in configure and thats after it's been reading for 20 minutes. When I programmed my 2016 xlt it only took me 4 minutes to do everything I needed to do
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Originally Posted by Tom HAYDEN
Do all the common things in forscan work the same on Canadian trucks (bambi mode,auto fold mirrors,double horn etc).
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Originally Posted by f150skidoo
Quick question for you folks, I'm installing a brake controller in my dads 2018 XLT. When i'm scanning the truck with my elm327 it says (reading vehicle info...) and it won't let me do anything in configure and thats after it's been reading for 20 minutes. When I programmed my 2016 xlt it only took me 4 minutes to do everything I needed to do
Are you using the newest version of FORScan on their website? If so and it's still not working then email your log files to the FORScan developers and see what they say, directions for this are here: http://forscan.org/contactus.html
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Originally Posted by Livnitup
No, the splash screen animations are hard-coded into the firmware and we can't add custom ones. I tested the configurable splash screen option above a while ago and didn't notice anything different that could be done with it. My original hope for it was being able to display one of the different stock splash screens while still keeping the new Ford Blue GT theme but I wasn't to get it working.
Hey buddy, the linked SP177-C is out of stock.

They are now pushing this one below. Do you think its safe?

http://www.obdexpress.co.uk/wholesal...iagnostic.html
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Originally Posted by PSM 6.4
Hey buddy, the linked SP177-C is out of stock.

They are now pushing this one below. Do you think its safe?

http://www.obdexpress.co.uk/wholesal...iagnostic.html
Yeah, I wouldn't have any issues buying it for myself after reading the specs and how it's supposed to be the same as the SP177-C. The "Best Quality" in the description is how they ranked the previous one as well.
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Originally Posted by Livnitup
Yeah, I wouldn't have any issues buying it for myself after reading the specs and how it's supposed to be the same as the SP177-C. The "Best Quality" in the description is how they ranked the previous one as well.
Looking at the PCB, it seems similar but the provided pictures are blurry.

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If you need coding in the N Fort Worth area, give me a shout. I would request that you already know what mods you want to make (along with the accompanying setting changes) and a USB stick for the backups of your original files. I'm no expert in the field of programming changes, but I know how to make them and I have the hardware/software to make it happen. Just throwing the offer out there, free of charge.

I've done the Bambi mod, enabled the sub output, disabled the auto start/stop on the 3.5L EB, window roll up/down via key fob, and one or two other things. I did a couple of other things just to see what I thought of them, but they didn't work (auto fold mirrors) or I didn't like them (climate control on screen), so I changed them back. I will likely do more once I go through the rest of the spreadsheet in greater detail.

Thank you to those that have contributed to the great information and the development of the software that makes all of this possible for the rest of us mere mortals.


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