F150 Lightning FORScan thread - Version 2

[GDN]

Are these not the DRL's? I would think there's some way to have them activate amber when on, but someone who is more versed in Forscan might be able to figure it out.

Agree and went out to confirm as well. I believe they are, just had not paid attention.

Obviously they have the capability to be amber, the question is can you make it do it full time. My gut says no since they are the DRL's. Maybe the Forscan gods will find it.

There is very old state and or Federal law that dictates what lights should be used for what, and maybe their color too.

A lot of people questioned Tesla on this. When the Model 3 came out the rear blinker was red. I think it has been updated on later models, the Y is amber I know.

 

[bordner42]

Agree and went out to confirm as well. I believe they are, just had not paid attention.

Obviously they have the capability to be amber, the question is can you make it do it full time. My gut says no since they are the DRL's. Maybe the Forscan gods will find it.

On the regular F-150 forum a member figured it out here, it appears that we have a similar setup with the DRL's also functioning as turn signals. I tried these values in Forscan but didn't have any success.

 

[deltalightning]

Adjusted my tire circumference with Forscan last week.

Today i had to disconnect the 12v while troubleshooting a shifter issue.

my tire size changes were lost. Speedo is off again.

is this normal? I thought we were making programmatic changes?

 

[bmwhitetx]

There is very old state and or Federal law that dictates what lights should be used for what, and maybe their color too.

It bugs me when I see other cars have one side of their DRLs go off when the blinker is on. So you see a white DRL on one side and just a blinking amber outline around the DRL on the other. On other cars both DRLs stay on while the blinker is on.

My know-it-all son said there was a law that the turn signal had to be clearly seen. So if the DRL is too close/bright to the turn lamp then the maker just has the DRL turn off to comply.

I have no idea what our Lightning's do. I may be one of those annoying vehicles.

 

[Scorpio3d]

It bugs me when I see other cars have one side of their DRLs go off when the blinker is on. So you see a white DRL on one side and just a blinking amber outline around the DRL on the other. On other cars both DRLs stay on while the blinker is on.

My know-it-all son said there was a law that the turn signal had to be clearly seen. So if the DRL is too close/bright to the turn lamp then the maker just has the DRL turn off to comply.

I have no idea what our Lightning's do. I may be one of those annoying vehicles.

I think you/we are one of those annoying vehicles! I have not verified by actually looking at it standing in front of the vehicle, but I have noticed it on reflection from vehicles in front of me.

 

[GDN]

It bugs me when I see other cars have one side of their DRLs go off when the blinker is on. So you see a white DRL on one side and just a blinking amber outline around the DRL on the other. On other cars both DRLs stay on while the blinker is on.

My know-it-all son said there was a law that the turn signal had to be clearly seen. So if the DRL is too close/bright to the turn lamp then the maker just has the DRL turn off to comply.

I have no idea what our Lightning's do. I may be one of those annoying vehicles.

A few days back when it came up I went out to look at the front blinkers - they indeed are the DRL's that blink amber and the white light goes out while it is doing so.

Our blinkers are bright - when I am stopped at night with one on I see everything light up around - you can see the reflection everywhere.

On a related note - our lights are bright everywhere. I've had to go in to the office this week. I've seen 3 Lariats on the road. Almost more than I've seen in the last year. I passed on and was observing the light that we put out front. I do think it is well controlled and it wasn't in my eyes as I looked back, but dang there was a lot of light coming from the headlight pods.

 

[bmwhitetx]

Our blinkers are bright - when I am stopped at night with one on I see everything light up around - you can see the reflection everywhere.

I noticed that early on also! I was first in line at a traffic light at dusk. Six lane intersection and I was lighting up the signs on the other side with bright blinking yellow!

At double lefts I sometimes turn off my signal to see if the car next to me is also bright. I “win” every time in blinker brightness - by a mile.

 

[BlakeGJ]

If there isn't a WRITE option next to a line changed (remove box on reverse cam) do you just "write all" at the bottom?

Reset apim- is that hold volume and next for restart?

Thanks!

 

[bmwhitetx]

If there isn't a WRITE option next to a line changed (remove box on reverse cam) do you just "write all" at the bottom?

Reset apim- is that hold volume and next for restart?

Thanks!

Each subsection should have a Write button. For example 720-12 has a section that includes -01 and -02 like so:

But if you change several sections them you can just do the Write All at the bottom.

To reset the APIM or any module go to the wrench icon and choose APIM - Module Reset and then hit Play at the bottom. Follow the instructions in the popups to turn off truck and wait 10 seconds.

Fuzzy screenshot:

 

[astrand1]

So I applied the beosonic and it does show up in settings and the little bubble moves around and I can choose some of the preset sound settings but there is absolutely no difference in sound. No matter which one I choose or move the bubble around there is no change. I’ve got a 23 lariat 8/23 build. I added the 50/50 mirror cam split which is cool. I have a question. While moving at speed I can choose my rear cam, hitch close up, 50/50 split, aux camera but if I try to choose the bed camera nothing happens. It’s there but when I click on it I get nothing. Only when stopped does it work. Over 8mph and it goes away. On my 22pb I could see the bed cam at speed. Any thoughts?

 

[bmwhitetx]

So I applied the beosonic and it does show up in settings and the little bubble moves around and I can choose some of the preset sound settings but there is absolutely no difference in sound. No matter which one I choose or move the bubble around there is no change. I’ve got a 23 lariat 8/23 build. I added the 50/50 mirror cam split which is cool. I have a question. While moving at speed I can choose my rear cam, hitch close up, 50/50 split, aux camera but if I try to choose the bed camera nothing happens. It’s there but when I click on it I get nothing. Only when stopped does it work. Over 8mph and it goes away. On my 22pb I could see the bed cam at speed. Any thoughts?

I actually tested it out today. With the 50/50 mod I get the following views when not moving:

Once moving the two forward facing views and the 360 disappear (the first three in column 1). The top right icon is the optional add-on trailer cam which I don't have. So when moving I have bed, tailgate, 50/50, and hitch icons - and the first three work at speed (I didn't test hitch - kinda useless when going 40 mph).

So maybe when you enabled 50/50 or removed the Full View not available message, something got mixed up. The values in post 1 are Lightning specific. If you used values from the original thread or somewhere else, you may have killed bed camera at speed.

There is a setting for cameras at speed in the ICE F-150 spreadsheet I need to investigate it more. I'm pretty sure I didn't do any mod to get cameras at speed but I could be wrong about that.

 

[astrand1]

I did the full view removal back in august when I bought the truck so I was using the ice spreadsheet as that’s all that was available. Tomorrow I will check my values against what you have here and see if it’s different or if somehow fat fingered something. Thanks!

 

[21st Century Truck]

So I applied the beosonic and it does show up in settings and the little bubble moves around and I can choose some of the preset sound settings but there is absolutely no difference in sound. No matter which one I choose or move the bubble around there is no change. ...

I helped another member here with turning on the glare-free headlights, and just as a side lark we played with turning on his Beosonic digital equalizer afterwards. We could instantly hear the difference in his truck.

I note that his truck is the Platinum trim, the one with the most speakers and with the B&O audio components.

I understand that for Beosonic to work, the truck needs to have the DSP module. My XLT does not have it. Maybe this is the missing link on Your Lariat? ...or perhaps there is another (B&O-related??) variable between the Lariat and the Platinum trims.

 

[astrand1]

I helped another member here with turning on the glare-free headlights, and just as a side lark we played with turning on his Beosonic digital equalizer afterwards. We could instantly hear the difference in his truck.

I note that his truck is the Platinum trim, the one with the most speakers and with the B&O audio components.

I understand that for Beosonic to work, the truck needs to have the DSP module. My XLT does not have it. Maybe this is the missing link on Your Lariat? ...or perhaps there is another (B&O-related??) variable between the Lariat and the Platinum trims.

Mine has the b&o and has a DSP. I’m going to double check the settings again today but yeah there was absolutely no difference in sound. Which kinda makes me think there might be a setting off or something. Yeah those glare free headlights are amazing!

 

[bmwhitetx]

Mine has the b&o and has a DSP. I’m going to double check the settings again today but yeah there was absolutely no difference in sound. Which kinda makes me think there might be a setting off or something. Yeah those glare free headlights are amazing!

This mod came from the Mach-E folks and IIRC there was a comment that effectiveness may be somewhat dependent on the file type. I would think it would work for all source types, even FM radio, but maybe it's only for high-quality USB files. Keep us posted.

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