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I have an update on my quest to get access to a VCM. I wasn’t joking in my last post. I legitimately went in for an oil change and it resulted in a job offer. I’m going to have to create a separate thread on how I ended up at this point because it’s possibly the dumbest career decision ever and...

This part looks suspicious, as though there is some sort of Bosch VCM 3 or VCMM hardware validation check for your BECM software update. Your debug logs shows it downloads the file fine in 6.1 seconds, but then gets to this stage and starts closing connections and begins to debug itself (unless...

MDX = data exchange error Node 754 = TCU

huh, so, funny story, I stopped by for an oil change and persuasively talked to my local Ford service manager about getting access to rent a VCM 3. The next day he called to offer me a part time job LOL.

Thanks for this. The note in blue about the coordinated software updates is valuable information. For a while I was speculating if I could just update the IMPA with the VCX Nano and not update the CCM (since it would brick). This information makes it quite clear they are required together. I...

You have nothing to lose by waiting. If you’re a bit nervous to proceed, I suggest holding off for a while and take some time to learn about the complications faced by other people with the same setup.

ForScan is developed Russia and their payment provider platform was based in Germany. ForScan can only do this up to certain ECU's produced. Development is paused and there's moderate risk they might pull the plug on development altogether whereas it's no longer a viable business and they can't...

IDS had an As built editor (shown in the screen shot below). Is this function easily accessible within FRDS or does the software have to be fooled into trying to PMI an ECU while its offline or tricked somehow to get to this stage? Also, does the checksum have to be manually calculated when...

I'd check that the correct Drivers are installed and then check if a Windows or ISP firewall configuration is blocking a port the utility needs; I don't actually own one though.

Did you configure your Nano to operate at fixed baud rate? If so, what is it set at?

Yeah, it’s a little hard to justify after shipping, exchange rate and tax… eh :love: Dang it! I almost bought the official UCDSYS adapter on several occasions over the last few years, but always backed away because they don’t support F150 profiles in their native software. I considered it...

I canceled the Nano I had ordered due to the issues I keep reading about from others. Before I order a Mongoose, I was going to try to convince a friend of mine to let me borrow his Autel programmer. Theoretically any fully compliant J2534-2 would work for this right? He uses his on heavy...

@iceman77 I think you should add this warning near the top of Post 1.

I thought all the 'cheap' adapters only emulate J2534-2 by fragmenting packets or frames a certain way. It may be part of the problem. The ForScan developer wrote a lengthy post explaining this sometime ago. Unless someone buys a high quality full-chipped VCM 2 clone like an SP177-C (which are...

As an FYI, This is what I was talking about regarding rebooting modules with ForScan. All the modules appear to be listed. So for those of you sitting in your truck with a laptop already open, this could be a quick way to kick an ECU that appears unresponsive. Obviously I wouldn't try rebooting...

:unsure: Keep in mind he's in Canada though. I'm pretty sure 'hands-free-driving' was initially advertised as 1-year free trial up here with the prep kit option before it was issued the name Blue Cruise, had its price announced and free trial restructured to match the USA. When I bought my...

I wanted to add a note for others on this subject. A lesson learned from Sync 3 is that the partition table of the USB drive also matters. With Sync 3 the USB drive must have an MBR partition table not GPT. I assume Sync 4 operates the same way. It's possible someone could buy a recommended...

I think we've all read through the same sections of the workshop manual. IMO it explained cold cranking operation of the aux battery well but the rest seemed up to interpretation. I have not had to disconnect my batteries yet so this is good to know. In ForScan, the self-test functions are...

Isn't the PowerBoost auxiliary 7.5Ah battery on a PCM controlled relay which is normally open while the vehicle is off, cold cranking, in generator mode or in auxiliary mode? I had the impression the auxiliary battery circuit only closes to connect to the 12V bus when the PowerBoost is in its...

That's not what I meant, I was wondering if you've seen it fail after repeated attempts to the point that you have to perform a PMI / flash the GWM. I'm glad there's a work around. Do you think selecting a manual baud rate could avoid this read error? is that an option in the VX Manager?