F150 Lightning FORScan thread - Version 2

[Firn]

You might double-check your values or you bought a used truck that someone modified. I have As-Built data on over (80) 2022-2025 Lightnings of all trim levels and every one of them has:
BCM 726-42-01 x0x0 xxxx xx--
BCM 726-38-01 xxxx 0Axx xx--

I love that you have a ton of as-built files. Do you have them on a git hub or anything similar? Members smarter than I could possibly make some fancy programs against that data.

I wish someone would clone Forscan and start including advanced features. Aside from the fact forscan v2 could be built to include predefined "scripts" for certain changes, automatically pulling in as-built fils could make an amazing repository of configurations for more detailed analysis.

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[bmwhitetx]

I love that you have a ton of as-built files. Do you have them on a git hub or anything similar? Members smarter than I could possibly make some fancy programs against that data.

Not a database per se. I have the .ab files and window stickers that I have slowly accumulated. I then built an Excel spreadsheet where I can enter any parameters I want (with the highlighted byte/nibble) and a macro loops through all the As-Builts (plus a few ICE) and shows me the values.

Here is a sample:

(VIN column clipped to mask VINs)

I've built databases in Access, SQL, SAS, etc. in my career but for things like this I still love Excel and VBA. Quick and easy.

 

[Firn]

Not a database per se. I have the .ab files and window stickers that I have slowly accumulated. I then built an Excel spreadsheet where I can enter any parameters I want (with the highlighted byte/nibble) and a macro loops through all the As-Builts (plus a few ICE) and shows me the values.

Here is a sample:

(VIN column clipped to mask VINs)

I've built databases in Access, SQL, SAS, etc. in my career but for things like this I still love Excel and VBA. Quick and easy.

I'm think more along the lines of data analysis AI models and big data tools. With all the cross-dependencies in the as-built files there would need to be a lot of cross checking for changes in one area to changes in others.

In truth you may need a listing of options and features for each vin to have that make more sense.

I wonder if the motorcraft site would allow bulk scraping.

 

[SNBI18]

You might double-check your values or you bought a used truck that someone modified. I have As-Built data on over (80) 2022-2025 Lightnings of all trim levels and every one of them has:
BCM 726-42-01 x0x0 xxxx xx--
BCM 726-38-01 xxxx 0Axx xx--

EDIT: Hold on, you were asking about this last year - sure you didn't change your values then and forgot?

Your right! So I did the Lightbar mod last year which did nothing visually. It's been a while since I visited here and saw the DRL mod on page 1 thinking it was something different.

 

[bmwhitetx]

I'm think more along the lines of data analysis AI models and big data tools. With all the cross-dependencies in the as-built files there would need to be a lot of cross checking for changes in one area to changes in others.

In truth you may need a listing of options and features for each vin to have that make more sense.

I wonder if the motorcraft site would allow bulk scraping.

One issue is that a VIN itself carries very little info other than model year and battery size. Options like MaxTow, TowTech are not there AFAIK. So the labor-some part is getting a window sticker and checking Order Guides to reveal features. I do note the major options (or deletes) in my description field. Have thought about separating the major options out but haven't needed to.

So far my system is doing great answering the questions I'm asking. My foremost reason is making sure when someone posts a FORScan mod that it makes sense with our truck's As-Builts.

Too many examples of folks blindly applying ICE mods or mods for another trim and messing up other options.

I've developed another spreadsheet where I can view the software version (with year) of all the modules for each truck. It does appear the 2025's have a few new things but I need to look into that more. I'm especially interested in the IPMA and APIM - could indicate whether we could support BC 1.5 although I suspect @rugedraw has already figured it out!

I need some of our new 2025 owners to try FORScan.

 

[rugedraw]

One issue is that a VIN itself carries very little info other than model year and battery size. Options like MaxTow, TowTech are not there AFAIK. So the labor-some part is getting a window sticker and checking Order Guides to reveal features. I do note the major options (or deletes) in my description field. Have thought about separating the major options out but haven't needed to.

So far my system is doing great answering the questions I'm asking. My foremost reason is making sure when someone posts a FORScan mod that it makes sense with our truck's As-Builts.

Too many examples of folks blindly applying ICE mods or mods for another trim and messing up other options.

I've developed another spreadsheet where I can view the software version (with year) of all the modules for each truck. It does appear the 2025's have a few new things but I need to look into that more. I'm especially interested in the IPMA and APIM - could indicate whether we could support BC 1.5 although I suspect @rugedraw has already figured it out!

I need some of our new 2025 owners to try FORScan.

When the latest BBC IPMA software first showed up in FDRS for 2021 ICE trucks in September, we were very excited to find files in it with 2026 part numbers. The real gurus suspected it was 1.5 because the ACJ IPMA software we had prior to that was supposed to be 1.4 based on the few known Mach E's that got the 1.4 OTA. So they tried to enable auto lane change with it, but it didn't work.

Once the OTA for BC 1.4 was rolled out in December, we knew BBC was the official 1.4 release.

BC 1.5 will require newer IPMA software and/or GWM software to allow it to work. An APIM update may be needed to add a button to the touchscreen for it to be turned on and off, but I don't think we need an APIM update for it to actually work.

My truck already harasses me to let me know a lane change is available when the vehicle in front of me is going slower than I am, so we can't be that far away from it.

 

[bmwhitetx]

Your right! So I did the Lightbar mod last year which did nothing visually. It's been a while since I visited here and saw the DRL mod on page 1 thinking it was something different.

So between last year and now, I added a note to clarify that mod is not about the light bar. Instead the mod changes the DRL's shown here. You probably should change them back to 10%. Folks found that it looks like you have your brights on all the time and other drivers will flash you.

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