PowerBoost 1.5 - We Need More Than Idiot Lights

[turbopilot]

I meant amazing contribution. I'm just now digging around my electronics storage bins for an old iPhone or iPad, and then I need to purchase the OBDII stuff. Down the rabbit hole I go

I formatted this to fit an iPhone 14 Max Pro screen so I anticipate formatting problems on smaller devices. It should format on an iPad.

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[JediNut]

It's very strange, but whenever I import someone else's dashboards... the Ford specific PIDs don't map and drop back to speed (MPH).

In this case, the following PIDs didn't map:

• HV Bat Temp
• HV A/C Compressor
• DC/DC HV In
• 14 V Bat Amps
• DC/DC Amps Out
• 14 V Bat
• 280 V Bat
• 14 V SOC
• 280 V SOC

I wonder if it's because my "Enhanced OEM Add-Ons" are for:
Ford 2021 Enhanced Diagnostics
And they changed the PID names between 2021 and 2022+.

Here's what mine looks like before I remap the PIDs...
(I removed the version number "1.4" because it crowded the screen on my normal sized iPhone)

 

[turbopilot]

It's very strange, but whenever I import someone else's dashboards... the Ford specific PIDs don't map and drop back to speed (MPH).

In this case, the following PIDs didn't map:

• HV Bat Temp
• HV A/C Compressor
• DC/DC HV In
• 14 V Bat Amps
• DC/DC Amps Out
• 14 V Bat
• 280 V Bat
• 14 V SOC
• 280 V SOC

I wonder if it's because my "Enhanced OEM Add-Ons" are for:
Ford 2021 Enhanced Diagnostics
And they changed the PID names between 2021 and 2022+.

Here's what mine looks like before I remap the PIDs...
(I removed the version number "1.4" because it crowded the screen on my normal sized iPhone)

Same thing happened when I imported @Snakebitten Android export into my iPhone. PID's went to MPH in some cases. The important thing is that the formatting looks good which is the hard part. Now I need to post the PID module locations for those PID's that mapped back to MPH. Very easy to update PID's once the gauge widget exists and formatted.

BTW, I set this up for my 2023 PB but the PID's are not available for 2023 so I told OBDLink I had a 2022 PB.

 

[JediNut]

Same thing happened when I imported @Snakebitten Android export into my iPhone. PID's went to MPH in some cases. The important thing is that the formatting looks good which is the hard part. Now I need to post the PID module locations for those PID's that mapped back to MPH. Very easy to update PID's once the gauge widget exists and formatted.

BTW, I set this up for my 2023 PB but the PID's are not available for 2023 so I told OBDLink I had a 2022 PB.

I checked and I didn't have the 2022 Enhanced Diagnostics... and it thinks that my 2021 PB should use the 2022 PIDs. So, I just downloaded the 2022 Diags, and reinstalled your dashboard and it looks great! All PIDs are correct.

Now... if I only knew what the gauges mean and what numbers I want to see. ?

 

[morrisosu]

Same thing happened when I imported @Snakebitten Android export into my iPhone. PID's went to MPH in some cases. The important thing is that the formatting looks good which is the hard part. Now I need to post the PID module locations for those PID's that mapped back to MPH. Very easy to update PID's once the gauge widget exists and formatted.

BTW, I set this up for my 2023 PB but the PID's are not available for 2023 so I told OBDLink I had a 2022 PB.

Same issue here on a 2021 PB w/iOS, so the trick is telling OBDLink you have a newer model?

 

[turbopilot]

Same issue here on a 2021 PB w/iOS, so the trick is telling OBDLink you have a newer model?

Worth a try. I set up my export with it set to a 2022 PB even though I have a 2023 (2023 Ford PID's not yet available). So based on @JediNut experience it appears you need to set up OBDLink as a 2022 PB to use my dashboard.

 

[turbopilot]

I checked and I didn't have the 2022 Enhanced Diagnostics... and it thinks that my 2021 PB should use the 2022 PIDs. So, I just downloaded the 2022 Diags, and reinstalled your dashboard and it looks great! All PIDs are correct.

Now... if I only knew what the gauges mean and what numbers I want to see. ?

I have watched this app for 7,000 miles this Summer. Over time you will begin to see patterns that make sense given the conditions. The two most important gauges seem to be the 14 Volt Battery SOC and the 280 Volt Battery SOC. I try to keep the 14 volt SOC above 90% and 280 volt battery SOC above 45% before shutting down the truck overnight. No idea if it makes sense but that is my routine.

 

[turbopilot]

It's very strange, but whenever I import someone else's dashboards... the Ford specific PIDs don't map and drop back to speed (MPH).

In this case, the following PIDs didn't map:

• HV Bat Temp
• HV A/C Compressor
• DC/DC HV In
• 14 V Bat Amps
• DC/DC Amps Out
• 14 V Bat
• 280 V Bat
• 14 V SOC
• 280 V SOC

I wonder if it's because my "Enhanced OEM Add-Ons" are for:
Ford 2021 Enhanced Diagnostics
And they changed the PID names between 2021 and 2022+.

Here's what mine looks like before I remap the PIDs...
(I removed the version number "1.4" because it crowded the screen on my normal sized iPhone)

If the PID's do not import correctly and default to the speed PID here are the Ford specific PID module locations.

• HV Bat Temp

• HV A/C Compressor

• DC/DC HV In

• 14 V Bat Amps

• DC/DC Amps Out

• 14 V Bat

• 280 V Bat

• 14 V SOC

• 280 V SOC

 

[23STX]

Update and fyi for guys having issues importing this to your OBDlink app. After finally being able to import Turbo’s 1.4 version, this morning on my way to work I noticed half of the gauges didn’t work. I went back and did some reading and was able to figure it out. All I had to do was delete my vehicle from the app and re-install it. And yes, if you have a ‘23 change to ‘22.
Worked like charm.

These guys have basically done all the homework and shared the answers. After that it is very simple to edit the dashboard to your personal preference.

 

[turbopilot]

Update and fyi for guys having issues importing this to your OBDlink app. After finally being able to import Turbo’s 1.4 version, this morning on my way to work I noticed half of the gauges didn’t work. I went back and did some reading and was able to figure it out. All I had to do was delete my vehicle from the app and re-install it. And yes, if you have a ‘23 change to ‘22.
Worked like charm.

These guys have basically done all the homework and shared the answers. After that it is very simple to edit the dashboard to your personal preference.

Any time you work yourself into a corner where things are not working with OBDLink I have found you are best served by starting over. Delete the BlueTooth connection, uninstall then reinstall the app. Set things up again with the BlueTooth connection then import the dashboard using 2022 PB Ford PID's.

 

[DrBST]

Howdy Turbopilot and all - first, thank you to all who have posted & contributed to this and many other threads.

I've had my '23 PB Lariat for almost 3 months now and I've spent a lot of L&L ("Lurking & Learning") in an attempt to grasp the depth of how different this truck is from my former (2013 5.0 F-150 FX2). Wow.

I was mystified/upset when I experienced the unable to start problem after the truck had sat in my garage for a few days (and after I had taken it on a few back-to-back short trips where it ran mostly in electric mode). A lot of searching took me to a few different state of charge (SOC) threads.

I had been planning on getting the OBDLink MX+ already but was hoping to get it for a better price. However thanks (and darn you) to Turbopilot, when he posted his dashboard I took the plunge: bought the OBDLInk MX+, reformatted an old-ish iPhone my teenager had battered and discarded, managed to get the custom .stg imported (also choosing a '22 PB in the Settings). Now I too need to learn what all this stuff tells me but I can begin with monitoring the SOC values.

Anyway, my thanks and appreciation to all of you who share your experiences and learnings. I hope I can pay that forward at some point.

-Brian

 

[Snakebitten]

Nicely done @DrBST

Take your time figuring everything out. If you learn just ONE thing before you go to bed every night, it will add up quickly.
You said you have had your truck for 3 months.
3 months from today you will have digested 100 Powerboost facts and suddenly the thing starts to make sense.

 

[turbopilot]

Anyway, my thanks and appreciation to all of you who share your experiences and learnings. I hope I can pay that forward at some point.

-Brian

You are welcome. I am just trying to pay back all the patient folks on this forum who held my hand while I was trying to wake up BlueCruise in my 21 PB.

 

[Addabob64]

The F-150 PowerBoost is a complicated machine with many systems. The instrumentation provided by Ford is not adequate to understand the systems or to troubleshoot system malfunctions. At the very least Ford instrumentation should provide for a "Novice Mode" and an "Expert Mode". When a system malfunctions, the owner has no way to capture the information related to an event and relay that information back to the dealer or Ford. As we have found many malfunctions will clear any trouble codes after the next normal cycle of the truck. Dealers will often turn away an owner who presents with what appears to be a normally functioning truck that has experienced a previous failure event.

It is not expensive for the owner of a PowerBoost to observe system parameters in detail as they change and capture trouble codes as they appear. I think every PowerBoost owner should have a device running in real time to capture the operating parameters of the truck provided by various PIDs.

Here is version 1.4 of the OBDLink PowerBoost dashboard I have been working on. Most changes moving from v1.3 to v1.4 were to format and colors to make display more readable with one glance in full sunlight. This dashboard was built on an IOS device. I am still on searching for other useful PID's.

As usual change the file extension from .pdf to .stg before trying to import the file into your device with the OBDLink app.

The OBDLink Mx+ OBD2 adapter is available here on Amazon. OBDLink app is available in the app stores. The easiest way to export and import dashboards is with DropBox.

This version of PowerBoost was formatted on an iPhone. You may experience problems importing this file into an Android device. The second dashboard with this import is just a place to try out various PID's.

There is a lot of information displayed on one dashboard in this version. With the iPhone mounted in the right position all the information is viewable. Information top to bottom is GPS derived position information from the phone, engine information not available on the dashboard is in the middle and both DC electrical systems information is displayed at the bottom.

For those running IOS on an iPhone with Siri enabled you can quickly take a screen shot by simply saying "Hey Siri take a screen shot" to capture an event. If you are also running CarPlay on the same iPhone when you tell Siri to take a screen shot you will not only get a shot of the iPhone screen but you will also get a shot of what ever screen is being displayed on on the Sync 4 screen. This is handy if you are running a navigation app through CarPlay to the Sync 4 screen to document your position at the time of a screen shot. Both screens will be saved to "Photos" on the iPhone.

Here is a screen shot of version 1.4. In this version I have added the amp draw associated with the high voltage compressor motor of the PowerBoost air conditioning system. It can be one of the largest current draws found in the PowerBoost other than the traction motor. Below the compressor amp display is the high voltage amp draw going to the DC/DC converter. The "State of Charge" (SOC) of each electrical system battery is displayed in red at the bottom of the screen. These parameters are probably the most useful information supporting normal operation of the PowerBoost.

Below is a link to this dashboard's import file. The file carries a "dummy" .pdf extension. This extension must be changed to a .stg extension for import.

This is a link to directly download the dashboard .stg file without the need to change the file extension.

My export dashboard was set up using the 2022 PB PID's available even though I have a 2023 PB. So to use the export and get the PID's to import right it is possible you may have to set up OBDLink as a 2022 PB.

If the Ford PID's do not import correctly and default to the speed PID here are the Ford specific PID module locations. Click the gauge to enter "Edit Display" menu, then select "Display Configuration", click the banner that says "PID" then click the banner that says "Ford, Lincoln, Mercury", then find the module as listed below. Scroll through the module PID's until you find the right one and click it. A check mark should show by the PID. Then hit the "Back" button several times until you are back in the dashboard.

• HV Bat Temp

• HV A/C Compressor

• DC/DC HV In

• 14 V Bat Amps

• DC/DC Amps Out

• 14 V Bat

• 280 V Bat

• 14 V SOC

• 280 V SOC

As usual please comment with any suggestions to make this display more useful. It is a work in progress. On my wish list is that OBDLink would make their app CarPlay capable then all of this information could be displayed right on the Sync 4 large display.

Will this also work for the ‘21MY PB? Also, just so I understand, I am using CarPlay, and this can operate simultaneously with the WiFi projection they use when connecting to the truck?

looks like great stuff! Hopefully it can work with my setup. Thanks so much for sharing!

 

[turbopilot]

Will this also work for the ‘21MY PB? Also, just so I understand, I am using CarPlay, and this can operate simultaneously with the WiFi projection they use when connecting to the truck?

looks like great stuff! Hopefully it can work with my setup. Thanks so much for sharing!

Yes, it worked on my 21 PB. OBDLink app is not CarPlay compatible which is a shame. So it makes no difference.

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