ECU module programming guide using FDRS

[buckyhomes]

Thanks for the advice guys. I actually got it to work once i realized that ford doesn’t like chrome. Had to link my cord account to the cord motorcraft account. Now the real fun begins.

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[buckyhomes]

Had a thought while updating. I know you need a usb flash drive to update but has anybody tried the usb-c flash drives? They’d faster for data transfer. Just curious if anyone else has tried this or if it’s even possible

 

[rugedraw]

It worked! My truck is now sober during BC driving. I only did the IPMA and the cruise control radar calibrations as my cameras were fine. Both required driving to calibrate. Very easy to do.

Edit: When you begin the IPMA calibration procedure, it asks you to confirm the height of the front wheel arches. SInce mine is leveled, I measured the distance and entered the new values into FDRS. FDRS warned me that this process is not designed to calibrate the APIM if the suspension has been modified and told me I need to put my truck back to stock height. I ignored it, ran the calibration process anyway, and it worked.

So I decided to check my DTC's in PTS. Ever since I performed the above, I now have two DTC's being recorded every time I drive my truck:

CCM B1433 Forward Looking Sensor adjustment
CCM U2008 Sensor Cluster.

Was I supposed to clear codes after performing the calibrations? My truck is working fine, I have no lights on my dash, and BC is working better than ever, so I am assuming I can just clear them out and go on with my day. I do wonder if anyone else has experienced the same.

 

[PatchManager]

Does the FDRS license actually expire at the end of the license time? Mine was scheduled to expire on Monday, and ended up not using it Monday since I got everything done, but I left the application open. On Friday of that week, I checked the application and it still seemed active. I didn't have anything left to program, so I didn't try using it again, but checking for updates worked.

 

[PatchManager]

Does the FDRS license actually expire at the end of the license time? Mine was scheduled to expire on Monday, and ended up not using it Monday since I got everything done, but I left the application open. On Friday of that week, I checked the application and it still seemed active. I didn't have anything left to program, so I didn't try using it again, but checking for updates worked.

 

[bgalakazam]

Had a thought while updating. I know you need a usb flash drive to update but has anybody tried the usb-c flash drives? They’d faster for data transfer. Just curious if anyone else has tried this or if it’s even possible

FDRS limited my write speed to 1.8-1.9 MB/s. For reference USB 2.0 is 40-50MB/s easily. USB 3.0 and 3.1 are much faster. Don’t waste money

 

[rugedraw]

Does the FDRS license actually expire at the end of the license time? Mine was scheduled to expire on Monday, and ended up not using it Monday since I got everything done, but I left the application open. On Friday of that week, I checked the application and it still seemed active. I didn't have anything left to program, so I didn't try using it again, but checking for updates worked.

It has expired when it was supposed to for me every time I've used it.

 

[HammaMan]

It times out after 48hrs or so if left running and requires you to log in again. It's probably like the service manual access. If you log in right before your window is up you still have ~24hrs of additional access. Basically if you're in it and using it when the time window expires, you're still able to use it until it requires you to log in again at the point it's over.

 

[buckyhomes]

Hi again everyone. So had good success today on updating my truck. Not sure exactly what sync update I'm on but I finally got full screen carplay and so am super happy with that. Everything for the most part went really well except for a couple of hiccups. So far everything seems to work as it should but apparently I have a couple of codes and would like to know if they're something to worry about. I took a screen shot seen below.

 

[Jesse-Infotainment]

Hi again everyone. So had good success today on updating my truck. Not sure exactly what sync update I'm on but I finally got full screen carplay and so am super happy with that. Everything for the most part went really well except for a couple of hiccups. So far everything seems to work as it should but apparently I have a couple of codes and would like to know if they're something to worry about. I took a screen shot seen below.

Codes are normal during updates.. Clear them all after youre done

 

[speedracercjr]

Nothing comes easy with my truck.....

Re-upped my FDRS with the idea of calibrating the cameras for better BlueCruise lane stability and figured while I was in there I'd update my modules. Had a CMR update & TCU, started with TCU and updated no problem. Went to update the CMR which said it would chain multiple modules and it goes through the process of blacking out the whole truck (that part never gets less scary) and then pops up this prompt. Retry does nothing.

Also shouldn't I have more modules to update after the TCU? I stopped getting OTA's at 4.2.3, never got 4.2.4.


Edit - 1FTFW1E85MFA49677

Also no DTC's, all modules green

 

[HammaMan]

Nothing comes easy with my truck.....

Re-upped my FDRS with the idea of calibrating the cameras for better BlueCruise lane stability and figured while I was in there I'd update my modules. Had a CMR update & TCU, started with TCU and updated no problem. Went to update the CMR which said it would chain multiple modules and it goes through the process of blacking out the whole truck (that part never gets less scary) and then pops up this prompt. Retry does nothing.



Also shouldn't I have more modules to update after the TCU? I stopped getting OTA's at 4.2.3, never got 4.2.4.


Also no DTC's, all modules green

Hit the envelope in the top right and clear out the vehicle cache in FDRS and start over.

 

[speedracercjr]

Hit the envelope in the top right and clear out the vehicle cache in FDRS and start over.

Oh I think you are on to something, I tried to do that and got this:

May have a corrupt install or files. Time to nuke out FDRS and re-install

 

[TJSparky]

It’s because we are on thread number 666

?

 

[speedracercjr]

Re-installed FDRS, same error. Clicking No to I don't want to retry throw this fun error now

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