PowerBoost 1.5 - We Need More Than Idiot Lights

[ReverendQ]

UPDATE:

PowerBoost 1.5 now available here. Otherwise instructions below for v1.4 still apply.

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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.

EDIT 231120 (Changed 2nd and 3rd Dashboards) Thanks @turbopilot , I modified your version 1.5 for MY23 PIDs and Ford Colors using Android S22 Ultra. Attached to this reply is a modification for consistency and fixed "Gear", also newer than yesterday screenshot examples, one with fan at 5, @HammaMan and one without
I am still searching for MY23 Oil Temperature of all things. Anybody?

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[Snakebitten]

Ahhhhhhh
Well done. The torch is passed to the 2023 Pid library.

Good man!

 

[Samson16]

Can that post be a sticky? Thanks for all the hard work to everyone involved! What a fantastic forum this is ?

 

[turbopilot]

Thanks @turbopilot , I modified your version 1.5 for MY23 PIDs and Ford Colors using Android S22 Ultra for anybody who wants it attached to this reply. Screenshot here also.

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Good job. When you get a chance can you post a list of the 2023 PID names for each of gauges so that I can convert the IOS version to the 2023 PID's. Would save a lot of time. As you know many of the PID names for the same function changed going from 2022 to 2023.

 

[Snakebitten]

That's why I keep a spare throw down Sim-less phone that I can quickly "mess with", so I don't risk my official device's configuration.

However I can't benefit from this latest generous sharing. I'm envious that a 2023 truck can use either PID library. Because I can't get my 2022 to allow me to use the expanded 2023 library.
I love to park the truck outside the RV and put it in generator mode. Then sit comfortably in the RV with the throw down phone and explore the PIDs.
I would LOVE to mess with the 2023 library.

Not whining too much though.
With the recent GIFT of the Oil Pressure Pid, that I chased for 2 years, I'm thrilled.

 

[turbopilot]

That's why I keep a spare throw down Sim-less phone that I can quickly "mess with", so I don't risk my official device's configuration.

However I can't benefit from this latest generous sharing. I'm envious that a 2023 truck can use either PID library. Because I can't get my 2022 to allow me to use the expanded 2023 library.
I love to park the truck outside the RV and put it in generator mode. Then sit comfortably in the RV with the throw down phone and explore the PIDs.
I would LOVE to mess with the 2023 library.

Not whining too much though.
With the recent GIFT of the Oil Pressure Pid, that I chased for 2 years, I'm thrilled.

Sounds like sufficient need to get a new PowerBoost. It cost me about $18k (with incentives) to move from a 2021 with 20k miles to a new 2023.

 

[Snakebitten]

Sounds like sufficient need to get a new PowerBoost. It cost me about $18k (with incentives) to move from a 2021 with 20k miles to a new 2023.

I'm way too skeard.

I've had 3 and no real issue with any of them. (combined ~60,000 miles)
Statistically, I'd be just daring the gremlins?

 

[turbopilot]

I'm way too skeard.

I've had 3 and no real issue with any of them. (combined ~60,000 miles)
Statistically, I'd be just daring the gremlins?

Given we are edging away from supply chain issues, labor unrest and other pandemic threats to quality I would guess the odds of getting a good 2024 PowerBoost are very good.

I am still waiting for the new PB model announcement signaled by Ford last July in the earnings call. My guess is it was delayed by the pending UAW job action. A plug in PB with a bigger battery would make a lot of sense.

 

[ReverendQ]

I'm way too skeard.

I've had 3 and no real issue with any of them. (combined ~60,000 miles)
Statistically, I'd be just daring the gremlins?

Indeed @Snakebitten , stop at three. It is what I did with marriages and that worked/is working out great, except she thinks the truck is too big for her to drive it. Curious, did your first two trucks cost much compared to third? My first two marriages cost allot.

 

[Snakebitten]

The first Powerboost is a 2021 XL.
We purchased it for the aircraft maintenance crew. Still have it. Coming up on 3 years.

Second was an impulse purchase of a 2021 Platinum. I bought it because the XL really intrigued me. It's versatility and utility made quite the impact on the fellas that use it.

Driving the Platinum for about 6 months in, had me pretty much smitten. But if I was going to keep one longterm, I wanted it equipped exactly to my personal taste. So special ordered the 2022. Took another 6 months to arrive. I have been driving it now for the past 18 months.

None of the three Powerboost have ever seen a dealership after taking delivery. I knock on wood, of course. But these things aren't fragile. I think the biggest risk is that if/when something does break, only a small percentage of dealerships have a clue or care.

 

[Emmittfan22]

Hello all,

I am new to this and I am trying to install this and I can’t seem to be able to figure it out. I have downloaded the file and now I am lost at was to do.

Thanks for the help.

 

[ReverendQ]

Hello all,

I am new to this and I am trying to install this and I can’t seem to be able to figure it out. I have downloaded the file and now I am lost at was to do.

Thanks for the help.

Did you change it from PDF to STG? Then Import it using Settings sub menu?

 

[Emmittfan22]

Did you change it from PDF to STG? Then Import it using Settings sub menu?

When I click on the PDF in the forum it will not open up. It shows an error.

 

[ReverendQ]

When I click on the PDF in the forum it will not open up. It shows an error.

U must download it and then change it from pdf to stg. It will not open.

 

[Emmittfan22]

U must download it and then change it from pdf to stg. It will not open.

Figured it out! Thank you for the help

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