Originally Posted by DP-Tuner

Congrats on your new truck. Looks like you already have a great set up. Here's a little more background about chips.

There are new chips out that can suit anyone's needs to get their truck set up with whoever you choose as a tuner, ours included. When the need to redesign the F6 came up due to out stock parts we decided to make the new F6 v2 open source. Only issue some run into is they need to have the right format and the unique serial number of the F6 chip and then use that to compile the tunes they have before putting other tunes on the F6. This may be why its easier to just say our chips are proprietary.

Why we have a different chip file format-

Our manufacture for the F5 and F6, Moatesware, has used the same file format they use for their other chips since they started manufacturing chips in 1999. It's what they gave us, too. Moatesware is a hardware developer for us and many other tuning companies in other tuning markets. They have also manufactured other products for us to sell other than chips. We've use them for 10 years to make chips for us to use.

To anyone wanting to know how to use other tuners tunes on the F6, this is how:

You will need to know how to change the file size of your tunes. Any software/firmware writer can write file formats for aftermarket j3 chips and another person change them to their hearts content. As long as, the firmware of the chip allows for open source tuning and you have the right tools to do it. TS, Hydra, F6 v2 are all open source. Some tuners should already know how to convert file formats if they have the software or knowledge how to do it manually. The firmware on the chip needs to be set up to be open source to be able to complete this process. That's all. Converting manually is time consuming and may be why it is just easier to say our chips aren't open source.

Just FYI- No file format is proprietary except Ford's. The software to use for the burning process may be to the person who designed it, but we're talking different parts of the burning process. The F6 device utility to be able to load tunes on it is not proprietary to us. It's written for us to use with the F6, but doesn't make the chip proprietary to us.

The TS chip you have is already open source. It has it own chip flashing software, just like the F6, Hydra, Sniper, Old SCT chips. You would just need to buy a TS burner and the Flash and Burn software from someone who sells it.You really don't need new hardware unless you just want something new. Give us a call if you want newer tunes for your TS chip or just want a new style chip with more features. We'll be glad to help you.

Originally Posted by OnlySS

This is a great explanation on the DP, you have no idea how many times i've heard the DP F6 chip is Not open source and strictly canned.