FOREScan software installed
Senior User
Joined: Apr 2016
Posts: 306
Likes: 2
From: Maine
I am quite comfortable with computers, however mine are all Linux 
Anyone here able to confirm if I'd need the extended license to do things like turn off the bulb outtage warning? If not, I'll set up WINE, if so I'll get a VM configured. (I actually configured a VM yesterday but I thought I'd load it up with qemu to save time and I did something wrong because it's stupid slow.)
Interested to try FORScan, I've been limited to mostly using raw HEX and google when talking on OBD2 since I've no interest in running a Windows PC for the purpose. Wish it was open source... I might try to work out the PIDs it's using and re-creating it open sourcey so it can be used in embedded projects and the like.
Anyone here able to confirm if I'd need the extended license to do things like turn off the bulb outtage warning? If not, I'll set up WINE, if so I'll get a VM configured. (I actually configured a VM yesterday but I thought I'd load it up with qemu to save time and I did something wrong because it's stupid slow.)Interested to try FORScan, I've been limited to mostly using raw HEX and google when talking on OBD2 since I've no interest in running a Windows PC for the purpose. Wish it was open source... I might try to work out the PIDs it's using and re-creating it open sourcey so it can be used in embedded projects and the like.
Cargo Master
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 3,336
Likes: 4
From: Western New York
I wonder if I can add blue tooth dongle to my desktop and park outside the window? Hmmmm. OK just ordered. https://www.amazon.com/Medialink-Blu.../dp/B004LNXO28
New User
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 17
Likes: 0
From: Republic of Tejas
What does the double honk indicate? How can I turn it off?
Where did you get the software and how do you connect to the truck?
Senior User
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 460
Likes: 0
Read through this post...1st page to last and all your questions will be answered..It's what I did
New User
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 17
Likes: 0
From: Republic of Tejas
These values are obviously hexadecimal. 32 hexadecimal = 50 base ten. 3x16=48+2 = 50. In hex A=10, B=11, C=12, D=13, E=14, and F=15. 0-9 are the same. So to calculate a setting of 72, you would divide 72 by 16 and look at the whole number and remainder. That's 4 remainder 8. So the number for 72 in hex would be 48. A larger number like 78 would be 4 remainder 14, so it would be 4E in hex.
Later I worked on a project on 16 bit HP computers and became fluent in Hexadecimal. Boy that was a long time ago. At one time I could tell you the Hex/Decimal equivalents off the top of my head. I have over written that portion of my memory...
New User
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 17
Likes: 0
From: Republic of Tejas
OK, I read through the whole thread.
I still did not see an explanation of what the purpose of the double honk is.
Did I miss it?
I still did not see an explanation of what the purpose of the double honk is.
Did I miss it?
FTE Stories
Ford Trucks for Ford Truck Enthusiasts
AEV FXL Super Duty - the Super Duty Raptor Ford Doesn't Make
Brett Foote
Lobo Vs Lobo: Proof the F-150 Lobo Should Be Even Lower!
Michael S. Palmer
Ford's 2001 Explorer Sportsman Concept Looks For a New Home
Verdad Gallardo
10 Best Ford Truck Engines We Miss the Most!
Joe Kucinski
2026 Shelby F-150 Off-Road: Better Than a Raptor R?
Brett Foote
2027 Super Duty Carhartt Package First Look: 12 Things You NEED to Know!
Michael S. Palmer
10 Most Surprising 2026 Ford Truck Features!
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 Ford Trucks Coming to Mecum Indy 2026
Brett Foote
5 Best / 5 Worst Ford Truck Wheels of All Time
Joe Kucinski
Senior User
Joined: Sep 2016
Posts: 420
Likes: 0
From: Antelope, CA
Cargo Master
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 3,336
Likes: 4
From: Western New York
Double honk came around with the first push to start cars. People would go somewhere together and the driver would get out to go into work or whatever and walk off with the fob. Other driver would wind up stranded if they didn't have their fob with them.
Post Fiend
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 5,158
Likes: 35
From: North of Salt Lake City
Hey Rob, now you can worry that the truck doesn't get dinged on the loading ramp and sent back to the factory. Or parked in the way back where it takes two weeks to get to. Or the transport truck gets t-boned by a drunk driver. Or the train derails in Pennsylvania. How many weeks it will sit in the rail car waiting to be unloaded. Or that the second transport truck gets t-boned by a drunk driver. Or the dealer goes out of business. Or the stock market crashes and you don't have enough money to pay for it...
Cargo Master
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 3,336
Likes: 4
From: Western New York
Hey Rob, now you can worry that the truck doesn't get dinged on the loading ramp and sent back to the factory. Or parked in the way back where it takes two weeks to get to. Or the transport truck gets t-boned by a drunk driver. Or the train derails in Pennsylvania. How many weeks it will sit in the rail car waiting to be unloaded. Or that the second transport truck gets t-boned by a drunk driver. Or the dealer goes out of business. Or the stock market crashes and you don't have enough money to pay for it...
Senior User
Joined: Jun 2016
Posts: 310
Likes: 2
I am quite comfortable with computers, however mine are all Linux Anyone here able to confirm if I'd need the extended license to do things like turn off the bulb outtage warning? If not, I'll set up WINE, if so I'll get a VM configured. (I actually configured a VM yesterday but I thought I'd load it up with qemu to save time and I did something wrong because it's stupid slow.)
Interested to try FORScan, I've been limited to mostly using raw HEX and google when talking on OBD2 since I've no interest in running a Windows PC for the purpose. Wish it was open source... I might try to work out the PIDs it's using and re-creating it open sourcey so it can be used in embedded projects and the like.
Anyone here able to confirm if I'd need the extended license to do things like turn off the bulb outtage warning? If not, I'll set up WINE, if so I'll get a VM configured. (I actually configured a VM yesterday but I thought I'd load it up with qemu to save time and I did something wrong because it's stupid slow.)Interested to try FORScan, I've been limited to mostly using raw HEX and google when talking on OBD2 since I've no interest in running a Windows PC for the purpose. Wish it was open source... I might try to work out the PIDs it's using and re-creating it open sourcey so it can be used in embedded projects and the like.
New User
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 17
Likes: 0
From: Republic of Tejas
Ok, I have experienced that. It was obnoxious. I didn't realize what was going on at first.