Forscan Lifetime License
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From: Fairbanks, AK
Thanks for the heads up. I'm waiting on a control module to come in then I will be changing my steering wheel to a Raptor one with both heat and paddles (my truck currently has neither). It's going to require some Forscan changes, so I'll be getting my feet wet with it soon.
Hotshot
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From: Wyoming
B. You should be keeping them separately anyhow. Mine are on a thumb drive dedicated to only Forscan backups.
Mountain Pass
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From: Cookeville, TN
5th Wheeling
Joined: Nov 2021
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Anyone who has purchased Lifetime FORScan, can you send me a private message so I can check it out?
Cross-Country
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Forscan has just enabled licenses to be purchased. They have 1, 3, 5 and Lifetime available. A lifetime license is $50 USD and goes down by $10 for each. Just an FYI as I've been waiting for this... gets old renewing the license every other month... go out to make changes aaaand nothing. Crap, forgot to renew the damn license.
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just got an email from them
they are not able to receive US payments.......problems with US banking systems targeted to Russian entities
the email says all you can do is down load the 2 month free license.
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Cross-Country
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Hotshot
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my understanding is that forscan is owned by a Russian entity and right now there are embargos against Russia.
Cross-Country
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WOW….I did not know that. Interesting to know. I guess I will have to go for the free, renewable platform instead.
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From: Middle TN
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It would be nice if an American company saw an opportunity here, and I'm not sure why there isn't one already. Surely it can't be that hard to create the software, right? Is it possible that it's not being done because car companies are not okay with it? Just wondering.
I don’t want 10 agents knocking on my door looking for squirrels
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From: Wyoming
It would be nice if an American company saw an opportunity here, and I'm not sure why there isn't one already. Surely it can't be that hard to create the software, right? Is it possible that it's not being done because car companies are not okay with it? Just wondering.
All it takes is one wrong assumption of how things work and FORScan could brick the on-board computer.
Laughing Gas
Joined: Apr 2021
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From: Middle TN
I suspect that there is a tremendous amount of research that goes into looking through the Ford systems to find out how things work. I doubt that Ford has provided any assistance to the FORScan developers.
All it takes is one wrong assumption of how things work and FORScan could brick the on-board computer.
All it takes is one wrong assumption of how things work and FORScan could brick the on-board computer.