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I am upgrading to NA NEXT 2016-2 on an F15. I am using fsc.exe from Dr Ho's post on the first page of the thread - tried other links but all contained a virus. I downloaded the DE file using E-Sys and run it through fsc.exe:

fsc.exe fsc_file_name 0xA8 0x27 > code.txt

The code did not work. Went through quite a few posts on this thread and it is less and less clear how one is supposed to run fsc.exe. Here are my questions:

Q1) does the file name of the DE file matter?

The original E-SYS method instructions at the beginning of the thread tell you to save the DE file with a specific name (FXXXXXXX_000DE001.FSC where XXXXXX is last 7 VIN). fsc.exe does not seem to care about the file name (gives the same result regardless) and fsc.bat that the FSC generator app uses has a.hex as the file name.

Q2) Do you need to add your VIN as the fourth parameter to fsc.exe?

Some people seem to do it based on their posts. The resulting code will be different, so I guess only one method is correct. fsc.bat does not have it. Also, last 7 of VIN is in the DE file so passing it to fsc.exe looks redundant. Yet, the code will be different if I do.

Q3) If you need to add the VIN, is it the last 8 characters or just the last 7?

Could anyone please answer these questions? Thanks in advance!