[Mottok]

Originally Posted by shawnsheridan

Original FA is stored in car VCM. Select "Read FA", and you get FA from car, as opposed to loading a custom FA from PC.

There is no FA to restore because you have not written any modified FA to car. If you want to restore ECU Coding though, which has been modified, then Read original FA from car, and VO Code ECU.

Right, thank God, I was totally confused there! Just didn’t know about the VCM bit. Thanks so much, off to lie down, brain frazzled....

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[Mottok]

Well that's the ENET cable ordered....

Out of interest, what have you coded on your car? My car is LCI but not many additional options so no electric mirrors, seats etc so I'm interested to see what are the main things being coded. Probably EBT is the main one, followed by??

[Mottok]

Following from the conversation with shawnsheridan;

Looking at the steps provided on the "E-Sys - How to change FA in F-series car.pdf" guide, it says to do following:

- Go to Expert mode > VCM. Load your saved FA file, right-click on FA and calculate FP again.

Then

- Click VCM master tab, and click write FA FP. New FA will be written to the car.

Just to confirm, is this step writing to the ECU module or the VCM?

Thanks.

[teaston]

Originally Posted by Mottok

Well that's the ENET cable ordered....

Out of interest, what have you coded on your car? My car is LCI but not many additional options so no electric mirrors, seats etc so I'm interested to see what are the main things being coded. Probably EBT is the main one, followed by??

Main one for me was to turn the damn auto star stop off!

Originally Posted by Mottok

Following from the conversation with shawnsheridan;

Looking at the steps provided on the "E-Sys - How to change FA in F-series car.pdf" guide, it says to do following:

- Go to Expert mode > VCM. Load your saved FA file, right-click on FA and calculate FP again.

Then

- Click VCM master tab, and click write FA FP. New FA will be written to the car.

Just to confirm, is this step writing to the ECU module or the VCM?

Thanks.

Don’t do that part, it’s best to leave the car’s FA standard in case a dealer needs to update the car.

[Mottok]

Originally Posted by teaston

Main one for me was to turn the damn auto star stop off!



Don’t do that part, it’s best to leave the car’s FA standard in case a dealer needs to update the car.

See now that's why doing this is so dangerous when you are new to it, so many bits and pieces of information out there but I can't find one simple set of instructions, thanks so much for that.

So the last step of changing the FA should be:

"New FA must be verified before it can be written to car. Right-click FA and calculate FP again. If FA
entered is wrong, error will be shown. For example, “DDD” is not correct FA and E-sys will display error
message. After FP is calculated, save the new FA."

Then I VO code the head unit right? Thanks.

[teaston]

Originally Posted by Mottok

See now that's why doing this is so dangerous when you are new to it, so many bits and pieces of information out there but I can't find one simple set of instructions, thanks so much for that.

So the last step of changing the FA should be:

"New FA must be verified before it can be written to car. Right-click FA and calculate FP again. If FA
entered is wrong, error will be shown. For example, “DDD” is not correct FA and E-sys will display error
message. After FP is calculated, save the new FA."

Then I VO code the head unit right? Thanks.

Yeah that's the way to do it

[Mottok]

Originally Posted by teaston

Yeah that's the way too do it

Cool, many thanks. Hoping for one last question before I go too far!

If I do the above then want to restore to factory, are these the right steps (below)? Oh and also, I'll be changing the start/stop too!

Many thanks for your help.

open e-sys
connect
read vehicle order
activate fa
right click SVT -> read coding
click on the ECU itself - NOT the CAFD_****
click on CODE

[teaston]

Originally Posted by Mottok

Cool, many thanks. Hoping for one last question before I go to far!

If I do the above then want to restore to factory, are these the right steps (below)? Oh and also, I'll be changing the start/stop too!

Many thanks for your help.

open e-sys
connect
read vehicle order
activate fa
right click SVT -> read coding
click on the ECU itself - NOT the CAFD_****
click on CODE

Yes that will restore the ECU back to how it left the factory

[Mottok]

Originally Posted by teaston

Yes that will restore the ECU back to how it left the factory

Great stuff, many thanks.

[Mottok]

Originally Posted by teaston

Yes that will restore the ECU back to how it left the factory

Oh sorry, will I have to do anything to the VO coded head unit or does the above steps reset that too?

Thanks.

[teaston]

Originally Posted by Mottok

Oh sorry, will I have to do anything to the VO coded head unit or does the above steps reset that too?

Thanks.

I thought we were talking about the head unit?

[Mottok]

Originally Posted by teaston

I thought we were talking about the head unit?

Sorry, I haven't done any coding before so probably getting confused. What I'm doing is following shawnsheridan's 2 steps below. Now I thought the first step was done by following the "How to change FA in F-series car.pdf" guide (like we were talking about above). And THEN you do step 2 and VO code head unit. So I thought there were two separate steps to restore, I'm wrong eh?


Step 1. Change FA from 6NH to 6NS:
E-Sys - How to change FA in F-series car.pdf

Step 2. VO Code Head Unit and standalone Combox (CMB_MEDIA) if present:
Connect => Read FA (VO) => Activate FA (VO) => Read SVT (VCM) => Right-Click on Head Unit ECU (e.g. HU_NBT, HU_CIC, HU_CHAMP, HU_ENTRY, HU_ENTRYNAV, etc.) (the ECU itself not the underlying CAFD) => Select CODE (Not Code FDL).

[Mottok]

Anyone?

[teaston]

Originally Posted by Mottok

Sorry, I haven't done any coding before so probably getting confused. What I'm doing is following shawnsheridan's 2 steps below. Now I thought the first step was done by following the "How to change FA in F-series car.pdf" guide (like we were talking about above). And THEN you do step 2 and VO code head unit. So I thought there were two separate steps to restore, I'm wrong eh?


Step 1. Change FA from 6NH to 6NS:
E-Sys - How to change FA in F-series car.pdf

Step 2. VO Code Head Unit and standalone Combox (CMB_MEDIA) if present:
Connect => Read FA (VO) => Activate FA (VO) => Read SVT (VCM) => Right-Click on Head Unit ECU (e.g. HU_NBT, HU_CIC, HU_CHAMP, HU_ENTRY, HU_ENTRYNAV, etc.) (the ECU itself not the underlying CAFD) => Select CODE (Not Code FDL).

You don't need to undo step 1 to restore it, when you connect to the car in future the FA will be same as factory, as you haven't done the steps to write the modified FA to the car.

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Retrofitted nbt into f30 all went great, nbt came with 6nh was able to stream music but wanted office for txts but since I coded 6ns the USB connects n disconnect rappidly. I kno this is a problem with some iPhone cables but it was working fine before I coded 6ns, should I disable snap in adapter or?? Anyone else face this problem? Everything was working fine before I coded 6ns so it shouldn't b the cable correct?

[Mottok]

Originally Posted by teaston

You don't need to undo step 1 to restore it, when you connect to the car in future the FA will be same as factory, as you haven't done the steps to write the modified FA to the car.

Ok, so I understand:

1. When I do “Right-click FA and calculate FP again Then save the new FA."

This is just saving a new FA to the laptop, not anywhere in the car?

2. When doing the VO code to the head unit, this is applying the above FA to the head units ECU?

God I hope that’s right! Many thanks, very much appreciated.

[teaston]

Originally Posted by Mottok

Ok, so I understand:

1. When I do “Right-click FA and calculate FP again Then save the new FA."

This is just saving a new FA to the laptop, not anywhere in the car?

2. When doing the VO code to the head unit, this is applying the above FA to the head units ECU?

God I hope that’s right! Many thanks, very much appreciated.

Yep that's the one!

[Mottok]

Originally Posted by teaston

Yep that's the one!

Woohoo at last! Thanks a bunch for that

[Mottok]

While i’m Asking lots of questions, will this add office to the idrive? Ta