XirallicBolts
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- September 2, 2019
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- City, State
- Appleton, WI
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2016 Ford Flex Limited
Hey all, greetings from the Flex forums. As you probably know, the Explorer gets all the fun new technology while the Flex has been completely forgotten by Ford. Pretty much the only difference between a 2013 and 2019 Flex is Sync3 and paint colors -- no new features. They haven't even bothered to update the steering wheel to match virtually every other US-market Ford.
I always find some way to modify my cars. On my 2008 Milan, I retrofitted Sync into it. On my 2010 Milan, made it so the Ford Gen-II remote start would also activate heated seats and defrost. Last month, made it so my Flex could be remote started via text message because the factory keyfob has just dreadful range.
My current project is adding a front camera to my 2016 and I'm using the Explorer as a template. I have the camera working but it can only be activated by putting the car into reverse and using the rear camera delay. On the Explorer, there's a button to manually trigger the front camera. I know the signal is sent over CAN-BUS, but I do not know if the button signals the IPMB, which then signals the APIM, or if the button signals the APIM directly. I do know the IPMB determines which camera is actually connected to the APIM.
I know it's a long shot, but it'd be awesome if someone around here has played around with Arduinos or CAN-BUS sniffers and could find out what signal is being sent to the radio to tell it 'Display a video until you hit 5mph' without putting it in reverse first. There was an option in Forscan for 'Front Camera' on the APIM, so I'd imagine there's a specific signal the APIM is equipped to receive. Unfortunately I don't know anybody in real life who has a camera-equipped Explorer and dealers certainly aren't going to let me hook up some random electronics to the OBDII port of their inventory. Everyone I know has F-150s and the 360° camera system on that is too different.
Any information would be greatly appreciated!
I always find some way to modify my cars. On my 2008 Milan, I retrofitted Sync into it. On my 2010 Milan, made it so the Ford Gen-II remote start would also activate heated seats and defrost. Last month, made it so my Flex could be remote started via text message because the factory keyfob has just dreadful range.
My current project is adding a front camera to my 2016 and I'm using the Explorer as a template. I have the camera working but it can only be activated by putting the car into reverse and using the rear camera delay. On the Explorer, there's a button to manually trigger the front camera. I know the signal is sent over CAN-BUS, but I do not know if the button signals the IPMB, which then signals the APIM, or if the button signals the APIM directly. I do know the IPMB determines which camera is actually connected to the APIM.
I know it's a long shot, but it'd be awesome if someone around here has played around with Arduinos or CAN-BUS sniffers and could find out what signal is being sent to the radio to tell it 'Display a video until you hit 5mph' without putting it in reverse first. There was an option in Forscan for 'Front Camera' on the APIM, so I'd imagine there's a specific signal the APIM is equipped to receive. Unfortunately I don't know anybody in real life who has a camera-equipped Explorer and dealers certainly aren't going to let me hook up some random electronics to the OBDII port of their inventory. Everyone I know has F-150s and the 360° camera system on that is too different.
Any information would be greatly appreciated!