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Try this From Fords website: SYNC Troubleshooting Utilities SYNC My PhoneIf you're having trouble downloading mobile contacts to your SYNC system, SYNC My Phone may be helpful to you. It's a software program that you can download directly to your computer, and it allows you to manually create and download phonebook contacts. to your vehicle through your USB drive. Download SYNC My Phone Would be better if Sync could download your Contacts automatically, but at least you can manually create them this way.

So I tested the Bluetooth Metadata and it does mostly work, even updates when the track changes, but for whatever reason it still will display 'Media Stream' when Navigation or anything is full screen. Seems like they forgot that. I still can't send a text message from Sync though, I bet it has something to do with iMessage or Apple in general. I am going to try with an Android phone, But I do kinda remember that already was working.

This is a nice surprise, was sure our Gen 1 Sync systems were abandoned. I now have text messaging working on one phone. I can receive and have the message read, but replying fails. Going to test the Bluetooth metadata later. Still no AppLink though. Wonder if there is some weird licensing agreement with systems with voice navigation.

The relationship with Microsoft and Ford is odd at this point, They just announced that Forza 6's (Driving video game by Microsoft Studios) Cover car is the New Ford GT. But the new Sync 3 will be running QNX and I'm guessing as a result not developed by Microsoft. I wonder if any Microsoft developed Sync systems will see any more updates at this point now. Guess we will just have to wait and see.

Gen I here. The lifetime average since I have owned the car (about 15K miles now) is now 48.2 MPG. Fuelly shows 44.1 MPG which might be more accurate but it also could probably be somewhere between the two as highway driving trips will actually show higher in fuelly then the car), but it is still a nice number especially when I have someone with me. They are like dam you are getting 48MPG with this car. If you drive for it, Gen I can achieve great fuel economy as well.

Did a nice little highway run today. On the to trip I was only able to get 44.4 Return Trip netted 52.6. For a trip average of 48.5 What a difference elevation makes.

No mention of when and what cars will be getting this and if it will be available as an update to older vehicles (doubt this as the new hardware has a capacitive screen now). Just a nice tease article.

I wasn't able to achieve a 50 MPG tank yet, but my last 2 were 49.1 and 47.8. Not complaining though. Tried a few different techniques on my last tank that didn't really provide good results and now things are getting a little bit colder in the mornings making for longer warm up times. Still going for the 800 Mile and 50 MPG tank though, traffic is increasing which mostly helps with MPG here.

I wouldn't hold my breath for any type of older systems getting a whole new operating system, I bet there are hardware and software agreements in place preventing such things, and even if there weren't, from a business stand point why waist man hours on porting new software to old hardware. And as for me personally, Ford and any other automaker can keep any google functionality to themselves, I refuse to use any of there spyware products already, and I definitely don't need them spying on my driving habits.

Perfect Weather for MPGs now. Shooting for my first 50 MPG and 800 Mile Tank.

Weather is perfect, MPGs on the rise again. Gen 1 Representing.

Yes, I have it set to log, But I do not get any data for it. So it appears my car doesn't support it. I have just Regular Torque (ft/lb) also set to log and I do get data for it. Is there any difference between the two? So besides having to make some unit conversions everything seems to be working great now.

After updating what I'm logging, now I'm only missing the Following (which are all Toyota PIDs right?): ERROR: Brake PID missing ERROR: Regen Cooperation PID missing ERROR: Wheel Cylinder Pressure Sensor PID missing ERROR: Regen Cooperation PID missing ERROR: HV System Indicator PID missing And I'm now getting battery Info as shown in my Updated Analysis shown in the post above Seems like there may be equivalents to the the Brake PID and HV System Indicator. Any Ideas on the Actual Engine Torque PID and Just Torque PID?

OK, so I think we can find the Ford Equivalents to most of those Toyota PIDs and also the one I still get no Data for: Actual Engine Torque I guess what I need to know is what kind of data those PIDs give you so I can find the Ford Equivalents here. Can you give an explanation of the Data they provide. As for Actual Engine Torque I am able to get some torque data from other PIDs. What is the difference between the regular Torque PID and the Actual Engine Torque PID? Update: So after looking at the FAQ on your blog I see there are items listed on "What to Log" that I was missing. I have added them and will take a trip to see how this affects the data.

OK, So I went ahead and added some of the Missing PIDs and I got much better results. And I'm really loving what this has to offer. The Log I analyzed yesterday was just an old one I had on my PC that I was playing around in Excel with. I get lots of errors with some torque logs and others seem to work fine. There does appear to be a bunch of required PIDs that I don't get any data for like: Accel Pedal Pos #1 Actual Engine Torque (I do get data for torque though) I don't have PIDs for the following which show as missing in the Torque Log File Analyzer log: ERROR: Batt Pack Current Val PID missing ERROR: Regen Cooperation PID missing ERROR: Wheel Cylinder Pressure Sensor PID missing ERROR: Regen Cooperation PID missing ERROR: HV System Indicator PID missing I believe some of these are Toyota specific even though I specified Ford hybrid so this could be a bug. I do probably need to add all the PIDs linked here in your blog: http://i-fix.us/Torque-Pro-Settings-for-Ford-Fusion-and-C-MAX-Energi.php (Just imported them so will see how it goes next trip) I do have a 1st Gen Lincoln Hybrid so that could be why some of the PIDs are Missing or contain no data. I'm not sure if the Ford Stuff on your Log analyzer was optimized for the 2013+ Ford Hybrids though. Here is another example of the Summary Analysis generated. Things are still in Metric units but it's easy enough to convert to US units. But it's so much easier to do if you export to Excel or Open Document format first. I have to say google spreadsheets is the slowest, clunkiest spreadsheet software I have ever worked with. I am amazed that anyone actually uses it for anything. I understand it is all web based but there are much better offerings out there than googles...you get what you pay for here...and with anything google...You're the Product, not the Customer. Start SOC % 37.76 Value of HV Battery at the beginning of the trip End SOC % 43.35 Value of HV Battery at the end of the trip SOC difference % 5.59 Difference between end and beginning SOC % charged by ICE 13.38 HV Battery amount produced by engine Average SOC % 46.08 Mean value during the trip Min SOC % 36.98 Minimum value of HV Battery in the whole trip Max SOC % 53.44 Maximum value of HV Battery in the whole trip ICE off % 66.33 Percentage of trip time where the engine was off EV % 68.74 Percentage of trip time where the car was running in EV EV Range 5.05 Total distance traveled in EV mode Trip length 7.91 km Ignitions 18.00 Times ICE was turned on Battery Stress 24.31 Quadratic average of battery current flow Max Current 68.40 Maximum output current from HV battery Min Current -96.30 Maximum charge current to HV battery ParaGlide % 0.85 Percentage of driving time where the car was moving gliding (approximate value) Longest ParaGlide sequence 3.00 Longest paraglide, in seconds Average Coolant Temperature 164.61 Engine coolant fluid Max Coolant Temperature 181.40 Engine coolant fluid Average Engine Load 77.49 Mean value considering only non-zero values Min Engine Load 28.24 Excluding zero values Max Engine Load 100.00 Maximum value Average Speed 36.33 Km/h Top Speed 79.00 Km/h Average Absolute Speed Variation 4.21 Speed variations during the trip (only while moving): measure your driving style Max RPM 2898.75 RPMs Average RPM 1498.12 RPMs Trip length 7.91 km Fuel used 0.40 litres, as reported by Torque Fuel economy 19.90 Km/L Best fuel economy 19.90 Km/L Fuel consumption 5.02 L/100Km Average Accelerator % 21.38 Accelerator Pedal Usage Standard Deviation 8.00 Avg Absolute Accelerator Variation 4.26 Accelerator variations during the trip (only while moving): measure your driving style

So because I use the torque app I just had to give this a go. (Made some 10minutemail google account to do it) Must say it is very nice, lots of useful info. Great job! Love the Analysis. Gonna add and log some of the PIDs that seem to be missing according to the Logs so I can get more info . Small things I noticed: I get the following error a lot: ERROR: Trip Distance\(km\) PID missing, could't add column EV Distance (Besides the spelling error: could't) I am logging trip distance but mine is in Miles. Is there going to be support for Miles, MPGs and the rest of the US units? (Speed data is labeled as Km/h below, but I'm pretty sure it's actually MPH in my logs) I would love to be able to see some of my MPG Data and EV distance info. Going to Add most of the Missing PIDs the Log tab shows as missing and report back. Here is a sample of the Analysis Summary this outputs (Besides all the nice charts) for anyone interested in trying this: Start SOC % 47.22 Value of HV Battery at the beginning of the trip End SOC % 39.64 Value of HV Battery at the end of the trip SOC difference % -7.58 Difference between end and beginning SOC % charged by ICE 55.76 HV Battery amount produced by engine Average SOC % 48.52 Mean value during the trip Min SOC % 38.76 Minimum value of HV Battery in the whole trip Max SOC % 55.95 Maximum value of HV Battery in the whole trip ICE off % 44.93 Percentage of trip time where the engine was off EV % 47.81 Percentage of trip time where the car was running in EV Ignitions 52.00 Times ICE was turned on Avg Coolant Temperature 176.17 Engine coolant fluid Max Coolant Temperature 195.80 Engine coolant fluid Average Speed 37.94 Km/h (this does seem to be MPH actually) Top Speed 67.73 Km/h (this does seem to be MPH actually) Avg Absolute Speed Variation 1.52 Speed variations during the trip (only while moving): measure your driving style Max RPM 4694.75 RPMs Average RPM 1541.03 RPMs

Is there anyway to port this or have it work with Excel, OpenOffice or the like? Giving google access to your GPS data and driving habits is just a bad idea in my opinion.

I'm not going to mention the temp and humidity level we get when the Monsoon season is in full force and god forbid if a hurricane is off the coast. Unfortunately we all can't live and afford to be in San Diego where it is 75 degrees every day.

Desert Summer heat definitly takes it's toll on MPGs. Here is my summer commute: I wake up early and it's already 85 degrees out and 90+ by the time I make it to work (it's only 8AM). I have to run the AC as I don't want to arrive to work all sweaty. This leg of the trip is mostly uphill so MPGs already suffer. I take the highway in the summer as I'm able to maintain a better SoC with the AC running, (sitting at traffic lights drains the battery like crazy with the AC on) the traffic is not too bad usually, get to work and average about 39-42 MPG. Then I leave work, my car inside is 150 degrees and it's 110 outside (but it's a dry heat right?), the AC is a must. I get on the highway where the blacktop has been exposed to nonstop sun heat and car exhaust all day, I look down and see the temperature is now 115, the AC is blowing as hard as it can draining the HVB faster then it can be charged, now the volume traffic starts on the highway, I'm sitting still, the SoC is dropping by the second, then I feel the ICE kick on and start to charge the battery, watching the dash I see the MPG start moving down rapidly, I'm not driving but my ICE is running, the enemy of MPGs. I hope this only happens once or twice today. The sun in beating down on my slowly moving car, cooking the air inside, the AC is still struggling to drop the temperature below 100 degrees, Finally, the traffic starts moving, today I was lucky and traffic started moving just as a charge cycle finished, the AC finally starts to catch up, I'm now able to keep a charge and drive, I now need to really drive for MPGs to make up for the traffic. Arrive home 35-38 MPG, today was a good day. In my old car I would have gotten 15-20. So when you are in the cold of your winter thinking about how your MPGs are suffering, remember us deset dwellers in the Summer.

I used Waze up until the moment Google purchased them. It was pretty good at giving up to the moment crowd sourced traffic and road conditions. It's navigation was not the best though. But unfortunaly anything related to Google becomes a severe privacy concern (and littered with ads) so I was forced to discontinue its use. I haven't actually missed it though. And there are a few decent alternatives avaiable as well.

As most of you look forward to Summer to increase your MPG, here it has lowered mine by about 5 MPG so far. Where I am at, in the thick of the Summer temperatures reach 115 degrees on a daily basis. (leaving the house in the morning it's 85+ already) Getting into a car that's upwards of 150 degrees inside after sitting in the sun all day REQUIRES AC, not only for me but for the batteries too. The AC runs full blast almost my whole commute (which is into the sun both ways) and really drains the battery and keeps the SoC really low so I have way less EV miles. So while most of you look forward to the Summer to increase your mileage some of us are looking forward to any season but. ;)