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Hello all,
I've been interested in testing out the performance of the Wifi hotspot and comparing it against my mobile phone. I've got the MMB Multimedia box too, and was thinking it may be nice to have it simply work with the Bronco and not my mobile phone. The problem is, the hotspot only seems to work when the car power is in the "on" position. I'd like it to work in the "accessory" position. I can change the accessory timeout, but I believe the ability to run the wifi hotspot in accessory mode is attached to the "BMS Shed Timer" setting. I found an F150 thread where the owner was able to do this. So far, I'm not sure there is any other way but would be happy to know.
So, according to the F150 thread, you need to adjust the 726-05-02 setting as follows:
xxx* xxxx xxxx BMS Shed Timer Enable Cfg: 0=Disable, 1=Enable
I've found another reference online that shows the following:
0=ACC, 1=BMS, 2=None
My FE shows the following value:
726-05-02: 01D4 C00C 0CE1 (xxx* showing a 4??)
I'm willing to do a backup and try it... but I'd love for someone with more experience shed some light before I try. According to the F150 thread here, it does exactly what I'm looking for: https://www.f150forum.com/f118/keep-wifi-hotspot-active-when-truck-off-410773/index5/
Basically, the point is that when you have the power on, many of the systems are online and you're going to be draining the battery much faster than normal... perhaps that's the same with the setting above changed... I'm not sure. With that said, if anyone knows of a way to enable hotspot in accessory mode, I'm all ears. Just to be clear, I'm not looking to power it with the car off.
Thanks for advice if you've got it
I've been interested in testing out the performance of the Wifi hotspot and comparing it against my mobile phone. I've got the MMB Multimedia box too, and was thinking it may be nice to have it simply work with the Bronco and not my mobile phone. The problem is, the hotspot only seems to work when the car power is in the "on" position. I'd like it to work in the "accessory" position. I can change the accessory timeout, but I believe the ability to run the wifi hotspot in accessory mode is attached to the "BMS Shed Timer" setting. I found an F150 thread where the owner was able to do this. So far, I'm not sure there is any other way but would be happy to know.
So, according to the F150 thread, you need to adjust the 726-05-02 setting as follows:
xxx* xxxx xxxx BMS Shed Timer Enable Cfg: 0=Disable, 1=Enable
I've found another reference online that shows the following:
0=ACC, 1=BMS, 2=None
My FE shows the following value:
726-05-02: 01D4 C00C 0CE1 (xxx* showing a 4??)
I'm willing to do a backup and try it... but I'd love for someone with more experience shed some light before I try. According to the F150 thread here, it does exactly what I'm looking for: https://www.f150forum.com/f118/keep-wifi-hotspot-active-when-truck-off-410773/index5/
Basically, the point is that when you have the power on, many of the systems are online and you're going to be draining the battery much faster than normal... perhaps that's the same with the setting above changed... I'm not sure. With that said, if anyone knows of a way to enable hotspot in accessory mode, I'm all ears. Just to be clear, I'm not looking to power it with the car off.
Thanks for advice if you've got it
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