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Lukeyson · 05-27-2007, 02:40 AM

FEPS?

I've only now just gone back to see the reference to FEPS in your inital email Joey.

I take it that an ordinary Mongoose PWM/CAN with the optional 'FEPS Circuit' is what some resellers are referring to as the Mongoose-plus?

What is FEPS and what does it stand for?

This 'FEPS Circuit' is not an option on the ISO/CAN unit - which is the one I'd be interested in. Is there a reason for this?

My PCM is actually managed on the CAN bus, not PWM. Your PWM/CAN would be interesting to me for the CAN aspect, but since I have ISO as my 2nd bus and not PWM, it's not ideal. For me the ISO bus is used for diagnostics only on some additional modules - ABS, ABS FILL/EVAC, Park Aid, Restraints Control - so it's useful enough to want to retain access to ISO even if we don't yet have J2534-2 support from Ford for these and other modules on both the ISO and CAN buses.

If it counts for anything, assuming there's no other technical limitation that I'm not aware of, I would purchase a Mongoose CAN/ISO + FEPS if one were available on the grounds that it would provide me with a degree of future-proofedness. A unit of that nature would probably prove useful for Fords in Australia.

Lukeyson

05-27-2007, 02:40 AM	#10
Lukeyson Low Bitrate Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Rutherford, Australia Posts: 103	FEPS? I've only now just gone back to see the reference to FEPS in your inital email Joey. I take it that an ordinary Mongoose PWM/CAN with the optional 'FEPS Circuit' is what some resellers are referring to as the Mongoose-plus? What is FEPS and what does it stand for? This 'FEPS Circuit' is not an option on the ISO/CAN unit - which is the one I'd be interested in. Is there a reason for this? My PCM is actually managed on the CAN bus, not PWM. Your PWM/CAN would be interesting to me for the CAN aspect, but since I have ISO as my 2nd bus and not PWM, it's not ideal. For me the ISO bus is used for diagnostics only on some additional modules - ABS, ABS FILL/EVAC, Park Aid, Restraints Control - so it's useful enough to want to retain access to ISO even if we don't yet have J2534-2 support from Ford for these and other modules on both the ISO and CAN buses. If it counts for anything, assuming there's no other technical limitation that I'm not aware of, I would purchase a Mongoose CAN/ISO + FEPS if one were available on the grounds that it would provide me with a degree of future-proofedness. A unit of that nature would probably prove useful for Fords in Australia. Lukeyson Last edited by Lukeyson; 05-27-2007 at 05:11 AM.