TRNW-2: Fwd: All Members Community Digest for Thursday November 13, 2025

[Tod Chretien]

Is that the same Jimmy Taylor from Alaska?

FJDS is now a total joke. I installed 132.04 and was able to reprogram 
the DPS6 I had that we replaced the clutch and TCM on. That was first 
thing yesterday morning just before my 3-day subscription was expiring. 
I had been trying to reprogram this thing for 3 days while Ford's server 
was down. Maybe they switched to a different server and that's why they 
needed to update the software again. Never the less, I needed to 
reprogram another Ford later in the day. I figured my 3-days was up but 
tried to login to FJDS again anyway. It logged in fine but when the FJDS 
program tries to open I get an error that says, "Unable to Start FJDS. 
Error Code 0".

I went back to purchase another subscription and it hit me. If we buy 9 
more 3-day subscriptions at $120 each, we just paid enough for the one 
year subscription at $1,200. We program way more than 10 Fords in a 
year. So it only makes sense to buy into the 1-year deal. So I purchase 
the 1-Year subscription. I go back and try to login to FJDS. Same thing. 
Unable to Start FJDS. Error Code 0.

I rebooted my computer. Tried removing the software and re-installing it 
for the 5th time. Nothing works. And it's past their support time since 
they're on the east coast.

When I looked at my subscriptions, it still showed the 3-day expiring 
that day but it didn't show the time that it expires. Never the less, 
it's expired but it's still there. Then it listed my 1-year subscription 
below that. I am thinking their software was seeing the expired 
subscription and failing the login without recognizing the new 
subscription. I just checked this morning and it only shows the 1-year 
subscription. Hopefully I can reprogram again.


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Best Regards,
Tod Chretien
TRNW Inc.
https://www.trnw.net



On 11/14/2025 1:48 AM, BRUCES TRANSMISSION via trnw2 wrote:
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>> Subject: All Members Community Digest for Thursday November 13, 2025
>> 1 new thread from 1 author in the "All Members Community" community 
>> ... Release of Ford FJDS software ...
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>> *Nov 13, 2025*
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>> *Release of Ford FJDS software 
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>> 1. 	Just received this update on Ford's FJDS... <#m0> Jimmy Taylor
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>> 1. 	Release of Ford FJDS software 
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>> Nov 13, 2025 10:03 AM
>> Jimmy Taylor 
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>> Just received this update on Ford's FJDS software that was just 
>> released.
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>>                   "On Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 12th, Ford informed 
>> us that FJDS 132.04 had been posted and was available for download. 
>> According to                Ford, this update should resolve the 
>> login/file download issues.
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>>  Field reports say that FDRS is functional again, but IDS is 
>> intermittently unavailable.
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>> Additionally, Ford will be requiring that PCs used for their tools 
>> have 8GB of RAM starting in January 2026 and 16GB by the end of 
>>  Q3/beginning of Q4. "
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>> Since the September update there has been several issues with the 
>> FJDS and IDS software. Some of those issues were resolved by 
>> uninstalling the previous version of the FJDS software and then 
>> installing the latest version.
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>> Since there were problems the last time with the FJDS update version, 
>> I recommend to be proactive and update your FJDS before you need it 
>> to program, and consider uninstalling FJDS then installing the newest 
>> version as a clean installation. This should prevent any issues that 
>> was experienced with the September update.
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>> Now about the change in RAM requirement. Hold off on buying a new 
>> computer for now. Unless you're already considering upgrading your 
>> laptop to something new, keep using what you have. Many of you 
>> already meet the 8GB RAM requirement for the first of 2026. And the 
>> 16 GB RAM for the later part of 2026 likely is not a concern. While 
>> we don't have the software yet, requirements like these are usually 
>> due a top tier software recommendations. The FJDS software should 
>> continue to run on the 8GB of RAM most of you have now.
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