AlphaOBD programming question

[Cummins2014]

I have searched everywhere and cannot find a solid answer, hoping someone knows. My truck needs a new BCM, it functions but the door locks are sporadic, its been diagnosed down to a bad BCM. When purchasing a new BCM it says the dealer will need to flash the new BCM for it to function. This is my question: is it possible to program the new BCM to function with AlphaOBD instead of going to the dealer for a flash? Could one just backup the settings on the old BCM with AlphaOBD and put them on the new BCM and drive off into the sunset?? Thanks.

 

[kad]

There is no backup/restore function in Alpha. You could, in theory, make a note of every setting and try to recreate them, but no-one has yet attempted to do so, at least not and reported it here. Given the number of settings and the issues some have had in the past when accidentally altering things like the country and vehicle type settings, it's probably easier and definitely safer to have a dealer do it.

-K

 

[Cummins2014]

Can't thank you enough. Thank you for the honest answer without the usual forum insecure responses.

 

[WTM75]

I had the same problem with the locks being sporadic, I got my RF Hub rebooted and that fixed it.

 

[Cummins2014]

I had the same problem with the locks being sporadic, I got my RF Hub rebooted and that fixed it.

Really? What symptoms were you having? On mine when I try to lock the doors, whether it be from remote, inside or outside lock buttons, the tail gate will lock but the doors will not. I have to attempt to lock the doors a good 3-5 times before they will finally lock.

 

[CincyCuda68]

Really? What symptoms were you having? On mine when I try to lock the doors, whether it be from remote, inside or outside lock buttons, the tail gate will lock but the doors will not. I have to attempt to lock the doors a good 3-5 times before they will finally lock.

As said earlier, if you have alfa try resetting the RF hub and see if that helps.

 

[WTM75]

Really? What symptoms were you having? On mine when I try to lock the doors, whether it be from remote, inside or outside lock buttons, the tail gate will lock but the doors will not. I have to attempt to lock the doors a good 3-5 times before they will finally lock.

On mine, the unlock was sporadic. I'd have to to press the unlock on the fob several times and sometimes it would not work at all. But it was either all or none and they always worked using the buttons in the truck. I only had the truck for a couple weeks, so I had just brought it back to the dealer and they said they rebooted the RF Hub.