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Ford ACP

The document discusses the Ford Audio Control Protocol (ACP) which is used by vehicle head units to communicate with and control audio devices. It operates over RS485 at 9600 baud and uses a MAX-481 transceiver. The pinout and cable connector for ACP are provided. Communication involves start of message detection, addressing bytes, command bytes and checksum. Examples of messages to get play time/disc/track and indicate no disc are given.

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Ford ACP

The document discusses the Ford Audio Control Protocol (ACP) which is used by vehicle head units to communicate with and control audio devices. It operates over RS485 at 9600 baud and uses a MAX-481 transceiver. The pinout and cable connector for ACP are provided. Communication involves start of message detection, addressing bytes, command bytes and checksum. Examples of messages to get play time/disc/track and indicate no disc are given.

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Ford ACP

The following informations are taken from Andy Hammonds Yampp3/USB MP3 player
firmware with ACP protocol support.

Yampp3/USB Firmware with ACP Support


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Ford ACP is a network protocol used by the Head Unit to communicate with
and control audio devices such as the Ford 6 disc CD Changer and the Nokia
integrated cell phone or Ford Telematics units.

It is based on RS485 with 9 bit character data at 9600 baud.

A MAX-481 low power RS485 transceiver will work as interface between a serial
USART and ACP bus.

Pin Function

1 ACP +

2 ACP Shield

3 GND

4 n/c

5 Audio Left +

6 Audio Right +

7 ACP –

8 CDENABLE

9 +12V Power (unfused)


10 Audio Shield

11 Audio Left –

12 Audio Right +

You will need an AMP plug to connect to the head unit.

AMP Multilock Series 40 cable connector housing with 12 pins or sockets.

The CDENABLE line is 0V when the radio is off and +10V when it is on and
can be used as a standby switch for the yampp.

It is not a power supply and can´t drive a relay directly.

Communication

* a delay of 1642us (16 Bit times) will indicate a start of new message

* the 9th bit in a byte must be set in the last byte of message to indicate
the end of message

* Acknowledge is given with 0x06

Byte 0 – Medium/Priority, should be 0x71

Byte 1 – Changer functional address, should be 0x9A or 0x9B

Byte 2 – Head unit address, 0x80 on receive, 0x82 on transmit

Byte 3 – Command control byte

 0xE0 – Handshake 1, byte 4 should be 0x04


 0xFC – Handshake 2, byte 4 must be the same for transmit and receive
 0xC8 – Handshake 3, byte 4 must be the same for transmit and receive
 9xFF – Current disc status in byte 4
o
Byte 4 – 0x00 Disk OK

Byte 4 – 0x01 No disc in current slot

Byte 4 – 0x02 No disc at all

Byte 4 – 0x03 Check current disk

Byte 4 – 0x04 Check all disc

 0xC2 and 0xD0 – Change or request current disc
o
Byte 1 – 0x9A – command to change disc
Byte 1 – not 0x9A – request current disc
Byte 4 – disc number
 0xC1 – Control command
o
 Byte 4
Bit 0 – Fast search
Bit 1
Bit 3
Bit 4 – change Random status
Bit 5 – change Loudness status
Bit 6 – change Play/Stop status
Bit 7
 Send back byte 4 with actual mode
 0xC3 – Next track
o
 Byte 4 – Track number
 0x43 – Previous track
o
 Byte 4 – Track number

The last byte in all message is a checksum of all previous bytes. Simply add
all bytes of message to calculate the checksum.

Message examples

To display current play time, disc and track number:

Byte 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
0x71 0x9B 0x82 0xD0 Disc No Track No Minutes Seconds Checksum

No disc message:

Byte 0 1 2 3 4 5
0x71 0x9B 0x82 0xFF 0x01 Checksum

All informations are given without guarantee. Please mail for update or change
requests.

Ford Audio Control Protocol (ACP) Specification


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