Power Runnng boards

[MooreFamily]

Good afternoon, I have a 2023 F450. I purchased a set of power running boards for the truck. It did not come with powered steps from the factory. The steps plug into the back of the OBD port for the high and low signals. I have verified with the dealer the correct pins to plug into.

It does not have an advanced settings option in the cluster panel. After going through FORScan I was able to get the running boards option on the computer. I have enabled (running board and power running boards) option in the IPC, DSM and APIM and the steps still do not work. I can not find anything in the BCM or PCM.

I would greatly appreciate any help. I have had the steps for a month and haven’t been able to use them.

[ifrythings]

Are these OEM Ford steps or aftermarket AMP or another company steps?

[MooreFamily]

They are after market. Not AMP.

[ifrythings]

What steps did you get? There is no door signals on the back of the OBD2 port, if your steps only have a high/low input you’ll need a conversion box to read the CAN bus and output door open/closed signals.

[MooreFamily]

ATM Forged is the brand.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17h4HC ... tid=wwXIfr

The Facebook link is a video of the steps.

Thank you very much for that information. Where can I buy the conversion box and is there a specific one needed?

[ifrythings]

I would contact ATM Forged and ask them how they are supposed to be hooked up, from your description it sounds like you need to hook them up to the door switches. I know AMP makes a box for their steps that reads the CAN bus and get the door ajar signals that way. I don’t believe anyone has made a box that will integrate with the factory system and give you any of the cluster/APIM menu options.