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Dan_Veluwe
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Nothing psychological, just the routeplanner thinking my F-Pace is one and the same as my F-Type...

HERE we come... ... I had a data subscription from vodafoon, with 1Gb that I never use. Happens I
buy an F-Pace, also needs a simcard.. ... so I bought a 'duo sim' that lets you use the data when you
need it, in the car [ or tablet ] where you put the other simcard.

So I set up 'in control' ; no sweat. Now two cars on the app and the PC. Then comes the routeplanner.
There is the option to add a car. So I go through the steps, and it just does not go beyond a page where
it says that 'next time you use..' . I tried x times ; no luck.

Then I thought : "..maybe the 3/4G does not work if I have it also on WiFi.." . So I switched it to 3/4 G.
Still the routplanner did not see the F-PAce, though the webbrowser works fine...

Then I thought : just plan a route and look in the F-Pace to see what happens... TA TA... :?

The route planned for the F-Type appears in the F-Pace.. :o

Now these cards both have the same 'number' ; could it be the HERE system links the phone number
to the car, not the MAC number ?

So this means I have to send the duo-sims back and get two single different numbers.. :roll:

Anybody knows about this ?? :geek:

And all of this because the cars do not come with its own simcard, other then the dedicated secure sim...
I have seen that the 2020 cars come with a single sim. From this 500mb pm is available for the first 3 years.
The owners can up the data limit buy paying for extra data.
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Dan_Veluwe wrote: Thu Jan 09, 2020 6:46 pm Now these cards both have the same 'number' ; could it be the HERE system links the phone number
to the car, not the MAC number ?
I read somewhere that comms to the car is by SMS so if that's right it'd have to use the phone number.
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@scm___ I already feared this answer... :cry:
Range Rover P400e autobiography Loire Blue (2019) :P
Mazda__MX30_RED___2021_ BEV
FT jag _P300 _Ultra Bleu, 2018 ___________SOLD :(
D5 lr__SD4__Corris Grey, Blck roof, 2018_SOLD :roll:
FP Jag – 25t _Loire Blue ,2020 ____________SOLD :|
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Just got off the phone with Vodafone. Indeed the satnav work with the 'mobile' number as a reference, not a mac-adress..
Kindly they refund 50% of the costs of getting the 2nd card for the same subscription. Kudos to them.. :)
Range Rover P400e autobiography Loire Blue (2019) :P
Mazda__MX30_RED___2021_ BEV
FT jag _P300 _Ultra Bleu, 2018 ___________SOLD :(
D5 lr__SD4__Corris Grey, Blck roof, 2018_SOLD :roll:
FP Jag – 25t _Loire Blue ,2020 ____________SOLD :|
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This morning, called my salesman to complaint.. .. turned the routeplanner on and.. .. presto !

Now I have both cars in the system !

Apparently the action of downloading the route set for the F-Type in the F-Pace made the connection..

Some kind of a 'wake-up-call' maybe.. :mrgreen:

Or a 'handshake' in IT terminology... 8-)
Range Rover P400e autobiography Loire Blue (2019) :P
Mazda__MX30_RED___2021_ BEV
FT jag _P300 _Ultra Bleu, 2018 ___________SOLD :(
D5 lr__SD4__Corris Grey, Blck roof, 2018_SOLD :roll:
FP Jag – 25t _Loire Blue ,2020 ____________SOLD :|
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