[Ovmsdev] Car firmware version

[Jack West]

I think this sounds like a great idea

Jack

On Mar 13, 2012, at 3:16 AM, Mark Webb-Johnson <mark at webb-johnson.net> wrote:

> 
> Guys,
> 
> We've received a few questions recently about whether the car firmware needs to be updated or not, and basically, what version of firmware am I running?
> 
> It is fairly easy to add a small feature to the server that when the car sends it the firmware version, and the version is < 1.2.0, it sends a PUSH notification to the Apps of that car saying (a) the version of firmware in the car, (b) a reminder that the firmware needs to be updated to v1.2.0 or later. We could limit this to once every week or so (or until the server is restarted).
> 
> This seems like a good idea, as everyone should really be updating to v1.2.0 to get the full functionality.
> 
> We could also do something similar if the user connects to the wrong server (ie; their account says TMC server, but they connect to WWW openvehicles.com server).
> 
> Any objections?
> 
> Regards, Mark.
> 
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