[Ovmsdev] Car firmware: 1.2.5

Sat May 12 19:38:47 HKT 2012

Re Homelink

The Homelink in Europe is disabled, because the frequency in Europe is not
the same like in the US (FCC regulation?).

Von: ovmsdev-bounces at lists.teslaclub.hk
[mailto:ovmsdev-bounces at lists.teslaclub.hk] Im Auftrag von Mark Webb-Johnson
Gesendet: Samstag, 12. Mai 2012 13:22
An: OVMS Developers
Betreff: [Ovmsdev] Car firmware: 1.2.5

I've committed to github car firmware v1.2.5.

Changes since v1.2.2 include:

*	Support multiple vehicle configurations - TeslaRoadster and
VoltAmpera
*	New LED indication scheme, and net driver tidy-ups
*	Auto-support Tesla Roadster v1.5 cars
*	Issue #38 - Prevent user from locking car if car is ON
*	Issue #39 - Alert (SMS/PUSH) if trunk is opened while in valet mode

Please don't get too excited - this doesn't support Volt/Ampera yet - we're
just laying the ground work for that support, as some European developers
are about to start work on it.

I don't think this release will make it to end-users in its current form.
I'm still working on some features to go in, including:

1.	Drive logging
2.	Charge logging
3.	Timed (delayed) charging mode commands
4.	Timed charging status feedback
5.	Complete-charging-by charging mode
6.	Cooldown
7.	Moving digital speedo out of experimental and make it available in
production units

Items [1], [2] and [3] are relatively easy and what I'm working on now.

Item [4] is tricky because we haven't found the status update message on the
bus yet. Still looking. Item [5] needs the algorithm and lookup table. Item
[6] is easy to do, but needs the thresholds defined (what battery
temperature to cooldown from, what battery temperature to stop cooldown at,
and what current/voltage to use for cooldown).

Item [7] seems reasonable now, given the number of cars now using the
digital speedo feature and the complete lack of issues seen with it.

I notice there was some discussion on the TMC forum about homelink control.
That would be pretty easy to do, but we don't have homelink modules here in
Hong Kong, and I don't have the can bus codes. They are probably easy to
find on ID#102. If someone with a usb-can and a homelink adaptor wants to
get the codes, I'm very willing to put them in. It certainly is a cool
feature.

So, I'm not sure what will make it into what release, when.

This v1.2.5 release is definitely developers-only, and intended to check
stability of the modem driver revisions and usability of the new LED
feedback scheme. It is fully backwards-compatible with v1.2.2, and you can
upgrade/downgrade firmware as you need.

It is in my car now, and seems to be ok. I would be grateful if developers
with some time could try it out and let me have feedback on overall
stability and usability of the new LED indication scheme.

I've got a little youtube video demonstrating this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdsB8qK6beY

The new LED indication scheme is as follows:

1.	When first powered on, the red led stays on, and the green led
blinks the version of firmware in the module (e.g.; 1, 2, 5). After that, it
enters normal mode.
2.	In normal mode, the green led is used to indicate the state, and the
red led is used to indicate the last error.
3.	If the modem needs to be reset, both red and green leds are turned
on for the couple of seconds it takes to reset the modem.

The following states are defined:

// LED MODES
#define NET_LED_WAKEUP       10    // Attempting to wake up the modem
#define NET_LED_INITSIM1     9     // Checking SIM card insertion status
#define NET_LED_INITSIM2     8     // Checking SIM card PIN status
#define NET_LED_INITSIM3     7     // Initialising modem
#define NET_LED_COPS         6     // COPS initialisation
#define NET_LED_NETINIT      5     // GPRS NET initialisation
#define NET_LED_NETAPNOK     4     // GPRS APN is OK, final init
#define NET_LED_NETCALL      3     // GPRS Network call
#define NET_LED_READY        2     // READY state
#define NET_LED_READYGPRS    1     // READY GPRS state

The normal behavior is it will start at 10 green blinks and count down to 2
(GSM only) or 1 (GPRS). If GPRS lock is lost, but GSM is still up, the green
will blink 1.

The followed error codes are defined:

// LED ERRORS
#define NET_LED_ERRLOSTSIG   1     // Lost signal
#define NET_LED_ERRMODEM     2     // Problem communicating with modem
#define NET_LED_ERRSIM1      3     // SIM is not inserted/detected
#define NET_LED_ERRSIM2      4     // PIN lock on the SIM
#define NET_LED_ERRCOPS      6     // COPS GSM lock could not be obtained
#define NET_LED_ERRGPRSRETRY 7     // Error (maybe temp) during GPRS init
#define NET_LED_ERRGPRSFAIL  8     // GPRS NET INIT failed

The error code is cleared (red led turned off) once everything is ok.

Regards, Mark.

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