[Ovmsdev] OVMS v3

[Tom Saxton]

I think it's incredibly valuable to keep the $100 price point.

It seems to me that the hard part of adding support for other vehicles is
figuring out the CAN bus codes. That's ideally done with hardware
optimized for that task, which is probably not the OVMS device. There's so
much framework already in place that once you know how to read values and
issue commands, getting that into OVMS isn't that hard.

Making OVMS more expensive to better serve the developer community will
make it a harder buying decision for end users. Hopefully, we'll
eventually have thousands of users for every developer.

It would, of course, be an improvement to make firmware updates easier for
end users, that is an important issue.

I would like to see some sort of display, either on the box or remote, so
I can see SOC in the car without using a phone.

   Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: Lee Howard <lee.howard at mainpine.com>
Reply-To: OVMS Developers <ovmsdev at lists.teslaclub.hk>
Date: Monday, June 16, 2014 at 11:55 AM
To: OVMS Developers <ovmsdev at lists.teslaclub.hk>
Subject: Re: [Ovmsdev] OVMS v3

>I want to say "amen" to both Kevin's and Matt's comments.
>
>Right now it's really only fully useful for Roadster (and Model S)
>owners.  Volt/Ampera owners (and Leaf and Twizzy?) can remotely get a
>limited amount of incredibly useful information (like SOC), but the
>degree of control that the Roaster owners have isn't there (locking,
>unlocking, pre-heating/cooling, etc.).
>
>I intend to develop-in some of these features over time - at least for
>Volt/Ampera, and the only thing that has me not yet doing that is my
>need to get up-to-speed on the development environment and methods.
>
>However, even if all of the features available to Roadster owners were
>there for everyone, there is still so much more potential, as Kevin and
>Matt have said.
>
>If something isn't done to enable the expanded use then OVMS will
>continually only cater to a limited audience: one that wants access to
>various remote-control and remote-tracking features, but with limited
>local (in-car) usability and limited developer appeal.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Lee.
>
>-- 
>*Lee Howard*
>*Mainpine, Inc. Chief Technology Officer*
>Tel: +1 866 363 6680 | Fax: +1 360 462 8160
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