[Ovmsdev] New Joiner: Jaunius

[Mark Webb-Johnson]

Glad to hear you got the development environment working.

Improvements to the vehicle module for the vehicle you own would be a great contribution, and most appreciated.

Regards, Mark.

> On 30 Oct 2019, at 10:02 PM, Jaunius Kapkan <jaunius at gmx.com> wrote:
> 
> Agreed!
> 
> Btw, managed to make my first build & flash yesterday (added some missing climate control metrics under xnl). As it is less complicated than I tought I plan to continue and add everythig that has been discovered so far in regards to climate control for the Leaf. You can track progress here: https://github.com/openvehicles/Open-Vehicle-Monitoring-System-3/issues/281
> 
> Regards,
> Jaunius
> 
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 12:39 PM
>> From: "Michael Balzer" <dexter at expeedo.de>
>> To: ovmsdev at lists.openvehicles.com
>> Subject: Re: [Ovmsdev] New Joiner: Jaunius
>> 
>> Welcome Jaunius :)
>> 
>> Sounds like some nice extra features for the Leaf, especially for cold climates. As the Leaf has some degradation issues with hot climates as
>> well, maybe a battery cooling assist could also be valuable. I still don't understand why Nissan -again- decided against an active battery
>> temperature management.
>> 
>> I think we will create a general place / path scheme for plugins. Mark already suggested that for web plugins some time ago, but it seems it
>> won't be unusual for plugins to consist of a backend and frontend part.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Michael
>> 
>> 
>> Am 29.10.19 um 19:59 schrieb Jaunius Kapkan:
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> Great! Figured it's time to introduce myself as initially suggested by Michael.
>>> 
>>> My name is Jaunius Kapkan.
>>> 
>>> I have 2013 leaf for over 3 years now with 107k km and ~70 SOH.
>>> 
>>> I am familiar with low level networking and dissecting packets on wireshark. But don’t have much experience with CAN communication. I work
>>> with Bash, Python, Javascript, HTML daily, but have no problems using other languages when needed.
>>>  
>>> My goal is to make some cool stuff for my Leaf and if possible make it compatable for use with other cars. All during my spare time.
>>> 
>>> Current Projects:
>>> 
>>>  * *Local Climate Control Timer. *
>>>      o Story:
>>>          + Built-in Timer only works if connected to the charger and only has 2 timers available.
>>>      o Features:
>>>          + Unlimited amount of timers (as long as RAM allows it)
>>>          + Unrestricted CC operation time
>>>          + Ability to set all timers in GUI by implementing it as plugin
>>>      o Status:
>>>          + Backend module done. Now Testing & working onthe frontend.
>>>  * *Heating Assist*
>>>      o Story:
>>>          + My PTC Heater fried so I have bought a 2x 200W 12V PTCs for 30 EUR in total (meanwhile  original replacement unit is 400-800
>>>            EUR) and put them in the old heater's place. I connected them trough relay, but did not want to control them manually. So I have
>>>            wired the relay switch to ext12v power output of the OVMS.
>>>      o Features:
>>>          + Each 5 seconds script checks if the heater is on and if so it will engage the ext12v power and vice-versa.
>>>          + Still thinking if GUI is needed for this, very limited usage for others.
>>>      o Status:
>>>          + Initial module done. Now beta testing.  
>>> 
>>> Future Development:
>>> One of the first things after these two is to make smart charge JS module/plugin to charge battery to specific % for specific departure time.
>>> The goal here is to have the battery sitting at high SOC the least possible amount of time.
>>>  
>>> Once I believe it's safe ENOUGH for others to use these plugins/modules I will make them open source.
>>>  
>>> Meanwhile you can follow me on twitter (boring..) https://twitter.com/mjkapkan
>>> And also I just created a youtube channel where I will be posting videos of my experience with EV & Solar projects.
>>> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTPA0HdTCBmzwpxNtNaY4tg
>>>  
>>> PS: My initial plan was to work on the iOS app, but it seems that one needs to have a MAC for that (and I don't). I am just a Linux Lover that
>>> happens to own an iPhone :).
>>>  
>>> Feel free to reach out!
>>> 
>>> Warmly,
>>> Jaunius
>>> 
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