[Ovmsdev] Refactoring MODEM/SIMCOM for v3.3

[Michael Balzer]

Good to know you're working on this.

Other modem options may become a necessity sooner than we like, if more
companies follow and extend on that "lite" transmitter station concept
Chris reported… :-/

Regards,
Michael


Am 20.08.20 um 15:35 schrieb Mark Webb-Johnson:
>
> I have started the work on refactoring the modem driver to support
> virtual driver implementations (SIMCOM 5360 being just one of them).
> This is a major refactoring that will take some time to complete. It
> is likely that the following components/files will be affected:
>
>   * Component simcom (major changes)
>   * New component ovms_modem introduced
>   * ovms_webserver/dev/commands.htm
>   * ovms_webserver/src/web_cfg_init.cpp
>   * ovms_webserver/src/web_cfg.cpp
>   * Component powermgmt
>   * And several other components mentioning Simcom, but only very
>     minor changes
>
>
> I would appreciate it if no major changes were made to those
> components in the next week or two, as that may make merging difficult.
>
> Once I’ve got the modem code refactored, and a compatible SIMCOM 5360
> driver working, I’ll publish to the for-v3.3 branch for wider testing.
> I can then add the other modem drivers I have been working on.
>
> Regards, Mark.
>
> P.S. Pretty obvious that this work is to abstract out the modem type
> specific code, to make it easier to add support for other modem types
> in OVMS. This is a long-term project, and not something happening
> anytime soon, but I am working on it.
>
>
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