[Ovmsdev] DBC primer

[Collin Kidder]

The one slight correction I might offer is this: DBC files can most
definitely be used for transmission and people do. One can specify the
cycle time for a frame within the DBC file so it's possible to even
know how often to send. But, this is academic if OVMS doesn't support
sending from DBC file definitions.

On Sun, Nov 29, 2020 at 8:31 PM Michael Balzer <dexter at expeedo.de> wrote:
>
> Everyone,
>
> I'm in contact to a guy who would like to add support for the Renault
> Kangoo ZE.
>
> He's no developer, but has managed to collect quite some info on the
> Kangoo's CAN / OBD2 communication. The Kangoo has lots of live data
> frames, and partially even works with the Zoe module. I told him he can
> define a DBC file, but saw we didn't have any documentation on this
> approach yet.
>
> So I've written a small primer:
> https://docs.openvehicles.com/en/latest/components/vehicle_dbc/docs/dbc-primer.html
>
> But I haven't used DBC myself except for writing this primer now, so if
> someone has more experience, I'd appreciate a second look.
>
> An example on how to trigger and decode OBD2 reads would also be nice,
> but I think he'll manage without for now.
>
> Regards,
> Michael
>
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