[Ovmsdev] Introduction

[Michael Balzer]

Welcome, Doug :-)

The OVMS is a very good base for playing & learning about embedded 
systems & IoT as well as CAN bus & vehicle system communication.

There are lots of opportunities for low level & high level projects. 
Creating plugins based on HTML & Javascript is pretty easy and quickly 
rewarding, especially important for educational projects.

When digging deeper you'll get to CAN reverse engineering & protocols 
and a quite complex FreeRTOS application running on a dual core 
processor. It's amazing what can be done with the little ESP32. Plus 
you've got an open source hardware you can easily extend and adapt, and 
connect other devices to via Wifi.

Regarding Bolt support, a quick quack reveals 
https://allev.info/boltpids/. If that's not sufficient you can easily 
extend on that using the OVMS. A primer on CAN RE: 
https://github.com/openvehicles/Open-Vehicle-Monitoring-System-3/issues/255#issuecomment-835379478

Regarding educational projects, you may find some inspiration in the 
example plugin:
https://docs.openvehicles.com/en/latest/components/ovms_script/docs/foglight.html

An inspiration for small & fun hardware projects around the OVMS could 
be the WifiConsole:
https://github.com/dexterbg/WifiConsole

Regards,
Michael


Am 07.11.22 um 02:27 schrieb Douglas Urner:
> Hello, I’m interested in “rationalizing” our EV experience — and 
> having a coding project to share with my daughter and nephews — so 
> I’ve decided to see what I can do with OVMS.
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> We have a 2022 Kia Niro EV and a 2023 Chevrolet Bolt 2LT. My hope is 
> to be able to use the OVMS app in place of the Kia UVO and Chevrolet 
> On Star apps, so I’m quite interested in working on Bolt support, and 
> the possibility of getting the remote start (e.g., cabin preheat) 
> working on the Niro.
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> My software development background is primarily with OS development 
> and maintenance (BSD Unix). These days I’m teaching high school CS, so 
> I’m eager to have a “real” project to work on. With luck, my OVMS 
> hardware will be arriving this week.
>
> Best, Doug
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> Douglas Urner (he/they) | dlu at canishe.com | +1 360.769.5565
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