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    OK so I had/have two problems:<br>
    <br>
    1) the OVMS board had a bad connection on the ground input, so power
    wasn't getting to the board properly hence the weird flashing
    lights.  We fixed that with a more solid ground connection soldered
    to a couple pins.<br>
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    2) the SIM card I'm using does NOT work with the board.  I hooked up
    the diag port and it says "NOT INSERTED" for CPIN.  With another
    cellular provider's SIM, it did work.  So now I have to find a way
    to get this happening.  I can only get cheap data with my current
    provider, so I'm going to hunt for an old SIM that might work.<br>
    <br>
    So things are on pause until I'm able to do that...<br>
    <br>
    Rob<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/2/2015 8:22 AM, Mark Webb-Johnson
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      About 200mA would be safest. A bench 12V power supply is fine.
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      <div class="">Regards, Mark</div>
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                I will definitely hook up to the diag port.  I do have a
                USB-serial cable.  Thanks for that suggestion!<br
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                Does anyone know if one can power the unit "on a bench"
                using a 12V adapter?  I read that the OBDII port only
                gives out a max of 100mA, is that true?  If it is true,
                a small 12V adapter should be fine...<br class="">
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                Thanks!<br class="">
                <br class="">
                Rob<br class="">
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                <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/1/2015 9:25 PM, Mark
                  Webb-Johnson wrote:<br class="">
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                  The other thing to suggest is if you have a USB-serial
                  cable and a laptop, you can plug into the DIAG port at
                  9600baud, and have a look at the messages from the
                  modem. That should tell you exactly what is going on.
                  But if you count the blinks, and they go 10 then 9
                  then reset then 10 then 9, it is most likely the SIM
                  connection.
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                  <div class="">Regards, Mark.</div>
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                            Hi all again,<br class="">
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                            I'm really not having any luck here.<br
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                            I've tried three different SIM cards now,
                            and they all do exactly the same thing.  I
                            haven't read anywhere about the red and
                            green lights being on simultaneously and
                            flashing like crazy so I'm really starting
                            to suspect that the hardware is defective. 
                            I wish I had another kit lying around.<br
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                            The kit I have is from my friend but it's
                            brand new, it has never been used in a car
                            before.<br class="">
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                            I'm wondering if I should just order another
                            kit to see if the same thing happens.<br
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                            I did have a question.  If I simply power
                            the OBDII port on the kit with 12V, should
                            it power up normally?  I could test that...<br
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                            Geir, my car is in Canada, so I don't have
                            UVO services unfortunately, hence the reason
                            I'd really like to get this going!  I'm on
                            the KIA Soul EV forums, and once I have this
                            working, I'll try to rope in someone in the
                            US who would be willing to monitor their CAN
                            Bus so we can snoop and try to copy the HVAC
                            calls.<br class="">
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                            Rob<br class="">
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                            <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/1/2015
                              12:09 PM, Michael Balzer wrote:<br
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                              Rob,<br class="">
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                              green 8 + red 4 = SIM lock... I don't know
                              how a phone could use a locked SIM for
                              data, but just try setting and again
                              removing the SIM lock with the SIM
                              toolkit.<br class="">
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                              Some (very few) SIMs just don't work in
                              the OVMS, it's unlikely you stumbled
                              across two of them.<br class="">
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                              I once had the effect of a flash process
                              that failed without any error output, so
                              you also should try re-flashing.<br
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                              Of course the hardware can be broken too,
                              i.e. bad SIM slot soldering causing data
                              errors or bad antenna connection. As your
                              module has been used before (I assume?)
                              that's quite unlikely.<br class="">
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                              Regards,<br class="">
                              Michael<br class="">
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                                um 17:40 schrieb Robert Cotran:<br
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                                Hi again,<br class="">
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                                I tried the SIM card in a cell phone. 
                                Worked perfectly, got data connection
                                and was able to download data.<br
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                                I doubt it's locked, it's brand new. 
                                The phone didn't ask me for a code.<br
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                                I verified the antennas are plugged
                                correctly.<br class="">
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                                Can the OVMS kit be defective?  Does
                                that happen?<br class="">
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                                Could the KIA firmware specifically have
                                caused an issue?  Then again, Geir has
                                it working no problem.<br class="">
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                                :(<br class="">
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                                Rob<br class="">
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                                <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On
                                  11/1/2015 10:48 AM, Michael Jochum
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                                  Hi,
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                                  <div class="">have you tried the SIM
                                    Card in an Cell Phone? Did this
                                    work?</div>
                                  <div class="">Is the Card locked with
                                    a Pin code? OVMS can't handle PIN
                                    locked cards.</div>
                                  <div class="">Do you connect the
                                    Antennas to their right plugs?</div>
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                                  <div class="">Bye</div>
                                  <div class="">Michael</div>
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                                          16:13 schrieb Robert Cotran
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                                            all,<br class="">
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                                            I'm happy to see that it
                                            looks like development of
                                            the Kia Soul EV firmware is
                                            going to continue, thanks to
                                            Micheal and Geir!<br
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                                            I went out and bought a
                                            dedicated SIM for the OVMS
                                            kit yesterday and flashed
                                            the OVMS with 0.2 of the Kia
                                            Soul firmware and I flashed
                                            the EEPROM as well since
                                            this is a new installation
                                            and there's nothing on the
                                            kit yet.<br class="">
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                                            It's still not working
                                            unfortunately.  When I plug
                                            it into the car, the red LED
                                            comes on for a few seconds,
                                            then the red and green flash
                                            a bit, and then they both
                                            stay off for about 10-15
                                            seconds, then the green
                                            flashes 10 times, then 9
                                            times, then I think 8 or 9
                                            times, and then the red LED
                                            flashes a few times while
                                            the green is flashing, and
                                            then then both start to
                                            flash on and off extremely
                                            fast, so fast that it looks
                                            like they are both on
                                            solid.  They stay like this
                                            for about 7 or 8 seconds,
                                            and then it starts all over
                                            again from the 10, 9 on
                                            green.<br class="">
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                                            I've followed the Roadster
                                            guide to getting this up and
                                            running, I've cleaned the
                                            SIM contacts and I've tried
                                            two different SIM cards, so
                                            I'm a bit lost as to what I
                                            can try next.<br class="">
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                                            Does anyone have any
                                            suggestions?<br class="">
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                                            Thanks!<br class="">
                                            <br class="">
                                            Rob<br class="">
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                                            <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On

                                              10/31/2015 5:20 PM,
                                              Michael Balzer wrote:<br
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                                              Welcome Robert :-)<br
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                                              Basic setup of the Kia
                                              firmware is the same as
                                              for other models. So you
                                              can follow the Roadster
                                              guide or one of the Twizy
                                              guides first.<br class="">
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                                              You wrote to me you got
                                              the module from a friend,
                                              so you should first flash
                                              once without preserving
                                              EEPROM to get a clean
                                              config to start with.<br
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                                              Follow Marks link to the
                                              support FAQ if you get
                                              stuck in the config
                                              process. To diag LED flash
                                              codes, also take a look at
                                              the state machine diagram
                                              in the main docs folder.
                                              If you need help, describe
                                              exactly (!) which doc
                                              you've been following and
                                              what you have done so far.<br
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                                              If you're stuck at 10/9...
                                              maybe you should first
                                              check if the SIM card has
                                              contact.<br class="">
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                                              Kia V0.1 only reads some
                                              first status messages and
                                              obtains the VIN if you
                                              enable CAN write access
                                              (FEATURE 15 1). I've
                                              currently got one positive
                                              and one negative test
                                              feedback for this version.<br
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                                              Would be great if you
                                              could also check V0.2 --
                                              it's in my account on
                                              github:<br class="">
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                                              ...hex:<br class="">
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                                              This _should_ be able to
                                              show some first OBD diag
                                              data dumps (DEBUG 1 /
                                              5)... as I don't have a
                                              Kia, I need qualified beta
                                              test feedback.<br class="">
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                                              Regards,<br class="">
                                              Michael<br class="">
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                                                31.10.2015 um 14:16
                                                schrieb Robert Cotran:<br
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                                                all, <br class="">
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                                                I'm replying to Micheal
                                                Balzer's email from
                                                yesterday.  I wasn't on
                                                the mailing list until
                                                late yesterday
                                                afternoon, hence I'm not
                                                able to click reply. <br
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                                                I've got a Kia Soul EV
                                                2016 in Canada which
                                                doesn't have the UVO
                                                services, so this is of
                                                great interest to me. <br
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                                                I have the OVMS kit in
                                                front of me, but I'm a
                                                total newbie, so I'm
                                                reading through some
                                                guides to get started. <br
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                                                Just wanted to say that
                                                I'll gladly be the
                                                guinea pig for this. <br
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                                                What I'd REALLY like is
                                                to have a way to
                                                remotely turn on the
                                                climate control system
                                                to warm up/cool down the
                                                car at will. Hopefully
                                                that's a remote
                                                possibility.  Tracking
                                                it is cool, but
                                                controlling it is even
                                                better.  I'm used to a
                                                Tesla (my other car), so
                                                I am quite spoiled. <br
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                                                I did get Micheal's
                                                firmware installed on
                                                the OVMS and hooked it
                                                up to the car but it's
                                                not booting properly
                                                (based on status LEDs). 
                                                Can that be because of
                                                the firmware or is the
                                                bootup sequence separate
                                                from the car-control
                                                code? <br class="">
                                                <br class="">
                                                The LEDs flash like - 10
                                                Green, 9 Green, 10
                                                Green, 9 Green, then a
                                                few reds, then green and
                                                red flash together
                                                really fast. <br
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                                                I tried sending text
                                                messages to the board
                                                and no dice. <br
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                                                Any help would be
                                                appreciated, looking
                                                forward to getting this
                                                working! <br class="">
                                                <br class="">
                                                Robert <br class="">
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