<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Robert,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Interested, but really no idea what you are trying to do here.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It would be wonderful if there was a standardised vehicle protocol, and all the manufacturers complied to that (both on the vehicle and App sides), but I just don’t see it happening. They seem to love their walled gardens, and hardly ever allow anyone in. Those who do sneak over the walls run the risk of being thrown out at any time. Hoping that they all contribute to a common park is great, but unlikely to happen.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Too negative?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Or am I missing something?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Perhaps you can explain in more details what you are building?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Regards, Mark.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">P.S. If a standard existed, OVMS would adhere to it. We only rolled our own because there was nothing out there already.</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 1 Feb 2016, at 12:33 PM, Robert Sharpe <<a href="mailto:robert.sharpe@evergreen-consulting.co.uk" class="">robert.sharpe@evergreen-consulting.co.uk</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type" class=""><div class=""><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" class=""><div class="zmail_extra"><div id="1" class="">Hi,</div><div id="1" class=""><br class=""></div><div id="1" class="">Just to let everyone know that I have created an <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8469823" target="_blank" class="">Open Vehicle Protocol LinkedIn group</a> that everyone is welcome to join.</div><div id="1" class=""><br class=""></div><div id="1" class="">The OVP and group gives an opportunity to</div><div id="1" class=""><ul class=""><li class="">contribute to making OVMS compliant with an OVP</li><li class="">develop and sell interfaces to manufactures to make them compliant with the minimum of effort</li><li class="">contribute to making OVP happen</li></ul></div><div id="1" class="">Look forward to seeing some of you on the above group</div><div id="1" class=""><br class=""></div><div id="1" class="">Regards,</div><div id="1" class="">Rob</div><div id="1" class=""><br class=""></div><div id="1" class=""><br class=""></div><div id="1" class="">---- On Mon, 18 Jan 2016 01:39:00 +0000 <b class="">Mark Webb-Johnson<<a href="mailto:mark@webb-johnson.net" class="">mark@webb-johnson.net</a>></b> wrote ---- <br class=""></div><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid #0000FF; padding-left: 6px; margin:0 0 0 5px" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Robert,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The links Michael provided below are the best from OVMS side.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Each vehicle manufacturer has their own standard, and most are closed (only opened by reverse engineering, and at the whim of the manufacturers who could shut it down whenever they like).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Regards, Mark.</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 18 Jan 2016, at 1:38 AM, Michael Balzer <<a href="mailto:dexter@expeedo.de" target="_blank" mailid="dexter%40expeedo.de" subj="" class="">dexter@expeedo.de</a>> wrote:</div><br class=""><div class="">              <div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="">     Hi Robert,<br class="">     <br class="">     you can connect to an OVMS server through the client protocol (TCP)     or via HTTP.<br class="">     <br class="">     See<br class="">     - <a href="https://github.com/openvehicles/Open-Vehicle-Monitoring-System/blob/master/docs/OVMS_Protocol.pdf" target="_blank" class="">https://github.com/openvehicles/Open-Vehicle-Monitoring-System/blob/master/docs/OVMS_Protocol.pdf</a><br class="">     and the perl clients for details and examples. The protocol supports     telemetry, command execution, push notifications and more.<br class="">     <br class="">     The HTTP API lacks documentation, it supports telemetry up to now     and it's been described here:<br class="">     -     <a href="http://lists.teslaclub.hk/pipermail/ovmsdev/2013-February/000919.html" target="_blank" class="">http://lists.teslaclub.hk/pipermail/ovmsdev/2013-February/000919.html</a><br class="">     - <a href="http://lists.teslaclub.hk/pipermail/ovmsdev/2013-March/000958.html" target="_blank" class="">http://lists.teslaclub.hk/pipermail/ovmsdev/2013-March/000958.html</a><br class="">     <br class="">     ...and there's a simple JS client implementation over here:<br class="">     - <a href="http://www.openvehicles.com/simpleclient.htm" target="_blank" class="">http://www.openvehicles.com/simpleclient.htm</a><br class="">     <br class="">     To my knowledge there is no cooperation with any car manufacturer.<br class="">     I would be surprised if car manufacturers actually show interest in     supporting unified or open APIs.<br class="">     <br class="">     Regards,<br class="">     Michael<br class="">     <br class="">     <br class="">     <div class="">Am 17.01.2016 um 14:20 schrieb Robert       Sharpe:<br class="">     </div>     <blockquote cite="mid:1524fbe93d2.11dcd<a href=" mailto:40b9287899.2914718679153564571@evergreen-consulting.co.uk"="" target="_blank" class=""><a href="mailto:40b9287899.2914718679153564571@evergreen-consulting.co.uk" class="">40b9287899.2914718679153564571@evergreen-consulting.co.uk</a>" type="cite" class="">              <div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="">Hi,         <div class=""><br class="">         </div>         <div class="">As always, after sending the email found some of what was           required turned up.</div>         <div class=""><br class="">         </div>         <div class="">But I am still looking for the OVMS server API           specification.</div>         <div class=""><br class="">         </div>         <div class="">For your information</div>         <div class="">           <ul class="">             <li class="">General APIs - <a href="https://developer.ibm.com/apimanagement/2014/10/31/whats-driving-apis-automotive" target="_blank" class="">https://developer.ibm.com/apimanagement/2014/10/31/whats-driving-apis-automotive</a></li>             <li class="">Tesla - <a href="http://docs.timdorr.apiary.io/" target="_blank" class="">http://docs.timdorr.apiary.io/</a></li>             <li class="">Nissan CarWings - <a href="http://www.npmjs.com/package/carwingsjs" target="_blank" class="">www.npmjs.com/package/carwingsjs</a></li>             <li class="">GM - <a href="https://developer.gm.com/documentation" target="_blank" class="">https://developer.gm.com/documentation</a></li>             <li class="">BMW i3               - <a href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2015/11/reverse-engineering-the-bmw-i3-api" target="_blank" class="">https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2015/11/reverse-engineering-the-bmw-i3-api</a></li>           </ul>           <div class="">Because we need to access multiple car types, my vision             is to find/develop a unified open API.  Is OVMS working with             anyone along this line?</div>           <div class=""><br class="">           </div>           <div class="">Look forward to hearing any plans.</div>           <div class="">             <div style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">               <div style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><p style="font-size: 13.63636302947998px;" class=""><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" class=""><font size="3" class="">Regards,<br class="">                       Robert Sharpe (Managing Director)<br class="">                       07711 252971</font></font></p><p style="font-size: 13.63636302947998px;" class=""><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/arsharpe" target="_blank" class=""><span class=""><Mail Attachment.gif></span></a> <a href="http://www.twitter.com/EgcTechnical" target="_blank" class=""><span class=""><Mail Attachment.gif></span></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EvergreenConsultingLtd" target="_blank" class=""><span class=""><Mail Attachment.gif></span></a> <a href="http://www.evergreen-consulting.co.uk/staff/skype/rsharpe.html" target="_blank" class=""><span class=""><Mail Attachment.gif></span></a> <a href="http://www.evergreen-consulting.co.uk/staff/calendars/rsharpe.html?utm_campaign=General&utm_source=EmailFooter&utm_medium=Email" target="_blank" class=""><span class=""><Mail Attachment.gif></span></a></p><p style="font-size: 13.63636302947998px;" class=""><a href="http://www.evergreen-consulting.co.uk/?utm_campaign=General&utm_source=EmailFooter&utm_medium=Email" target="_blank" class=""><span class=""><Mail Attachment.png></span> </a></p><p style="font-size: 13.63636302947998px;" class=""><font size="5" face="Calibri, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" class=""><i class="">Your                       Plugged-in Partner</i></font></p><p style="font-size: 13.63636302947998px;" class=""><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" class=""><font size="2" class="">Evergreen Consulting is the trading name                       of Sharpe Consultants Ltd</font></font></p>               </div>             </div>             <span style="top: 326px; left: 206px; cursor: e-resize;" class=""></span><span style="top: 326px; left: 6px; cursor: w-resize;" class=""></span>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