Hi,

Is there an "official" way to Init my private metrics without setting a value and having them marked modified?

The problem I am trying to solve is that if I do this, for instance:

> mt_i3_range_ecoproplus = MyMetrics.InitInt ("xi3.v.b.range.ecoproplus", SM_STALE_HIGH, 0, Kilometers);

Then "0" is officially published as the range. This is unlikely and messes up my charts. I'd rather not publish a value until I get one from the car.

I see that the standard metrics are just created with:

> ms_v_bat_range_full = new OvmsMetricFloat(MS_V_BAT_RANGE_FULL, SM_STALE_HIGH, Kilometers);

where V_BAT_RANGE_FULL is "v.b.range.full"

They have no value until they are explicitly set.

So would it be acceptable to rather create my private metrics like that?

I guess then it falls on me to check if the metric already exists - which is done as part of InitFloat.

So I guess I'd write:

> mt_i3_range_ecoproplus = (OvmsMetricInt*)MyMetrics.Find("xi3.v.b.range.ecoproplus");

> if (mt_i3_range_ecoproplus==NULL) mt_i3_range_ecoproplus = new OvmsMetricInt("xi3.v.b.range.ecoproplus", SM_STALE_HIGH, Kilometers, 0);

Is this a reasonable approach or am I going about this the wrong way?