The modifications below have been implemented. Works for me on the bench.

Individual vehicle modules can turn this off (it defaults to on) by setting m_autonotifications=false in their constructor. Implementations can also override the individual Notify…() functions to disable particular notifications, or customise the output. For example, a Tesla Model S module may want to override NotifyValetHood() and send the alert as ‘frunk’ rather than ‘hood’.

For those testing this with individual vehicle support, you should be able to see the following standardised vehicle alerts now:

charge.started (a charge session has started)
heating.started (the battery is being heated, as part of a charge session)
charge.stopped (a charge session has been interrupted)
charge.done (a charge session has completed normally)
valet.enabled (valet mode has been enabled)
valet.disabled (valet mode has been disabled)
valet.hood (the vehicle hood has been opened, while in valet mode)
valet.trunk (the vehicle trunk has been opened, while in valet mode)
alarm.sounding (the vehicle alarm is sounding)
alarm.stopped (the vehicle alarm has stopped)
batt.12v.alert (the 12v battery is at a critically low voltage level)
batt.12v.recovered (the 12v battery voltage level has recovered)

I’ll be updating the user guide documentation now, as there are quite a lot of configuration options for this now. Should finish by tomorrow.

I think we’re about ready for 3.1.006 now? I need to test Michael’s new initial config system, but that code is in place so should be good to go.

Perhaps people can commit what they have this week, and we will build a 3.1.006 OTA release at the weekend?

As always, comments/suggestions/improvements welcome.

It is time to implement vehicle notifications (charge started, charge completed, charge interrupted, etc) in the vehicle modules I am supporting. It seems that this can be done in the vehicle.{h,cpp} framework in a standard manner, and work across all vehicle types. However, I guess that will break any notifications already being produced by other vehicle types.

My suggestion is:

A config parameter ‘notifications’, with individual instances to turn on/off the notifications. Default is all enabled.

OvmsVehicle::MetricModified picks up metric changes and issues the standard notifications (checking ‘notifications’ parameter appropriately).
charge_mode=>charging: Notify charge started
charge_mode=>topoff: Notify charge started
charge_mode=>heating: Notify battery heating started
charge_mode=>done: Notify charge completed
charge_mode=>stopped: Notify charge interrupted
valet_mode=>on: Notify valet mode enabled
valet_mode=>off: Notify valet mode disabled
alarm=>on: Notify alarm is sounding
alarm=>off: Notify alarm is off

All the above should be suppressed for the initial setting of each parameter. I will have to look into metrics to see how best that should be done; one neat way is to keep a modification count (rather than the current m_defined boolean).

Does that make sense? Any objections/suggestions?

Regards, Mark

On 9 May 2018, at 9:33 AM, Mark Webb-Johnson <mark@webb-johnson.net> wrote:

I’ve extended the notifications framework to include the concept of notification subtypes. This is in addition to the existing notification base types.

This allows us to automatically filter notifications based on the granular subtypes. The filtering is done at the framework level, so all notification listeners need to do is turn it on (when they register).

I have identified the following standard subtypes, and updated quite a few modules to use them:

charge.stopped
charge.state
batt.alert
batt.12v (seems similar to batt.alert, but not yet decided)
homelink
debug.crash
xks.aux
xrt.battmon
xrt.power
xrt.gps
xrt.trip
xrt.sevcon
xrt.logs
xrt.reset

I would really rather have all the alert types standardised (including things like trip logs, gps tracking, etc) and working across all vehicle types. But this at least is a starting point.

An example of it working is:

OVMS# notify raise text info test hello
Raise text notification for info/test as hello
I (25618) ovms-server-v2: Send MP-0 PIhello

OVMS# config set notify test none
Parameter has been set.

OVMS# notify raise text info test hello
Raise text notification for info/test as hello

OVMS# config set notify test ovmsv2
Parameter has been set.

OVMS# notify raise text info test hello
Raise text notification for info/test as hello
I (71368) ovms-server-v2: Send MP-0 PIhello

I am working on the vehicle module automated alerts we previously discussed, and this is a pre-requisite. New standardised subtypes will come with that (such as charge.start, charge.done, etc).

Regards, Mark.

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Subject: [openvehicles/Open-Vehicle-Monitoring-System-3] 7516c9: test framework commands for testing can bus tx/rx
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Branch: refs/heads/master
Home:   https://github.com/openvehicles/Open-Vehicle-Monitoring-System-3
Commit: 7516c9681055ec7986a94ccb8cfb29bda5f1bce8
     https://github.com/openvehicles/Open-Vehicle-Monitoring-System-3/commit/7516c9681055ec7986a94ccb8cfb29bda5f1bce8
Author: Mark Webb-Johnson <mark@webb-johnson.net>
Date:   2018-05-09 (Wed, 09 May 2018)

Changed paths:
   M vehicle/OVMS.V3/main/test_framework.cpp

Log Message:
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test framework commands for testing can bus tx/rx

Commit: 183d26dc107bb21cd956776228d0a24030b115db
     https://github.com/openvehicles/Open-Vehicle-Monitoring-System-3/commit/183d26dc107bb21cd956776228d0a24030b115db
Author: Mark Webb-Johnson <mark@webb-johnson.net>
Date:   2018-05-09 (Wed, 09 May 2018)

Changed paths:
   M vehicle/OVMS.V3/components/ovms_server_v2/src/ovms_server_v2.cpp
   M vehicle/OVMS.V3/components/ovms_server_v3/src/ovms_server_v3.cpp
   M vehicle/OVMS.V3/components/vehicle/vehicle.cpp
   M vehicle/OVMS.V3/components/vehicle_kiasoulev/src/vehicle_kiasoulev.cpp
   M vehicle/OVMS.V3/components/vehicle_renaulttwizy/src/rt_battmon.cpp
   M vehicle/OVMS.V3/components/vehicle_renaulttwizy/src/rt_notify.cpp
   M vehicle/OVMS.V3/components/vehicle_renaulttwizy/src/rt_sevcon.cpp
   M vehicle/OVMS.V3/components/vehicle_renaulttwizy/src/rt_sevcon_faults.cpp
   M vehicle/OVMS.V3/components/vehicle_renaulttwizy/src/vehicle_renaulttwizy.cpp
   M vehicle/OVMS.V3/main/ovms_boot.cpp
   M vehicle/OVMS.V3/main/ovms_notify.cpp
   M vehicle/OVMS.V3/main/ovms_notify.h

Log Message:
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Notifications: Framework extensions to add support for subtypes on notifications, and automatic filtering by subtype and distribution mechanism

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