Hey sharkcow, great to see that you are pushing the VW e-Up to the next level :-) I completely agree that merging the T26A and OBD code is finally the way to go. For now we still need a "simple" way to connect the hardware to the comfort can and the OBD port simultanously. I took a quick look at your index.rst and would like to suggest to document how you connect your OVMS to T26A and OBD. Perhaps with a picture or two? Also nice to read you started with a "Schneider". My starting point was a "Sinclair ZX81". Z80 assembler rulez :-) Greetinx Chris (devmarxx) Am Freitag, den 09.10.2020, 18:50 +0200 schrieb sharkcow:
Dear developers,
I have just submitted a pull request for (yet another :) module for the VW e-Up. It's nothing really new as I simply combined the two existing VW e-Up modules for access via Comfort CAN and OBD2 into one module. For now it seems like I'm the only one with both connections, but in the long run I think this is the way to go, because write functions like AC are working on C-CAN, while OBD offers a wealth of metrics (when the car is on or charging). I have started adding additional metrics on OBD and will continue mainly on this route.
A few words about myself: I'm an electrical engineer who has always been fascinated by programming hardware functions (started using the extension port of a Schneider CPC computer, which only Germans will know... a competitor to the Commodore C64 at the time). I have been dabbling in microcontrollers (mostly Atmel) and Raspberry Pi for the last few years. Since I never really learned modern programming languages, I go by google-paste-and-error :) So please forgive if you see horrible code; I promise I'm always willing to learn!
In 2019, I bought a (generation 1) VW e-Up and ever since tried to figure out as much about the OBD metrics as I can. The breakthrough came beginning of this year, when I managed to sniff about 1100 OBD codes by using a commercial OBD adaptor and a Y-cable with a PC to log the codes. At about the same time, devmarxx showed up and brought me to OVMS.
Concerning OVMS, I can only thank you guys for a really great hard- and software platform! This is the perfect playing ground for someone like me. Currently, I just keep discovering how matured this system already is... I try to learn from existing code and can't see any limits to the possibilities :)
So, I would be very happy if VWEUP.ALL can be included and maybe one or the other of you can give me helpful hints on how to do things the right way :)
Have a great (hacking) weekend!
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