Hi,

Nikki, Kevin Sharpe and a few others know me but for everyone else... I live near Plymouth, Devon, UK, and I am very interested in OVMS. I have had a Leaf  for 2 1/2 yrs (delivered same day as Nikki IIRC) and a Vauxhall Ampera for 1 1/2 yrs. I am an experienced programmer but very out of practice and I run my own small web development/hosting company. So I am OK at web site development (not so good at design - no artistic talent at all!) in LAMP as well as Microsoft stuff (WinSvr, MSSQL etc & I have MCSD, MCSE, MCDBA). As I say, I am up to speed with LAMP/WAMP and web/hosting stuff and I am pretty good with databases but as far as programming goes I would say I am mostly out of practice so what I do I do slowly! I am sure I'd pick up speed with practice though but I wouldn't suggest I tackle anything major just yet!

I am not sure how I can help but as I have both a Leaf and Ampera I would like to help out where I can... no matter what it is. I picked up on Nikki possibly doing a hangout on OVMS 101 which might be great for me as I know pretty much nothing right now so I thought I'd say hi and make myself known.

As I say, I know pretty much nothing about OVMS, CAN busses or anything else but keen to learn and as I am self-employed with very little work right now I have a fair bit of time to offer.

So, I hope that Nikki does the OVMS 101... I'll be there! In the meantime, if there is anything I can do please say.

Paul Churchley




On 15 December 2013 14:17, Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield <nikki@aminorjourney.com> wrote:
HI folks,

Yesterday, I held a quick hangout showing people how to upgrade the firmware on V2 hardware. I shared it onto YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXaRWT8LAmY using the TransportEvolved account (the site I own/write for… www.transportevolved.com)

Several folks asked if we could hold a hangout explaining how to use OVMS from the start. Maybe we could arrange something here with a couple of folks on board? I’d be happy to ‘drive’ the desk as it were, if other people were happy to help explain stuff etc?

We’ve got a lot of noobs now wanting to take part in the project, which is excellent, but a YouTube primer may give us all some extra ground for the project.

Second, (for Mark) You said you were hoping to have alpha code for the LEAF today. If you do have it, would you be willing to package it up for me (I don’t have the compiling tools on hand so pre-packaged .hex files work best for me)?

I’m going on a fairly long Xmas trip in a few weeks, so it’d be a good chance to put OVMS through its paces.

Third, I’ve heard from some users who say they can’t get the Pickit 2/3 working with the software now available online, because the required libraries aren’t available any more…. Thoughts?

Nikki.

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