Matt, It is probably worth firstly doing a quick feasibility check, to see what level of OVMS support is possible: Do you know what are the specs for the CAN bus in the C-Zero vehicle? What baud rate is it, and what is the connector? There are just three messages that are key to feasibility: SOC - battery state of charge - car_SOC Car On/Off (ignition switch, or Park/Drive gear lever) - car_doors1 [bit7] Car Charging (true or false) - car_doors1 [bit 4] If those three are available, and readable by the OVMS hardware, then the project is most likely feasible. There are lots of other parameters (range, temperature, odometer, speed, vin, tpms, etc) that are nice to have, but are either optional (nice-to-have) or can generally be derived from these three key messages - so long as they can be found. For example, on the Volt/Ampera we don't know the detailed charge messages, but do know whether the car is charging or not - we can assume charge interrupted if the charge finishes before 95% complete. Similarly, if the range of the car is XXkm, we can estimate the current range based on XX * SOC%. If the car has no GPS details on the CAN bus, then we can use the GPS in the OVMS module itself. A while ago, we made a stub vehicle implementation for Mitsubishi iMiev. It is just a stub, with nothing implemented yet, but you can use that as a start for your work. Regards, Mark. P.S. With reference to the development guide (https://raw.github.com/markwj/Open-Vehicle-Monitoring-System/master/docs/OVM...), these are the current set of parameters that OVMS supports. Vehicle Module Development Checklists Development Checklists You can use these checklists to know what vehicle parameters the OVMS system supports, and how you can map a specific vehicle to these. Parameter Purpose Vehicle Support Notes Vehicle Identification car_type Vehicle type identified car_vin Vehicle VIN Parameter Purpose Vehicle Support Notes GPS Status Vehicle GPS Does the vehicle have a built-in GPS? If so, complete the following. car_gpslock Set to record GPS lock car_stale_gps Denotes GPS data staleness car_latitude Latitude of the vehicle car_longitude Longitude of the vehicle car_direction Direction of the vehicle car_altitude Altitude of the vehicle Parameter Purpose Vehicle Support Notes Tire Pressure Monitoring System TPMS Does the vehicle have a TPMS? If so, complete the following. car_stale_tpms Denotes TPMS data staleness car_tpms_t The temperatures of each wheel car_tpms_p The pressures of each wheel Parameter Purpose Vehicle Support Notes Driving Status car_doors1 [bit7] Set if the car ignition is ON car_speed The speed of the vehicle car_trip The vehicle trip counter car_odometer The vehicle odometer Parameter Purpose Vehicle Support Notes Vehicle Environment car_stale_ambient Ambient temperature staleness car_ambient_temp Ambient temperature car_stale_temps Other Temperature staleness car_tpem Temperature of the PEM car_tmotor Temperature of the MOTOR car_tbattery Temperature of the BATTERY car_doors1 [bit 0] Set if front left door OPEN car_doors1 [bit 1] Set if front right door OPEN car_doors2 [bit 6] Set if bonnet is OPEN car_doors2 [bit 7] Set if trunk is OPEN car_doors1 [bit 2] Set if charge port is OPEN car_doors1 [bit 6] Set if handbrake is ON car_doors2 [bit 5] Set if headlights ON car_doors3 [bit 1] Set if vehicle is AWAKE (or if not supported just follow ignition) car_doors2 [bit 4] Set if valet mode is ENABLED car_doors2 [bit 3] Set if vehicle is LOCKED car_lockstate 4=locked, 5=unlocked (deprecated) car_doors4 [bit 2] Set if alarm SOUNDING car_time Time (in seconds) car_parktime Time (seconds) vehicle parked Parameter Purpose Vehicle Support Notes Battery Status car_SOC State of charge percentage car_idealrange Ideal range car_estrange Estimated range Parameter Purpose Vehicle Support Notes Charging Status car_doors1 [bit 3] Set if pilot signal ON car_doors1 [bit 4] Set if vehicle CHARGING car_linevoltage Line voltage while charging car_chargecurrent Line current while charging car_chargemode Vehicle Mode car_chargestate Charging state car_chargesubstate Charging sub-state car_chargelimit Charge current limit car_chargeduration Charge duration (minutes) car_chargekwh Charge kWh put into battery car_stale_timer Charge timer staleness car_timermode Charge timer mode car_timerstart Charge timer schedule On 25 Jul, 2013, at 9:18 PM, Matt Beard OVMS <smvo@mxf.org.uk> wrote:

Hi,

I am now the proud owner of a V2 box, and accessories for ODB-II connection etc.

Unfortunately I currently don't have an EV... but as soon as my C-Zero returns I intend to fit the OVMS.

Is there currently a draft iMiev version of firmware? I have seen some partly decoded CAN details.

I suspect I will also need to start CAN-logging.

Matt Beard

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