Open Vehicle Monitoring System

[Fuzzylogic]

You can also try to send a text/SMS message to the OVMS from your registered phone:

stat

If you receive a status message from the OVMS, it will also usually restore Iphone functionality within a few minutes without having to unplug the module.

[Slackjaw]

Sorry Mark, I missed this. I didn't mean things like "Charging Stopped", but the text messages being sent to the OVMS SIM card by the carrier saying things like "Your account has been charged $10". I do not have access to the iPad currently but I'll get a real example if it's not clear in less than a week. Thanks.

Not really sure what you mean by this. Do you want to say both devices get notified for charging stopped, but only one device for forwarded SMS messages? If so, no that is not possible.

We can turn on/off the notifications, per device (iOS Settings App). We can even turn on/off the sms forwarding feature (it is in the car bits feature). But, we can't selectively control which device gets which notifications.

OK, the penny finally, finally, finally dropped on this. I had to go into "Settings --> Notifications --> Open Vehicle", whereas I'd only been into "Settings --> Open Vehicle" and "OVMS --> Settings". As a non-iPhone user -- I only have an iPhone to use OVMS -- it's very unintuitive. Looks like even Apple can't design the perfect interface! Thanks for the patience.

One notification I get is that when I SMS (from my blackberry) the car with CHARGESTOP and expect it to stop charging, it doesn't, but at least it posts a message on the iPhone indicating that an incomprehensible SMS was received.

(Should CHARGESTOP work on OVMS firmware 1.2.0? I'm guessing my firmware needs updating. [edit: GPS works fine without password, so I have confirmed that I am using the correct registered phone])

[markwj]

Slack jaw, the chargestop command is 1.2.7.

Regards, Mark

[kgb]

You can also try to send a text/SMS message to the OVMS from your registered phone:

stat

If you receive a status message from the OVMS, it will also usually restore Iphone functionality within a few minutes without having to unplug the module.

Yep. Your car is not communicating with the server. Try unplugging the OVMS from the diag port and then plug it back in. That will reboot the OVMS.

I tried fuzzylogic's solution with no effect. I then tried PV-EV's solution, and after about a minute, it was working again... and after that I received the status from my SMS "stat" command. Thank you for the help guys. I feel kinda stupid for not trying a "reset." I thought it was a problem with the server (which is why I was bugging Mark). But now I know... I'll try a reset 1st before asking Mark for help. BTW, I know I said this before, but: Thank you Mark and everyone else who has worked on this project. I feel like this completes my car.

[smorgasbord]

Sorry to be chiming in late, but my order of unwedging is:

1) STAT
2) RESET
3) Unplug/replug

I haven't had to do #3 in a long time.

[markwj]

In the 1.2.7, there is still one known area where low cellular coverage (or other network issue) can cause a connection to not be able to be made - but that is very very rare. Bleeding edge github code has a fix for this, if anyone is experiencing it.

[hjr]

I checked ATT again and they no longer offer the 10c/minute plan that allows data transfer. The minimum plan that allows data usage is $25/month and then the same 1c/5KB as they had before. You can buy 50GB for $5 and that is the best deal for us OVMS users. They offer no data-only option. I also compared with Sprint and T-Mobile and their least expensive plans that allow data transfer are more expensive.

So if you want to use the wonderful and convenient smart phone apps then you are stuck with this rate plan since May of this year.

$360 a year seems too much for them to charge for this low data usage.
If you love the device and interface - and are not willing to use text messages only, we are stuck at $30 monthly. If you want to play you have to pay.

[markwj]

I checked ATT again and they no longer offer the 10c/minute plan that allows data transfer.

If you love the device and interface - and are not willing to use text messages only, we are stuck at $30 monthly. If you want to play you have to pay.

Have you checked the other AT&T thread here for OVMS? Others seem to be putting down $100 and getting a year's usage.

[NigelM]

@hjr: The plan you need is the 10c per minute plan pre-paid plan. It's on the AT&T website and what most of us have is a text package with 200 SMS per month for $4.99. You're never going to make voice calls so don't worry about the 10c per minute name.

Here's a screenshot:

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If you go for that and buy $25 it last three months then re-ups automatically. You'll never run out of bytes so all in, best deal imo.