Script to start the Volt

[eplantz]

I've hacked together a small script to emulate the OnStar's remote start feature.

any idea why the temp thing is not working??? Seems to have picked up the current temp and properly displays my preferred lower and upper limits

http://www.weather.gov/xml/current_obs/KMDW.xml -o "C:\curl\Current_Weather.xml"

Temp within range for preconditioning: current temp (65.0) lower than 60 or higher than 85

[Ohm]

Indeed you're correct. It was a bug I missed due to the cold winter temps combined with VBScript's implicit conversion process. I've corrected the error and updated the attachment in the first post.

Thanks for the note!

[eplantz]

can you take a look again at the temp script. still does not seem to be working.

"c:\curl\curl.exe" -s --insecure -b "C:\curl\Cookies.txt" -c "C:\curl\Cookies.txt" -q http://www.weather.gov/xml/current_obs/KORD.xml -o "C:\curl\Current_Weather.xml"
Temp within range for preconditioning: current temp (63.0) lower than 60 or higher than 85

[Brittt1]

James sent me an update on the original file modify the following:

A quick round statement before the "If temp >" seems to fix it.

Insert on a new line above the "If temp >":

temp = round(temp)

[black88mx6]

The round fix has been working good for me this last week.

[Ohm]

I'm pretty sure my logic in that area was just all around wrong. I've revised the overall logic, as well as incorporated the round function. Based on my (latest) tests, the round isn't needed - but I figure it can't hurt. I'm pretty sure it would do the same thing as the IsNumeric() change I put in yesterday to force it to compare as a numeric value.

Version 2.2 now updated in first post.

[HOUSTONVOLTAGE]

I needed the right curl version plus some libraries:
http://www.paehl.com/open_source/?do...2_ssl_sspi.zip
http://www.paehl.com/open_source/?download=libssl.zip

NOTE: All you need is the right "curl.exe" - YOU DO NOT NEED TO DO ANY COMPLEX INSTALLATION!!! JUST THE CURL.EXE in a folder!!!

I put the library and curl.exe in the same folder: C:\curl
NOTE: THIS IS ALL YOU NEED!!! (Plus the script of course)

Notes on ID and password and PIN: I had forgotten that the phone app uses that 4-digit PIN and was trying to use my password twice. The ID is your onstar ID, the password is the password for the Onstar website, and the PIN is the 4-digit number you use on the phone app. At least this is how I remember it.

Notes on using the script - I got confused on what "True" and "False" means for the various prompts. Here are some notes (I do better when I ignore the text in the script after the setting so I dont show it below):

Run_when_unplugged = False

>If this is set to True, it will start the car even if the car is unplugged. If it's set to False, it will only start if it's plugged in.

Run_on_120 = True

>If this is set to True, it will start the car if it's plugged in using the 120v charger. If it's set to False, it won't start if plugged into 120v

Run_on_240 = True

>If this is set to True, it will start the car if it's plugged in using the 240v charger. If it's set to False, it won't start if plugged into 240v

Run_only_when_fully_charged = True

>If this is set to True, it will only start the car IF it's at a 100% charged level. If it's only 99% charged, the car will not start. If you set it to False, it will start the car no matter how low the battery is.

I don't use the script to start my car on a schedule. I use it to start the car instead of the phone app. I get annoyed waiting on my phone to communicate with Onstar, connect to the car, waiting waiting waiting.... With this script you can just double-click it on the computer and your car starts! Awesome!

[Cord]

With some additional work and setting the onstar charging mode back and forth from Immediate-- do you think we could have computer control of the Volts charging times ?

There are times when designing a control system it seems the basic back yard water sprinkler controller has a lot to offer.

[Ohm]

With some additional work and setting the onstar charging mode back and forth from Immediate-- do you think we could have computer control of the Volts charging times ?

All I can really do at this point is emulate existing website functionality. It looks like the functionality is there to modify the charging schedule on the fly... Perhaps we could set it to Immediate to initiate charging, then set it to a Delayed Start based on departure time, then give it a time far in the future when we want it to stop? Seems like that might work.

Unfortunately, I'm not living in an area where time-of-day rates are in effect, so I see no benefit from doing this myself. If you give me specific wants/needs around how you'd like it to work though, I could give it a shot.

[eplantz]

It looks like the Weather Service has changed their website and the script is no longer picking up the current temp. When you have a chance, can you look at it and see if it can be fixed.

Thanks

Gene