[ardevd]

Do you have plans to integrate to Google Home Ardevd? I would be interested but whilst I could easily set up a server, it seems pointless given my needs are fully met by Google home.

idk. You can integrate Home Assistant with both Google Home and Siri, so HA is my smart home hub that I can easily connect to any external eco system (and visa versa)

 

[electric beagle]

Google home is my smart home system I don't have a need for anything beyond it and am too uninterested in the car to set something up just for that

 

[ardevd]

Google home is my smart home system I don't have a need for anything beyond it and am too uninterested in the car to set something up just for that

I totally get that. But there is no closed eco system that supports all my different devices, so an open source system such as Home Assistant is the best solution for me

 

[Qtown Charger]

As a past user of WattCat, and a non techy person - a different perspective (not meant as a criticism).

I loved using WattCat, it was an easier interface with the JLR server and provided a little more info, but only really stuff I needed to know on a regular basis. Thank you for the time taken to develop WattCat as such a tool.

What is being described here (while probably not beyond my ability to construct and install) is not necessary to my everyday existence with these cars, and would entail significant time/effort committment.

Bravo to the small minority developing these setups, but a simple WattCat replacement (albeit probably not possible) would be more commonly adopted and welcomed.

 

[ardevd]

As a past user of WattCat, and a non techy person - a different perspective (not meant as a criticism).

I loved using WattCat, it was an easier interface with the JLR server and provided a little more info, but only really stuff I needed to know on a regular basis. Thank you for the time taken to develop WattCat as such a tool.

What is being described here (while probably not beyond my ability to construct and install) is not necessary to my everyday existence with these cars, and would entail significant time/effort committment.

Bravo to the small minority developing these setups, but a simple WattCat replacement (albeit probably not possible) would be more commonly adopted and welcomed.

Thanks for that! And yep, I totally agree! However, depending on what functionality you require, the DIMO mobile app already provides a user friendly remote vehicle experience. Its certainly better when paired with DIMO hardware rather than just the software connection, but it looks great and works well, and is frequently updated. Might be worth a shot

 

[Biondani]

There are a ton of guides out there. The primary requirement is a computer that can be online 24/7. a Raspberry Pi is a good match! There are also turnkey solutions out there if you want to buy a device that’s fully ready to go.

Alternatively, it’s super easy to get Home Assistant running in a Docker container.

With docker it doesn't support add ons so might be a non starter. It's a shame as that would have been my first choice of host. Might need to look at virtualisation instead.

Ian

 

[ardevd]

With docker it doesn't support add ons so might be a non starter. It's a shame as that would have been my first choice of host. Might need to look at virtualisation instead.

Ian

What add-ons? I’m running it in Docker and have been for years just fine

 

[Biondani]

What add-ons? I’m running it in Docker and have been for years just fine

Ah if it doesn't need an add on I will be investigating once I get back from holiday. I presumed dimo was classed as an add on.

Ian

 

[Spectrum]

I tried dimo before I set it up on HA,
not very impressed gave errors on things like passkey, once eventually setup did give much info apart from tyre pressure range soc and odometer, but in km and kpa I couldn’t see how to change this to miles and psi etc
so removed my car and tried to delete my account but even this gives errors

 

[ardevd]

I tried dimo before I set it up on HA,
not very impressed gave errors on things like passkey, once eventually setup did give much info apart from tyre pressure range soc and odometer, but in km and kpa I couldn’t see how to change this to miles and psi etc
so removed my car and tried to delete my account but even this gives errors

hmm. Thanks for sharing. I can’t say I’ve encountered much in terms of issues myself, but things are constantly changing. Changing units unfortunately have to be done on the integration side as the DIMO backend operates on metric only. You can also add a hardware connection for more data.

You’ll soon get battery temperate and state of health for example which is pretty valuable data

 

[gcookaustin]

I have set up a DIMO account, via software connection for my I-Pace in USA and it is reporting my stats in miles and PSI so maybe it is a regional thing. It also says it has lock/unlock feature enabled but always says "Vehicle not found" when I attempt that.

ardevd, do you know whether "commands" such as precondition and setting max battery charge can be performed through the physical DIMO device? And, whether data such as 12V battery voltage, interior temperature, etc can be read remotely while the car ignition is off?

 

[DF65]

It's about time I pulled my finger out and tried to make my home smart. I'm semi-literate in IT but at the moment I'm hitting blocks getting DIMO set up. I'll persevere after the holidays in case it's something the 'other end' rather than my ineptitude The blocks might also be from PiHole, NoScript (disabled when blocks hit, sometimes that works, other times I get the same errors) or other extensions that keep the crap out of my network and devices. I'll have look harder at what I have to let through for HA and DIMO to work.

My PC runs Linux Mint 22, my main browser is Firefox. Chromium and Bravo are also installed. 'Phone' - they're not phones, they're hand held computers that happen to make phone calls - is a Motorola Edge 20 driven by Android 13. My ASUS router runs Asuswrt-Merlin with NordVPN configured - might have to turn Nord off too, I'd forgot about that.

Chromium and Brave are 'bare', no extensions, no protections other than what's built in. Still I get errors or messages like below. What passkey? Did I accidentality set up something I don't have?

 

[ardevd]

I have set up a DIMO account, via software connection for my I-Pace in USA and it is reporting my stats in miles and PSI so maybe it is a regional thing. It also says it has lock/unlock feature enabled but always says "Vehicle not found" when I attempt that.

ardevd, do you know whether "commands" such as precondition and setting max battery charge can be performed through the physical DIMO device? And, whether data such as 12V battery voltage, interior temperature, etc can be read remotely while the car ignition is off?

I know the DIMO app will report correct units, but the Home Assistant integration will still resort to metric units only for now

Remote commands require a software connection, but the hardware will indeed report temperature, voltages, etc, while the car is off There's some power management in play there to avoid draining the 12V battery, but at least on my vehicles I do get data while vehicles are off.

EDIT: Note that you can have both a software and a hardware connection to the same vehicle at the same time.

 

[ardevd]

It's about time I pulled my finger out and tried to make my home smart. I'm semi-literate in IT but at the moment I'm hitting blocks getting DIMO set up. I'll persevere after the holidays in case it's something the 'other end' rather than my ineptitude The blocks might also be from PiHole, NoScript (disabled when blocks hit, sometimes that works, other times I get the same errors) or other extensions that keep the crap out of my network and devices. I'll have look harder at what I have to let through for HA and DIMO to work.

My PC runs Linux Mint 22, my main browser is Firefox. Chromium and Bravo are also installed. 'Phone' - they're not phones, they're hand held computers that happen to make phone calls - is a Motorola Edge 20 driven by Android 13. My ASUS router runs Asuswrt-Merlin with NordVPN configured - might have to turn Nord off too, I'd forgot about that.

Chromium and Brave are 'bare', no extensions, no protections other than what's built in. Still I get errors or messages like below. What passkey? Did I accidentality set up something I don't have?

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Firstly, the DIMO Discord channel is a great place to get help, just beware of scammers trying to DM you.

Secondly, Passkeys is a relatively new form of authentication that's trying to replace usernames and passwords. When you signed up the DIMO console, it should have prompted you to create a new passkey. I recommend clicking the "Recover with your email" link and create a new passkey, that should get you signed into the console VPNs, ad blockers etc, shouldn't be any problem. I run Linux myself and haven't had issues.

 

[idef]

Hello,

Thank you very much for the good work, trying toget back connections to our cars.

i followed the instructions at github, but I get stuck at step 1. Sign up on the DIMO developer Console.
I get a new account, create the application, but I am not apbe to generate a new apy key nor the redirect URI
Anyone can help?

many thanks
idef

 

[Vrbob]

I have the macron dimo obd adapter so have got mine working now as didn’t realise you had to sign into jaguar remote via the dimo app to.
So can now see other info like tyre pressures etc and can lock unlock the car using dimo too.
Am also earning dimo crypto everytime I drive the car.

 

[Ingenioren]

My I-Pace is up and running in DIMO. Look fine so fare except for the Passkey identification with Google that failed, so I used the key by mail instead (may be I tried to use both at the same time...) . Used Jedlix for some time also but it died the same way as WattCat - sure this vil not happen to DINO to ?

Regarding the tyre pressure readings I get from DIMO and in the car, the values do not match... The car report the correct values 260 front and 270 back and the same as the precision pressure measuring tool I use report. Might change after the car has been driven though..

 

[ardevd]

Hello,

Thank you very much for the good work, trying toget back connections to our cars.

i followed the instructions at github, but I get stuck at step 1. Sign up on the DIMO developer Console.
I get a new account, create the application, but I am not apbe to generate a new apy key nor the redirect URI
Anyone can help?

many thanks
idef

You need to create an app in the console first.

 

[ardevd]

Regarding the tire pressure readings I get from DIMO and in the car, the values do not match... The car report the correct values 260 front and 270 back and the same as the precision pressure measuring tool I use report. Might change after the car has been driven though..and will follow up this.

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I suspect it’s the same issue as I had with WattCat. The JLR API simply returns incorrect tire pressure values for older I-Paces. No fix was never provided by JLR.

 

[ardevd]

I have the macron dimo obd adapter so have got mine working now as didn’t realise you had to sign into jaguar remote via the dimo app to.
So can now see other info like tyre pressures etc and can lock unlock the car using dimo too.
Am also earning dimo crypto everytime I drive the car.

Unfortunately, the Macaron doesn’t have great support for the I-Pace currently afaik. It doesn’t have a Python interpreter so it can’t do PID queries and rely on DBC data only. They are working on a solution to that though. However, I also fear the Macaron will be discontinued soon due to a lack of support from Helium :/. Interestingly, DIMO is currently the largest user of the Helium network, supposedly.