Alternative Carwings remote access

Emoncms
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Hi everyone,

I’ve just got a second-hand Nissan e-NV200 (24kwh) and realised that the CARWINGS system has been discontinued or severely limited in many regions by NISSAN. So I’ve got some ideas to potentially solve this problem:

Before digging into these I wonder if any of you had the same problem and found a solution.

Many thanks in advance!

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I understand @glyn.hudson built an e-NV200 camper van, so he may have an opinion. You may want to look at Open Vehicle Monitoring System so you’re not dependent on telematics support from Nissan.

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Great, I’ll try with the OVMS app, thanks @rsiddall !!

@glyn.hudson, any clue if OVMS also works for using Android apps (e.g, Android auto, waze, etc)?

Thanks!

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OVMS works very well on Android, it actually has better support on android than iOS. I use it extensively with my van. Carwings was always terrible and never worked properly, OVMS gives so much more data and is fast to load.

OVMS also integrates well with Home Assistant and MQTT:

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Hi. Also worth checking out: GitHub - developerfromjokela/opencarwings: Nissan CARWINGS-compatible server for bringing back Nissan TCUs and online services and https://opencarwings.viaa.eu

This in particular restored original CARWINGS functions and even more than nissan ever provided, in the navigation unit. You also get heating, status and charging commands like before. Definitely worth checking out, since it uses already equipped hardware in the car, only thing you need to buy is a new SIM card