MG EV¶
Vehicle Type: MGEV
This vehicle type supports the MG ZS EV (2019-).
MG5 is not yet supported in this build.
Support Overview¶
| Function | Support Status |
|---|---|
| Hardware | Any OVMS v3 (or later) module. Vehicle support: 2019- |
| Vehicle Cable | Right hand OBDII cable (RHD), Left hand OBDII cable (LHD) |
| GSM Antenna | 1000500 Open Vehicles OVMS GSM Antenna (or any compatible antenna) |
| GPS Antenna | 1020200 Universal GPS Antenna (or any compatible antenna) |
| SOC Display | Yes |
| Range Display | Yes (BMS calculated and WLTP range from SoC) |
| Cabin Pre-heat/cool Control | tba |
| GPS Location | Yes (from modem module GPS) |
| Speed Display | Yes |
| Temperature Display | Yes |
| BMS v+t Display | Yes |
| TPMS Display | Yes |
| Charge Status Display | Yes |
| Charge Interruption Alerts | Yes |
| Charge Control | tba |
| Lock/Unlock Vehicle | tba |
| Valet Mode Control | No |
| Others | tba |
Development notes¶
To compile the code you will need to check out the repository, check out the components mongoose, libzip and zlib and copy the file
sdkconfig.default.hw31
from the OVMS.V3/support folder to the OVMS.V3 folder and rename it to
sdkconfig
Community documentation¶
This module is developed from the work provided by the My MG ZS EV community at https://discourse.mymgzsev.com/ Please join the Slack channel for support and the latest builds.
Car status¶
The car is accessible over the OBD port when it is running (ignition on) and for around 40 seconds after it is turned off or the car is “tweaked” (lock button pushed, etc).
The OBD port may be kept awake by using the “tester present” message to the gateway ECU. This keeps a lot of systems awake and draws roughly 5A on the 12V bus, so it’s not a good idea to do.
The MGEV module now monitors (and automatically calibrates) the 12V status and will automaticaly switch on when the 12V exceeds 12.9V. When it does this it will try to poll the vehicle for data.
- There are 4 Poll States
- 0 ListenOnly: the OVMS module is quiet and stops sending polls, it will enter this state after 50s of being < 12.9V
- 1 Charging: the OVMS module sends charging specific queries
- 2 Driving: the OVMS module sends driving specific queries
- 3 Backup: the OVMS module cannot get data from the car when it is charging so just retries SoC queries
The Gateway (GW, GWM) is the keeper of all the data of the car and will enter a locked state when it is woken by the car starting charging and the car is locked. This we have called “Zombie Mode”, and we have developed an override for this.
- This override, however causes a few strange things to happen:
- If Zombie mode override is active, the car will not unlock the charge cable. To fix this dusrupt the charge and wait 50s for OVMS to go back to sleep and the cable should release (or unplug OVMS)
- Zombie mode override resets the “Accumulated Total Trip” on the Cluster
- Zombie mode override sets the gearshift LEDs switch on