ZombieVerter VCU

ZombieVerter is an Open Source VCU by Damien Maguire/EVBMW + community https://openinverter.org/wiki/ZombieVerter_VCU used increasingly in electric vehicle conversion projects.

The OVMS integration makes use of the ODB2 module in the ZombieVerter VCU, so all you need to do is set the ODB2Can parameter in the ZombieVerter VCU Web UI to match the can interface the OVMS module is on and it’ll be able to make the requests for the spot params.

This early version only supports 1 way communication, but I plan to add preheating and cooling as well as charge control as I get to it.

  • Vehicle Type: Zombie

  • Log tag: v-zombie-vcu

  • Namespace: xzom

  • Maintainers: Jamie Jones

Support Overview

Function

Support Status

Hardware

Any OVMS v3 (or later) module.

Vehicle Cable

Wire to one of the 2 main ZombieVerter can buses

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

No

Cabin Pre-heat/cool Control

No

GPS Location

Yes (from modem module GPS)

Speed Display

No

Temperature Display

Yes

BMS v+t Display

No

TPMS Display

No

Charge Status Display

Yes

Charge Interruption Alerts

Yes

Charge Control

No

Lock/Unlock Vehicle

No

Valet Mode Control

No

Others

Poll states:

0

Sleep

the OVMS module is only checking the opmode

1

Charging

the OVMS module sends charging specific queries.

2

Driving

the OVMS module sends driving specific queries.

Development notes

Developers welcome! Follow the developer’s guide on https://www.openvehicles.com/developers to get started! Post on openinverter for development discussion and usage.

All the ZombieVerter VCU values can be found in https://github.com/damienmaguire/Stm32-vcu/blob/master/include/param_prj.h use the ID to add to poller with desired frequency and add it IncomingPollReply to add support for new metrics.

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