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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: SR/F NextGen App - charging values not updating
« on: November 20, 2019, 12:37:36 PM »
Update: Since I did not receive any feedback from the dealer nor from Zero on this issue despite asking repeatedly what the status of the issue was I decided to try the obvious.

With the help of the manual I located the fuse box under the rider seat. The topmost fuse states "Cell Module". I pulled this fuse, waited a couple of minutes and plugged it back in. Voila: All values are updated again when accessing the bike via remote connection through the app (or API).

Maybe this helps someone having the same problem.

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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: SR/F App (NextGen) - API
« on: November 06, 2019, 05:32:00 PM »
Awesome work guys!
This was exactly what I wanted to trigger.

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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: Charging cable(s) SR/F
« on: October 18, 2019, 01:45:35 PM »
Hey

well, I see your problem. In my opinion it is essential for an EV owner to have a possibility to charge at (or close to) home (overnight). When using regular sockets in Europe with an extension cord you need to make sure, that high quality cables are used and that you do not charge with max amperage of the socket. In Switzerland I recommend using not more than 10A with a regular T13 socket when using an extension cord.

I am sure you will find a suitable solution.

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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: Charging cable(s) SR/F
« on: October 18, 2019, 04:28:24 AM »
Hey

Why do you think you need to charge high speed at home? In my opinion 3kW charging is more than sufficient for home charging. In Switzerland there are Level 2 charging stations literally everywhere. I also tried to get a mobile charging solution which is highly flexible in terms of sockets and power....believe me, this is totally overrated. I always only carry the Type2 cable with me. At home I use my callbox but if I did not have a wallbox, the charger with 3kW would be more than sufficient for me.

Greets

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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / SR/F NextGen App - charging values not updating
« on: October 18, 2019, 03:48:57 AM »
Hello

For about 2 weeks now I can not get the actual values for charging state and SoC from the Zero NextGen App when connecting to the "bike" (really to the cloud backend) remotely. The values just "stay" false. The app shows a constant SoC of 51 regardless of the actual SoC.
The location data is updated just fine. When connecting through bluetooth there also is no problem at all, all values are correct.

I already tried reinstalling, logout, login...the usual stuff.

Did anyone experience something similar? I had the bike for the 1000km check at the dealer and he told me they would open a case with Zero.

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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / SR/F App (NextGen) - API
« on: October 18, 2019, 03:42:30 AM »
Sometimes the need arises to access the data that is available for en EV with an online connection from outside the app of the manufacturer. I have seen a lot of solutions for getting the SoC or other data from the Zero bikes.
Since the SR/F comes with its own connectivity and companion app I needed to get access to the data in the Zero cloud from outside the Zero NextGen App.
I have a smart Wallbox solution which supports smart charging modes depended on the EVs SoC. So I wrote a plugin for the smart Wallbox solution OpenWB. In order to accomplish this I had to reverse engineer the Webservice calls from the Zero NextGen app to the cloud backend.

Now here it comes. Code examples are for experienced users using Terminal on Linux or Mac.

In order to gain access to the cloud data you have to identify the service specific unitnumber for your vehicle. This can be accomplished by the following simple call to the Zero NextGen Backend:
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curl -s --http2 -G https://mongol.brono.com/mongol/api.php?commandname=get_units -d format=json -d pass=<ZERONEXTGENPASSWORDFROMAPP> -d user=<ZERONEXTGENUSERNAMEFROMAPP>
You can pass this JSON output to jq to make it readable. Or you just note the value of unitnumber for the actual call for the relevant values.

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curl -s --http2 -G https://mongol.brono.com/mongol/api.php?commandname=get_last_transmit -d format=json -d user=<ZERONEXTGENUSERNAMEFROMAPP> -d pass=<ZERONEXTGENPASSWORDFROMAPP> -d unitnumber=<ZERONNEXTGENUNITNUMBERFROMABOVE>
Same here: Pass the output to jq in order to have a formatted JSON output.
There are some relevant values and some not so relevant values. Relevant values include: VIN, mileage, software_version (do not know how reliable though), longitude, latitude, altitude, velocity, heading, main_voltage, address, soc.

If you are interested in a very smart Wallbox and living in Europe I strongly suggest to look at OpenWB. Zero NextGen Support comes out-of-the box, just username and password needed to configure.

Hope this helps someone.



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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: Charging cable(s) SR/F
« on: October 18, 2019, 02:53:40 AM »
Hello

I ordered my SR/F in June and it was delivered in August. So guess what...I had more than plenty of time to look around for charging solutions and figure out what was needed. For home use I already have a L2 charging solution (3phase 16A 400V) with two charging points OpenWB - OpenSource Wallbox.
Now with a lot of googling I found out what was said before. Each 3kW onboard charger is connected to a distinct phase and the charge tank is connected to phase 3 on L2 charging stations. This brought me to the conclusion, that I absolutely wanted a short, highly flexible and high quality Type2 cable which can fit in the storage compartment. In my opinion 3m length is sufficient. I did not find anything right away. In order to ensure being able to charge anywhere I would also need a L1 charging solution. This would only have to support 230V/ 13A max. Regular outlets in Switzerland can not handle more Power than 3kW for longer periods of time.
So I checked the manufacturers offers --> no good. Too expensive, cable oversized, heavy and not flexible.

Finally I turned to Chinese manufacturers. Got 3 offers and settled with Khons. I got in contact, made clear what I was looking for and they built to order exactly what I needed (L1 charger with 230V/13A max and a Swiss T13 plug and a 3m flexible 3p Type2 cable). Awesome contact, fast delivery, fair prices ($174 for L1 charger, $76 for Type2 cable,$42 for shipping) awesome quality and TüV certified.

My Zero dealer (Country Road) in Alpnach now has the connections and orders larger quantities of the set for his customers. Get in touch if you would like to know about experiences and maybe want to order from him.

Regards,
Matt

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