I am leasing the base model 2015 Leaf without Carwings. I really want to be able to get notifications of when the car is charging, when it's unplugged or finished. My options as I see them are:
1. Try to get Carwings added on. I don't think that's possible though, as I've got the old nav system. Also it would create problems with my lease.
2. Connect something like a Raspberry Pi to the ODB2 port, and detect charging status through there. I think though that the ODB2 port is off when the car is off, and I'm not sure if ODB2 has fast notifications of being plugged or unplugged.
3. Create my own cover for the LEDs on the dash. Have light sensors in the cover which feed to a Raspberry Pi or similar. It would detect the charge status through the flashing of the LEDs on the dash, and report through wifi back to me the current state.
Note: I know that the Chargepoint ports can notify me if I used my card to start the charge, but when I park at work we share chargers, and I can be plugged and unplugged using someone else's chargepoint card so I want notifications straight from my car.
1. Try to get Carwings added on. I don't think that's possible though, as I've got the old nav system. Also it would create problems with my lease.
2. Connect something like a Raspberry Pi to the ODB2 port, and detect charging status through there. I think though that the ODB2 port is off when the car is off, and I'm not sure if ODB2 has fast notifications of being plugged or unplugged.
3. Create my own cover for the LEDs on the dash. Have light sensors in the cover which feed to a Raspberry Pi or similar. It would detect the charge status through the flashing of the LEDs on the dash, and report through wifi back to me the current state.
Note: I know that the Chargepoint ports can notify me if I used my card to start the charge, but when I park at work we share chargers, and I can be plugged and unplugged using someone else's chargepoint card so I want notifications straight from my car.