Re: Vehicle Availability RFC

Kevron,

You asked...
> What are the implications to developers if OBD-II is the source for VIN?

There is a much larger pool of potential customers if OBD-II is the source for VIN.

Cindy Lewis

On Apr 10, 2014, at 5:52 PM, Rees, Kevron wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 11:50 AM, Lucinda Lewis <cindy.lewis@me.com> wrote:
>> Hello there,
>> 
>> Following up on your explanation to Andy with some additional questions:
>> 
>>        * If VIN numbers will not be available, will the API return "Security"?
>> 
> 
> Depends on the implementation.  If the implementation decides that the
> web app doesn't have security rights to VIN, then yes.  Otherwise, it
> could return any of the other options.
> 
>>        * Some vehicles have VIN data that is only available through OBD-II.  What will you return in this case?
>> 
> 
> The API does not care where the data originates from.  If it is
> supported from any source (CAN, OBD-II, hardcoded in the headunit
> itself, etc), then the API will return "supported" or some other error
> (ie "not_supported").
> 
>>        * Also, for those vehicles that only have VIN data through OBD-II, I propose that a note be added to 6.2 of the spec pointing this out.
>> 
> 
> What are the implications to developers if OBD-II is the source for VIN?
> 
> Thanks,
> Kevron
> 
>> Cindy
>> 
>> On Apr 9, 2014, at 3:38 PM, Rees, Kevron wrote:
>> 
>>> The purpose of the availability API additions is to allow developers
>>> to not only determine if a particular data is supported, but also tell
>>> them exactly why it isn't supported.  It also handles the scenario
>>> that if an attribute is not available at the moment, applications can
>>> be notified when the attribute becomes available.
>>> 
>>> enum Availability
>>> {
>>> "available",
>>> "not_supported",
>>> "not_supported_yet",
>>> "security",
>>> "policy",
>>> "other"
>>> }
>>> 
>>> partial Interface VehicleInterface {
>>> 
>>> Availability available();
>>> short availabilityChangedListener( AvailableCallback callback );
>>> void removeAvailabilityChangedListener( short handle );
>>> }
>>> 
>>> Example 1:
>>> 
>>> if( ( var a = vehicle.vehicleSpeed.available() ) === "available" )
>>> {
>>> // we can use it.
>>> }
>>> else
>>> {
>>> // tell us why:
>>> console.log(a);
>>> }
>>> 
>>> Example 2:
>>> 
>>> var canHasVehicleSpeed = vehicle.vehicleSpeed.available() == "available";
>>> 
>>> vehicle.vehicle.availabilityChangedListener( function (available) {
>>> canHasVehicleSpeed = available == "available";
>>> });
>>> 
>>> ...
>>> 
>>> if(canHasVehicleSpeed)
>>> {
>>>  vehicle.vehicleSpeed.get().then(callback);
>>> }
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -Kevron
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>

Received on Thursday, 10 April 2014 23:12:01 UTC