# SPECS — Nils' MG4 Journal for this fork of [fatihdonmezdev/FatihsMG4](https://github.com/fatihdonmezdev/FatihsMG4): what has been changed, and what is still to do. - Our repository: https://git.stinnesbeck.com/nils/mg4 - Upstream: https://github.com/fatihdonmezdev/FatihsMG4 (itself a fork of malys / EVABRPUploader and Leon Kernan / ABRP_Uploader). Credited in the app's About dialog. ## Architecture: car server at car.k8s.stinnesbeck.com The car sends everything to our own server, which stores it in InfluxDB 2, and its live data straight to ABRP with the ABRP credentials kept (encrypted) in the app. The server does not talk to ABRP. Grafana reads InfluxDB directly for the dashboards. ``` car ──live telemetry───▶ car.k8s.stinnesbeck.com (Go) │ ──daily chunks─────▶ │ │ ──charging sessions▶ ▼ │ InfluxDB 2 ◀── Grafana (car-grafana.k8s.stinnesbeck.com) └──live telemetry─────▶ ABRP api.iternio.com/1/tlm/send ``` - **Server:** `server/`, Go 1.26, API only — see `server/README.md` for endpoints, configuration and the storage layout. Replaced the Next.js app from upstream (`web/`, removed 2026-10-17). - **Dashboards:** Grafana, provisioned from `k8s/grafana/`, reading with a read-only token: Live (stats, SoC/range, power/speed, route map, temperatures, tyres), Consumption (period totals, lifetime, SoH, per-day energy, distance and efficiency) and Charging (totals, session table, curves). Prices in euro. - **Pairing:** the car shows a QR code, a phone approves it with the approval password, and the car gets its own token, bound to its installation id (RFC 8628-style; `server/README.md`). The shared `INGEST_TOKEN` still works. The same QR flow carries settings typed on the phone. - **Car app:** tabs Overview, Consumption, Charging, Live data (on/off, ABRP credentials, frequency), Server (URL, pairing, token, installation id, config import), Settings (display, voice key, tyre unit, accent colour, battery, charging price, Wi-Fi), Logs. Live telemetry every 15 s while driving or charging, to the server and straight to ABRP; consumption chunks and charging sessions to the server. - **Deployment:** `k8s/`, plain manifests. **Nothing is ever applied to the cluster by us** — Nils applies them (`k8s/README.md`). TLS comes from Traefik's default certificate. ### Status Current: app 2.14.2, server 2.5.0 (pinned by digest in `k8s/server.yaml`). - [x] On the car: QR pairing, values on the Overview, voice-key double press, full screen without black bands. - [x] Go server: tests and govulncheck clean; end to end in podman against InfluxDB 2.7.12 (telemetry, consumption, charging, pairing, settings from the phone) and Grafana 13.2.3 (all dashboard queries return data). - [x] Manifests validated offline (kubeconform, with Traefik CRDs). **Applied by Nils only.** - [ ] Check Grafana's host in `k8s/ingress.yaml` (placeholder `car-grafana.k8s.stinnesbeck.com`). - [x] Screen on the car: 1920×720 px at 160 dpi, app window 1778×720 px (Logs → SCREEN). - [x] Car-colour probe on the car: only `ro.build.mtk2712.vehicle_type = AS28`; the paint colour is not in the system properties. It may be in the VHAL (a debug-build VhalProbe listing would tell); until then the accent is chosen by hand. - [ ] Not yet tried on the car: live data straight to ABRP (2.11), Enter on phone (2.12), accent colours (2.14), right-aligned values (2.14.1). ### Signals the car does not provide Checked 2026-10-17 against what actually reached InfluxDB (`schema.measurementFieldKeys`). The car sends soc, est_battery_range, odometer, power, voltage, current, speed, hvac_setpoint, the four tyre pressures, GPS (lat, lon, elevation, heading) and the is_* flags. It does **not** send: - **Battery temperature:** read from `EV_BATTERY_AVERAGE_TEMPERATURE`, an Android 14 property; the head unit runs Android 9, and the SAIC services offer none. - **Cabin temperature:** `HVAC_TEMPERATURE_CURRENT` is not published; only the setpoint is. - **Outside temperature:** not published by the vehicle (upstream noted the same). Upstream used the head unit's weather service as a stand-in (`HeadUnitWeather`, removed in `ea8032a`); restoring it was considered and declined. - **Pack energy (`soe`) and capacity:** not published. The Live dashboard computes energy in pack as SOC × usable capacity, from the hidden dashboard constant `usableKwh` (50.8 kWh for the 51 kWh battery) in `k8s/grafana/dashboards/live.json`. ## To do - [ ] **Grafana high availability needs another database.** Grafana keeps its own state (users, sessions, preferences, provisioned-dashboard records, alerting state) in SQLite at `/var/lib/grafana/grafana.db` on the `grafana-data` PVC. That is fine for one replica, and is why `k8s/grafana.yaml` uses `replicas: 1` and the `Recreate` strategy: only one Grafana may write the file. To run more than one replica, first move Grafana to PostgreSQL or MySQL (`GF_DATABASE_TYPE`, `GF_DATABASE_HOST`, …); the replicas then share that database instead of a volume. The car data itself is in InfluxDB and unaffected. - [ ] **EVHardware's comments are partly French.** About 120 comment lines in the vendored `EVHardware/` library (mostly `EVHardware.kt`, some tests), half-translated upstream. The app, the docs and the build files are English. - [ ] **Idea: climate energy on the Overview (motor vs climate).** Nothing the app reads splits energy by consumer: battery power (voltage × current) is the total of motor, climate, 12 V and the rest. SAIC's charging service, which EVHardware already binds, has counters that might: `TotalConsumption`, `TotalRegen` and `AccConsumption`, each since start and since the last charge (`SaicCharging.consumedKwhSinceStart()`, `regeneratedKwhSinceStart()`, `accCounterKwhSinceStart()` and the `…SinceCharge()` twins). Whether "Acc" means *accessory* (a measured climate/auxiliary share; motor ≈ total − acc) or *accumulated* (a duplicate of the total) is unknown — EVHardware deliberately does not call it climate — and whether SWI68 answers at all is untested. Plan: (1) a read-only diagnostic showing the raw counters since start; (2) two drives, climate off and on, with a photo of the counters after each; (3) if Acc grows only with the climate, an Overview card "Climate & accessories since start" with the motor's share beside it — otherwise drop the diagnostic and, at most, show a labelled estimate (power drawn at a standstill with the climate on). ## Done - 2026-10-17 — Translated the app UI from Turkish to English. - 2026-10-17 — Nix flake: `nix develop` provides JDK 21 and the Android SDK. `build-car` builds the unstable APK and signs it with the AOSP test platform key, which the MG4 head unit uses (cert SHA-256 `c8a2e9bc…192ab8`). - 2026-10-17 — OTA update checks disabled by pointing at an unresolvable host (see To do). - 2026-10-17 — Renamed to "Nils' MG4": package ID `com.stinnesbeck.nilsmg4` (`.unstable` for the car build), APK names `NilsMG4-*.apk`. It installs next to the old FatihsMG4 app instead of replacing it, and starts with empty settings and history. - 2026-10-17 — Server rewritten for InfluxDB 2 with live telemetry and ABRP forwarding; Dockerfile; Kubernetes manifests (not applied). - 2026-10-17 — App 2.3.0: Server tab (URL, ingest token, installation id, config import), live telemetry restored from before `ea8032a` and sent to the server, Upload-tab cadence controls reconnected, dead switches removed. The removed ABRP classes' unit tests compile and pass again (AbrpApi and HeadUnitWeather tests deleted with their classes). - 2026-10-17 — Accent colour: MG red instead of muted gold. Web app renamed to Nils' MG4. - 2026-10-17 — Dashboard translated to English (en-GB formatting); euro instead of lira in the dashboard and the car app's charging tab. - 2026-10-17 — Server rewritten in Go (API only); dashboards moved to Grafana with provisioned InfluxDB datasource and three dashboards; the Next.js app (`web/`) removed. Per-host cert-manager certificates dropped in favour of Traefik's default certificate. - 2026-10-17 — Pairing by QR code: server 2.1.0 issues per-car tokens after approval on a phone; app 2.4.0 shows the QR code and collects its token. Tested end to end against InfluxDB. - 2026-10-17 — Incident: a commit swept the filled-in `secrets.example.yaml` (InfluxDB admin token, INGEST_TOKEN) into git and pushed it. Commit amended and force-pushed; both values regenerated in the now gitignored `k8s/secrets.yaml` (since moved to `k8s/secrets/secrets.yaml`, outside `kubectl apply -f k8s/`). Filled-in secrets live only there from now on. - 2026-10-18 — `english-translation` merged into the default branch (merge commit `f54e684`, the summary as its message), `master` renamed to `main`, the work branch deleted. Work goes on `main`. - 2026-10-18 — AGENTS.md rewritten as the entry point for agents: what the project is, rules, confirmed car facts, app structure, UI conventions, build/test/ship, documents. It replaces upstream's EVABRPUploader text. The test emulator is now in the flake: `nix run .#car-emulator` (Android 9 AOSP at 1920×720, 160 dpi; the car build installs as the system user — checked). - 2026-10-24 — App 2.30.0 (branch `styles-retro-future`): a third Mascot, the **chibi fox** (`FoxFigure`): a sitting fox with a big head, pointed ears, cream cheeks, chest and tail tip, dark paws and a scarf in the accent colour. Ears and tail act the mood with the face: the tail wags while content and fast while cheering, stands stiff when determined and hangs low when worried or asleep; ears droop when worried or asleep and lie back when fast, when the scarf also flies. Its own lines (`fox_*`, "Kon!"). The chibi's shared parts (frame, eyes, mouths, limbs by mood, effects) moved into `ChibiBase`, which both figures extend. Settings → Mascot: Classic / Chibi / Fox. Emulator: all moods checked with sample values in a throwaway build; the tail's swing is kept to about 18° so it stays clear of the values. Not tried on the car. - 2026-10-24 — App 2.29.0 (branch `styles-retro-future`): a second Mascot, the **chibi** (`ChibiFigure`): small and full-figure, a big round head with a coral bob and a star clip, a hoodie in the accent colour, dark outlines like a sticker; an adult character in chibi proportions, clothed. Her whole body acts the mood: waves when content, both arms up and hopping with star eyes when cheering, fist at her chest when determined, hands on her cheeks with a tear when worried, a nose bubble asleep in P, glancing and pointing back in R, leaning into the wind when fast, "?" while waiting. Her own lines (`chibi_*`). Settings → Mascot (Classic / Chibi, `MascotCharacter`, pref `mascot_character`) sits beside Tyre pressure and shows only while the Mascot style is chosen. Emulator: all moods checked with sample values in a throwaway build, and the Settings drop-down. Not tried on the car. - 2026-10-24 — App 2.28.0 (branch `styles-retro-future`): Overview style **Mascot** (`MascotView` on `ClusterCanvasView`): an anime co-pilot, head and shoulders, drawn on a 100 × 100 grid — an adult woman, fully dressed, with a headset and a racing jacket in the accent colour (so the style takes the accent). Her face follows `MascotMood`, chosen from the reading in this order: waiting (nothing read), reverse (glances back), worried under 20 % (sweat drop), asleep in P (drifting Zs), cheering while regenerating more than 5 kW (sparkles), determined over 60 kW, enjoying 100 km/h and more (wind lines), else content. A new mood shows after it lasts 1.5 s (`MascotMood.Holder`), so values hovering at a threshold do not make her flicker; R and "waiting" show at once. Unread values are never a reason for a mood. She says a line per mood in a speech bubble (`mascot_*` string arrays, one picked every 30 s, shrunk to fit). Beside her: speed, the gear in a ring, battery bar with percent and range, power, 5-minute usage, trip, and the clock. She blinks and the Zs, sparkles and wind move with the 0.2 s readings; no animation loop of its own. Emulator: all eight moods checked with sample values in a throwaway build, and "waiting" with no data. Not tried on the car. - 2026-10-24 — App 2.27.3 (branch `styles-retro-future`): first step to the cruise control (ACC) set speed. The head unit's `CarAdvancedAssistedDrivingManager` names a vendor float `AAD_EPTCCTRGTSPD` = `0x2160A15B`, by its name the powertrain's cruise control target speed; nothing else in the decompiled SDK looks like a set speed (the other ACC properties are objects ahead: distances, relative speeds). EVHardware reads it raw (`getCruiseTargetSpeedRaw`, `EnergySnapshot.cruiseTargetSpeedRaw`; read-only), and the Logs tab lists every change with time, speed and gear (`CruiseLog`, last 12). Unit and the value while cruise control is off are unknown until read on the car; the dashboards show nothing of it yet. Emulator: the property is absent there, one "unread" line, no crash. Not tried on the car. - 2026-10-24 — App 2.27.2 (branch `styles-retro-future`): Terminal can be drawn in the accent colour too (text in its light shade, the command line in the accent, plain black; the low battery stays amber). Instead of separate "(accent colour)" entries, Retro and Terminal are one entry each and the accent colour drop-down beside the style offers "Original" first (their own palette, the default) and then the accent colours; the choice is kept per style (`original_colours_