[Canola] "Off topic?" Carman news! Now closer to Canola, EFL based and more!
 

Hi Guys,

Sorry for this Off topic :) but the new version of Carman is getting so close to Canola that I think it belongs here as well :)

http://www.marceloeduardo.com/blog/d...pcoming-update

Let me know what you think :)

Fully opensource, as it already was in august more or less the release !

Marcelo

Re: "Off topic?" Carman news! Now closer to Canola, EFL based and more!
 

really good to hear that carman is getting (more) development time. I have found that there are a few bugs in its current version and hope they are addressed in the next version.

the roadmap shows that GPS integration is forthcoming, and that will be a nice thing to see. The UI looks pretty snazzy, and even in its current form is easy to navigate.

what i do wonder about is the ability to create a vehicle-centric profile and use vendor specific error codes without having to code them out in an XML file. is this kind of functionality a possibility?

Re: "Off topic?" Carman news! Now closer to Canola, EFL based and more!
 

Ohhh Handful, you tease! God I'm excited - when....?

Looks stunning. I take it that it all integrates using GPS. Will the maps app be in the final release? What maps does it use? Wayfinder or Google etc.

I like the trip report feature, reminds me of Nokia's sports tracker, which I use on my cycle rides.

Re: "Off topic?" Carman news! Now closer to Canola, EFL based and more!
 

Brendam, I am inviting Eduardo, the lead dev behind carman in the forum, so he will be able to answer precisely your questions :)))

Marcelo

Re: "Off topic?" Carman news! Now closer to Canola, EFL based and more!
 

Well, we cannot use google maps :) licensing problems you know, so openstreet maps is the default. BUT it's just like maemo mappers if you know what I mean :)))

It indeed have this similarity with the sport trackers and in the future we want to be able to add even more (actually is already working) like real time communication between peers over Gtalk accounts :)

Marcelo

Re: "Off topic?" Carman news! Now closer to Canola, EFL based and more!
 

Update: The expected release date is August (second or third week) We expect to have it on the website working, tested and ready to be used at that time. Also fully opensource.

Marcelo

Re: "Off topic?" Carman news! Now closer to Canola, EFL based and more!
 

Weird, it seems like this should've hit Planet. Perhaps a problem with the feed?

Re: "Off topic?" Carman news! Now closer to Canola, EFL based and more!
 

General : I am actually most of the time not posting on the planet, : /

Re: "Off topic?" Carman news! Now closer to Canola, EFL based and more!
 

Carman's looking pretty sweet! Definitely would be interested in this. By the way, would it be compatible with bluetooth devices such as this?

http://www.obdkey.com/vehiclediagnostics.asp

Re: "Off topic?" Carman news! Now closer to Canola, EFL based and more!
 

Red: I can almost swear that we do have some of those here on the development team :) I think it's the bluetooth one. (that was the goal, you use some OBD2 to bt converter.. and we connect to BT to do the app) Again I am just waiting for the tech guys to joing here to answer better.

:)