[APP][Pro] Volvo on Call - Connected technology that makes your life easier

I think everything should work except location and energy related stuff (battery percentage if hybrid).
Volvo’s developer site is down today, but I recall there were some endpoints I skipped since it stated it doesnt work on Android based cars - maybe can add them now (start car I believe is one that I recall from top of head).

Then again we don’t know what works and what doesnt work until we test it, and I cant do any testing myself since I don’t own a Volvo car.

Hi. To me its a shot in the foot to remove a function BEFORE you have a replacement ready to take over. I control my Volvo depending on many things. vehicle location, weather, my own location. If im home sick or whatever. Now I can control start stop via app and if I forget to stop it it will drain my battery very fast. Damn I’m mad at Volvo now.

Tjena. Du kan testa hur mycket du vill på min bil. Bara jag får tillbaka funktionerna att förvärma bilen via Homey :wink:

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Cheers, I’ll test later today. I’d be happy to test out the app as well.

i totally agree. I have implemented a rather extreme solution involving AI to analyse if my car needs preheating or not so this is very disappointing since I almost took my cars functionality via the API for granted.

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Can’t you connect your vehicle with connected vehicle with the API provided from volvo developer site? Then you can use “climitization start” as a flow card in your flows to start the pre heating on your volvo?:blush:

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Is there a way to show the Volvo at the Energy Dashboard?

That is a question for Athom I guess, see no mentions of a car device type in relation to Homey Energy in the docs.

Ok. Thanks for answering.

Great work Richard! Hopefully I will get it to work with the new API and your updated app. Never got passed the “timeout” issue…

Just to report back regarding using the app with a s90 from 2018, it works fine as long as you get the API-key from Volvo (that Aldin sent earlier in this thread). Can start my heater just fine, cheers!

Hi,
I just installed this app. In the opening post of this thread I see that the charging related actions are only available for PHEVs. I would like if I could use those for my Volvo EX40. Is there any chance this will be possible in the future?

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I still don’t get past the login…

Problem solved! It seams that Homey does not work so well a iPv6 networks. After disabling iPv6 on my router, I could add my vehicle. And solved some other problems as well.

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Hello! Is it correct that you cannot access the battery level, nor start/stop charge on hybrid vehicles like XC40?

Hello,

I’m using Homey in combination with a Volvo EX30 and an Easee charger via E-Flux. Both devices are recognized separately, but in the new Energy view, the “Electric Vehicle” tile is not displayed.

The EX30 device has vehicleType: ELECTRIC, but it doesn’t seem to be registered with the class electric_vehicle. Additionally, there is no automatic link between the EX30 and the charger.

Would you consider:

  • Registering the EX30 as an electric_vehicle with energy and charging status capabilities.
  • (If possible) Linking the Easee charger and the EX30 within the app.

This would allow Homey to correctly display the EV in the new Energy tab.

Thank you in advance!

Thanks Richard for your excellent work!
For my Volvo V70 (2014) I was happily using your app with the depreciated API.
Recently I switched to the ‘new’ API (connected vehicle) and your app is working again. Great.
Are there any plans to add retrieving the odometer value from your app?
From the Volvo developer portal I can retrieve it successfully using the related JSON file.
Same for some other GET/POST actions (like lights and sounds).

If not, has anyone a working Homeyscript for this? I have tried, but only get authorization errors 401 (although I’m using the same API-key and Bearier on the Volvo Developer Portal successfully).

Thanks in advance and keep up the good work!

Just released a test version where this should be fixed.
I also deleted the since 3 months deprecated Volvo On Call device type.

I’ll see if I get some time and review whats new over at Volvo’s devloper site.

Thanks, for doing this and also give a reply!
IT works!

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@Richard_B great app, thanks for all the work.

In the phone app it is possile to see the statuus of the sunroof and wondows

Is that available in the API too?
Would you be able to add it?

The phone app does not alert me when the roof is open…
Want to create a flow that warns me when the roof is open just before it starts raining