BMW ConnectedDrive component

gerard33 · February 15, 2018, 11:20pm

Update
@ChristianKuehnel has made some updates in his component which is now ready for review after which it can be merged in HA.

In the meanwhile will be working on adding extra features to the component

gerard33 · February 24, 2018, 10:10pm

Good news, the BMW Connected Drive component is part of HA release 0.64

In the meanwhile we are working on more features

irqnet · February 25, 2018, 7:19am

yeah, great to see it ready for release.

Is it possible to use it at custom component right now?

gerard33 · February 25, 2018, 9:56pm

You can download the custom component files from here.

irqnet · February 26, 2018, 6:21am

you should add a note to the setup description in which format the country has to be added

Works fine, except the device tracker is not added as entitiy. Location tracking works in the BMW app… any suggestions?

vasaru · February 26, 2018, 9:43am

Just tried this and get an error regarding the “name:” option. Checked the source and can’t seem to find any reference to a configuration entry called name as the documentation shows.

If I remove the name: line it works fine.

gr4z · February 26, 2018, 11:13am

I have upgraded to 0.64 and tried this new feature. I also get the errors with the ‘name:’ option so removed it from my configuration.yaml.

I cannot see anything in hass around BMW sensors. Has anyone got this working yet?

vasaru · February 26, 2018, 12:05pm

I have 3 sensors for my 225xe. Range left, litres of gas left and total mileage.

irqnet · February 26, 2018, 12:14pm

Yes it’s working for me, except GPS location:

gr4z · February 26, 2018, 12:48pm

Did you guys use the inbuilt component in 0.64 or the custom component described above?

vasaru · February 26, 2018, 12:53pm

In my case it’s 0.64

gr4z · February 26, 2018, 1:19pm

Typical errors in my log:

2018-02-26 13:18:24 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.core] Error doing job: Future exception was never retrieved
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/bimmer_connected/state.py", line 44, in _func_wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/bimmer_connected/state.py", line 141, in remaining_range_fuel
    return float(self._attributes['beRemainingRangeFuel'])
KeyError: 'beRemainingRangeFuel'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 56, in run
    result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/homeassistant/components/bmw_connected_drive.py", line 98, in update
    listener()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/homeassistant/components/sensor/bmw_connected_drive.py", line 81, in update
    self._state = getattr(vehicle_state, self._attribute)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/bimmer_connected/state.py", line 46, in _func_wrapper
    raise ValueError('No data available!')
ValueError: No data available!

I have a 2016 F36 440i BMW with NBT.

cicero222 · February 26, 2018, 1:32pm

Mine is a 2015 F36 430d.

With HA 64.0, I get two sensors (mileage, fuel) and errors like the one mentioned by @gr4z

The custom component does not work at all for me, I have no sensor but a log full of errors.

If I provide a “name” attribute, the platform does not load at all both with or without custom component.

Edit: After entering the Connect App (Android) and locating the car once, I now also get the device_tracker. But still the error regarding ‘beRemainingRangeFuel’… Using HA 64.0 without a custom component now.

fleskefjes · February 26, 2018, 3:26pm

2018 M2 with idrive 6 touchscreen (located in Norway), if I skip the name: I get milage, remaining_fuel and remaining_range_fuel. With name: not commented out I get nothing. HA 0.64.

Inbuilt component running in a container

irqnet · February 26, 2018, 4:28pm

I’m using the custom component, name value does not work.

For device_tracker you have to edit the known_devices.yaml and enable tracking for the bmw device tracker, if your new devices are not automaticaly are tracked.

gr4z · February 26, 2018, 5:33pm

Ah ha, of course! I can now see device_tracker, mileage and remaining fuel.

Would love to see lock status and perhaps send an action to lock the car if it isn’t already when going to bed.

silfa718 · February 26, 2018, 5:38pm

I had to take out the “name” line to get my configuration to validate, but I am still getting an error when the front page loads.

It shows " KeyError: ‘access_token’ "…I’ve checked my user name and password and its correct.

I do have two cars in my BMW Connect account, not sure if that is causing my issue.

gerard33 · February 26, 2018, 7:37pm

The name field probably ended up unintentionally in the config.yaml example. Will check that with @ChristianKuehnel so it can be changed in the instruction.

That should work (although it’s the first time we can test this ) . Did you use the right name of the country in the configuration file exactly as it is shown on BMW ConnectedDrive?

silfa718 · February 26, 2018, 7:42pm

I used “USA” for the Country.

gerard33 · February 26, 2018, 7:47pm

Here is some more info on the BMW ConnectedDrive component.

Home Assistant 0.64
In HA 0.64 release the BMW ConnectedDrive component is available with:

Device tracker
Mileage (sensor)
Remaining fuel (sensor)
Remaining range fuel (sensor)

We are working on adding more items to the component, you can check here for more information.
These extra items will be made available in the next releases of HA.

While working on that there is a custom component available over here which contains (parts) of these new items.

Custom component
The custom component currently contains the following extra items (beside the ones mentioned above):

Door lock state (binary sensor)
Doors (binary sensor)
Windows (binary sensor)
Lock (lock)
Horn (switch)
Lights (switch)
Climate (switch)