Remote Control of PSA car

This is a python program to control a psa car with connected_car v4 api. Using android app to retrieve credentials.

I test it with a Peugeot e-208, but it works with others PSA vehicles (Citroen, Opel, Vauxhall, DS).

With this app you will be able to :

• get the status of the car (battery level for electric vehicle, position ... )
• start and stop the charge
• set a charge threshold to limit the battery level to a certain percentage
• set a stop hour to charge your vehicle only on off-peak hours
• control air conditioning
• control lights and horn if your vehicle is compatible (mine isn't)
• get consumption statistic
• visualize your trips on a map or in a table
• get the list of car charging
• visualize battery charging curve
• visualize altitude trip curve
• get car charging co2 emission
• get car charging price

The official api is documented here but it is not totally up to date, and contains some errors.

A video in French was made by vlycop to explain how to use this application : https://youtu.be/XO7-N7G3biU

For information on configuring the psa_car_controller Docker container see this section.

I. Get credentials

We need to get credentials from the android app. We will retrieve this information:

• client-id and client-secret for the api
• some url to login

1.1 Download the app on your computer, the original MyPeugeot app can be downloaded here for example (please download version 1.27).

1.2 Install requirements :

• You need python >= 3.6

• On debian based distribution you can install some requirement from repos:

sudo apt-get install python3-typing-extensions python3-pandas python3-plotly python3-paho-mqtt python3-six python3-dateutil python3-brotli libblas-dev liblapack-dev gfortran python3-pycryptodome python3-numpy libatlas3-base python3-cryptography

• For everyone : pip3 install -r requirements.txt

1.3 run the decoder script : python3 app_decoder.py <path to my apk file>

mypeugeot email: <write your mypeugeot email>
mypeugeot password: <write your mypeugeot password>
What is the car api realm : clientsB2CPeugeot, clientsB2CDS, clientsB2COpel, clientsB2CVauxhall
clientsB2CPeugeot
What is your country code ? (ex: FR, GB, DE, ES...)
FR
save config change

Your vehicles: {'VINNUBMER': {'id': 'vehicule id'}}

1.4 If it works you will have VIN of your vehicles and there ids in the last line. The script generates a test.json file with all credentials needed.

II. Use the app

1. start the app:

   Start the app with charge control enabled :

   python3 server.py -f test.json -c charge_config1.json

   At the first launch you will receive an SMS, and you will be asked to give it and also give your pin code (the four-digit code that your use on the android app). If it failed you can remove the file otp.bin and retry.

   You can see all options available with : python3 server.py -h

2. Test it

2.1 Get the car state :
http://localhost:5000/get_vehicleinfo/YOURVIN

2.2 Stop charge
http://localhost:5000/charge_now/YOURVIN/0

2.3 Set hour to stop the charge to 6am
http://localhost:5000/charge_control?vin=yourvin&hour=6&minute=0 

2.4 Change car charge threshold to 80 percent
http://localhost:5000/charge_control?vin=YOURVIN&percentage=80 

2.5 See the dashboard (only if record is enabled)
http://localhost:5000

2.6 Refresh car state (ask car to send its state):
http://localhost:5000/wakeup/YOURVIN

2.7 Start/Stop preconditioning
http://localhost:5000/preconditioning/YOURVIN/1 or 0

III. Use the dashboard

You can add the -r argument to record the position of the vehicle and retrieve this information in a dashboard.

python3 server.py -f test.json -c charge_config1.json -r

You will be able to visualize your trips, your consumption and some statistics:

• You have to add an api key from https://home.openweathermap.org/ in your config file, to be able to see your consumption vs exterior temperature.
• You have to add an api key from https://co2signal.com/ to have your C02 emission by KM (in France the key isn't needed).

Charge price calculation

The dashboard can give you the price by kilometer and price by kw that you pay. You just have to set the price in the config file.

After a successful launch of the app, a config.ini file will be created. In this file you can set the price you pay for electricity in the following format "0.15".

If you have a special price during the night you can set "night price", "night hour start" and "night hour end". Hours need to be in the following format "23h12"?

You can modify a price manually in the dashboard. It can be useful if you use public charge point.

IV. Connect your home automation system:

• Domoticz
• HomeAssistant
• Jeedom (Anyone can share the procedure ?)

FAQ

If you have a problem, or a question please check if the answer isn't in the FAQ.

Connect to A better Route Planner

You can connect the app to ABRP, see this page

API documentation

The api documentation is described here : api_spec.md. You can use all functions from the doc, for example : myp.api().get_car_last_position(myp.get_vehicle_id_with_vin("myvin"))

More information

To analyse the traffics between the app and psa server, you can use mitmproxy. You will need the client certificate present in the apk at asssets/MWPMYMA1.pfx

# decrypt the pfx file (there is no password)
openssl pkcs12 -in MWPMYMA1.pfx -out MWPMYMA1.pem -nodes

Then you can use mitmproxy for example:

mitmproxy --set client_certs=MWPMYMA1.pem

Donation

If you want to thank me for my work 😄

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Docker

A containerised version of the psa_car_controller Python scripts by Flobz.

• Docker Hub: https://hub.docker.com/r/sockhamster/psa_car_controller

Overview

Once the container is running, the configuration of the psa_car_controller app is near-identical to setup instructions detailed in the app's readme.

You'll still need to make sure you have an apk for the appropriate Android app that it's attempting to use. The examples in this readme use the MyVauxhall app v1.27.1 from APKPure: https://m.apkpure.com/myvauxhall-the-official-app-for-vauxhall-drivers/com.psa.mym.myvauxhall/download/2107-APK?from=versions%2Fversion

On your Docker host, create a config folder which will be mapped to the container and used to store all persistent data. Copy your APK into this folder.

Installation

Create the container, detached, exposing port 8180, and mapping the a new config folder on your host to /config inside the container:

docker run -d -ti --name psa_car_controller1 \
  --publish 8180:8180 \
  -v /host_path/config:/config \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  psa_car_controller

Connect to the bash shell of the newly created container:

docker exec -it psa_car_controller1 /bin/bash

Inside the container, run the app_decoder.py script. You'll be prompted for the credentials you use to log into the app on your mobile device usually, plus your country code. If the script gives you a Success! message then move on:

python3 /psa_car_controller/app_decoder.py /config/com.psa.mym.myvauxhall_1.27.1.apk

Start server.py for a first run:

python3 /psa_car_controller/server.py -f /config/test.json -c /config/charge_config1.json -p 8180 -l 0.0.0.0 -r -b /config

You will be prompted to enter a code, sent you you by SMS to your registered mobile number, and the PIN for your account. Sometimes it asks twice (???), but once accepted the service should run. Allow it to run for about a minute before pressing ctrl+c to quit. You should end up back at the bash prompt within the container.

The final task is to update the container's configuration file to tell it to run the service automatically on next boot. This is done by editing /config/dockerconfig.conf and changing the SHELL_ONLY parameter to FALSE. Alternatively, paste the below command into your shell one by one. These will update the dockerconfig.conf file, exit the container's bash shell, stop the container, then restart the container.

echo "export SHELL_ONLY=\"FALSE\"" > /config/dockerconfig.conf
exit
docker stop psa_car_controller1
docker start psa_car_controller1