Tesla BitBar - Monitor Charging and Control HVAC from your OSX menubar

therippa · Sep 30, 2017

Hey gang,

Since I'd like to be able to turn my HVAC on from my computer when leaving work and not from my phone because I'm that lazy, I threw together a script that lets you do that from the OSX menubar:

You can get it here - GitHub - therippa/tesla-bitbar: Get charging info and control HVAC from your menubar

It's easy enough to add other commands/data to it, but I figured you wouldn't need to honk the horn from your desk.

Derek Kessler · Sep 30, 2017

I'd suggest that the controls not be hidden under a submenu if there's only one car on the account.

Model X
Battery Level
Charging State
——————
Inside Temp
Outside Temp
Start HVAC
——————
Last Updated
Preferences >

therippa · Sep 30, 2017

Derek Kessler said:
I'd suggest that the controls not be hidden under a submenu if there's only one car on the account.

Model X
Battery Level
Charging State
——————
Inside Temp
Outside Temp
Start HVAC
——————
Last Updated
Preferences >

Good suggestion, done.

verdee · Oct 1, 2017

Im really struggling with the sudo pip install keyring. What is keyring? Is it something else to download. I keep getting error about pip command not being found

therippa · Oct 1, 2017

verdee said:
Im really struggling with the sudo pip install keyring. What is keyring? Is it something else to download. I keep getting error about pip command not being found

run this first...

sudo easy_install pip

verdee · Oct 2, 2017

therippa said:
run this first...

sudo easy_install pip

thanks. got it all working now

stan23 · Oct 2, 2017

Very nice! Will install when I get home.

BigD0g · Oct 2, 2017

Neat, good idea!

Acho · Oct 8, 2017

I made it work but next to tesla icon I have two yellow triangles with exclamation mark in it. When I click on them it says Couldn t posix_spawn: error 8

How can I get rid of this?

Thanks

Musterion · Oct 8, 2017

@therippa this is awesome. Perfect for my spouse who doesn’t have a smartphone but on the computer all the time and wants to set climate control before leaving work.

I like the simplicity and wouldn’t want to bloat it, but would suggest two more options for you to entertain:
-a line for Lock state (for times when autolock fails due to something unlatched, child blanket in door, etc.)—for info only and doesn’t need to control lock state. This actually could just be a lock icon which I see you’ve added for battery.
-a line to click for Location (can spawn a Maps window centered on car). Not only to remember where you parked your car, but then we can easily find each other with one click.

Thank you again!

therippa · Oct 10, 2017

Musterion said:
@therippa this is awesome. Perfect for my spouse who doesn’t have a smartphone but on the computer all the time and wants to set climate control before leaving work.

I like the simplicity and wouldn’t want to bloat it, but would suggest two more options for you to entertain:
-a line for Lock state (for times when autolock fails due to something unlatched, child blanket in door, etc.)—for info only and doesn’t need to control lock state. This actually could just be a lock icon which I see you’ve added for battery.
-a line to click for Location (can spawn a Maps window centered on car). Not only to remember where you parked your car, but then we can easily find each other with one click.

Thank you again!

Done!

M.Baguette · Dec 4, 2017

Awesome plugin, great job OP!

Exiom · Dec 5, 2017

Hi, I too am having problems with Couldn t posix_spawn: error 8.

Error given when "Run in Terminal"
Jacksons-rMBP:~ jackson$ /Users/jackson/BitBar\ Plugins/tesla.30m.py
/Users/jackson/BitBar Plugins/tesla.30m.py: line 7: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
/Users/jackson/BitBar Plugins/tesla.30m.py: line 7: `<!DOCTYPE html>'

macOS Sierra 10.12.6 (16G1036)

Exiom · Dec 7, 2017

I have figured out the issue on my own, since no help came to the other guy who asked as well... this is what went wrong...

If you downloaded the tesla.30m.py from the link on the instructions or on the list of files... your computer will download it as HTML and messes with it resulting in a large file that looks the same to us... but I am guessing it added something invisible to the file which er

So if you happen to run into this problem, download using the "Clone or Download" button and "Download as ZIP". This will solve the problem.

Exiom · Dec 10, 2017

I am still unable to use this app... can the author please render some help?

tesla.com username (will not be saved):
tesla.com password (will not be saved):
Checking...--Error contacting Tesla's servers
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/jackson/BitBarPlugins/tesla.30m.py", line 390, in <module>
main()
File "/Users/jackson/BitBarPlugins/tesla.30m.py", line 248, in main
prompt_login()
File "/Users/jackson/BitBarPlugins/tesla.30m.py", line 227, in prompt_login
access_token = c.get_token()
File "/Users/jackson/BitBarPlugins/tesla.30m.py", line 106, in get_token
if 'access_token' in auth and auth['access_token']:
TypeError: argument of type 'NoneType' is not iterable

Exiom · Dec 11, 2017

I am really not sure why I am unable to fetch a token the normal way... but I got the app to work after manually adding a token into the keychain.

rohan3au · Dec 13, 2017

Would love some help with this, where do I input my username and password?

rohan3au · Dec 13, 2017

Exiom said:
I am still unable to use this app... can the author please render some help?

tesla.com username (will not be saved):
tesla.com password (will not be saved):
Checking...--Error contacting Tesla's servers
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/jackson/BitBarPlugins/tesla.30m.py", line 390, in <module>
main()
File "/Users/jackson/BitBarPlugins/tesla.30m.py", line 248, in main
prompt_login()
File "/Users/jackson/BitBarPlugins/tesla.30m.py", line 227, in prompt_login
access_token = c.get_token()
File "/Users/jackson/BitBarPlugins/tesla.30m.py", line 106, in get_token
if 'access_token' in auth and auth['access_token']:
TypeError: argument of type 'NoneType' is not iterable

Having this same issue, how do I get around this?

Exiom · Dec 13, 2017

rohan3au said:
Having this same issue, how do I get around this?

To get around this you will need to manually get the access token and insert it into your Mac's keychain.

ahkahn · Dec 17, 2017

Not for the faint of heart on the installation, but boy, now that I've got it working, this is great. I ran into every problem listed in this thread... but made it through. Thank you for the coding!!!

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