sentry mode

I don’t use sentry mode much. Twice out of a maybe 5 times I have used it, it has turned off due to “sensor error”. Both times it was for an extended period of time (over night). This happened in 2019.24.2 and 2019.28.3.1. Anyone else?

Hi there! Question for the community: does anyone know of a 2TB flash drive that exists that will work for TeslaCam? I have a Model 3 and have been using a 2TB external hard drive up until recently, which was working fine up until 2-3 weeks ago when I suddenly received a compatibility error...

In trying to understand how to record Sentry events on my Model S 100D AP 2.0 (purchased and waiting for 3.0 FSD) I’ve learned that for some reason Sentry Mode won’t work even then. I haven’t found an explanation that makes technical sense. If someone better understands and could share a bit on...

Mystery symptoms for my tesla, please help if you have had similar issues or understand how to solve it. This is for my 2017 model X 75D, HW2.5/MCU 1 EAP/FSD currently on 2019.24.2. So I've had a few ongoing issues with sentry mode since it came out. First off, notice my card getting corrupted...

Sentry mode keeps turning itself on and checking all the exclude boxes. Twice I've made sure that "exclude favorites" was unchecked and sentry was off from my mobile device. When I go to turn it on within the car it's already enabled and "exclude favorites" is re-checked. I think this started...

Short Version TLDR My Tesla has the dashcam equipment but Tesla says it won't work with DAS 2.0. Questions: Is this true (and how do I check)? Is there a way to fix this, get it upgraded, etc? Full Version I have a December 2016 Model S 75D (was a 60D) and have been trying to get the dashcam...

Had my SR+ for about 2 weeks and I love it. I can't figure out why there are so many videos of me driving in the "saved" folder. I understand that it saves clips from the Sentry mode, but most of these clips are from when I'm driving. Also I read that you have to turn Sentry on every time you...

hi all, I have had my MS p100d for over two years. Yesterday my car was broken into at the golf course. They smashed my passenger window and took a work bag that had very confidential information in it along with my computers, wallet etc. I did NOT have a usb installed (i didn't know i had...

I've been emailing Tesla over persistent issues I had with Angel, my Model X having to do with the voice command system refusing to listen (possibly because Angel has started to act like a teenager). After awhile Tim from service called and we spent over an hour on the phone working through...

12/17 manufactured Tesla S75. Latest software. Samsung 32GB EVO micro SD It was my understanding that when the USB drive was full, the dash cam would overwrite the older recordings. My dash cam icon goes from having a red dot in the upper right corner to a gray X after a few days when...

Hi all, new member here. I setup a Samsung SSD for DashCam, and it works fine. I am able to manually initiate recordings while underway and successfully review them on my laptop. However, I am not seeing any recordings for Sentry Mode. I enable it, walk to the car without the key or smartphone...

Sadly, my Model 3 was broken into yesterday, with the passenger rear quarter glass being broken first, then my rear passenger window. I had sentry mode activated, the blue button appeared on my phone, and I made sure that it appeared as recording on my touchscreen. My biggest fault in having...

I would like to use Sentry Mode on my Model 3, but do not need the dashcam driving footage (I use a BlackVue instead). Does Sentry Mode work standalone, without the need to activate the driving dashcam? For some reason, I don't seem to get any recorded Sentry Mode footage (even though my car...

Today was car wash day, and as I was drying my car, I noticed a scuff mark on my passenger side rear fender. Dun dun dunnnnnnnnn so here goes the needle in a haystack of sentry videos, but I found them. Interestingly enough after hitting me and continuing his life unbothered, a witness is seen...

Hello! I tried to find a "how to" post on formatting large capacity flash drives but I can only find links to external utilities or programs to purchase. Now that we have Sentry Mode on all the time (except when we're home!) and, since I like to save clips especially on beautiful days - I'm...

So yesterday when I began my drive home, I quickly noticed something strange: none of my AP systems were functioning. I had no TACC, no AP, and none of the other stuff was showing on my dash. No lane lines, no nearby traffic, nothing. Did some calling to service and to a Tesla Ranger. What...

ever have a feeling something happened to your car when you weren’t around. Thankfully sentrycam is there to watch it for you. Fortunately this carts bottom is longer than it’s top and it hit the tire. But c’mon man, where’d you learn to unload a shopping cart.

I am having certain issues with my M3 AWD sentry mode. The issues are best summed up by this thread in the MS forum Sentry mode bugs 1) Visually busy backgrounds(think brick buildings, trees, faded asphalt) will cause half or more of the picture to pixelate and blur. 2) Cars pulling in next...

I'll cut to the chase, my car was bumped hard from behind while it was parked with Sentry mode turned on. The damage isn't great, but I have really deep scratches all over the rear bumper, and it is a total bummer after just getting the entire car opticoated. Sounds like I should just be able to...

Hey everyone. I looked but couldn't find anything directly referencing this so thought I would ask the collective brain. I have a late 2016 S 90D, HW 2.0 with EAP. Currently running 2019.20.1. More out of curiosity than anything else, I inserted a properly formatted 128 Gb USB drive and left...

I have maybe 20% success getting usable video out of the right hand camera. Sometimes it affects the other cameras as well. I believe I'm stopping the usb properly, its a new 32GB USB3.1 drive, as well.

Don't know if is this is related, but husband's MS had problems with AP and Sentry Mode being on together recently. AP suddenly wasn't working. Turning Sentry off and coming back to the car and turning Sentry mode back on resolved the issue for him. Just now I looked in on his car which was...

Hello all. I am heartbroken that my first post to this great community as a new Model 3 owner is to talk about a breakin. But last night, I came out to a parking lot after a movie and my passenger door was slightly ajar and my valuables (fortunately not much) stolen. She was in Sentry Mode and...

I live in an area that gets frequent morning fog. I've noticed reviewing some of the Sentry Mode footage, that the early morning footage is literally foggy. My suggestion for Sentry mode is that if there's sufficient SoC, that the wipers periodically clear the windshield so the front camera can...

I drove from Redmond, WA down to Seaside Oregon with a stop to recharge at Centralia--about half-way down. All-in-all it was a fun trip. I got a false start when I realized that my dashcam was not working so I turned around (I had only gone a mile or so) to reformat the USB key. I backed it up...

When browsing my sentry mode clips from today, I came across a clip of a rather flagrant mirror bumper. I've uploaded a portion of the clip here on YouTube. Absolutely no regard for my car; if the mirrors hadn't been folded or if we were parked closer to the line she might have damaged...

I've just had Sentry Mode set up for a day recording to USB, and already I have 150 files! I know there are three different camera angles, so realistically, only 50 "events." Even still, this seems like an excessive amount of video files for just one day. Is there any way to adjust the...

The cruise control on my Model 3 quit working today. I now get a message "Cruise control unavailable" each time I attempt to engage cruise control. Tesla support had me "Power Off" the car from the Safety & Security menu. That didn't fix the problem. Cruise control worked during two drives...

I've searched for an answer for this but couldn't find anything yet. Is it possible to unlock your Model 3 via passive entry while Sentry Mode is enabled without triggering a recording? I figured it would be able to sense my phone's Bluetooth and disable sentry mode, but every time I haven't...

My wife parked our Model 3 in a semi-busy area while she went shopping at Target at 6:30 pm last night. While shopping Sentry Mode caught some punks drive up (in a Mercedes nonetheless), break the rear quarter window, fold down the seat, realize there was nothing valuable, drove ahead to the...

Anyone know what it takes to trigger the stereo in Model S/X sentry mode? I can’t seem to do it, though it does record and HAL shows up. How is motion in cabin supposed to be detected?

Hey, first post here! Just wanted to let everybody know that I made a free Android app for viewing TeslaCam and Sentry videos on Android devices. This requires an OTG adapter to plug your USB stick into your phone. Once you have one, just plug it in, run this app, find your TeslaCam folder...

Found this on my USB when I checked the Sentry Mode event. An entire photoshoot. Haven’t seen anyone post anything like this so I figured I would share. Has anyone else captured anything really different or interesting?

Hi, new Tesla owner here and I have a question on Sentry Mode. I turn on sentry mode every night, since I have to park my model 3 out in an open garage lot. This morning I received a green notice sign on my dashboard saying "Sentry Mode Report available". I didn't connect a USB or a hard-drive...

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I have been using the Sentry Mode for a week now. I thought that the way it works was supposed to be the following: You enable Sentry Mode after parking. The car is monitoring its surroundings for events. When it detects an event, it starts recording video from four cameras: the front, back and...

Have had my M3 Dual Motor for 5 days now. There was an intervening Software update while I was out of town. Now I find thet the chill/standard options are greyed out (with the car stuck in chill mode). Additionally, sentry mode is greyed out Any suggestions on why they got disabled and how I...

I usually turn Sentry Mode on when parking our Model 3. The latest update to 2019.12.1.2 appears to have problems when Sentry Mode is active. I've been getting notifications on the app that an update is available and it will take 25 minutes. I've told it several times to install but the install...

It's my understanding that TeslaCam files are saved only when you tap the button on-screen, saving the last 10 minutes of video to the SavedClips directory. It's also my understanding that Sentry Mode files are saved to the same directory whenever the system is triggered. As of 12.1.2, I'm...

Greetings Tesla Community, I recently got the firmware update 2019.12.11 that has Sentry Mode that I was very happy about that as I have hardware 2.0 and was told I wouldn’t be receiving the Sentry Mode update! I also purchased a 32gig SanDisk 3.0 thumb drive from Amazon to use for Sentry Mode...

Recently, I added a USB drive to my model 3 to test the recording of sentry mode. I formatted the drive and created folder structure. It worked however the videos quickly filled up the drive. I deleted the videos and did another test. This time I did not drive my car for a full day...

I was using an 8GB flash drive for my dashcam and Sentry, which worked for a bit, and I noticed the dashcam had the little x on it. So I looked at it, and it said it was full. So I deleted all the content, put it back in, and voila - Worked again. Of course, it soon filled up again so I bought a...

Last night, I parked my vehicle in a mall lot & activated Sentry mode while my family watched a movie. When I got back to the vehicle, the driver display said there was one incident. Since it has AP 2.0, I can’t record any camera data. However, are there any data available to me like a time...

Hoi allen, Gisteren was ik op bezoek bij mijn ouders in Koksijde en was ik gaan laden aan een publieke laadpaal. De auto was netjes vergrendeld, niets zichtbaars achtergelaten, Sentry-mode geactiveerd en alles ging goed. Toen ik na een kleine 2 uur terugkwam zag ik tot mijn grote verbazing dat...

I'm on firmware 2019.7.102. I have a correctly formatted USB that works fine with the dashcam. Tesla chat support says I should have Sentry mode with my firmware. They have had me reboot & poweroff/on the car but still no luck. They are at a loss for why I am not seeing it. Any ideas? thx

Hi, Just started using sentry mode, and am finding while parked/sentry mode enabled the right repeater cam does not always record(0 bites on flash). When it does it usually has green on the bottom half or is very pixelated. Does anyone else run into that issue and able to fix it? When...

Hi all, I have a 32 GB Corsair flash drive formatted FAT 32 that has been plugged into my car for months. The red light is always appears on the camera icon when I'm driving. Today, my Sentry Mode went full alarm. I got to the car very fast and noticed no damage, and suspect it was some very...

Nothing major, but the other driver had me worried that she was gonna lie saying I rear-ended her. Honestly, it was probably just me, but she rubbed me the wrong way. Newark NJ is a city where they don’t send an officer to take a report unless there are injuries. So it’s up to the drivers to...

I just got the Sentry mode update and enabled it. I noticed when returning to my parked car that my BlackVue (connected to front cig outlet) was still on and recording. Is this now getting power 24/7? I was actually thinking about hardwiring the BlackVue but if this is always on now, maybe...