Greetings All
I have originally raised this point with Tesla (mail to ServiceHelpEU <[email protected]>) - briefly the problem is:
I have underground parking here in Switzerland. It is very, very common. Along with running 400v triple phase to my two parking spots, I pulled a few strands of Cat-7 ethernet cable as well. On one of those is a wifi access point, which works well. My P90D can connect to the access point without any problems.
As far as a cellular data connection goes there is nothing (neither GSM nor LTE). As there are many tons of rebar and concrete overhead, this is to be expected.
I would really like to be able to squeeze my Model S against the wall by using summon to back in. This is currently not possible because of the behaviour of the car. If I summon the car (connected to Wifi) it stops just after going from P to D or R. The Wifi connection drops and try to switch to cellular as soon as the car goes out of park. Tesla says this is normal.
Several software releases ago Wifi summon worked (in one direction). My delivery guys says more emails to ServiceHelp will help the problem gain visibility.
Thinking about potential fixes:
1. Do not disconnect the wifi connection if there is no one in the front seat (I am assuming here that there is a system accessible pressure sensor in the seat)
2. Re-enable summon via the fob for those of us in underground parking (which is the norm here in Switzerland). Another DS has said for liability reasons this will never be enabled here...
3. Use direct app-to-car via Bluetooth for the summon functionality.
Any one of these three would fix the issue; The first option is likely the best and most straight forward to implement.
I have explored putting in an LTE repeater in the garage. The minimum I can get away with is 3,000 CHF, which is a bit more that I want to spend.
So, for anyone in the same boat, please send an email to the address above (feel free to copy my "problem text").
Many thanks
P
I have originally raised this point with Tesla (mail to ServiceHelpEU <[email protected]>) - briefly the problem is:
I have underground parking here in Switzerland. It is very, very common. Along with running 400v triple phase to my two parking spots, I pulled a few strands of Cat-7 ethernet cable as well. On one of those is a wifi access point, which works well. My P90D can connect to the access point without any problems.
As far as a cellular data connection goes there is nothing (neither GSM nor LTE). As there are many tons of rebar and concrete overhead, this is to be expected.
I would really like to be able to squeeze my Model S against the wall by using summon to back in. This is currently not possible because of the behaviour of the car. If I summon the car (connected to Wifi) it stops just after going from P to D or R. The Wifi connection drops and try to switch to cellular as soon as the car goes out of park. Tesla says this is normal.
Several software releases ago Wifi summon worked (in one direction). My delivery guys says more emails to ServiceHelp will help the problem gain visibility.
Thinking about potential fixes:
1. Do not disconnect the wifi connection if there is no one in the front seat (I am assuming here that there is a system accessible pressure sensor in the seat)
2. Re-enable summon via the fob for those of us in underground parking (which is the norm here in Switzerland). Another DS has said for liability reasons this will never be enabled here...
3. Use direct app-to-car via Bluetooth for the summon functionality.
Any one of these three would fix the issue; The first option is likely the best and most straight forward to implement.
I have explored putting in an LTE repeater in the garage. The minimum I can get away with is 3,000 CHF, which is a bit more that I want to spend.
So, for anyone in the same boat, please send an email to the address above (feel free to copy my "problem text").
Many thanks
P