Does Sentry Mode fix the USB music restart issue?

[GPinzone]

I hate it when a bunch of things change at the same time. It's difficult to know what factors fixes or cause an issue. I got a software update to 5.15 recently. I got the dreaded X for the front camera recording. I didn't attempt to reformat and try it again. I swapped it for another much bigger thumbdrive I was saving for the change to sentry mode. I put the new thumbdrive in and it worked fine. I later enabled sentry mode to see if it would cause any issues with the thumbdrive. So far, USB music has picked up exactly where it left off when I exited the vehicle. I'm glad everything works, but I have no idea why.

BTW, I use a single USB drive that's been partitioned. The partitions are GPT, not msdos. I use a Linux boot disk and use GParted to partition and format the thumbdrive just like always. The first partition is for music and the second is for the cameras.

 

[Knightshade]

Sentry keeps the car out of deep sleep mode so that's probably it... (why Tesla can't figure out how to save a "state" on media before going into sleep, a problem they've left unfixed for years is a whole other question)

 

[Sotto Voce]

I have no idea what the correlation is between Sentry mode and anything else, but can confirm, for me, that since the 5.15 update my usb music starts upon reentry where it left off when I exited. That is a welcome improvement.

 

[sduck]

I presume you're asking about version 2019.5.15, the update that adds sentry mode. And yes, now USB audio resumes properly. It's still got some bugs, and I keep reporting them, but mostly it works well, and sounds great.

Oh, and since the car itself runs on linux, I don't think it really cares how you partition the drive. I did my ssd drive with a mac and it works fine. And try formatting your music drive with ext4 - it works better than fat32.

 

[pblake1]

I got the 5.15 update, but no release notes concerning Sentry mode, nor can I trigger anything by pounding on the glass. I guess I'll get it in the next release. Could there be partial releases under 5.15 coded by the characters after the 2019.5.15?

 

[pblake1]

Oops! Works well if you turn it on with the ap. Dumb me!

 

[BluestarE3]

Oops! Works well if you turn it on with the ap. Dumb me!

You can also turn it on from the touchscreen under Safety & Security.