Firmware 5.8

[Mayhemm]

Just go to a service center, pick up any UMC cable thats plugged into the wall, click the button, and watch every single car around pop their charge ports open.

I could see this becoming quite annoying.

So, when you're at a public charger in a mall or parking garage, do you have to check the area for other Model S's whose charge port you may have inadvertently triggered?

I know if I returned to my car to find the charge port open I would wonder what was going on.

Put the car in drive and it does indeed switch to 3G. However, if your phone/hotspot is already set up a tap of the antenna icon gets you connected and you stay connected until after the car goes from Park to Drive again.

So you have to manually connect your car to the hotspot every time you put the car in DRIVE? You'd think the car would prioritize WIFI over 3G, even if you have a connectivity package. Or at least have a checkbox to do so.

 

[jomo25]

Actually, I specifically tested for this today. It didn't switch to 3G when I engaged Drive. Multiple times it worked as I would like (stuck with my hotspot). Not sure why it didn't earlier (it right after my first connection to the hotspot, so perhaps it wasn't "fully" set). But on my way home it worked perfectly. Will try again tomorrow.

 

[NigelM]

So, when you're at a public charger in a mall or parking garage, do you have to check the area for other Model S's whose charge port you may have inadvertently triggered?

No, because only the Tesla connectors trigger the charge port door to open.

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So you have to manually connect your car to the hotspot every time you put the car in DRIVE?

That was my experience in a car with v5.6 and I tried it a couple of times. Jomo25 found differently (see his post above).

 

[mknox]

No, because only the Tesla connectors trigger the charge port door to open.

Unless you have your UMC plugged in to a 120v outlet at, say, the airport and there's other Teslas around when you press the button...

 

[ModelS1079]

Fell like I am using eight track tapes and floppy disks...

Can I create a hot spot/ tether from my iPhone? (4S)

 

[NigelM]

Can I create a hot spot/ tether from my iPhone? (4S)

Go to settings/general/cellular/hotspot on your phone, then tap the 3G icon in your car and it should search and find your hotspot as WiFi. Your phone will give you the access password and Model S remembers the password for future use.

 

[Mayhemm]

@mknox: Beat me to it! :tongue:

Still didn't get an answer to my original query, just a deflection. What is the range of the transmitter?

 

[NigelM]

Unless you have your UMC plugged in to a 120v outlet at, say, the airport and there's other Teslas around when you press the button...

The OP asked about public chargers.

 

[xhawk101]

I too miss the jolt.

I don't drive to 60 much and i want my responsiveness back! It's smooth as hell now, but no fun!

Jesus people just put the pedal to the metal! I love the smooth transition and happy to push it all the way when I need it!

 

[mknox]

The OP asked about public chargers.

Not to put too fine a point on it, but a lot of the public charging stations around here have both J1772 cables and NEMA 5-20 outlets. I've seen stations where a car may be using the J1772 and the next guy is using the "better than nothing" 120v outlet. (Have not seen a Tesla doing this, however!)

 

[Monto]

Not to put too fine a point on it, but a lot of the public charging stations around here have both J1772 cables and NEMA 5-20 outlets. I've seen stations where a car may be using the J1772 and the next guy is using the "better than nothing" 120v outlet. (Have not seen a Tesla doing this, however!)

I use a 120V outlet at the airport. It takes about 36 hours to top off, but I am gone at least that long. Since I am plugged in, my charge port is open, so it wouldn't matter if someone pushed their button.

 

[mknox]

I use a 120V outlet at the airport. It takes about 36 hours to top off, but I am gone at least that long. Since I am plugged in, my charge port is open, so it wouldn't matter if someone pushed their button.

Hopefully you won't have 120 volt charging issues on 5.8 like this guy.

 

[contaygious]

I would say to write to ownership. I can see reasons to have it both ways. My own email is going to suggest that we make the responsiveness an option.

I notice that the SLEEP behavior in 5.8 is different than 5.6. It is more aggressive. On 5.6 I never saw the T on the driver console as it woke up. And I never had huge delays with the mobile app. Now my car seems to be sleeping more deeply and more often. On 5.6 I didn't notice any significant vampire losses, but my car is in parking garages most of the time so temperatures are very moderate. I am experimenting today with Energy Saver mode off to see what the losses are for me. I think I'd like to see a tri-state option: Off (like today's Off), Moderate (5.6 flavor of energy saver), High (5.8 flavor). That seems like it should better span the range of interests.

I wrote emails and they won't acknowledge that it changed in ownership or service. It is clearly different so not sure why I'm the only crazy one aho noticed. If I need to pass someone quickly the slower response hurts a lot.

For the tether thing isn't it annoying to always pull out your phone and turn on hot spot. Then turn it off when you get out of the car? Otherwise wouldn't your phone batter die quickly if you left it on?

 

[ACDriveMotor]

I am actually a little less convinced there is a real change to the accel mapping after a few more days. Maybe I am adapting. Alternatively I've since rebooted the driver and center consoles a bunch of times. Maybe there was something there that is now cleared up.

 

[contaygious]

Rebooting changed my regen back, but the car is still slower accelerating. I never had to floor it before driving around sf ever until i upgraded from 5.6 to 5.8

 

[Doug_G]

FWIW I went from 4.5 to 5.8 and didn't notice any change in accelerator mapping.

 

[hans]

For the tether thing isn't it annoying to always pull out your phone and turn on hot spot. Then turn it off when you get out of the car? Otherwise wouldn't your phone batter die quickly if you left it on?

On Android it's very easy to setup an automated task that turns on the hotspot when the phone is connected to the car's bluetooth and turns it back off as soon as you walk away from the car.

 

[ACDriveMotor]

If it is there (and not saying it isn't) it seems subtle. There are times I think I feel the difference and times that I don't. When I do think I feel it there seems less sensitivity to small movements than before.

 

[steve841]

On Android it's very easy to setup an automated task that turns on the hotspot when the phone is connected to the car's bluetooth and turns it back off as soon as you walk away from the car.

Please spell that out for the rest of us! Thanks.

 

[hans]

Please spell that out for the rest of us! Thanks.

Here you go.

http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/show...n-automatic-Tesla-hotspot?p=510107#post510107