It does not (at least now), that article is misleading - Tesla Maps did not come with the update, @BigD0g download the map data and enabled it manually. What knowledgeable people are reporting, Tesla can enable new maps without fw download - just a switch in config files that they can trigger, although, the map data needs to be downloaded first which is also separate from firmware
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Firmware Update 2018.12
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eye.surgeon
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I'm a big stuff you should know fan so thanks for the info. It's been annoying me for a while that it wouldn't play via tunein.
The Tesla maps engine has been on the cars for many many months as @verygreen pointed out long ago with his first look.
Now they simply updated the maps finally from what @verygreen found yesterday, but the engine has been in place since like 17.40 or so
Now they simply updated the maps finally from what @verygreen found yesterday, but the engine has been in place since like 17.40 or so
eye.surgeon
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I got it last night on my MCU1 S85, played around with maps and the browser, and don't see any improvement in interface or speed.
No, the video is from AP2 S with the old MCU, but the car is rooted
bebbiXpress
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The videos are made by @BigD0g and there's a thread about it here: Here it is the new Tesla Maps ( coming this weekend? )
I guess as he has root access to his car, he was able to tweak something so that adjacent cars are now displayed.
The person who took the video has rooted their car and enabled that feature. (It has been reported that it is in beta testing, but Tesla hasn't enabled it for non-testers yet.)
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It looked a little jiggly to me especially when doing lane changes. Seems like it could benefit from some more bake time otherwise these are the kinds of UI effects that in my experience triggers motion sickness within certain populations.
Some additional comments after 800 plus miles.
Nighttime me experience was spotty. During heavy rain autowipers were erratic and slow to respond and it resulted in AP bring confused and losing sight and driving crazily. Once it tried to take me into the next lane sharply and suddenly.
It did great in very very dense fog. Really helped me ensure I was ok. Kept a tight grip but did surprisingly well.
Nighttime greatly affected AP. Upstate NY didn't have the reflectors in the road nor did they use reflevtive paint so in rain, pooled on road, car kept losing lane lines and headlights confused it didn't help it. It was pretty much useless, just did TACC.
Overall best performance by AP 2 on this trip. Fifth round trip will be completed Wednesday next week. Started at 17.17.4 and 2018.12 had the fewest disengagements and most relaxing use.
Nighttime me experience was spotty. During heavy rain autowipers were erratic and slow to respond and it resulted in AP bring confused and losing sight and driving crazily. Once it tried to take me into the next lane sharply and suddenly.
It did great in very very dense fog. Really helped me ensure I was ok. Kept a tight grip but did surprisingly well.
Nighttime greatly affected AP. Upstate NY didn't have the reflectors in the road nor did they use reflevtive paint so in rain, pooled on road, car kept losing lane lines and headlights confused it didn't help it. It was pretty much useless, just did TACC.
Overall best performance by AP 2 on this trip. Fifth round trip will be completed Wednesday next week. Started at 17.17.4 and 2018.12 had the fewest disengagements and most relaxing use.
I found wide lane behavior better, but I went from 2018.6.1 to 2018.12.
I do continue to get better efficiency than I did before the update. I did a round trip yesterday of about 15 miles and the trip odometer said 250 Wh/Mi when I returned. I also found vampire drain when the car was parked was much lower than it used to be. Yesterday the car was parked in the sun for 2 hours (though temps were in the low 60s) and vampire drain was almost nil. Before I would lose a few miles in that situation.
Even having been parked for 2 hours my total energy used beat EPA rating. That has never happened when I've gone somewhere and parked the car for more than a couple of minutes.
Another thing I've noticed is the instrument cluster tends to shut down and reboots when I get back in the car. The middle screen comes back right away when I get in the car, but the instrument cluster is black and shows the Tesla logo reboot when I hit the brake. The instrument cluster does seem to reboot much faster than it used to though. I suspect that is related to the lower vampire drain.
They also seem to have fixed a problem I was working with the local SC on. It seemed that when the car was parked in the garage with the mirrors folded, if Tesla contacted the car (like technicians reading the logs), the mirrors would deploy when I got in the car. I almost broke the right mirror one day when it happened and I didn't notice until it almost hit the garage door frame.
The mirrors would also deploy the first time I drove the car after a firmware update which is why I suspected it had something to do with contact from the mothership. This update, the mirrors did not deploy the first time I backed out of the garage after the update.
That would be just about the definition of "old news".
pelargir
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We'd been on 2018.10 for what felt like an eternity. Having to read through pages of positive comments about the AP upgrades without being able to experience it was rough! I finally gave in and called Tesla's national support number.
They were immediately able to determine that new firmware downloads had been attempted several times but were failing due to the wi-fi connection. We were getting a solid 3 bars in the garage, but I guess that wasn't good enough. I moved the router to a spot where we got a full 5 bars and notified Tesla. They pushed the firmware again and within an hour we got the prompt to install. Yay!
So for anyone who has been having trouble getting 2018.12, try moving your router. Apparently a measly 3-bar signal is not adequate for downloading this latest update.
They were immediately able to determine that new firmware downloads had been attempted several times but were failing due to the wi-fi connection. We were getting a solid 3 bars in the garage, but I guess that wasn't good enough. I moved the router to a spot where we got a full 5 bars and notified Tesla. They pushed the firmware again and within an hour we got the prompt to install. Yay!
So for anyone who has been having trouble getting 2018.12, try moving your router. Apparently a measly 3-bar signal is not adequate for downloading this latest update.
I'm unconvinced that altering your wifi can speed up you getting an update. If the wifi is stable and the car isn't constantly disconnecting then it doesn't matter how many bars it has; wifi is definitely not going to be rate limiting the download initiating. Once it starts downloading it finishes downloading. I've gotten downloads in the very first batch and others in the very last batch to update while always being 3 bar or less. If you got yours faster it's because you pestered the service centre.
"Guidance and labels match real-world and highway signs whenever possible"
Reading that one would think that AP2 is able to read signs... maybe they're relying on all the AP1 cars out there to update their database of signage for everyone else. /s Sigh.
This just means that the GPS and Maps update will now show signs when approaching certain roads. The car/cameras aren't reading them just the GPS displaying them in the Instrument Cluster.
Joe F
Disruption is hard.
Odd, I didn't get those release notes when I installed 18.12.
As I mentioned upthread, here's the video. Again, I've never driven this road before, so I can not compare with earlier releases. I just know they would fail, except for perhaps 10.4?
Finally, the reverse route ran over the center lines twice, and I had to disengage. It was overcast, so no strong shadows either way. Needs further test runs I guess.
As I mentioned upthread, here's the video. Again, I've never driven this road before, so I can not compare with earlier releases. I just know they would fail, except for perhaps 10.4?
Finally, the reverse route ran over the center lines twice, and I had to disengage. It was overcast, so no strong shadows either way. Needs further test runs I guess.
It was stated somewhere (who knows) that that part of the release notes appears when the maps are enabled. One more conditional programming!
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