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How is your rear camera after MCU1 to MCU2 upgade (dark?)

Discussion in 'Model S' started by Battpower, Apr 28, 2020.

  1. rob4448585

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    pic with no street lights and brake lights off MCU2 (normally as we all know it's just 100% crushed black)

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  2. CaliMS

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    Well well! This is good news indeed! Just did MCU2 and could tell right away how much darker it was.. here's to hoping for a new SW load for my car soon.
     
  3. rob4448585

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    OMG it's so nice again. Did a bunch of night time driving and was so happy to see again via the rearview cam :)
     
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    Wow, I just got 2021.4.3 and what a difference!
     
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  5. NoStinkingGas

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    Such a nice surprise. I almost gave up on them fixing it. Didn’t know about it until after the 2021.4.3 software update. I wish they list the bug fixes with each update.
     
  6. fcastrillo86

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    I'm glad Tesla fixed this. To be honest, I didn't notice the fix, but I've only had MCU2 for two days lol.
     
  7. NoStinkingGas

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    This is odd. Just had a test run and the rear camera is fine while it’s on display. But Teslacam recordings have the old dark images. Maybe the FW3 needs that darkness or they just haven’t fixed that part yet.
     
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  8. bktiger86

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    I can confirm. With the updated 2021.4.3 MCU2 rear camera looks way better. I can actually see in the dark!
     
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    #229 appleguru, Feb 13, 2021
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    it’s not surprising tbh; as I mentioned a few posts back, the teslacam recordings come from the APE as h264 encoded UDP feeds. The MCU just muxes them to mp4 files and writes them to USB. The APE has its own processing pipeline and it looks like whatever they fixed/adjusted they only fixed on the MCU for the “live” display (for now).
     
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  10. Nick70d

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    Mine still dark :(
     
  11. domodan

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    Did you update to 2021.X.X?
     
  12. Nick70d

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    Yes, 2021.4.6
     
  13. Horia

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    Victory! Not as good as MCU1, but definitely usable.
     

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    I'm excited to try this out! With the pandemic I only drive my car like once a week, and not typically at night, so I haven't noticed yet!
     

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