Model 3 dash cam and sentry setup help

[xdcthedoc]

So I thought i would post in case this helps anyone having trouble getting dashcam set up with a new SD card/ hard drive.

I bought this storage solution:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07855LJ99/ref=pe_3187911_185740111_TE_item

Setting up dashcam and sentry mode should have been easy i thought... very clear instructions from this site...

How to Setup Tesla DashCam and Sentry Mode - Pure Tesla

On windows you need to use a 3rd party app to format a drive this size so I used GUIformat

Ridgecrop Consultants Ltd

Which seemed to work OK... FAT32 file system confirmed and my TeslaCam folder in place.

However.... after multiple attempts repeating the process/ trying quick then slow formats.... the car would never recognise the disk!

I don't know why!

Anyway... as a last ditch I used another utility to format the disk just in case... and it worked!

Download from here:

https://www.rmprepusb.com/documents/rmprepusb-beta-versions

Set the disk to be non bootable and max partition then press prepare disc.

This worked first time and I now have functioning file storage.

Great feature!

 

[Roy W.]

So I thought i would post in case this helps anyone having trouble getting dashcam set up with a new SD card/ hard drive.

I bought this storage solution:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07855LJ99/ref=pe_3187911_185740111_TE_item

Setting up dashcam and sentry mode should have been easy i thought... very clear instructions from this site...

How to Setup Tesla DashCam and Sentry Mode - Pure Tesla

On windows you need to use a 3rd party app to format a drive this size so I used GUIformat

Ridgecrop Consultants Ltd

Which seemed to work OK... FAT32 file system confirmed and my TeslaCam folder in place.

However.... after multiple attempts repeating the process/ trying quick then slow formats.... the car would never recognise the disk!

I don't know why!

Anyway... as a last ditch I used another utility to format the disk just in case... and it worked!

Download from here:

https://www.rmprepusb.com/documents/rmprepusb-beta-versions

Set the disk to be non bootable and max partition then press prepare disc.

This worked first time and I now have functioning file storage.

Great feature!

Alternatively, use an Apple Mac

 

[xdcthedoc]

Alternatively, use an Apple Mac

Umm - yes.

It is a bit frustrating that microsoft are chosing to make life difficult for us PC users

Still... you have probably paid a LOT more money for your equivalent CPU speed / memory / GFX power than me.. so it is all good!

 

[Roy W.]

Umm - yes.

It is a bit frustrating that microsoft are chosing to make life difficult for us PC users

Still... you have probably paid a LOT more money for your equivalent CPU speed / memory / GFX power than me.. so it is all good!

I know what you mean. I paid almost £2k for my iMac. But it is five years old now, and it still boots up in less than 20 seconds.

I used PCs at home and work between 1984 and 2015, but I’ve never regretted swapping to Mac. It just works!

 

[MrBadger]

I bought this storage solution:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07855LJ99/ref=pe_3187911_185740111_TE_item

Please keep people up to date re long term reliability. All in one USB sticks such as that linked do not have a good reputation for long term reliability - thats the reason why many go for SD/MicroSD (especially 'Endurance' cards) or potentially better SSD based solutions - they are more robust when continuously being written to.

 

[xdcthedoc]

Please keep people up to date re long term reliability. All in one USB sticks such as that linked do not have a good reputation for long term reliability - thats the reason why many go for SD/MicroSD (especially 'Endurance' cards) or potentially better SSD based solutions - they are more robust when continuously being written to.

Ah OK - I wasn't aware of an issue.

So far so good reviewing dash cam footage tonight.

Going to test sentry tomorrow.

 

[MrBadger]

When viewing clips, I found this cross platform website to be very useful - no data is uploaded to any websites so even works offline.

TeslaCam Video WebApp Player

 

[kuruma]

It just works!

Er no... they just don't... and that's over five years of working exclusively on top of the line iMacs and iPad Pros professionally until I retired this year. I now refuse to even eat apples.

 

[xdcthedoc]

When viewing clips, I found this cross platform website to be very useful - no data is uploaded to any websites so even works offline.

TeslaCam Video WebApp Player

For some reason that site isnt working for me...

I have been using this...

Tesla Sentry Cam Software, Sentry Keeper, Tesla Sentry, Sentry Monitor

Clunky - but cool seeing all 4 streams at once.

EDIT - fot the web app to work... but only in IE - chrome not playing ball. Sentry keeper is maybe better in that it lets you create a merged video file to save?

 

[MrBadger]

I used sentry keeper for a bit, but much prefer TeslaCam. ymmv.

 

[KaraGUK]

So I thought i would post in case this helps anyone having trouble getting dashcam set up with a new SD card/ hard drive.

I bought this storage solution:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07855LJ99/ref=pe_3187911_185740111_TE_item

Setting up dashcam and sentry mode should have been easy i thought... very clear instructions from this site...

How to Setup Tesla DashCam and Sentry Mode - Pure Tesla

On windows you need to use a 3rd party app to format a drive this size so I used GUIformat

Ridgecrop Consultants Ltd

Which seemed to work OK... FAT32 file system confirmed and my TeslaCam folder in place.

However.... after multiple attempts repeating the process/ trying quick then slow formats.... the car would never recognise the disk!

I don't know why!

Anyway... as a last ditch I used another utility to format the disk just in case... and it worked!

Download from here:

https://www.rmprepusb.com/documents/rmprepusb-beta-versions

Set the disk to be non bootable and max partition then press prepare disc.

This worked first time and I now have functioning file storage.

Great feature!

Thank you so much I couldn't get the car to recognise the microSD until I tried your fix!

 

[Leilani]

So I thought i would post in case this helps anyone having trouble getting dashcam set up with a new SD card/ hard drive.

I bought this storage solution:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07855LJ99/ref=pe_3187911_185740111_TE_item

Setting up dashcam and sentry mode should have been easy i thought... very clear instructions from this site...

How to Setup Tesla DashCam and Sentry Mode - Pure Tesla

On windows you need to use a 3rd party app to format a drive this size so I used GUIformat

Ridgecrop Consultants Ltd

Which seemed to work OK... FAT32 file system confirmed and my TeslaCam folder in place.

However.... after multiple attempts repeating the process/ trying quick then slow formats.... the car would never recognise the disk!

I don't know why!

Anyway... as a last ditch I used another utility to format the disk just in case... and it worked!

Download from here:

https://www.rmprepusb.com/documents/rmprepusb-beta-versions

Set the disk to be non bootable and max partition then press prepare disc.

This worked first time and I now have functioning file storage.

Great feature!

Thanks so much for this. I have been struggling to get the dashcam going with no luck. Worked instantly!