Revisiting USB thumbdrives with remote access

[GPinzone]

Has anyone attempted to use any new storage devices that can be access remotely via WiFi in their Tesla for USB audio and accessing TeslaCam videos? I believe the only thing that works like that is the Raspberry Pi thing. Something like the SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick Flash Drive wasn't feasible but I don't remember why.

 

[BluestarE3]

See here:

Sentry Mode

 

[GPinzone]

That's not bad, but it seems like you need to do it from a phone. You can't do it from any computer on the WiFi network. That's a silly limitation.

 

[BluestarE3]

That's not bad, but it seems like you need to do it from a phone. You can't do it from any computer on the WiFi network. That's a silly limitation.

Connecting to a SanDisk Connect Wireless Flash Drive without using an app

 

[GPinzone]

Connecting to a SanDisk Connect Wireless Flash Drive without using an app

That's good for getting you videos off. Not so good for putting music on. BTW, if you're accessing it, does that screw up sentry mode? It says it's not writable while in wifi mode.

 

[C141medic]

Anyone have any experience with this? I’m finishing up (finally) my Raspberrypi install hopefully today but saw this the other day. Not sure if it would write dash cam data to the usb/sd card through the charging cable?

https://www.kingston.com/us/wireless/wireless_readers/mlwg3

 

[GPinzone]

Anyone have any experience with this? I’m finishing up (finally) my Raspberrypi install hopefully today but saw this the other day. Not sure if it would write dash cam data to the usb/sd card through the charging cable?

MobileLite Wireless G3 & Pro — Portable Charger, SD Card Reader | Kingston

It looks like you need a special app to connect to it. I'd rather just have a device that works provides SMB (Windows share) and/or NFS (Linux). I think the Raspberry Pi is the only thing that does this so far.

 

[Krash]

The SanDisk devices can be configured either way. If changed via the app, they go from WiFi server to client and you can ditch the app. I don't think you can assign them a fixed IP address though.

More on the topic here: SanDisk Connect

 

[Eno Deb]

Anyone have any experience with this? I’m finishing up (finally) my Raspberrypi install hopefully today but saw this the other day. Not sure if it would write dash cam data to the usb/sd card through the charging cable?

MobileLite Wireless G3 & Pro — Portable Charger, SD Card Reader | Kingston

Not sure I understand correctly what you are trying to do, but this device does not expose a USB storage device on the micro-USB port, so you cannot write to either a plugged in USB drive or the internal memory through USB. The port is purely for charging.

It looks like you need a special app to connect to it. I'd rather just have a device that works provides SMB (Windows share) and/or NFS (Linux). I think the Raspberry Pi is the only thing that does this so far.

It does provide SMB (and a web server that you can use to access the files with any browser). I sometimes use this to access USB storage media from my iPhone. It's also a handy travel router.

 

[C141medic]

Not sure I understand correctly what you are trying to do, but this device does not expose a USB storage device on the micro-USB port, so you cannot write to either a plugged in USB drive or the internal memory through USB. The port is purely for charging.
It does provide SMB (and a web server that you can use to access the files with any browser). I sometimes use this to access USB storage media from my iPhone. It's also a handy travel router.

What I’m looking to do is simulate the functionality of the Raspberrypi Tesla usb cam without the setup hassles. I thought I had the Pi correctly configured but when I plugged it in the USB port in the car, the pi light activated but the unit wasn’t recognized and the dashcam icon on the screen didn’t activate. It sure would be nice if there was a 2-4 port usb hub with WiFi available.

 

[insaneoctane]

I want this functionality too. Amazed that it seems like a niche product.

 

[omgwtfbyobbq]

It looks like you need a special app to connect to it. I'd rather just have a device that works provides SMB (Windows share) and/or NFS (Linux). I think the Raspberry Pi is the only thing that does this so far.

Eyefi cards may work on win/*nix too.

Using Eye-Fi Card on Linux » Linux Magazine

Edit - Scratch that if you're looking for something that provides it's own share.