Sentry Mode Questions

[Kdblondie]

I've had my M3 for about 2 weeks now. I just bought a 128GB and it was already formatted to FAT32. I plugged it in to the front USB and when I got in this morning it said I had 6 notifications but when I plugged into my computer the USB has no files. Is there a special setup I'm missing? I just unplugged it, I didn't see anything special to eject it like on a computer you have to eject before unplugging the drive. Do I have to set up a file on the USB?

 

[rad1027]

I know you have to press and hold the camera with a red dot icon down for about a couple of seconds. It will flash quickly and then it will look greyed out. That’s when you can remove the flash drive.

 

[Saghost]

Did you create a root level folder called TeslaCam?

Do you see the little camera with the red light icon when you drive?

 

[Skione65]

Both of the above......Touch camera icon, wait for ‘flash’ to unmount drive and TeslaCam folder.

Ski

 

[Pegann]

I've had my M3 for about 2 weeks now. I just bought a 128GB and it was already formatted to FAT32. I plugged it in to the front USB and when I got in this morning it said I had 6 notifications but when I plugged into my computer the USB has no files. Is there a special setup I'm missing? I just unplugged it, I didn't see anything special to eject it like on a computer you have to eject before unplugging the drive. Do I have to set up a file on the USB?

 

[Pegann]

In version 10 update there's a separate folder for sentry mode recordings

 

[Trevor B]

When are the recordings triggered?

I saw there was 6 events, but none of the (sentry) recordings had anything of interest (it was just generic footage).

 

[Vaillant]

When are the recordings triggered?

I saw there was 6 events, but none of the (sentry) recordings had anything of interest (it was just generic footage).

Did you look at the last recording from each instance on each camera?

 

[ColonelRHS]

My Sentry puts it's files in 'Saved Files'. When I put the thumb drive onto my PC, I click on' removable disc', then click on Tesla Cam, it shows two lines..... dash cam files, and the saved files. The dash cam files show front, sides, and rear camera, I discoverd the saved file is the Sentry camera.... filled with people walking by or behind the car, causing it to record motion events while the dash camera is off.

 

[Knightshade]

My Sentry puts it's files in 'Saved Files'. When I put the thumb drive onto my PC, I click on' removable disc', then click on Tesla Cam, it shows two lines..... dash cam files, and the saved files. The dash cam files show front, sides, and rear camera, I discoverd the saved file is the Sentry camera.... filled with people walking by or behind the car, causing it to record motion events while the dash camera is off.

This is not correct.

Sentry doesn't record anything- the dashcam does.

All sentry does is copy the last 10 minutes of dashcam files to that saved folder when it goes into alert mode... (which is why the clip of someone walking past is usually in minutes 9 or 10 of the saved footage).

Sentry couldn't magically, retroactively, record the last 10 minutes if the dashcam was off.