They could just email the 10-minutes of video to your account... No need to store it at all.
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Sentry Mode
- Thread starter Chanceofthat
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- Model 3 Model S Model X Tesla Inc.
They could just email the 10-minutes of video to your account... No need to store it at all.
Eno Deb
Active Member
Wow, this is great! Almost wish the car would try talking to the thiefs rather than playing music. "Dave, stop. Will you stop Dave? I'm afraid. Daisy, Daisy".
C141medic
Active Member
Are you referring to the new Easter egg?
Tesla Reveals 'Back to the Future' Easter Eggs in Latest App Version
davedavedave
Member
Yes, it's on the app only, not on the car's screen. I had just read about it that morning and so knew what to do and my car was right in that range. Kept watching the range and almost magically I pulled into our street hitting 121 so got to check in out in our driveway. Had hoped I wouldn't be driving and miss it.
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Another idea is to have the video files be temporarily stored on the system flash and only upload once it's connected to WiFi.
sreams
Member
Most email accounts allow a maximum attachment size of 20mb. Good luck fitting any viewable quality video into that.
sreams
Member
It's not vampire drain when you use power to run a feature you choose to turn on. There's no mystery where the power is going.
I do wonder how much current it will draw, though.
Most smash-and-grab thieves aren't aware of the USB ports at all. They're going after people leaving cash and phones and other valuables exposed.
I think Gmail automatically converts larger attachments to Google Drive files. I don't know if other providers do the same thing.
DDotJ
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Sentry Mode Demo from Reddit:
Edit: Pretty sure this video is fake though. No light from screen reflecting onto the car.
Edit: Pretty sure this video is fake though. No light from screen reflecting onto the car.
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Nice simulation, but the angles are obviously from an action cam suction mounted to the car.
DDotJ
Member
Yeah upon closer inspection, I think the video is fake. Found a more legitimate one though:
From u/Spamium:
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It looks real to me. The backwards facing one appears to be coming from the repeater.
Why? It looks real to me and matches what another sample video shows.
That video is likely fake, there's no cabin video angle and there is no downward side video.
DDotJ
Member
So I did find another extensive Sentry Mode demo with two guys trying a bunch of different things. Comparing the two videos, I found a few things that indicated a fake:
1) When the alarm goes off, the screen should light up to max brightness. Which in the video doesn't happen as you would see the entire interior lighting up from the white light from the screen.
2) You need to pound on the glass to get the system to blare the alarm, simply looking though the windows doesn't seem to do it. Even shaking the car doesn't set off the alarm either.
3) Dome lights don't turn on when the alarm goes off either, which in the video it was on.
Also, it looks like Sentry Mode only uses the front cameras and the side repeaters on the turn signals. Hopefully they use all the cameras in the future. He turns the lights off and jumps around in front of the car and the lack of light seems to not detect a person.
