Tesla Software updates - Australia

[miwa Melb]

Speaking of bug additions, it looks like the navigation next-turn doesn't bubble over to the area with the car visualisation when another screen like Energy covers the map as of 2023.20.8.

That is exactly what I noticed today, now when I have the energy usage showing I can’t see the next turn too. A step backward.

 

[Daman74]

I have problems of view live cam on sentry mode on iphone apps with the 20.7 software update. Does anyone have the same issues?

 

[Daman74]

This seems to be fixed in 2023.20.7.

Live view cam error on 20.7. Anyone?

 

[paulp]

Live view cam error on 20.7. Anyone?

Have you tried a reset? Push both scroll wheels until the screen goes blank. It will come back on about half a minute later. Fixes most issues. Dont be driving whilst doing this.

 

[cafz]

Live view cam error on 20.7. Anyone?

Worked fine for me this week on both 2023.20.7 and 2023.20.8. I'm using Android to run the Tesla app, though.

 

[cafz]

Eg. The Xmas updates the last couple of years have bought substantial changes and have just been a .25 third number release.

I think for almost everyone, 2022.44.25 was the first 2022.44 release they got?

 

[Daman74]

Have you tried a reset? Push both scroll wheels until the screen goes blank. It will come back on about half a minute later. Fixes most issues. Dont be driving whilst doing this.

Yes, try reset and even do factory reset as well but not working. iPhone apps.

 

[Vostok]

Its bug removal and additions

Yeah but does the number of additions exceed the number of removals?

 

[(crunch)]

Yes, try reset and even do factory reset as well but not working. iPhone apps.

Yeah, most of the time when I try to check the cameras on the iOS app it fails. Retrying does work sometimes but it can take a few goes.

 

[Cruiser]

Received 2023.26.1 today but it doesn't seem to have the "Charge on Excess" function that I understood it contains. I checked my Powerwall but its version is 23.12.2 (I think you need the .10 version). Has anyone else found the Charge on Excess available?

 

[Hairyman]

You do need .10 on the Powerwall gateway apparently. I see from the notes on Notateslaapp that Charge on Excess does not apply in Australia. Presumably because we haven’t had .10 on the Powerwall gateway software yet. I’m not sure if that is because of the way Tesla is rolling out the function or because of some regulatory issue.

 

[Sir Surfalot]

Has anyone else found the Charge on Excess available?

My car is always a “last quartile” kind of car for updates, and my PowerWall is still on firmware 23.12.2, so even before I saw Tesla saying last week that the feature was only for USA/Canada initially (sigh, I guess because the sun shines upside down here or something…) I wasn’t holding my breath for it to become available.

FYI, this is the information page on “Charge on Solar” at Tesla: Charge on Solar | Tesla Support

I’m very much looking forward to it.

 

[noddy@teamterm]

Got the App V 4.23.2 today and it gets a mention under go off grid and pair phone with powerwall option. Will see if there is anymore when I get home to pair, but powerwall is still at 23.12.2 & car 23.12.11, so probably need some more updates yet.

 

[paulp]

The app powerwall data in the latest release is much better than the previous version

 

[EcoCloudIT]

How is it that opensource projects have been able to do this years ago, or 3rd party wall chargers etc. but we hang out for Telsa to do it and then see that nearly all Model S/X in Australia will never work with it!

 

[Vostok]

Got the App V 4.23.2 today and it gets a mention under go off grid and pair phone with powerwall option.

What exactly do you mean? “Go Off Grid” and “Pair Phone“ options have been there since 2021.

 

[Vostok]

Charge on Excess does not apply in Australia. Presumably because we haven’t had .10 on the Powerwall gateway software yet. I’m not sure if that is because of the way Tesla is rolling out the function or because of some regulatory issue.

I suspect it’s a commercial issue. Charge on Excess requires regular API communication with the car, probably every few minutes, to start &/or stop charging, as well as adjusting the charge rate (Amps) up and down to track the excess solar.

If the car is not on WiFi, then that communication happens over the cellular network, meaning the volume of data transmitted per SIM would likely skyrocket, possibly above what Tesla’s commercial agreement with Telstra permits.

So they might only allow it for cars that are paying the $10/mo for Premium Connectivity. Or work out a way to only allow it on cars that are connected to WiFi at the time. Or be in the process of renegotiating their SIM plans with Telstra as we speak to permit it at no extra charge to owners.

This is just my hypothecating… I have no inside information.

 

[Hairyman]

Fair thoughts

 

[EcoCloudIT]

And none of it matters (won't work) for high paying Model S/X buyer/owners...I've been personally waiting for this feature for a long time and now find out it is irrelevant for S/X...yet again disappointed.

 

[EcoCloudIT]

@STUtoday - why down thumbing me?

It's a factual statement (it won't work for S/X users), many S/X users having been waiting for this "charge on excess solar" a long time and I am disappointed...so what is it you disagree with?