TeslaMate [megathread]

[KArnold]

maybe specific to cars with adjustable suspension

I do have the air suspension - '17 MS100D. It's automatically set to "Very High" when I am home. I'm also surprised how differently various cars react - i.e., auto wipers. I think mine are near perfect, but many others don't. Just seems like too many in this camp to be a subjective preference.

I'm on 2021.4.18.2 FWIW, but it's been sleeping well for the last few months ever since stumbling across the "not plugged in" trick. Since I'm working from home, my TeslaFi settings are to basically try to sleep anytime it is here all day long, which is most of the time.

Very curious.

 

[Grumble]

I do have the air suspension - '17 MS100D. It's automatically set to "Very High" when I am home. I'm also surprised how differently various cars react - i.e., auto wipers. I think mine are near perfect, but many others don't. Just seems like too many in this camp to be a subjective preference.

I'm on 2021.4.18.2 FWIW, but it's been sleeping well for the last few months ever since stumbling across the "not plugged in" trick. Since I'm working from home, my TeslaFi settings are to basically try to sleep anytime it is here all day long, which is most of the time.

Very curious.

I installed 2020.48.37.6 yesterday which is the latest version available for my car. I'm assuming you're AP2, hence the 2021 fw version. The 37.6 update didn't fix it. The guy at Teslafi insists is a firmware issue

 

[Blokie]

Anybody else got the email from Google about changes to the free tier from F1-micro VM to E2-micro VM?

Looks like to retain free usage we need to migrate to the E2 type after 1st August and before 31st August.

 

[StuC]

Anybody else got the email from Google about changes to the free tier from F1-micro VM to E2-micro VM?

Looks like to retain free usage we need to migrate to the E2 type after 1st August and before 31st August.

Yes I've got that. It should be a simple thing to do but looks like it might catch a few people out if they miss the email.

 

[Benjamin Brooks]

Anybody else got the email from Google about changes to the free tier from F1-micro VM to E2-micro VM?

Looks like to retain free usage we need to migrate to the E2 type after 1st August and before 31st August.

Yessir. 30 day window. Got my reminder setup

 

[init6]

Anybody else got the email from Google about changes to the free tier from F1-micro VM to E2-micro VM?

Looks like to retain free usage we need to migrate to the E2 type after 1st August and before 31st August.

Obviously.

 

[vardhanr]

Yes I've got that. It should be a simple thing to do but looks like it might catch a few people out if they miss the email.

I am not sure how to do this without losing history. Could someone (Dave W ?) please post instructions?

 

[GeorgeSymonds]

There is a Teslamate website which seems to cover these things

Backup and Restore | TeslaMate

If you are using docker-compose, you are using Docker Compose v1, which has been deprecated. Docker Compose commands refer to Docker Compose v2. Consider upgrading your docker setup, see Migrate to Compose V2

docs.teslamate.org

 

[StuC]

My understanding is that drive storage is separate from the VM so you shouldn't lose any data by changing VM type. Just shut it down, choose the new type and restart.

 

[goRt]

My understanding is that drive storage is separate from the VM so you shouldn't lose any data by changing VM type. Just shut it down, choose the new type and restart.

Or backup, download the file and then do the swap

 

[Kietrax]

Might be a stupid question but how do you “stop” TeslaMate? Tried signing out, tried “docker-compose stop”, both times new data was still collected and all containers were running when I looked at “docker ps”.
Why you ask? My car won’t sleep at all now and I want to be sure the last update and TeslaMate aren’t having a fight!

 

[DaveW]

I am not sure how to do this without losing history. Could someone (Dave W ?) please post instructions?

It *looks* like you can just edit the VM and change machine type. Will give it a go after 1st of August - I'm not actually using my GCP account at the moment though, still on Digital Ocean

 

[Kietrax]

Might be a stupid question but how do you “stop” TeslaMate? Tried signing out, tried “docker-compose stop”, both times new data was still collected and all containers were running when I looked at “docker ps”.
Why you ask? My car won’t sleep at all now and I want to be sure the last update and TeslaMate aren’t having a fight!

To answer my own post - don’t reboot your host after “docket-compose stop”. Apparently that restarts the socket containers, or at least it does the way I have socket installed apparently … Now to see if my car will sleep and not bleed power otherwise I guess I have to try to contact Tesla support

 

[26ct2143]

As far as I'm aware the default teslamate setup, doesn't poll the car, it just listens to what comes off tesla servers.
If that's right teslamate and the car have no direct interaction.

 

[Kietrax]

As far as I'm aware the default teslamate setup, doesn't poll the car, it just listens to what comes off tesla servers.
If that's right teslamate and the car have no direct interaction.

Thanks - that’s what I thought too - just want to try before contacting Tesla so I can honestly answer No to the 3rd party apps question!

 

[init6]

Thanks - that’s what I thought too - just want to try before contacting Tesla so I can honestly answer No to the 3rd party apps question!

They'll likely get you to change your password anyway. Just to be sure that you haven't installed anything and forgotten about it. Seems to be their first response to any questions like this.

 

[init6]

The default install of Teslamate uses the streaming API, so doesn't query the car. It therefore couldn't have conflicted with the rebooting component.

 

[ranova]

Might be a stupid question but how do you “stop” TeslaMate? Tried signing out, tried “docker-compose stop”, both times new data was still collected and all containers were running when I looked at “docker ps”.
Why you ask? My car won’t sleep at all now and I want to be sure the last update and TeslaMate aren’t having a fight!

make sure you enabled streaming API in teslamate, it shouldn't wake your car, ever. Otherwise, hit sign out in your teslamate settings and then change your Tesla password - that should stop it from running

 

[techlogik]

Doubt this is a Teslamate issue as poster above. Been using this on a Model 3 for a month now..no issues whatsoever. It queries Tesla's api and servers directly to query/grab data associated with your data in their cloud/hosting. Your car is just sending data up to Tesla, where Teslamate, TeslaFi etc..just grab that stored data via the API and keep it locally on a server DB for reporting. Teslamate doesn't talk to your car directly in any way.

 

[Kietrax]

make sure you enabled streaming API in teslamate, it shouldn't wake your car, ever. Otherwise, hit sign out in your teslamate settings and then change your Tesla password - that should stop it from running

Cheers - thought I'd done all that (apart from the password - went one step further and stopped the docker containers running the TeslaMate stuff!) Mistake was updating my Pi OS and restarting the board - apparently that restarts the docker containers ... who knew?!
Anyway, rang Tesla Support this afternoon and, just to prove the Tesla really is a computer with an incidental car built around it, it did the typical IT of working when you show the problem to someone else and the bloody thing had just gone to sleep while I was in the queue waiting for the call to be answered! They did have me log out of the app, not just kill it, and then leave it alone for a few hours. I had just gone and opened the car with the key not my phone about 30 mins before so maybe that triggered something - who knows. Will charge tonight before re-enabling stuff assuming it goes to sleep after the charge. No idea why TeslaMate could be causing this (and really don't think it is given I kill it off 5 hours before I rang and the car was awake with instant response from the app the time I checked towards the end of that 5 hour period ...