I guess this is as good a place as any to mention these. I have two "beefs" with sentry mode:
(1) For some reason, sentry mode suffers from the typical Tesla smearing artifacts but dashcam recordings NEVER do. Not sure why this is (reduced power possibly). I've tried four different drives including endurance cards, the Tesla card that came in the car, a standard SanDisk, and what I'm using now: a Samsung T5 SSD. They all do it no matter how they are formatted: tried in the computer, different formats, formatting in the car, etc.
(2) I tweeted Elon about this but him noticing it would be like winning the lottery. We need a sensitivity adjustment for sentry mode. For a while, I thought sentry mode wasn't working because I knew I left the car with no other cars around in a lot, come back, and there is a car parked on either side of me plus I know traffic moved behind in the rows. No sentry events. I finally figured out it is doing some sort of AI to determine threats: people walking close, opening a door close to the car, etc. This is great to avoid false triggers... BUT there are times when I'd like it to be more sensitive or even "Capture all movement".
Mike
(1) For some reason, sentry mode suffers from the typical Tesla smearing artifacts but dashcam recordings NEVER do. Not sure why this is (reduced power possibly). I've tried four different drives including endurance cards, the Tesla card that came in the car, a standard SanDisk, and what I'm using now: a Samsung T5 SSD. They all do it no matter how they are formatted: tried in the computer, different formats, formatting in the car, etc.
(2) I tweeted Elon about this but him noticing it would be like winning the lottery. We need a sensitivity adjustment for sentry mode. For a while, I thought sentry mode wasn't working because I knew I left the car with no other cars around in a lot, come back, and there is a car parked on either side of me plus I know traffic moved behind in the rows. No sentry events. I finally figured out it is doing some sort of AI to determine threats: people walking close, opening a door close to the car, etc. This is great to avoid false triggers... BUT there are times when I'd like it to be more sensitive or even "Capture all movement".
Mike