What's needed is some more MCU2 candidates to step up, get their car's ready for the new tuner so when they get the invite to upgrade. Their new radio will be activated with the MCU2 activation/provisioning at the same time.
This is exactly my situation right now.
I consider myself a basic DIY'er as I've done several projects on my previous cars, and I love doing this sort of work.
I know my biggest shortcomings with working on my Model S are, [and always will be], software related. So I calculated that my best chance to get the new radio tuner to "activate" and be recognized by the MCU2, is to install it before my car even gets the MCU2 upgrade, in order for a good hearted Tesla Service tech to just plug the already available cables and provision the new MCU2 alongside it's digital radio tuner to the car. And since we are provisioning new hardware to the car, why not new AP cameras...
My car is a January 2017 built Model S, so it currently has AP2.0 hardware.
I was hoping I could upgrade my AP2.0 cameras to AP2.5/3 cameras as well, since we now know the software on the new FSD (AP3) computer can manage feeds from both AP2.0 cameras and AP2.5 cameras.
@kdday mentioned on the "Software" post about self upgrading his Infotainment and AP thread, that:
- Had to update car configuration on gateway to: autopilotCameraType 1 (RCCC cameras for HW2.0).
So I was wondering if during the provision process for the new MCU2 (and hopefully Tuner2) we could add AP2.5 cameras to the mix.
I remember Green said Tesla implemented an assertion in the code to ensure the ap2.0 computer only gets RCCC feed from the cameras and the ap2.5 computer only gets RCCB cam feeds, but seeing that
@Akikiki's Model S has AP3, which is now receiving RCCC feeds from AP2.0 cameras, these assertions may now be well, "more flexible" for us to do a full camera hardware swap and just update the car configuration gateway to:
autopilotCameraType 2, per kdday's post.
It's safe to say, this is just a personal theory, as I have no way of proving it so far until I get the chance to schedule my
Infotainment Upgrade with Tesla for my AP2.0 car.
Acquire the new FM digital tuner radio, make or obtain the special cable. And just before they take their car in for the MCU2 upgrade, swap out the old for new tuner, and thread the new cable over to the back of their MCU so it's ready to be plugged in by the Tesla tech as he finishes MCU2 installation
I was able to purchase all the AP2.5 cameras, Tuner2 and the whole MCU2 wiring harness from a wrecked 2019 Raven Performance Model S.
The thing is, I cannot take apart the whole MCU2 wiring harness just to extract the Tuner2 cables. It's too much work and it's not a time investment I'm willing to make, so I still need a wiring harness from Tuner2 to MCU2
, and I'm pretty sure Tesla won't be very open or willing to install the wiring harness I bring along with my car to my MCU2 upgrade appointment.
Hey
@Akikiki, have you and TeslaTap ever given it a thought to sell the needed wiring harness for the radio upgrade once your tests and prototypes reach a comfortable stage? It would be awesome for idiots like me that are simply unable to build our own harnesses...