Tesla Light Show: Custom Show Creation

[shreyas.suresh]

Hey TMC,

We're the Tesla Body Controls Firmware Team; we’re the folks that make electronic features on Teslas open, close, move, light up, etc!

We created the Tesla Light Show feature for Software V11.0.
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For Light Show, we've also created a way for *anyone* to create their own Light Shows, no Tesla vehicle required. Shows are created using xLights, free open-source software.
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We're so excited to see what you come up with!

Check out our documentation:
GitHub - teslamotors/light-show: Tesla Light Show

And if this type of work interests you, we're hiring.
Software Validation Engineer, Body Controls
System Integration Engineer, Body Controls
System Validation Engineer, Body Controls
Embedded Software Engineer, Body Controls

We'll monitor this post for any feedback.

Happy Holidays!
Tesla Body Controls Firmware

Hey Tesla BC, Any inputs on how I can extract the seq data from an .fseq file and map it to the Tesla light channel block in Xlights? Thanks!

 

[Tazmad]

Help needed please. I've made a couple of lightshows before and they work great. However today I loaded up xlights and opened a saved sequence and the 3d model no longer displays an lights when the sequence is playing. I can't seem to find any setting that has changed this. Any ideas? To be clear it was working prior and the partly finished sequence works on the Tesla. I can't finish it without seeing if the lights are in time with the music. Thanks.

 

[MyJoule]

Help needed please. I've made a couple of lightshows before and they work great. However today I loaded up xlights and opened a saved sequence and the 3d model no longer displays an lights when the sequence is playing. I can't seem to find any setting that has changed this. Any ideas? To be clear it was working prior and the partly finished sequence works on the Tesla. I can't finish it without seeing if the lights are in time with the music. Thanks.

Try rebooting the car - not sure it will help, but it might?

 

[Tazmad]

Try rebooting the car - not sure it will help, but it might?

Thanks for your reply, however it wasn't a car issue it was the app xlights. I managed ti fix by copying the time markers and the lights to a new project.

 

[Yelobird]

I have long awaited one of you “smart with software” people to crack the editing for the projector lamps. Would be Very cool to have it write out other things other than Tesla.

 

[MLXXXp]

I have long awaited one of you “smart with software” people to crack the editing for the projector lamps.

It's likely that the TESLA pattern is built into the car's software that runs the light show. If so, there wouldn't be any commands that could be sent to change the pattern.

 

[Yelobird]

It's likely that the TESLA pattern is built into the car's software that runs the light show. If so, there wouldn't be any commands that could be sent to change the pattern.

Understood but it Would be cool!

 

[danpass]

Does anyone have the solution to this? I thought I could bypass this with a new sequence but I cannot check off any channel. Based on the documentation it appears this needs to function before anything new can be created.

I tried Delete this element. They all pop up so naturally they all get deleted.

I tried Map effects and those all pop up as well .... and it does not work.

 

[dhrivnak]

Slightly off topic but can one start the light show through the app? It seems klugy that one needs to go into the car and set the menus up and then get out to show it. It would be great if we could just start it from our phones while at a car show or ride and drive.

 

[DBeckwith]

Slightly off topic but can one start the light show through the app? It seems klugy that one needs to go into the car and set the menus up and then get out to show it. It would be great if we could just start it from our phones while at a car show or ride and drive.

Good idea but such capability is not available yet and I haven't seen anyone at Tesla indicate it is planned.