What is it?

Helpers for integration of telsa_dashcam + teslausb + pigallery2 for Raspberry Pi via docker.

The basic idea is to setup teslausb to rsync files to a Raspberry Pi, use a script in this repository to process them via tesla_dashcam and then move them to a directory where they can be displayed via pigallery2 through a web browser. All of this should be automated.

What is the Tesla referral code?

Not that it matters anymore, but here: https://ts.la/simon17931

What do you need

• A Raspberry Pi Zero W for telsausb
• A Raspberry Pi 3B+/4 for the server
• Good quality SD cards for both Raspberries
• (Probably) an external harddisk for the server Pi

TeslaUSB instructions

I use the rsync archive method with TeslaUSB to transfer clips to the server. See doc/teslausb_setup_variables.conf for my setup, and refer to the TeslaUSB rsync instructions for information about how to setup SSH keys.

Installation instructions

This repo builds a docker image that contains ffmpeg and everything needed to run tesla_dashcam with GPU acceleration on a Raspberry Pi 3B+, 4 or later.

The easiest way to use it is to copy the snippet from docker-compose.yml in this repository into your own docker-compose.yml, where you probably already run Teslamate and pigallery2. The Raspberry Pi docker images can be found on dockerhub.

On the server, create staging, raw-storage and a destination-path to use with tesla_dashcam_manager. These are

• staging: The path where clips comes in from Teslausb
• raw-storage: The path where raw clips are stored for future use (removed after one year by default)
• destination-path: Where the processed clips end up, should be readable by pigallery2

After having updated your docker-compose.yml, do

# Create staging, raw-storage and destination-path
mkdir -p /mnt/staging /mnt/raw-storage /mnt/photos/TeslaCam
docker-compose pull
docker-compose up -d

and you should be up and running.

Note! simonkagstrom/tesla_dashcam_manager:latest is built for 64-bit mode (AARCH64), so make sure your Raspberry Pi is running a 64-bit OS. The last 32-bit build is simonkagstrom/tesla_dashcam_manager:2.

docker-compose.yml configuration options

Environment variables are used to setup tesla dashcam manager,

• TZ, the timezone to use
• TESLA_DASHCAM_ARGUMENTS, arguments passed to tesla dashcam.
• RETAIN_DAYS, how many days clips in the raw-storage are kept. 0 means forever
• DESTINATION_RETAIN_DAYS, how many days processed clips are kept. 0 means forever

Screenshot of the web interface