Comma AI self driver assistant

[jbassett]

I'm happy to help out with the fork, I do think the themed UI is going to cause a huge maintenance headache though. I have a pending MR for fixing the C4 with your latest sync. Forking the UI is fine if you have people dedicated to keeping up with upstream features, but if it's a skeleton crew keeping conflicts to a minimum is key.

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[Ajzride]

I'm happy to help out with the fork, I do think the themed UI is going to cause a huge maintenance headache though. I have a pending MR for fixing the C4 with your latest sync. Forking the UI is fine if you have people dedicated to keeping up with upstream features, but if it's a skeleton crew keeping conflicts to a minimum is key.

Once I get the Torque Interceptor work finished, I will come up with a path forward to keep bluepilot in sync. And yes it will probably mean losing the fancy UI.

 

[randomstriker]

Which parts of the UI are the “fancy” bits?

 

[Shmoe]

Which parts of the UI are the “fancy” bits?

The steering wheel/brake/accel/regen indicator I’d imagine along with the radar for the speed of the car in front of you etc.

 

[EVO]

The steering wheel/brake/accel/regen indicator I’d imagine along with the radar for the speed of the car in front of you etc.

I will greatly miss the radar.

 

[Ajzride]

 

[randomstriker]

Holy cow!

 

[randomstriker]

The steering wheel/brake/accel/regen indicator I’d imagine along with the radar for the speed of the car in front of you etc.

These were cute the first time I learned about them. But honestly 99% of the time, I am not looking at my Comma 4 (especially because the screen is now so small compared to the 3/3X). It's a different philosophy but functioning as the designers intended ... i.e. a mature appliance that disappears into the background and just works.

 

[HornetRaider]

I will greatly miss the radar.

Likewise. I love that feature.

 

[Ted23Lightning]

My Comma 4 is ordered & on the way

 

[ugold]

Pretty cool stats that came out today

 

[fhteagle]

Apologies if this has been answered previously, but forum search turned up bupkes and 120 pages is a lot to read to find an answer manually...

When you have a comma device and bluepilot (or similar), does that allow you to block the OEM BlueCruise driver monitoring camera (the one that is just the left of the big touchscreen) ?

I ask because that is the spot where I had in my previous vehicle (and would prefer to have again) my phone mounted. But if I have my phone as high up as I want, BC / CoPilot gets pissy with "watch the road" DIC messages, because that camera is blocked. Or does the comma system also use / need the BC camera working and not blocked?

 

[B177y]

When you have a comma device and bluepilot (or similar), does that allow you to block the OEM BlueCruise driver monitoring camera (the one that is just the left of the big touchscreen) ?

It doesn't "block" the OEM Bluecruise monitor necessarily....

The Comma doesn't use the OEM monitor, but the Comma has it's own monitoring camera to make sure you are looking forward and paying attention.

My experience is that the Comma doesn't nag nearly as much as BC did, but I am using Bluepilot 5 and a Comma 3x. There are reports that newer versions of Bluepilot 6 on the Comma 4 are more sensitive as far as the monitoring due to the base OpenPilot re-write and safety requirements, so YMMV.

My experience with BC was also on my previous Mach-e, not on a Lightning. My Lightning Pro doesn't have the OEM equipment for BC, but I added the radar to enable lane centering and adaptive cruise, and that allows me to use a Comma and Bluepilot.

For the Comma 3x and 4, there are also reports of the Comma nagging being very sensitive from phone mounts being in the monitor camera's viewing area. I don't mount my phone up high, so I have no personal experience with it.

 

[NeighborGeek]

My Comma 4 will be here today. I have the USB dongle, I ordered that probably a year ago, and just finally got around to ordering the comma.
I think in my wife's bolt the comma is basically dead center of the windshield both top to bottom and left to right. I remember reading at one point there was discussion of whether it is better to mount low on the windshield because the truck sits so high. Is that true, or did it turn out best to mount it high?
I know a lot has been covered in this thread, but it's something of a monster now and I am not going to go through all 120 pages to find relevant info. Anything important I need to know before installing?

 

[B177y]

My Comma 4 will be here today. I have the USB dongle, I ordered that probably a year ago, and just finally got around to ordering the comma.
I think in my wife's bolt the comma is basically dead center of the windshield both top to bottom and left to right. I remember reading at one point there was discussion of whether it is better to mount low on the windshield because the truck sits so high. Is that true, or did it turn out best to mount it high?
I know a lot has been covered in this thread, but it's something of a monster now and I am not going to go through all 120 pages to find relevant info. Anything important I need to know before installing?

High and centered is best on the lightning as well.

I also have a 2020 Bolt, no Comma yet, but I have looked around to figure out the mount eventually. Due to the OEM camera being in the way and mirror mount on the Bolt, the Comma mount is still as high and centered as possible, but that puts it much more lower than you can mount the Comma in the F150/Lightning/Mach-e. The Bolt IPMA is up in the camera housing on the windshield in the Bolt which takes up lots of room, but it is moved down behind the dash in the Fords.

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