Oct 9, 2012
cinergi Live broadcast!
So, I've been working on putting together what I need to do live broadcasts using my nice Canon Vixia HF M50 ... I could use my iPhone, sure -- but wanted the better video :smile:
I'm waiting to hear back from Tesla corporate communications on whether I can live broadcast / record the delivery (since a Tesla employee would be on camera for everything he said). If I can't do that, what I'll attempt to do is record the arrival of the car and whatever else happens up until the point the Tesla individual arrives (it'll be separate -- hooray for no sales license in Mass. yet), and then do additional live broadcasts throughout the coming weeks where I do Q&A with anyone and everyone.
I'll be using Livestream for everything. You'll probably want to follow me and just check into the site ahead of time. My Livestream account: Ben Goodwin on Livestream.
My car is scheduled to be here Thursday or Friday. No idea which day or what time, so timing will be tricky. I'll post information as I get it.
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Oct 9, 2012
Discoducky I'll tune in if I'm not stuck in some crummy meeting. Best of luck to you!�
Oct 10, 2012
STxTesla Very cool idea. I hope that I can log in when it arrives. Congrats!�
Oct 10, 2012
Adm Hi Ben,
How will you feed you video signal onto the Livestream channel? I use a Teradek Cube.
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Oct 10, 2012
cinergi I got their Livestream Broadcaster device. Includes 3 free months of their pro service, too. Figured it'd give me what I need to do the broadcast and if I really hate it, I can return it. Was thinking of getting an external encoder so I wasn't tied to Livestream but the idea of a portable device on top of the camera instead of dealing with a computer, software, etc. was intriguing ...�
Oct 10, 2012
Adm I had bought the Cube 4 weeks before the Broadcaster came out... It's a great deal... I might buy it and try and sell the Cube.�
Oct 10, 2012
MikeK I will certainly tune in if I can!�
Oct 10, 2012
mitch672 Cinergi, NASA uses less technology to monitor rocket launchesabout as excessive as expected though.
How long before the move to the new garage in South Boston? Did you have a 14-50 installed already?
If you find you need a charge, my 75A J-1772 OpenEVSE is done (not connected to the 100A breaker yet, but that's only a few hours to finish, I have the pipe, wire and breaker already). If you bought the dual chargers and need to test, I'm only in Randolph (15 miles South of Boston)�
Oct 11, 2012
cinergi :smile:
I close 11/1 so moving that weekend hopefully. I'll have a 6-50 installed in prep for an HPC some day. I have two months of overlap between the new place and my current place so I'll be good for charging in case the 6-50 doesn't get installed by then. Thanks tho!�
Oct 11, 2012
ChrisC Just found out about this. Very exciting!
So I guess it's not happening today ...�
Oct 11, 2012
cinergi Delivery is tomorrow. I don't have a time yet. I'll broadcast the arrival and post-delivery stuff for now. More really exciting news to come!�
Oct 11, 2012
tdelta1000 We are waiting. Congratulations!�
Oct 11, 2012
ElSupreme I'm going to be in a basement most of the day. Hopefully I can slip away to watch.�
Oct 12, 2012
JakeP I just told my wife, or should I say my Tesla widow, the following: "You think I'm crazy, there is a guy up in Boston live-streaming his Model S delivery!". Her immediate deadpan response: "And there is another guy in Pittsburgh *watching* the livestream of the guy with the Boston Model S delivery."
Spot. On.�
Oct 12, 2012
STxTesla Your wife is smart. Tesla is not an obsession with us....it's a passion.�
Oct 12, 2012
cinergi :biggrin:
nicely done.�
Oct 12, 2012
NigelM Mod note: Added link to this thread over here...Owners-delivery-stories-photos-and-first-impressions�
Oct 12, 2012
mnx The stream is now live. Tune in if you can.
The truck has just arrived.�
Oct 12, 2012
ElSupreme I'm watching!�
Oct 12, 2012
jcstp Tesla Model S on Livestream�
Oct 12, 2012
ckessel You are hilarious cinergi�
Oct 12, 2012
ElSupreme Wow, Tesla time already!�
Oct 12, 2012
ChrisC For the record, 60 people are watching, and that number is slowly climbing�
Oct 12, 2012
Discoducky It was fun watching, but the stream just ended.�
Oct 12, 2012
contaygious Yup I watched too. Funny how a stranger tried to get in before you did to check out the "fancy cd player" haha.�
Oct 12, 2012
NigelM I'd forgotten what a grey, rainy day looks like....:wink:�
Oct 12, 2012
mikevbf Ben, your car looks amazing. Congratulations! I am sure you are excited after the long wait. I look forward to many, many, many videos in the near future.
I love the look of the performance wheels. Did you get a 19" set in addition? Winter tires?�
Oct 12, 2012
MikeK Geez, it was unnerving watching the car roll alllllll the way back to the edge of that ramp/lift!
Congratulations! It's beautiful.�
Oct 12, 2012
shokunin Awesome, looks beautiful!! Video looked great too, was surprised at how clear everything was, very little compression artifacts.�
Oct 12, 2012
mitch672 Looked great Ben, I was watrching from work in downtown Boston on my iPad
can't wait to see it in person, whens the "weclome Model S party"?
P.S. - let me know if you need an extra body to help return the rental car, 2 horses 1 person�
Oct 12, 2012
mcornwell I love how the car was out of the trailer for about 120 seconds before you had multiple people asking what the heck it was.�
Oct 12, 2012
JakeP Thanks for the show Cinergi, it was excellent! Cannot wait to hear your in-depth review after you get to spend some long-awaited quality time with your Model S!�
Oct 12, 2012
efusco Darn, missed it... congrats anyway Ben.�
Oct 12, 2012
bluetinc Efusco,
I jumped in late and at the end saw you can go back and watch it all again. I'm not sure what watching a guy mow for 10 minutes waiting to see someone else get their model S says about me....
Tesla Model S on Livestream
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Oct 12, 2012
efusco LOL!!�
Oct 12, 2012
Bearman I also missed it but you can still watch the clip from the link
Thanks for the video Cinergi, great quality. Im sure you'll enjoy the car, it looked really good in the video.�
Oct 12, 2012
gg_got_a_tesla Loved that show, Ben! Thanks! Very cool attitude and sense of humor�
Oct 12, 2012
mitch672 Not only mowing, but mowing the grass in the rain... just re-watched it, as I actually had to do work during it�
Oct 12, 2012
Arnold Panz Awesome video! The most important lesson I got out of it was that big rig truck drivers aren't paid enough -- that job takes mad skills sometimes!�
Oct 12, 2012
rabar10 An update from cinergi via Livestream:
"Returning rental - After that I'm free! I'll see if I can set up another broadcast soon."
For anyone else that hopes to tag along on a live in-car drive�
Oct 12, 2012
jcstp the model S indeed got attention as soon as it got offloaded!
Wonder how many will be talking about it and search the teslamotors website ot go to the natick mall (if i understoud correctly)
how many sales?
i am curious what that truckdriver thought when driving out the tesla! anyhow, he could handle it quite well!�
Oct 12, 2012
mcornwell If this is any indication of things to come, I'm going to have to add 5-10 minutes to any trip I make, to answer parking lot questions. I thought I got asked a lot of questions when I drive my wife's Volt, but that's nothing compared to the attention the Tesla is going to draw.
When Dadaleus gave me a ride a few weeks ago, we were getting thumbs up while waiting for the signal to change by the twenty-something year olds at the pizza place, who were eating on the patio. I'm guessing this will be common place.�
Oct 12, 2012
cinergi Thanks everyone! I'm gonna try something here... mount the camera in the car and try to live stream it. Let's see what happens :smile:�
Oct 12, 2012
mnx My guess is the camera will fall over.�
Oct 12, 2012
palmer_md Very nice. Thanks for thinking of and doing this. It was fun to watch.�
Oct 12, 2012
Jaff Thanks for this Ben...great to see the delivery process again!
Nice config as well!�
Oct 12, 2012
cinergi Photos, videos, and observations
Live stream from delivery earlier today: Tesla Model S on Livestream
Photos: Picasa Web Albums - Ben Goodwin - Tesla Model S
Way way more to come!�
Oct 12, 2012
cinergi The suction cup mount I have won't stay affixed to the window for some reason (I have on problem on other surfaces). Back to the drawing board :smile:�
Oct 12, 2012
steve841 Very nice! Looking forward to the same vehicle!!!!
Enjoy!�
Oct 12, 2012
jkeyser14 Can't wait for the updates!�
Oct 12, 2012
kcveins Beautiful car!�
Oct 12, 2012
kevincwelch Is that the NEMA 14-50 plug or is there an adapter on the UMC featured in one of your charging pictures?�
Oct 12, 2012
cinergi The Model S UMC is adapter-based, so what you see on there is the 14-50 adapter. I'll take some video and go through all that stuff as part of this thread.�
Oct 12, 2012
dadaleus Identical config to mine except you went silver for the wheels it looks like. Nice going!
Good to see VINs in the 200s!
Have fun. My advice: stay away from the curbs. After the Roadster it took nailing three wheels for me to learn my lesson.�
Oct 12, 2012
TEG I thought they were planning to color match UMCs to the car.
But, even though you got a sig red car, your UMC looks silver...�
Oct 13, 2012
Raffy.Roma Congratulations Ben. Your new Model S is very nice! Enjoy it�
Oct 13, 2012
jcstp can you attach it to the pano roof?�
Oct 13, 2012
jcstp congratulations
nice video & pics
looking forward to updates�
Oct 13, 2012
ibcs Thanks a million - It makes it feel like mine is closer to reality.�
Oct 13, 2012
NigelM Mod note: Cinergi's 2 threads merged into this one.�
Oct 13, 2012
cinergi That's exactly what I had hoped to do. I'll try again today now that I'm rested. Wondering if there's a coating on the inside that's causing problems.�
Oct 13, 2012
jcstp maybe the black bar spliting the panoroof then?�
Oct 13, 2012
steve841 Ben .. same question for you as we build a consensus ..
How many miles on the odometer at delivery? If you recall.�
Oct 13, 2012
Zextraterrestrial ...and when do we get an update video? :biggrin:�
Oct 13, 2012
CapitalistOppressor Nice video. I am impressed by the rig they delivered it on. That's the same setup a lot of high end racing teams use to haul their cars. Riding the lift up and down with an expensive car is just as fun as it looks�
Oct 13, 2012
SCW-Greg Awesome Ben, and thank you for taking the time to appease all of us here still yet waiting for ours.
Though, I think all of us could just feel the tension in waiting, to just get in and drive!
When I get mine, I'm going *try* and go quietly and quickly away to drive it. To get some needed intimate Q time out of my system with the car, until the charge is down. Then I'll be able to relax and answer questions.
Maybe take delivery in the stealth of night!�
Oct 13, 2012
Tommy Not to put a jinx on any future deliveries via this method; however in looking at the video, there doesn't seem be anything(other than the driver's self awareness) to prevent the car from rolling right off the ramp while the ramp is still in the air. I didn't see any chock blocks or other safety devices to prevent the car from rolling right off the ramp, just the skill of the driver.�
Oct 13, 2012
efusco Same thought, seems like there should at least be a chock at the end of the lift.�
Oct 13, 2012
westerndh Yep, that was really scary!
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Oct 13, 2012
JakeP Yes that was...as I watched, I kept telling myself "Don't worry, he has the HD rearview camera to keep him from backing off the edge!!!"�
Oct 13, 2012
herbvdh I finally got the video to work. I thought the same thing but then I did see a little like metal chock or something when it was lifted up.�
Oct 13, 2012
cinergi Approximately 90. The odo statement I signed said 150.
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I just ran the battery out on the camcorder taking video this morning. :smile: I'm editing now ...�
Oct 13, 2012
Zextraterrestrial
Excellent! I knew we could count on you�
Oct 13, 2012
cinergi Currently uploading videos that don't really need editing. Heck, I may just upload them all that way 'cuz they're not THAT bad un-edited :smile:
Watch my channel here: Ben Goodwin - YouTube
A couple videos are already up. When I'm done, I'll [ VIDEO ] link them in here.�
Oct 13, 2012
Grendal That was fun. I was your first viewer for two of the videos. Very nice and informative videos. Keep up the good work.�
Oct 13, 2012
STxTesla Yes, very cool, Ben. Thanks for the effort...it is great to see your car. (I have the same config....except I have the Piano black molding instead of carbon fiber)�
Oct 13, 2012
contaygious Thanks for the vids! I'd love some driving and walk arounds too.�
Oct 13, 2012
Arnold Panz Great videos! Thanks.
I'm curious about you being able to open the door by hitting the key fob. That's got to be a bug that needs to be fixed, right? I'm glad the delivery specialists are pointing out some of the quirky things, like how to get passengers in the car. Hopefully as they get more experienced they'll be able to fix some of these things.
Anyway, great tips, thanks!�
Oct 13, 2012
kevincwelch I hope you didn't "brick" your camera!�
Oct 13, 2012
cinergi LMAO! Nicely done.
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Yeah I sent Tesla ownership that video to report it as a bug :smile:
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Roger that! I'm all charged up (the camcorder that is!) and heading down to finish the video of the touchscreen that got interrupted and redo the GPS/Nav and a couple other things that didn't go well when I tried to record it in the garage which kills signal. Unfortunately it's dark out now so that walk around and driving stuff will happen later.
What would be a fun live broadcast for folks? Driving seems fun but since I can't really read chat to respond to folks while driving :smile: it seems like it would get boring pretty quick. The broadcast method would give you all a chance to do a live Q&A / show-n-tell with me ...�
Oct 13, 2012
steve841 Damn good videos!�
Oct 13, 2012
kevincwelch cinergi-
Thank you for posting all those videos; I've watched every single one. Very informative, indeed. Please keep up the posting!�
Oct 13, 2012
JakeP Definitely *very* informative. Especially the charging one, since my first EV will be Model S. Keep 'em coming!
That is one utterly gorgeous vehicle you have got there, congratulations!�
Oct 13, 2012
Thumper Thanks cinergi. Just viewed all the vids. Nice work and very helpful for those of us waiting for our S!�
Oct 13, 2012
cinergi Thanks everyone! Now for the kicker. I have an HOUR LONG (OK, it's only 56 minutes) video of the touchscreen rendering now. Just the touch screen. Not the instrument cluster or steering wheel controls, etc. Good lord, I have issues :smile:
This will take a long time to render and upload but thought I'd whet your appetite :tongue:�
Oct 13, 2012
bonnie Nice of you to do all this, but we should leave you alone so you can drive the car! (That's what I'd be doing ... clearly I'm not as nice.�
Oct 13, 2012
CapitalistOppressor +1 except I hope you continue to foolishly avoid the open road while continuing to upload your awesome videos�
Oct 13, 2012
STxTesla Bonnie....you're pretty nice. I've been following your blog and have enjoyed reading about your road adventures.
Thanks.�
Oct 13, 2012
cinergi Believe me I'm doing plenty of driving, too :smile:
Forgot to mention I also have a video of me doing J1772. It's really important to watch and understand. I found out the hard way and ended up calling Tesla for help LOL
That'll come soon, and I'll get it posted in the right thread, too. I apparently have to wait for the current render (ETA 1 hour 40 minutes) to complete before I can begin editing another (much shorter) video.�
Oct 13, 2012
CapitalistOppressor I *LOVE* that the suggested videos from YouTube (on your unlocking video) include a video on space aliens, a plasma torus anti-gravity generator and an energy rifle. I think YouTube pretty much has this one pegged :tongue:�
Oct 13, 2012
STxTesla Ben,
The screen indicated that charging was complete and the estimated range was at 223 miles. I would think that the charged estimated mile range would be a lot closer to 265 or so.
What's up with that?�
Oct 13, 2012
Robert.Boston Standard vs. range.�
Oct 13, 2012
cinergi 2 things. I set the car to show projected range there instead of rated range. Second, I did a standard mode charge. I had 240 miles of rated range which is exactly right for a standard charge.�
Oct 13, 2012
STxTesla Thanks for the clarifications. I just read up on the two charging modes and now understand that the Standard mode is the 80% charge which is recommended for battery longevity.
I was not aware of the two charging modes....(I need to start reading all of the charging/battery posts to keep up with this kind of info).
Thanks again.�
Oct 13, 2012
Robert.Boston Standard on the Model S is 90% of Max, for 240 miles (as @cinergi noted). This is the same battery SOC as the Roadster, but the Model S doesn't hide the bottom 10% of the battery in standard mode.�
Oct 13, 2012
bluetinc Hey Cinergi,
Out of curiosity, could you duplicate the drivers door opening when you pressed the fob? Listening to the video it sounded like you might have done a quick triple click instead of a double?
Thanks for all the great videos!
Peter�
Oct 13, 2012
Babylonfive Maybe a triple click is meant to open the door?
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Oct 13, 2012
cinergi Interesting. I'll try triple-click. I've never had it happen other than that one time.�
Oct 13, 2012
shokunin I thought the door opening was kind of cool if there was a special click combo for that. Wouldn't want that to be standard as you wouldn't be able to lock the car again without closing the door.
Thanks for the videos Ben, it's way more informative than a regular test drive!�
Oct 13, 2012
cinergi So I messed up the render of the touchscreen video. Gotta redo it. So that's gonna be ready later tomorrow. In the meantime, I rendered the J1772 ordeal -- the one I think is very important for owners and reservationists to see and understand because I ended up calling Tesla trying to figure out how to detach the cable from my car so I could drive home! Even worse, my first attempt wedged it in so even the correct method didn't work until I realized what had happened and shoved it back in so the unlock mechanism could work. The video's ETA to Youtube is about 45 minutes. When it's live, it'll be here: Tesla Model S J1772 Charging - YouTube
I put 300 miles on the car since I got it yesterday. I just got back from a nice long highway drive. I got some video of the tech package nav system in action ... so that'll be coming soon, too :smile:�
Oct 13, 2012
spatterso911 I'm really enjoying your videos, cinergi, and really appreciate the detail you put into them. You understand how eager we really are to experience what you are experiencing!�
Oct 13, 2012
Norbert Great videos, very to the point! Thanks!
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I'm kind of wondering whether/how the J1772 adapter could be improved. Maybe it could have a ring around the middle of it, and when you turn the ring, it pushes out two bolts, one in each direction, so that by turning the ring, you can separate the adapter form both the car and the j1772 handle, at once. Don't know if that would work, and something for another thread, probably.�
Oct 14, 2012
ddruz Ben, Just dittoing everyone's thanks for your efforts and extremely informative videos. Fabulous! Mahalo.�
Oct 14, 2012
widodh Congrats! I just watched some parts of your livestream video, but that delivery truck is scary! The way he has to back out the car on that ramp which is hanging from those cables. Seems like a very fragile way to deliver those cars with.�
Oct 14, 2012
Norbert I guess truck drivers are well-trained at not going backwards too far, though.�
Oct 14, 2012
widodh I guess so. Still, the way that ramp is hanging on those cables is just scary when you have to put a >2ton car on top of it.
Nevertheless, it went fine with cinergi, he has his Model S! (Yes, I'm jealous!)�
Oct 14, 2012
cinergi In about 5 hours :scared: the touchscreen video should be live on youtube: Tesla Model S Touch Screen - YouTube
The HD video behind that is 4.4 GB in size LOL. Anyway, it's long and unindexed (sorry, I don't have THAT much time on my hands) but will walk you through literally everything in the touchscreen in depth. It's one software revision behind so the latest updates (e.g. driver profiles) aren't in there. Perhaps what I'll do is add supplemental videos every time an update is made and post that...
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Thanks! Indeed, I felt the void personally until I got the car, which is why I'm doing these now.�
Oct 14, 2012
jerry33 Thank you for going to the effort of making the videos. They're very informative.�
Oct 14, 2012
jcstp Thanks for the beautiful & very informative videos!
300 miles driven the first day you have your car? I do not think many owners of other kind of cars would do this! :-D
Who tells Tesla's are no roadtrip-cars?�
Oct 14, 2012
cinergi I've noticed that when I start turning, front-side lights light up the front left & right of the car ... I didn't think that was a feature / I don't remember anyone talking about that!�
Oct 14, 2012
jerry33 Having lights that illuminate where you are going when turning is something I've missed in every car since the DS-21. No amount of brightness can make up for the lights not being pointed in the direction that you're going.�
Oct 14, 2012
dsm363 I hadn't heard about that before either but it is great. Really lights things up when taking a tight turn.�
Oct 14, 2012
Zextraterrestrial It has definitely been there since the test rides. You can see it in the night videos from the Friday employees event�
Oct 14, 2012
ckessel Really great stuff cinergi, a big thanks for all the filming, editing, and putting these online.�
Oct 14, 2012
SCW-Greg Wow, awesome collection of videos on your YouTube channel Ben. Thank you for your time in producing these. TM should take queue, as these are a great augmentation of the manual. I feel like I'll be completely ready to go, when mine shows up.�
Oct 14, 2012
contaygious The new vids are helpful. I'm suprised how complicated charging at stations is though. Did they tell you how to do that or did you figure out in your own? That's great to bear about the adaptive headlights. I wonder why it's not listed as a feature like Lexus does?�
Oct 14, 2012
Bound466 Thanks for taking the time to film and post the videos. You are awesome!! These are a MUST WATCH item for all future Model S owners. The DS who will deliver mine will wonder why I'm not asking all these questions :biggrin:�
Oct 14, 2012
cinergi The only thing I asked about was proper usage of the J1772 adapter (put it on the connector first); though I can't see how one way or the other would make any difference. The rest was figuring it out on my own -- but that's my nature. I have no problem trying whatever, clicking every button to see what happens, etc. And of course each type of charging station is different. It's more complicated for the Model S, too (obviously the adapter, but also the fact that you need to unlock it ... which I shouldn't have to do so hopefully we can get that fixed / removed from the list of instructions).
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When my DS showed up, I challenged him to tell me something I didn't already know hehe. He actually did. And given that I'm an ADDICT on these forums and whatnot, that's not too shabby!
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Done! Set aside an hour to go through everything you ever wanted to know about the touch screen :smile:�
Oct 14, 2012
charliestyr Hi Ben, thanks for these videos they're really great.
With the hour long video, is that in HD as well? At the moment it isn't showing it as an option, but I figure maybe youtube is just catching up, in which case I'd rather wait and watch it in 'HD'! A bit more detail...
Thanks,
Charlie -�
Oct 14, 2012
cinergi Yes it's HD. It does look like Youtube's catching up on it. Only showing 480p right now.�
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