node-teslausb

This project was inspired by teslausb.

node-teslausb in its current form it has far less functionality than teslausb. However it is intended to be an easily extensible solution, orchestrated by Node.js and more features will be added over time. There is limited hardware support with Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W being the only supported device.

Installation

Pre-requisites:

1. Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W (128GB SD card recommended).
2. Any OS default image should work, but limited testing has occurred and only with 2023-12-11-raspios-bookworm-arm64-lite.img.

• Install and run Raspberry Pi Imager
• Select 'Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W' as device and then 'Use custom' for Operating System
• Choose the 2023-12-11-raspios-bookworm-arm64-lite.img image
• Select your storage device

3. SSH and wifi enabled.

• Configure SSH as well as the device name (e.g. node-teslausb.local) and your wifi network settings before writing to SD card (note: I had a lot of issues with password authentication and had to use a SSH key in order to login)

4. Once you have booted the device, install rclone via apt install rclone and configure it with a profile named node-teslausb (rclone config). Test that your config is working using rclone mkdir node-teslausb:TeslaCam).

sudo bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/3aa49ec6bfc910647fa1c5a013e48eef/node-teslausb/main/deploy/install.sh)"

Upgrading to the latest version

sudo bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/3aa49ec6bfc910647fa1c5a013e48eef/node-teslausb/main/deploy/upgrade.sh)"

To-do

• Perform some actual testing to validate that it works and works reliably
• Add support for using rclone providers other than SMB
• Provide validation of rclone config during setup
• Migrate from Javascript to TypeScript
• Fix project structure
• Clean up the install process
• Clean up the configuration process
• Package the project
• Package the project properly
• Add lifecycle management for destination (retention policy etc)
• Add web server for configuration (managing rclone, network settings), status (system, network, copy, usb host) and statistics (uptime, copy, storage)
• Add functionality to handle scenarios such as keeping car awake for transfers
• Add hotspot functionality to allow devices to connect to the device and browse the SD card using samba
• Add support for secondary wifi networks (e.g. so that it can be hot-spotted to a phone while away from home network)
• Get all relevant information included in logs
• Backup and restore config
• Flash LED to represent different states
• Add support for saving lock chimes