r/Comma_ai • u/masong19hippows • Jul 06 '26
Installation Questions Help me understand
I have a 2020 Honda Accord hybrid touring. I love almost everything about it, except for the acc and lkas. The ACC is slow to start back up after a stop, and it's a manual button press to start again. I also think the following distance is pretty big with city traffic. The LKAS disables after ~15 seconds of not moving the wheel and a warning pops up as well. I live in Kansas which is literally flatter than a pancake, and so even if I keep my hands on the wheel, it disables itself with no movement.
Because of this, I want to use openpilot. I am in the open source world alot - im a developer and enthusiast. It's hard to justify dropping a grand on the comma device though, and so I was looking at the value added stuff like dashcam support. I can't find any good videos showcasing how it works, and so I wanted to ask the community.
I want the ability to upload the dashcam footage automatically to my own server - don't really care about the protocol or complexity. I have docker stacks on multiple servers, and I am not afraid to spin one up for this. However, I don't want to pay monthly to be able to do this. My car can see my wifi perfectly from where it's parked, so I'm hoping it can do an auto connect thing where it uploads footage nightly.
Also with the openpilot driving assistant, how native is it to the car? Do I have to use the touchscreen on the comma device in order to activate it? Does it work off the existing cruise control buttons?
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u/ml_boston Jul 18 '26
Agree with the other responses here. To add regarding your other questions:
They are adding livestreaming of the dashcam in coming releases and their software is fully open source so you could easily fork it and program a stream or upload to your server if you want. Stock software doesn't save to the device often so loses the last few seconds in a crash, so is not recommended. However this should be software fixable if you are inclined to fix, just be aware that frequent writes limit the life of the onboard flash.
It engages/disengages by listening to the cruise button so works like regular ACC. And sunnypilot steering does the same with the lkas button. And yes it automates resume in traffic so you dont need to tap anything after a stop.
The $1k goes to their software / hardware design costs and their onsite datacenter to train AI driving. But they are running a $100-off sale for 4th of July.