OpenPilot on the F-150 (BlueCruise alternative)

[H2OSki]

Yeah, I've had mine(radar) crap out a few times, heavy rain only. Truck gets mad and shuts off the radar entirely until key cycle if it was in use (which kills lane centering and radar cruise). Curious if the behavior is the same.

I now had two experiences where mine has shut off due to radar and parking sensors getting covered with ice while driving in snow. I get a warning that parking sensors are blocked and ACC is not available. In both instances I tried to switch off the ACC under Features/Drivers Assistance/Cruise Control on the dash screen by selecting Normal Cruise Control. With the comma connected it will not allow me to use Normal Cruise Control. The only way I could get the Normal Cruise Control to work was to pull the USB cord on the comma. I tried toggling off sunnypilot but it still didn't allow the regular cruise control to engage. Does anyone know if there is another way to allow the Normal Cruise Control to work without disconnecting the comma?

In both instances road conditions were fine but the snow was accumulating on the front bumper. I would have had no problem allowing sunnypilot to drive the vehicle as the roads were just wet and not snow covered. I understand there is no way around getting sunnypilot to work in those conditions and that is fine but not having standard cruise control available is a pain in the butt.

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[Ajzride]

I now had two experiences where mine has shut off due to radar and parking sensors getting covered with ice while driving in snow. I get a warning that parking sensors are blocked and ACC is not available. In both instances I tried to switch off the ACC under Features/Drivers Assistance/Cruise Control on the dash screen by selecting Normal Cruise Control. With the comma connected it will not allow me to use Normal Cruise Control. The only way I could get the Normal Cruise Control to work was to pull the USB cord on the comma. I tried toggling off sunnypilot but it still didn't allow the regular cruise control to engage. Does anyone know if there is another way to allow the Normal Cruise Control to work without disconnecting the comma?

In both instances road conditions were fine but the snow was accumulating on the front bumper. I would have had no problem allowing sunnypilot to drive the vehicle as the roads were just wet and not snow covered. I understand there is no way around getting sunnypilot to work in those conditions and that is fine but not having standard cruise control available is a pain in the butt.

You should be able too toggle SunnyPilot off and get back to regular cruise control, but it requires an engine cycle. Unfortunately the way it has to behave to intercept the radar is that it takes a key cycle to to take itself out of the middle.

 

[travisN000]

I've been testing mine for a few days now, and so far I find it quite impressive. On freeways and highways it is way better than bluecruise, but it still does a few weird things in the city.

Yesterday I was driving through town and approaching a stoplight with stopped traffic. I know this is a know problem area, so I had my foot hovering over the brake, but to my suprise, OP started to brake, slowed from about 45 to about 25, but then suddenly hit the throttle with traffic still at a stop in front of me. I think it saw the the traffic in the turn lane to the left of my lane move, but not sure.

Having said that, I have been using it in heavy rain in the dark on my way to work and it seems to see better than I do in most areas. It does get confused in a few spots where there are merging and splitting lanes that it otherwise does fine in if the weather and lighting is good, but in those bad conditions I am only able to know where to be based on previous knowledge

 

[Steve-O]

Yesterday I was driving through town and approaching a stoplight with stopped traffic. I know this is a know problem area, so I had my foot hovering over the brake, but to my suprise, OP started to brake, slowed from about 45 to about 25, but then suddenly hit the throttle with traffic still at a stop in front of me. I think it saw the the traffic in the turn lane to the left of my lane move, but not sure.

What was controlling your throttle at the time Ford ACC or OP? Was OP using the Ford system?

 

[travisN000]

What was controlling your throttle at the time Ford ACC or OP? Was OP using the Ford system?

I had OP active, using sunnypilot devc3 branch installed a few weeks ago with default settings.

Its difficulty with stopped traffic was known, so I was prepared to brake.. it actually surprised me more that it started to brake; I was expecting it to fail sooner!

 

[Ajzride]

I had OP active, using sunnypilot devc3 branch installed a few weeks ago with default settings.

Its difficulty with stopped traffic was known, so I was prepared to brake.. it actually surprised me more that it started to brake; I was expecting it to fail sooner!

"default settings" would mean that "enable experimental longitudinal control (alpha)" would be turned off and Ford ACC would be in control of the gas and brake.

 

[Steve-O]

"default settings" would mean that "enable experimental longitudinal control (alpha)" would be turned off and Ford ACC would be in control of the gas and brake.

Yeah, that's what I was assuming. I just got ACC going in my f150 and I'm coming from a toyota and the ford system is very good but (I'm sure it's been stated before) I do question putting the sensor so far to the left on the bumper. I feel the beam angle is too tight and off center. I have had a false throttle already in my week of usage, watching it closely hoping it was a fluke. Still waiting on my comma to get in, hopefully Monday.

 

[Svt54]

I am recently (In the past week or two) noticing more of the truck swapping back and forth in the lane at highway speeds. It is smooth when in a curve, but in a straight stretch of highway, it hunts back and forth from left to right. It's enough my wife noticed it and asked me to turn it off. I tried a recalibration with no success. Occasionally it will go a couple of miles without doing it, then it will start again. Has there been a recent update that would affect this, and has anyone else noticed an issue?

I am running sunnypilot dev 3c with Los Angeles v2

 

[travisN000]

I am recently (In the past week or two) noticing more of the truck swapping back and forth in the lane at highway speeds. It is smooth when in a curve, but in a straight stretch of highway, it hunts back and forth from left to right. It's enough my wife noticed it and asked me to turn it off. I tried a recalibration with no success. Occasionally it will go a couple of miles without doing it, then it will start again. Has there been a recent update that would affect this, and has anyone else noticed an issue?

I am running sunnypilot dev 3c with Los Angeles v2

I think mine defaulted to a different drive model, but It does pretty well with the side to side stuff... on the other hand, It had had some weird issues with pulsing throttle control control on my way home from the mountains yesterday. I turned on the center screen that displays the regen / hybrid / electric status and you could see the requested power clearly pulsing. When it would do it, I would just add some manual throttle for a bit; it seemed to be happening in areas where trees would shade the road in a somewhat equal alternating frequency of shade / sun

 

[BennyTheBeaver]

I am running sunnypilot dev 3c with Los Angeles v2

Also, are there descriptions or details of each Driving Model somewhere? I'm using the default that came with Sunnypilot Dev when I installed (I believe it's Certified Herbalist v2).

 

[Ajzride]

Also, are there descriptions or details of each Driving Model somewhere? I'm using the default that came with Sunnypilot Dev when I installed (I believe it's Certified Herbalist v2).

No, comma doesn't publish release notes on models. You can hunt down the GitHub PR and read the comments, but sometimes that's not helpful either.

 

[Ajzride]

I am recently (In the past week or two) noticing more of the truck swapping back and forth in the lane at highway speeds. It is smooth when in a curve, but in a straight stretch of highway, it hunts back and forth from left to right. It's enough my wife noticed it and asked me to turn it off. I tried a recalibration with no success. Occasionally it will go a couple of miles without doing it, then it will start again. Has there been a recent update that would affect this, and has anyone else noticed an issue?

I am running sunnypilot dev 3c with Los Angeles v2

You could try recertified herbalist and see if it helps.

I have a few people piloting some anti ping-pong logic, if it works well I'll try to share the code.

 

[Ajzride]

Was able to confirm today than any 21-23 F150 should be able to run OpenPilot, even an XL, so long as you retrofit ACC. Just got a confirmed XL with no options running after they added ACC themselves. Just needed to jumper one extra wire in the IPMA connector while installing ACC.

 

[nakedeye]

You could try recertified herbalist and see if it helps.

I have a few people piloting some anti ping-pong logic, if it works well I'll try to share the code.

Duck amigo is pretty freaking amazing imho

I put a good 16 hours of highway on it split up over 3 days for the eclipse. It’s smart, it hugs the right if you’re in the right lane. But knows if you’re in the center and keeps you centered in the middle lane. Then if you go to your left lane, it hugs the left. And it seemed to know if the shoulder had concrete bland would give a little more room.

 

[nakedeye]

I know there was a lot of work being put into the turning logic that’s different on this vehicle compared to others (and the funky wind back on the wheel) and I just wanted to say I really appreciate the hard work. I noticed about 6-8 weeks ago that it no longer winds back on turns when you have the turn signal engaged through the turn. It’s actually really made the unit a lot more enjoyable. It’s still doing it on sharp turns at lower speeds where you have to give the wheel a little assist to make it through but overall, it’s WAY better.

I just wanted to make sure you guys know it’s not unnoticed!

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