Controller Area Network?

[IanNubbit]

Good to know. It seems like CAN may be more robust than I'm giving it credit for.

You seem like the person to ask: We've had mandatory back up cameras on the rear of our vehicles for awhile now. Why haven't we seen these cameras used as a rear-facing dashcam?
It seems like it would be super easy to integrate the existing camera with the existing media storge and collision sensors, and have a functional dashcam. I've always believed it was because those are 3 separate systems, and they don't interface well with each other, but you seem to indicate that's not the case. I've not even seen aftermarket options to use the existing rear camera with a 3rd party recording device.
It's frustrating that we're getting mandatory driver-facing cameras which can disable our vehicles based on driver behavior, and we still don't have OEM dashcams.

Totally an option just not used, tesla does this, but they also use caneras differently then anyone right now. Corvetter, Charger, and Wrangler are the 3 that I know give you the option, but only for track/off-road technically, not for a basic dash cam. The simple answer is there is no real reason besides “our teams have not found the need to add that functionality and can be achieved with the use if 3rd party accessories” or some corporate BS lol

 

[Johnologue]

I suspect Ford putting ADAS on the same system as media software is because the CAN bus can't handle ADAS.

As as a system integrator, I hate your usage of "integrated systems" in this context. These aren't integrated systems, these are systems that don't integrate and that's the problem.

I didn't mean to imply that was a good example of "systems being integrated".
I'm thinking about a huge subject I looked at a bunch and my thoughts are a bit hard to convey.

 

[KevinRS]

Basically as far as not using backup camera as a dash cam, it's a lot cheaper to just have that camera feed go direct to the video screen, and not record, manage memory, etc.

My thinking is I might want to go ahead and put in multiple cameras and have them all record. Rear, sides, and front. Possibly multiple of each. You could have one on tailgate, one rear roof, one front roof, one in grill, cameras on side mirrors to catch blind spots, etc. mirror cameras could be routed live to a screen when the turn signal is on.

 

[KJRaven]

I can not speak to the network protocol, i assume it is CAN based on previous comments.

However I directly asked their fleet team about the OBD2 port, and they confirmed that it will have OBD2 connector for diagnostics, and to connect GPS Telematics systems (samsara, geotab, verizon reveal, etc) for fleet monitoring.