Re:Alternative open firmware for your IP camera
by matisseverduyn on Sunday October 08, 2023 @06:35PM
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I bought a box of these in 2019 (6 for ~$7 each), and connected them all to an offline router.
They come with a web interface for setup/control that uses JS (easy to reverse engineer [@]) to interact with the device's API (not as easy to figure out).
-- also stripped the wifi, mic, and speakers, and put the chip+camera in a new casing (waterproof outdoor outlet cover) --
I then bought a few more from various sources (different colors / casings) and, even though they all had slightly different web interfaces, under the hood, they were all running roughly the same code under the hood (MIPCM). Some didn't come with a web interface, but still responded to the same requests.
[@] If you're/anyone's interested in the camera API wrapper-code, happy to send it via Twitter.
They come with a web interface for setup/control that uses JS (easy to reverse engineer [@]) to interact with the device's API (not as easy to figure out).
-- also stripped the wifi, mic, and speakers, and put the chip+camera in a new casing (waterproof outdoor outlet cover) --
I then bought a few more from various sources (different colors / casings) and, even though they all had slightly different web interfaces, under the hood, they were all running roughly the same code under the hood (MIPCM). Some didn't come with a web interface, but still responded to the same requests.
[@] If you're/anyone's interested in the camera API wrapper-code, happy to send it via Twitter.