Recent content by glockgabe

I'm not sure how we will do this. The camera is not booting fully right now, and is stuck in an endless boot loop. No web interface, no TELNET, I can gain access to the TTL header and issue commands that way. I tried to XMODEM the BrickFixV2 .dav file onto the camera and it threw a corrupt...

@Oleglevsha, I am sure your solution would have worked, but this thread is devoted to @alastairstevenson BrickfixV2 solution which worked for all my other cameras except for one that had a a tripwire in mtdblock6 set when I did an accidental firmware upgrade to v5.3.0. I trust @alastairstevenson...

@alastairstevenson I can't believe I missed that part of the full boot process. I just saw a bunch of scrolling errors, and the camera kept rebooting. I'm glad that it is at least trying. I think you are right. I had updated the camera to 5.3.0 by my mistake, and was able to do a downgrade to...

@alastairstevenson Thanks for the custom firmware and steps. I was able to successfully run through all commands as listed, but upon final reboot the camera spit out a bunch of error messages and is stuck in a boot loop. I have attached all command output to the Conversation you sent the...

Ok, this sounds good. I know you have real life responsibilities, so I will be patient, and wait to hear from you. Thanks!

Let's do it! I'm actually stuck at home recovering from a major surgery, so I have all the time in the world. I don't want to get beaten by this little Chinese camera. If you are willing to keep working with me, let's get this thing fixed. Thanks!

@alastairstevenson I am attaching the mtd8 and mtd8ro_extract for your SA. I compared the 2 files in HxD and it looks like the extracted file is missing information from 003A0000 thru 003C0000.

@alastairstevenson great instructions! I followed them exactly as you wrote them wrt my own network environment. I didn't receive any error messages, but after I put the bootargs variable back and do the final reboot, the camera does not enter the min-system. I poked around on it and found that...

Awesome! I'm ready to try them.

Well crud. I appreciate you looking into this though. I do have a NAS and it is sharing NFS right now. I also wanted to remind you that I found an XMODEM recovery prompt on the serial interface. Not sure if sending the brickfixV2 this way is an option? Let me know what else you need. I can...

@alastairstevenson Absolutely! You rock! Thanks so much!

@alastairstevenson I am all for trying this, but I don't know the first thing about attempting it. I would love the help if you have the time. Thanks!

@alastairstevenson My bad, I didn't know you wanted the console text. Here it is from trying your suggestions: U-Boot 1.3.4-30623 (Dec 6 2012 - 11:05:48) ARM Clock: 480MHz DDR Clock: 336MHz Hit Ctrl+u to stop autoboot: 0 |BIND err| Unknown command:null nand booting ... load kernel... load...

@alastairstevenson I dusted off my trusty USB-TTL serial cable and completely disassembled the camera since the serial interface is buried in the worst location. I have attached a screenshot of the output I get when I boot the camera.

@alastairstevenson I set up another test scenario to prove what you are telling me. I have my computer connected to a dumb switch, and the dumb switch connected to the IP Cam. I am using a wall wart to power the IP Cam, so we don't have to worry with PoE negotiation. I have the Hikvision TFTP...