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I opened up another camera, the beeping one, and it's a Hi3518 CRBCV100 SoC. The reset button on the board is offset from where the hole is in the body, quality build, but I managed to do the reset cycle but with no result. It seems to be fully supported by OpenIPC though, so that's gonna be the...

I've tried to add the camera and tested all the Grain related profiles under IP Camera, I've tested adding ONVIF but it's not showing up. When I scan the network while adding the camera, the network activity light on the camera promptly reacts to the scan, but it's still not broadcasting...

Nice, they even have a port for Raspberry Pi OS, thank you! I'll report back when I've done some tests.

Looks like the SoC is Grain, I'm assuming that corresponds to GrainMedia noted in the list of supported hardware. Not sure which model it is though, does anyone know how to identify the specific model? https://openipc.org/supported-hardware

The cameras don't have a second life unless they're unlocked, unfortunately. Unless someone is actually using this small alarm company and also want 8 year old cameras added to their system. I feel like there's a lot of focus on the cameras quality here - the camera quality is not important. I...

Thanks, doesn't look like they have a Linux version, but I can probably find something. Maybe someone can recommend something from experience?

I haven't really decided what I'm going to do specifically. With the kids, probably take apart a camera, (hopefully) flash the firmware and get the cameras streaming to something. Show the value of knowledge and its environmental and economical implications, but also understanding your own...

This has been bothering me enough for it to peak my interest. When such generic hardware is only a "software fix" away from being open source and it can extend the usefulness and thus the longevity of the hardware, I'm all for it. I think hardware issues like this should be piggybacking on the...

Had I been successful unlocking them, I would have given them away when the projects were done. But yeah, they will be responsibly recycled. Thanks for all your responses!

Thanks, yeah, this was more of a "before you go" project idea while clearing out storage, not something I'll be buying new stuff for. :)

I operated under the assumption that "physical access is total access" would suffice, had there been such a thing as generic software. Reverse engineered firmware is obviously not going to be making its way into my hardware.

The model number is unfortunately useless, it's like "CompanyName0032" on a sticker. The only other marking I found gave no hits on a google search.

Here's the back of the camera.

I overestimated the age of the cameras, they're 8 years old, roughly.

They're not going "into production", I wanted to set up some projects for me and the kids since I already had the cameras laying around. But if I can't control the software side, it's not going to work. I've attached a picture I found that looks like one of the cameras.