Limited hack for updated Read-Only systems (CIPC-GC15HE)

[ant-thomas]

I have just received a Kerui CIPC-GC15HE
Goke GK7102S based.

This has an updated firmware - 3.2.8.0121 - and therefore a read-only filesystem - though /home is mounted r/w which may help, but having an SD card available makes things workable.

As we know the original hack won't work with the read-only file system.

What I've achieved so far

• telnet access - admin/cxlinux
• rtsp server - admin/12345
• using mount --bind it is possible to use the hacked files without copying (thanks @ljs) (hosts file etc)
• busybox can be updated but requires an alternative install location - this in turn needs to be added to the environment PATH variable to be active without typing the full path. This is possible using the above mount --bind trick with an edited /etc/profile file
• ptz works via web interface
• IR cut is GPIO 20

Shouldn't take long to wrap-up in package for people with RO updated cameras.

[ljs]

Nice progress, but I'm curious do you have offline recording to SD CARD (event based or 24/7) on the new firmwares, when the camera is not connected to the the cloud? Or did you have offline rec on the old RW firmwares in same situation? I'm experience this behaviour..

[ant-thomas]

Unsure about recording. I would assume you need to setup the camera first via the app/cloud.
I have tried to avoid using the app/cloud at all, but that does usually mean you can only use it on ethernet, not WiFi.

[ljs]

Yes, it is set up via the app, and does record to SD CARD, event based for example. But whenever there is no connection to the cloud (even if one would have an outage of the internet connection, no tampering), the recording stops. This contradicts actually to the advertisement of GUUDGO, that the cloud is an optional feature :).

[ant-thomas]

Hack uploaded