Rite Aid model 400... hackable?
Hi everybody. I just came across this whole world of PV2 camera hacking and was extremely alarmed when I saw that most of the work/development on the sites I was reading was done a couple years ago. I've been so excited about it the last couple days, and hoped there was still interest and people doing this stuff, because I reeeaaallly want to do this. I was thrilled to find this forum, and hope I can get some help. Anyway, I went to my local Rite Aid, who seems to sell a re-branded version of the same 2 models (red, and blue/LCD) everybody's talking about, and picked up one of each. After finding this forum and doing some homework, I see that the blue/LCD identifies itself as model 510 (with firmware 0253, it says), which, as I understand from reading other threads/posts, is presently unhackable. (correct me if I'm wrong). That's fine. Now, the Red one. The thing is, it identifies itself as Model 400. Not sure if others have encountered this, and what the verdict is. It looks like the typical red model (6600, I guess?). Here's a pic I took in the store, just to show the models and make sure I'm not nuts:
I did the hold-all-the-buttons-down trick to get more info, and it displays:
EA, 60, 44, 23, 31, 08
Not exactly sure what that tells... just trying to give all the info I have.
So, is this probably compatible with an existing method of hacking? Anybody done one of these? Would love some help.
Much thanks in advance. I really love little communities like this, and look forward to joining you guys in having some fun with all this.
Hi everybody. I just came across this whole world of PV2 camera hacking and was extremely alarmed when I saw that most of the work/development on the sites I was reading was done a couple years ago. I've been so excited about it the last couple days, and hoped there was still interest and people doing this stuff, because I reeeaaallly want to do this. I was thrilled to find this forum, and hope I can get some help. Anyway, I went to my local Rite Aid, who seems to sell a re-branded version of the same 2 models (red, and blue/LCD) everybody's talking about, and picked up one of each. After finding this forum and doing some homework, I see that the blue/LCD identifies itself as model 510 (with firmware 0253, it says), which, as I understand from reading other threads/posts, is presently unhackable. (correct me if I'm wrong). That's fine. Now, the Red one. The thing is, it identifies itself as Model 400. Not sure if others have encountered this, and what the verdict is. It looks like the typical red model (6600, I guess?). Here's a pic I took in the store, just to show the models and make sure I'm not nuts:
I did the hold-all-the-buttons-down trick to get more info, and it displays:
EA, 60, 44, 23, 31, 08
Not exactly sure what that tells... just trying to give all the info I have.
So, is this probably compatible with an existing method of hacking? Anybody done one of these? Would love some help.
Much thanks in advance. I really love little communities like this, and look forward to joining you guys in having some fun with all this.
I think it went pretty well, and I think my solder is good. I used the PV2 QuickInstall to load the PV2 Utilities, and the Libusb drivers, and it seemed to install successfully. The PV2 Tools 2.14 runs, shows me the menu and everything.
However, I plug the camera in, and unfortunately, they are not on speaking terms. The most I get is Windows trying to figure out what drivers it needs to read the camera (though it does recognize it as a "Digital Camera"), and when I try to "Open" it in PV2 Tools, it says "Couldn't find camera."
I understand from one of the ReadMe's that this probably means that my cable is bad. But, I feel like I did a decent job with it. The camera does a high-speed doorbell-like high-tone,low-tone sound when it's disconnected from the computer, so I feel like the camera knows it's plugged in, but they just can't communicate.
Does anyone have any insight into something I may have done incorrectly or not at all that would keep this from working? Otherwise I guess I'll be buying a new Palm III connector and try making a new cable, but I really hope I don't need to. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks guys!