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4 months ago Hey CowSkullBolo, I have a mac with Sonoma, use BBEdit and have Little Snitch running and use wz_mini hacks to ssh only into several V3 cameras. Typically the SD format nails you, or config file terminations or content. Then there is just typing wrong things. Been there, done that.
Your post inspired me to repair the USB cable on a spare V3 and write up some initial troubleshooting steps for you. The firmware version can be current if you only desire to ssh or sftp into your camera, which is all i need.
Note: don’t do a Wyze camera firmware upgrade while running wz_mini_hacks, it will eat it’s brain and you will need to reflash the firmware and reinstall wz_mini-hacks.
Try these steps, note where it goes wrong and attach your full-list.txt.gz file for additional kicks at the can.
Rob
July 6 2024- SD CARD and WYZE MINI HACKS INSTALL and SSH VERIFICATION for MAC
power off camera. Insert SD card into your mac
get a list of all disks your mac can see.
Want to obtain the Volume name, and verify TYPE = Windows_FAT_32 Open mac Terminal app (in /Applications/Utility) -type: df -h diskutil list
Example: @.*** ~ % df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity iused ifree %iused Mounted on ... (lines omitted) /dev/disk4s1 15Gi 115Mi 15Gi 1% 1 0 100% /Volumes/WYZE
@.*** ~ % diskutil list ... (lines omitted) /dev/disk4 (external, physical):
: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: FDisk_partition_scheme *15.9 GB disk4 1: Windows_FAT_32 WYZE 15.9 GB disk4s1
do a repair on your SD card. Note the IDENTIFIER value for the last command.
-type: diskutil repairVolume 'IDENTIFIER'
Example: @.* ~ % diskutil repairVolume disk4s1 Started file system repair on disk4s1 (WYZE) Checking file system and repairing if necessary and if possible Volume was successfully unmounted Performing fsck_msdos -y /dev/rdisk4s1 /dev/rdisk4s1 Phase 1 - Preparing FAT Phase 2 - Checking Directories ** Phase 3 - Checking for Orphan Clusters Warning: 979 files, 15432352 KiB free (482261 clusters) File system check exit code is 0 Restoring the original state found as mounted Finished file system repair on disk4s1 (WYZE)
get a list of all files on your SD card in case you need to send it for more troubleshooting
-type: ls -alR /Volumes/WYZE > full-list.txt gzip full-list.txt
check the crlf termination of critical files wz_mini.conf and authorized keys,
Use 'Mounted On' value from 'df -h' above. -type: file 'Mounted On'/wz_mini/wz_mini.conf file 'Mounted On'/wz_mini/etc/ssh/authorized_keys
Example: @.*** ~ % file /Volumes/WYZE/wz_mini/wz_mini.conf /Volumes/WYZE/wz_mini/wz_mini.conf: ASCII text
you do not want to see terminators info in the next two lines
Example with deliberately wrong crlf terminations: /Volumes/WYZE/wz_mini/wz_mini.conf-DOS: ASCII text, with CRLF line terminators /Volumes/WYZE/wz_mini/wz_mini.conf-MAC: ASCII text, with CR line terminators
@.** ~ % file /Volumes/WYZE/wz_mini/etc/ssh/ /Volumes/WYZE/wz_mini/etc/ssh/authorized_keys: ASCII text, with very long lines (569)
NETWORK VERIFICATION
do not do this with the camera at a remote location.
soft eject the SD card form your mac. Plug it into the camera. Power the camera on.
the camera blink and say:
WZ MINI. Initializing first boot. Extracting swap. Please wait.
after a couple of minutes, lets test network connectivity with ping to ensure have correct IP
Open Wyze app, select camera, open Settings, click on Device Info. record IP, Network and firmware version
Example: IP=192.168.6.228 Network=apelike Firmware Version=4.36.12.9751
open mac Terminal app (in /Applications/Utility)
-type: ping 'your cameras IP'
Example: @.*** ~ % ping 192.168.6.228 PING 192.168.6.228 (192.168.6.228): 56 data bytes Request timeout for icmp_seq 0 64 bytes from 192.168.6.228: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=1071.414 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.6.228: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=66.411 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.6.228: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=1.409 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.6.228: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=10.041 ms
unplug camera. does ping commence timeouts?
Example: 64 bytes from 192.168.6.228: icmp_seq=9 ttl=64 time=4.430 ms Request timeout for icmp_seq 11 Request timeout for icmp_seq 12
plug camera into USB, does ping resume after a minute
Example: @.*** ~ % ping 192.168.6.228 PING 192.168.6.228 (192.168.6.228): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 192.168.6.228: icmp_seq=70 ttl=64 time=4.350 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.6.228: icmp_seq=71 ttl=64 time=2.175 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.6.228: icmp_seq=72 ttl=64 time=2.914 ms ^C
SSH TEST
very exciting if you got this far. Open mac Terminal app (in /Applications/Utility)
-type: ssh root@'Your IP'
Example: @. ~ % ssh @. The authenticity of host '192.168.6.228 (192.168.6.228)' can't be established. ED25519 key fingerprint is SHA256:ufmewoni6aL1b62WCZTWaUWQ2brqRvnrBz/FvTRyA80. This key is not known by any other names. Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no/[fingerprint])? yes Warning: Permanently added '192.168.6.228' (ED25519) to the list of known hosts. COLUMNS=120;LINES=36;export COLUMNS LINES;
@.***:~]# uname -a Linux WCV3 3.10.14isvp_swan_1.0 #120 PREEMPT Wed Jul 13 00:01:23 PDT 2022 mips GNU/Linux
@.:~]# exit Connection to 192.168.6.228 closed. @. ~ % @. ~ % @. ~ % ssh @. COLUMNS=120;LINES=36;export COLUMNS LINES; @.:~]#
@.:~]# cd /media/mmc @.:mmc]# ls alarm record wyze_config_backup wz_mini_initramfs.log factory_t31_ZMC6tiIDQN time_lapse wz_mini @.***:mmc]#
On Jul 5, 2024, at 9:54 PM, CowSkullBolo @.***> wrote:
Hi all,
For the past couple of days I have been doing my best to get things loaded onto my two V3 cameras and I finally gave up and decided to come here. I have followed all of the directions and tried several different options in the config file to see if I can get this going. I'm primarily working with MacOS but have access to Windows/Linux with VM. SD Cards are 32gb. I think I have read the instructions several times, but I done so much troubleshooting and research that I'm starting to go cross-eyed/mildly crazy and it's possible I might be missing something.
Troubleshooting: 1.) Check browser/router settings re: http access 2.) Disable AdGuard and VPN 3.) Disable Little Snitch 4.) Try SSH and check http page from separate computer 5.) Try SSH and check http page by VM on Windows/Debian 6.) Format card in FAT32 with Apple Disk Utility, Raspberry Pi Imager, and SD Card Formatter 7.) Go to Staples and get a new 32gb SD card 8.) Downgrade firmware to 9.131, upgrade to 9.139, load hacks 9.) Download BBEdit for config edits for safe measures 10.) Ensure camera has ip reservation
I have followed the ssh-keygen instructions and have checked it several times.
I'm able to ping the camera, but I can't SSH in. ssh: connect to host xxx.xxx.x.xxx port 22: Connection refused
I don't think I'm a computer wiz or anything, but I have some experience and frequently ssh into my router and a single board computer that I am planning to run MotionEye on.
The only thing that I can think that may be going wrong is: 1.) My router settings 2.) My Wyze v3 is not booting the hack for some reason.
I'm leaning on #2 https://github.com/gtxaspec/wz_mini_hacks/issues/2. Please let me know if I'm missing any helpful information.
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CowSkullBolo
Hi all,
For the past couple of days I have been doing my best to get things loaded onto my two V3 cameras and I finally gave up and decided to come here. I have followed all of the directions and tried several different options in the config file to see if I can get this going. I'm primarily working with MacOS but have access to Windows/Linux with VM. SD Cards are 32gb. I think I have read the instructions several times, but I done so much troubleshooting and research that I'm starting to go cross-eyed/mildly crazy and it's possible I might be missing something.
Troubleshooting: 1.) Check browser/router settings re: http access 2.) Disable AdGuard and VPN 3.) Disable Little Snitch 4.) Try SSH and check http page from separate computer 5.) Try SSH and check http page by VM on Windows/Debian (and from my single board computer) 6.) Format card in FAT32 with Apple Disk Utility, Raspberry Pi Imager, and SD Card Formatter 7.) Go to Staples and get a new 32gb SD card 8.) Downgrade firmware to 9.131, upgrade to 9.139, load hacks 9.) Download BBEdit for config edits for safe measures 10.) Ensure camera has ip reservation
I have followed the ssh-keygen instructions and have checked it several times.
I'm able to ping the camera, but I can't SSH in.
ssh: connect to host xxx.xxx.x.xxx port 22: Connection refusedI don't think I'm a computer wiz or anything, but I have some experience and frequently ssh into my router and a single board computer that I am planning to run MotionEye on.
The only thing that I can think that may be going wrong is: 1.) My router settings 2.) My Wyze v3 is not booting the hack for some reason.
I'm leaning on #2. Please let me know if I'm missing any helpful information.