Poking around an Ademco RapidEye Multi

The Ademco RapidEye Multi is a small CCTV DVR, serving the same purpose as the Pelco. As it turns out, this hardware is quite different from Pelco's. The Ademco uses a Pentium-I desktop, wrapped with a custom housing and interface boards.

The unit is also running Wind River VxWorks. Since we all know a Pentium cannot simultaneously compress 8 different video streams, this card contains the extra horsepower. It also has a small wire running to the motherboard's reset line.

The unit also has a modem and two serial ports. If you attach a cable to the second port, you can interrupt the boot sequence to change settings like the IP address. Use 8-N-1, 9600 baud. You'll need to press enter quickly to block the boot-up sequence. Here's an example capture:

AVAILABLE COMMANDS    DESCRIPTION
?                     This command list
q                     Quit; Start Application; Run OS shell on console
cls                   Clear Screen
ver                   Display Product Version
show                  Show all parameter values
=        Set LAN parameter, e.g.,
                       'ip = 172.25.2.1'
                       'gateway = 172.25.100.1'
                       'netmask = 255.255.0.0'
                      Set PPP parameter, e.g.,
                       'local = 172.26.2.1'
                       'host = 172.26.200.1'
                       'comport = port1'
                        (options are 'none', 'port1', 'port2', or 'internal')
                       'timeout = 60'
                        (timeout may be between 0 and 999 seconds)
                       'baudrate = 9600'
                        (options are 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200)
                       'modem prefix = at'
                       'modem init = z'
                       'modem dial = D'
recover               Recover system to the previous version.

Enter a command, or '?' for help:
ver

Rapid Eye MULTI
Configuration Shell
Version 3.2

Copyright 1999-2000, Ademco

Enter a command, or '?' for help:
show

Current LAN Settings:
  ip       = 10.174.8.64
  gateway  = 10.174.8.1
  netmask  = 255.255.254.0
Current PPP Settings:
  local    = 172.26.2.1
  host     = 172.26.200.1
  comport  = internal
  timeout  = 60
  baudrate = 115200
  modem prefix = AT
  modem init   = Z
  modem dial   = D


Enter a command, or '?' for help:
q

Configuration Shell Stopped...
Attached TCP/IP interface to eeE

I also imaged the disk. The disk is split into two partitions. The first is a 2GB FAT containing VxWorks. The second is a partition listed as 'free space', but actually holds the video data. Here's the file list:

.
./streadir.dat
./STARTUP
./VERSION
./eventdup.dat
./JAV308.O
./system.log
./JAV306.O
./VXWORKS
./EVENTDIR.DAT
./TEMP
./KALATEL.O
./blockdir.dat
./PPPWAIT
./DAU
./storage.cfg
./streadup.dat
./alarmdir.dat
./PPPINIT
./PELCO_P.O
./MANUF
./serialid
./alarmdup.dat
./eventcol.dat
./SECURITY
./BOOTROM.SYS
./MTC
./MTC/SECURITY
./MTC/USR.INI
./MTC/LUCENT.INI
./MTC/config
./MTC/cfgdup
./GPOSTATE
./DELTA.O
./storage.csv
./CONTEXT
./PELCO_D.O
./DSH2
./config
./DSHUNLD
./cfgdup

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