Aug 19 2004
Veo Observer Wireless Firmware upgrade
Veo silently upgraded the firmware of the Veo Observer Wireless Network Camera. On their website at http://www.veo.com/Observer-Wireless/firmware.asp there is version 416 of the firmware available (the latest public version was 300).
The release notes mention a number of fixes including: “Additional code added to make the camera more stable.”. Let’s hope that this is true – it has happened more than once that the camera locked up and that I saw it pointing to the ceiling in the morning with the motor running for hours.
I also checked the Veo.pm perl module and everything seems to work with the upgraded firmware.
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August 30th, 2004 at 2:06 pm
I updated my wired veo cam to 4.16 (with the wired updater), but the perl module no longer completely works. With the streaming example, it grabs one image, then hangs. I haven’t investigated further, but its on my “list” for today.
Have you made any changes to Veo.pm since the version posted on the previous entry?
October 6th, 2004 at 10:50 am
I cannot find the firmware version 416 on the posted URL above… any idea where they are hiding it?
October 8th, 2004 at 6:16 pm
Sure, you’ll find it in ftp://209.133.92.110/
the name is 602v_fw_v416.zip
(It’s the official VEO ftp site…)
Ciao
Andy
October 10th, 2004 at 11:50 pm
I also have wired Veo with firmware 416. I have the hang problem when I use the script which capture 10 images. So I used the perl debugger and then it is ok. So it let me think there is some timing problem.
Now I added sleep 1 after selectStream() and before the stream(). It seems to work after half a dozen try.
October 14th, 2004 at 11:11 pm
The zip mentioned seems to be passworded – anyone know what the password is?
December 2nd, 2004 at 10:34 pm
I had to run a password cracker, but turns out the password was obvious. for the 601v fw the password is wired and the 602v fw the password is wireless. be sure to install the right firmware. 601 is wired and 602 is wireless
June 7th, 2005 at 1:47 pm
Does anyone know what’s up with VEO????, I can write a book about the many failed attempts I have made in trying to reach them in every way possible!!!! My cam is DEAD and I need an RMA no. for it so I can send it back to get fixed. Any help would be greatly appreciated. THANKS
September 29th, 2005 at 9:22 pm
Had to use the following address to get to the firmware file for the Observer:
http://www.veo.com/ftp/601v_fw_v416.zip for the wired version and
http://www.veo.com/ftp/602v_fw_v416.zip for the wireless version.
Not sure why Veo has removed the links from their website. Remember what Shhh…don’t tell said: when Winzip tries to open the package, it will ask for a password which is “wired” for the 601v and “wireless” for the 602v. Thanks Shhh…don’t tell!
October 2nd, 2005 at 12:53 pm
Can someone help me. I have a Veo Observer that I cannot reset the password. Pressing the power button for 6 seconds or longer does not work.
Is there another master to overwrite this?.
The pan and tilt on one of the cams is also not working. I am sure his is a common problem is there a fix for this?.
How do you load the java or perl programs. I am no programer but would like the features that they would offer. Is there a download for a self extracting program somewhere?.
Thanks for the help
Lamco
January 22nd, 2006 at 1:51 pm
Some news on Veo. As other people have posted, it seems that the US company, if not the Taiwan parent, is dead and gone. There is a surplus store in Sacramento with bins of RMA’d cameras, new boards, parts, camera modules, etc. I bought 4 Observers for $5 each marked “defective motors, return to Horng” that work fine (except for the motors). If anyone is interested, it’s Ali’s Surplus Stuff, 916-381-8304. Ali told me that someone bought the Veo name at the bankruptcy auction for $60,000 in order to pursue some legal actions against some Taiwanese or Chinese company, who knows. Wonder who is maintaining their web site.
February 4th, 2006 at 10:49 am
I need help here,I upgraded the Veo Observer firmware from V296 to Ver416 after which the Veo observer fails to log in the web client.Iam able to see the Mac add on the utility and i can ping the camera IP but the web client wont work.
Unable to reset Veo password also,pls help how to overcome this prob.
February 7th, 2006 at 8:24 am
I have exact same problem as James
June 25th, 2006 at 2:23 pm
Same here. I can login and change the settings from the Veo Setup Utility, but if I try to update the firmware I get a network protocol error. Using IE to browse the home page or the LGI_en.htm page returns a 404. Has anybody fixed this?
October 6th, 2006 at 12:46 am
Me too. After updated the firmware to 416. Then can’t login again. Can ping it… can see the Mac Address… can set the IP Address… but can’t login and shown protocol error. Please help!!!
December 17th, 2006 at 11:18 am
james and paul, Oh my goodness, I have the same problem you got. did you have any solution to com in the firmware…..
January 23rd, 2007 at 9:36 am
Damn, same here!
January 25th, 2007 at 11:20 pm
I have the observer and i need to update firmware from v278 to v296 but can not find the firmware i am looking for. can some one help
January 29th, 2007 at 7:23 am
One question:
as I was looking for a solution, I stumbled on a manual on homelogic’s site (http://www.homelogic.com/pdfs/notes/veo.pdf), where I saw a screenshot of a Veo observer setup utility with a version number V 5.93S.IP.W. Does anybody have any idea, where to find that? I think it is worh a shot, and try to login to the camera with it…
January 29th, 2007 at 7:25 am
Oh, Shawn,
…the above mentioned pdf also has a link to, what’s supposed to be firmware v296, but be careful!
http://www.homelogic.com/downloads/veo/euro_wire_296_575.bin
May 30th, 2007 at 10:44 pm
Well I cant access a new camera after updating to 416. I just purchased this brand new camera from ebay, I guess I will return it for an exchange.
I have 5.8 observer setup at my site along with some bin files
August 17th, 2007 at 4:19 pm
Apparently veo’s website is dead and gone, and I’m having a problem where it won’t let me make any changes to the camera, keeps saying “can’t communicate with the camera, please update firmware first”. I’m already on v416, and it was working fine, not sure what happened. I’ve done a hard reset.
Anyone have the firmware file? Please email wrybread @ gmail dot you know what if so.
Also, if anyone knows anything about communicating with this camera from Python, would be very interested…
September 20th, 2007 at 1:15 am
I have found the firmware. Here is the URL: http://www.demalaga.com/descargas/C%C3%A1maras%20IP/Veo/
If anyone knows what happened to Veo’s website and why my camera’s firmware got corrupted approximately the same time as the website dissapeared I would be very interested to know.
September 29th, 2007 at 11:43 am
I haven’t got any serial (RS232) cable bundled by my wireless camera. Has anyone got any idea where I can get it? Veo’s site is down so I don’t have anything to hold on to.
January 1st, 2008 at 5:42 am
Hello, where can i find the firmware 4.16 for wireless observer? and works it then with vista and IE 7.0 ??
My firmware is 3.00.
Please help!!!!
Many Thanks, Augustiner
March 11th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Desperately seeking Veo Wireless Observer Firmware versions 2.96 & 4.16 Does anyone have copies?
Thanks,
Andy
March 21st, 2008 at 7:06 am
Just checking in to see if any one hase broken the (1) view Only on the Veo Observer.
March 23rd, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Same issue: after 4.16 upgrade it will not allow me to reset cam, and I can;t get in. I have firmware mail me on my name above at gmail if you need copy.
Suggestions to fix login issue would be appreciated.
May 16th, 2008 at 6:04 am
I have the exact same problem with firmware v4.16.
Has anyone solved this?
December 18th, 2008 at 12:35 am
Version5.93 S.Web
Activex Version:2, 0, 7, 1
This application has been developed
by Veo. All rights reserved.
Copyright 2002-2003
December 22nd, 2008 at 8:09 pm
Well no one has seemed to figured out our delimna, so I guess its time for me to get out my electrical engineering cap and start looking throught some docs on teh chips use. I thing I found this far is a 10 port connector inside that can be used to program the PIC, which i what I beleive to be causing the issue. NOt 100% sure, but I just started loking at this in detail. I may purchase a programmer if I have to.
January 7th, 2009 at 11:22 am
hello, where can I find this firmware 602v_fw_v416.
October 2nd, 2009 at 9:59 am
Hello all,
I have a veo observer camera with the http 404 error and the network protocol error. Does anybody find a solution ?
December 29th, 2010 at 9:37 am
ftp://suma.com.pl/veo/