This device is a small pc in an electric utility meter installed in my house.
The meter is manufactured by
http://locusenergy.com/solutions/data-acquisition-systems/hardware/
The pc board is a ts7400
https://www.embeddedarm.com/products/board-detail.php?product=TS-7400
It has an embedded linux 2.6 kernel customized by these folks:
http://www.microtoolsinc.com/open_source_web_page/index.php
I want to be able to read my meter but the locus energy people want an arm and a leg for their software AND I need an account on THEIR website which is a subscription. (And I pay for the internet service they are using to suck MY data. You see where I am going with this)
The meter phones home to Locus energy and sends the data directly. I think it is a crime that the data generated by MY use of electricity (that I pay for) is being monetized. And on top of that I have to waste bandwidth retrieving data that originates in my house. So how can I get to this data?
I could install a network tap between the meter and the internet and just read and parse the packets with wireshark. Even so, I'll need to decipher the data stream. Another way might be to access the ts7400 and read the sqlite database it keeps.NMAP told me that:
Port 23 is exposed but I do not know the account (root does not work)
Port 80 reveals a web server.
Is there a way to get into this box to access my data?
The meter is manufactured by
http://locusenergy.com/solutions/data-acquisition-systems/hardware/
The pc board is a ts7400
https://www.embeddedarm.com/products/board-detail.php?product=TS-7400
It has an embedded linux 2.6 kernel customized by these folks:
http://www.microtoolsinc.com/open_source_web_page/index.php
I want to be able to read my meter but the locus energy people want an arm and a leg for their software AND I need an account on THEIR website which is a subscription. (And I pay for the internet service they are using to suck MY data. You see where I am going with this)
The meter phones home to Locus energy and sends the data directly. I think it is a crime that the data generated by MY use of electricity (that I pay for) is being monetized. And on top of that I have to waste bandwidth retrieving data that originates in my house. So how can I get to this data?
I could install a network tap between the meter and the internet and just read and parse the packets with wireshark. Even so, I'll need to decipher the data stream. Another way might be to access the ts7400 and read the sqlite database it keeps.NMAP told me that:
Port 23 is exposed but I do not know the account (root does not work)
Port 80 reveals a web server.
Is there a way to get into this box to access my data?