WYZE Camera Case for Co2 Laser

I recently got a 50W Co2 Laser and got the Lightburn program to use. It allows you to integrate a bed camera, but they are crazy expensive, and you must have a computer within USB cable distance away from the laser to connect to the camera. I recently found a way to use a cheap WYZE cam IP camera in conjunction with IP Cam Driver http://www.ipcamdriver.com/ to bring in the camera feed wirelessly.

The problem with the WYZE cam in it's stock form is that it's just a big cube and sticks down way to far. I alleviate the problem, I made this replacement case that rearranges the boards to make it flatter. The final result reduces the overall height to half the original size.

Here is the video tutorial I used to remove the camera components from the original case: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYrLeWjRiqU

Here are the complete setup instructions for getting the WYZE cam to work inside Lightburn wirelessly.

Here is a video showing the steps: https://youtu.be/5OjWkgcLacQ

(FIRST) Go to the following site to download and install the official RTSP supported firmware from WYZE: https://support.wyzecam.com/hc/en-us/articles/360026245231-Wyze-Cam-RTSP

Once you have the camera’s firmware updated, you should be able to follow the steps in the video to get it working. One part that took a bit of trial and error to figure out was the exact URL path to enter for the new camera settings within the IP Cam Driver app for the RTSP stream. This is the format that I ended up using in the camera configuration section:

Name: (Enter whatever you’d like to call it)
User ID: Username set up within the WYZE app RTSP section
Password: Password set up within the WYZE app RTSP section
Address: rtsp://UserID:Password@192.168.69.28/live

Even though the address contains the user ID and password already, it would not work until I also entered the information into the respective fields as well. Once I did that and the Driver said that it was streaming, I was able to follow the rest of the steps from the video within Lightburn to make the camera visible.

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