[Build] Update access control this weekend

Patrick O'Doherty p at trickod.com
Mon Oct 20 20:00:15 UTC 2014


I’ll be at the meeting. More than happy to give folks an update. 



Patrick O'Doherty
+1 650-701-7829

On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 10:05 AM, Mitch Altman <maltman23 at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Awesome!  :)
>  
> Someone involved with the project wanna come to the meeting on Tuesday evening and give an update?
>  
>  
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>> Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 22:27:41 -0700
>> From: h.zeller at acm.org
>> To: build at lists.noisebridge.net; p at trickod.com; c1 at caseyc.net
>> Subject: [Build] Update access control this weekend
>> 
>> Hi,
>> Josh (whose email address I don't have), Patrick and I were working on
>> picking up access control stuff today again.
>> 
>> The downstairs phone has a new inside circuit, but it was opened ...
>> let's say not through the lock.
>> 
>> In the end, there is a new circuit in there now, but we apparently did
>> some silly mistake in the final cabeling, so that we didn't end up
>> being able to read from the internal device - will be fixed soon. Also
>> we'll improve the mounting probably next weekend. Also, while the
>> keypad works fine, we forgot to actually add the RFID reader :) But we
>> need to disassemble things next weekend anyway, then it will be very
>> pretty :)
>> 
>> The Raspberry Pi, serial connection and connection of the relay to
>> open the door worked fine, so as soon as the cabeling problem is
>> solved, we should be able to be opening the door using pin-codes
>> again. The connections are getting less spaghetti cableing but more
>> 'neat'.
>> 
>> I'll be working on making a user interface with a box and LED readr
>> for the greeter or anyone who wants to add new RFID codes. This will
>> be happening in the week (but I will not be able to hang out at NB
>> over the week).
>> 
>> I've mounted the electric strike in the top-door. It is a hair too
>> thick, so that the stainless steel cover bends a bit, but it does not
>> hinder operation.
>> 
>> So if everything works fine, we should have the system working
>> (finally!) next weekend.
>> 
>> -h
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