[Noisebridge-discuss] clipper card hacking

[Bryan Beeley]

I was commuting using the Clipper/Translink card for a while, and I was 
able to get it to work almost every time, as long as I was paying 
attention.  It is just very particular about the way that you present 
the card to the reader.

I would be interested in working with others on understanding the card.  
I also have software experience, and a fair amount of experience with 
hardware credentials and readers.  However, my experience with building 
custom hardware is fairly limited.

Bryan

On 10/04/2010 10:51 PM, Jonathan Lassoff wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 9:28 PM, Ryan Rawson<ryanobjc at gmail.com>  wrote:
>    
>> It does seem that some swipes take longer than others, perhaps as low
>> as 300-500ms.
>>
>> Why would anyone build a high volume transit system based on this?
>>      
> Personally, I find Clipper/Translink pretty unusable. In the times
> that I've tried to use it, it usually takes 1-2 seconds and 2-3 tries
> before it successfully tags.
>
> I bummed that Muni is canceling their beautifully colored passes and
> forcing people that want them to carry around RF cards. I liked being
> able to collect the colored passes for posterity.
> Now that I've started biking more, I've basically given up on Muni as a result.
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