[Noisebridge-discuss] door button failing

[Dr. Jesus]

We've been given permission from the landlord to make alternations to
the gate to accomodate a panel on the left side, including the
metalwork required to saw out part of the bars and install a frame for
the new panel.

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 2:32 PM, Xander Hudson <acet at synoptic.org> wrote:
> I took the button panel apart and found a wire so corroded that it broke
> off when I took the panel off.  I resoldered that wire (thick black
> one).  That didn't fix the problem.
>
> I squirted some contact cleaner in the button and that did the trick.
> The button works now.  It doesn't work perfectly tho.. I think the
> switch is on its last legs and we should be keeping an eye out for a
> replacement.
>
> Also, if we weatherproof the switch box that'll make it last longer.
> Right now it's exposed to rain/etc and it shows from the amount of
> corrosion on the contacts.
>
> -x
>
> Jake wrote:
>> tonight (sunday) i rang the doorbell repeatedly and got no response.
>>
>> I spent a long time trying to get in through my phone, and eventually
>> someone came down the stairs and saw me and let me in on their way out.
>> We tested it at that time and it seemed to work (cause a beep upstairs)
>>
>> there were a bunch of people upstairs and they said they hadn't heard it
>> when i pressed it.  I pressed it good at least three or four times, a
>> minute or two apart each time.  I think the button is going bad.  The word
>> around the space was that it was messing up all day, so i'm not the only
>> one.
>>
>> short version: THE BUTTON OUTSIDE IS FAILING AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED OR
>> REPAIRED.
>>
>> i know it's tempting to want to put a big shiny light-up button out there
>> to replace it but please, let's not do that, we don't want every Salvador
>> Dali-Lamer to come pressing our mega-cool arduino-powered button all the
>> time and discovering the magical free world of noisebridge do we?
>>
>> So lets just fix the button somehow.
>>
>> also, I tried hacking in and discovered that some of the methods listed on
>> the wiki page don't work - like the IP address where you log in as
>> user/live just isn't there (supposed to be at 172.30.0.31)
>>
>> -jake
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