[Noisebridge-discuss] The door situation is not working.

Naomi Most pnaomi at gmail.com
Mon Apr 8 19:10:18 UTC 2013


Door code definitely works (as of 10am this morning).

On Monday, April 8, 2013, Mitch Altman wrote:

> I'll be at Noisebridge tomorrow (Monday) for Circuit Hacking Monday, and
> I'll determine if punching in a door-code (or a phone app) can make the
> lock buzz open (or not), and report back.
>
> Mitch.
> >
> > We need to figure out what part of the system is broken.
> >
> > Does the door still open when a valid code is typed into the keypad?
> >
> > Are you talking about the doorbell noise? There is a switch on the
> > upstairs intercom which turns the doorbell noise on and off. I labeled
> > it.
> >
> > But to be sure, the door opening solenoid has had problems in the past.
> >
> > -jake
> >
> > On Sun, 7 Apr 2013, Mitch Altman wrote:
> >
> > > I should have written about this last Monday (but, sorry -- I forgot).
> > > The door buzz-in system is broken. It worked fine last Monday
> > > afternoon, but stopped working by Monday evening. No one during that
> > > time tampered with it, as far as I know. But after we determined that
> > > it wasn't working, someone went down to the gate and opened up the
> > > mechanism, and closed it up again, and that made it function again for
> a
> > > few DOOR presses. But, then it stopped working again.
> > >
> > > Mitch.
> > >
> > >
> > > ----------------------------------------
> > >> Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 02:39:10 -0700
> > >> From: jake at spaz.org
> > >> To: danny at spesh.com
> > >> CC: i at s.ai; noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
> > >> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] The door situation is not working.
> > >>
> > >> On Sat, 6 Apr 2013, Danny O'Brien wrote:
> > >>> Yeah, I think that the DOOR button is actually broken or *something*,
> > >>> and that's what's annoying people right now.
> > >>> Jake you know the door system better than anyone at this point -- is
> > >>> there something that could be (sporadically or not) preventing the
> DOOR
> > >>> button from working?
> > >>
> > >> I am going to assume someone disabled it. They should have made an
> > >> announcement or something on the list. I made announcements several
> times
> > >> that i was going to do it and was met with approval, but i never got
> > >> around to it. I think it's a good idea and we should get used to it.
> > >>
> > >>> There seems to be a bunch of things like timers hanging off the door
> > >>> system downstairs. Could they be causing problems?
> > >>
> > >> the stuff downstairs has nothing to do with the door button. There is
> a
> > >> conventional 24-hour light timer for the lights that are supposed to
> > >> illuminate people outside the gate at night (so we can see them on the
> > >> camera) and a 12v power adaptor for the camera. There is also a 12v
> > >> adaptor that goes nowhere, for the hard drive that used to be there
> and is
> > >> gone now. The DOOR button wiring and buzzer wiring is all put away
> like
> > >> it was before Noisebridge arrived.
> > >>
> > >>> Is there anyway we can simplify what we already have without causing
> > >>> problems to your future plans?
> > >>
> > >> This is not about my plans. Noisebridge is a collective activity and
> we
> > >> should discuss things together. Anyone interested in working on
> > >> infrastructure should communicate with other people who are
> interested for
> > >> maximum effect. I can try to answer any questions if they are asked of
> > >> me.
> > >>
> > >>> Asked what? I know I'm probably being stupid, but after all these
> months
> > >>
> > >> Here's where i initially suggested it:
> > >>
> https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2013-January/034216.html
> > >>
> > >> Here are some people who liked it:
> > >>
> https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2013-January/034217.html
> > >>
> https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2013-January/034221.html
> > >>
> > >> here's w



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