[Rack] how to open noisebridge door from computers

Nicholas Granado ngranado at gmail.com
Sat Feb 11 01:29:59 UTC 2012


when do you wanna get all of this done?

nick
--
http://www.nickgranado.com


On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 3:55 PM, Nicholas Granado <ngranado at gmail.com>wrote:

> sounds like fun
>
> nick
> ----
> possibly sent from my post-pc device
>
> On Feb 10, 2012, at 3:35 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>
> > here's my post about the keypad hardware:
> >
> https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2012-February/028221.html
> >
> > basically the keypads (one upstairs one downstairs) will talk to
> minotaur through (separate) serial ports.  0123456789 # * can be sent from
> the keypad, and codes sent to the keypad cause different beeps or lights to
> flash.
> >
> > so someone has to code a daemon that runs on minotaur to talk serial to
> these keypads.  minotaur is also the machine that actually buzzes the gate,
> through its USB parallel port.
> >
> > and of course the same list of good (and bad) codes will be used for
> this and for the pony.noise/gate browser interface.
> >
> > -jake
> >
> > On Fri, 10 Feb 2012, Nicholas Granado wrote:
> >
> >> hi jake,
> >> i can work on the software side of this as i've already looked at the
> code
> >> that's driving the outside version of pony.noise/gate ... i didn't see
> that
> >> someone is actually doing some kind of keypad.... it would be sweet if
> the
> >> keypad and the key you enter into the mobile interface were the same...
> >> cheers,
> >> nick
> >> --
> >> http://www.nickgranado.com
> >> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
> >>      Okay so i don't know if you've been reading the noisebridge
> >>      discuss list, but we've been talking about access all week.
> >>
> >>      I think we need to change pony.noise/gate to act the same as it
> >>      does from outside noisebridge - so you need to enter the code
> >>      (once per session) whether you're inside noisebridge or not.
> >>
> >>      the thing is, instead of the code changing every week, it should
> >>      be that codes are only given out at meetings, where they can
> >>      also be disabled.
> >>      Codes don't expire, but they can be killed any time if
> >>      necessary.
> >>
> >>      who can work on this?  who is working on the keypad solution?
> >>
> >>      talk to me.
> >>
> >>      -jake
> >>
> >>      On Wed, 8 Feb 2012, Nicholas Granado wrote:
> >>
> >>      hi all,
> >>      try this code: 53237 (it changes weekly) we need to figure
> >>      out a way of
> >>      emailing everyone or a list of people who can use the code
> >>      if this already
> >>      doesn't exist. i'd be down to hack this out if it doesn't.
> >>
> >>      anyways pop that code into:
> >>      http://pony.noisebridge.net/gate/ or
> >>      http://noise.pony/gate from only the inside.
> >>
> >>      cheers,
> >>      nick
> >>      --
> >>      http://www.nickgranado.com
> >>
> >>      On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 3:38 AM, miloh
> >>      <froggytoad at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>           On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Danny O'Brien
> >>      <danny at spesh.com>
> >>           wrote:
> >>           >
> >>           >
> >>           > On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 2:15 AM, miloh
> >>      <froggytoad at gmail.com>
> >>           wrote:
> >>           >>
> >>           >> I bet if you ssh into pony and try 'opengate' it
> >>      will work.
> >>            This
> >>           >> shows that all the hardware you installed is still
> >>           functional. I had
> >>           >> it tested last week and it worked then.
> >>           >>
> >>           >> the web access was broken some time around when
> >>      the
> >>           noisebridge api
> >>           >> was introduced.
> >>           >> https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/API
> >>           >
> >>           >
> >>           >
> >>           > OH SUCH ACCUSATIONS
> >>           >
> >>           > The API works fine, and is in fact what the
> >>      opengate script
> >>           now uses.
> >>           >
> >>
> >>      ah! sorry awaken the api hyrda.
> >>
> >>      jake try the following:
> >>
> >>      $curl -X POST -d open=True
> >>      http://api.noisebridge.net/gate/
> >>
> >>      and see if that works.
> >>
> >>      > The webpage also works fine, but somebody put in the
> >>      code that stops
> >>      it
> >>      > working after 9PM, in the belief that this would
> >>      magically have
> >>      people nod
> >>      > wisely instead of going "oh i guess it's broken, I'll
> >>      let in that
> >>      > rascally-looking cosmologist now by hand".
> >>      >
> >>
> >>      do we need to just keep iterating?
> >>
> >>      > I do believe there was some feeling that the dial-in
> >>      hackerline pick
> >>      a word
> >>      > code is broken, which I can well believe. I have no
> >>      influence on
> >>      such a
> >>      > thing, because while it was a cool hack, futzing around
> >>      with your
> >>      phone to
> >>      > type in a random word was so cumbersome that I don't
> >>      believe anyone
> >>      ever
> >>      > uses it.
> >>      >
> >>      >
> >>
> >>      casey implemented the phone system.
> >>
> >>      Jof built the daemon used on minotaur.
> >>       https://github.com/jof/gateman
> >>
> >>      Lots of projects to tie in together here, I think we just
> >>      need to keep
> >>      iterating.
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