[Rack] how to open noisebridge door from computers
xone
xone at fromthegut.org
Sat Feb 11 02:12:28 UTC 2012
I haven't done this kind of thing before, but I'd like to hang out when this gets worked on as it's sounding interesting. I'll watch this list to see when others are getting together.
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On Feb 10, 2012, at 5:38 PM, Jake wrote:
> ha, in my copious spare time.
>
> If noone else volunteers to work on the hardware, it will have to wait until monday when I can get to it.
>
> The hardware will have to have a boarduino, a MAX232 chip (converts the serial of the atmega328 to proper +-12v RS232 for long distance serial), a 12-key numeric pad (from a payphone, there are plenty on the most south-east member shelf at about knee-level belonging to noisebridge),
> and a couple LEDs (red and green) and a speaker, and an RJ45 socket.
>
> A cat-5 cable will run to the machine called minotaur, where an RJ45 socket will turn it into a DB9F serial connector and a power connector from the 5V supply powering the motherboard called minotaur.
>
> all this times two means one keypad for the top of the stairs, another at the gate.
>
> On Fri, 10 Feb 2012, Nicholas Granado wrote:
>
>> 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/028
>> 221.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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