[Rack] how to open noisebridge door from computers
Nicholas Granado
ngranado at gmail.com
Sat Feb 18 02:17:47 UTC 2012
oh man sweet. you're there now?
On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
> we are doing it now.
>
> who was working on the backend right now. i am finishing the
> control-panel frontend payphone thing that goes on the gate, but the
> software for that is done.
>
> the client keypad just sends serial characters at 300 baud. You can send
> back commands to make lights flash or beeps.
>
>
> -jake
>
> 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<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/<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<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/<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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