it doesn't seem to be a hardware issue, btw. I swapped out the reader with
another and the issue seems to be the same in terms of scanning unreliably.
On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 6:02 PM, Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote:
please record the exact time and date when you
successfully enter with a
red light. that means that a code which is an error code is entered as
someone's card, and needs to be blacklisted and removed.
-jake
On Thu, 10 Dec 2015, Matthew Senate wrote:
For the card that I can mis-swipe to generate a red light but still open
> the door, I have not seen any failed reads. However, when the card seems to
> be read correctly and
> the green light flashes, the door does not unlatch.
>
> Go figure.
>
> Will look for other readers right now.
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> On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 5:41 PM, Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote:
> i have a box of magnetic card readers and door latch things, they
> are in the mycology room of CCL unless marc moved them to the locked
> storage behind it. there
> are like 2 usb magcard readers in there.
>
> On Thu, 10 Dec 2015, Matthew Senate wrote:
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> Hey all,
>
> I just talked to Tavio from Phat Beets, he had a few cards
> that did not seem to be working. I tested all three and got unreliable
> results. I got
> every combination of both
> light (green blink, green solid, red blink) and failure /
> success of opening latch.
>
> Especially of note, is that one card of a type I'm fairly
> certain does not work correctly, when swiped incorrectly, creates a red
> light, but also
> successfully opens the
> latch. This gives me the impression that an error code
> (rather than a card's unique code) has been incorrectly added to the
> whitelist!
>
> And overall, swiping is incredibly inconsistent even for my
> own card, which I know to have worked well for a long time.
>
> I'm going to buy at least one usb magnetic card reader right
> now, please join me in fixing this system so it works consistently,
> reliably, and
> securely ASAP.
>
> // Matt
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