(Just got back from traveling & an illness)
Are folks still at Burning man and travelling in Europe for the Chaos
Congress? [Trying to figure out this week at SudoRoom]
Since so many folks were travelling, or going to the Burning man festival
maybe we can have a small 5 minute "today I learned during my travels"
segment for fun at a meeting or at the hardware hacking tuesdy.
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Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
Hi everyone,
Omni Commons needs some rooms locked up with electronic locks. I volunteered
us to make everything and all the software. We can ask for some rent relief
or other favors in exchange for making this stuff, because otherwise they were
going to spend money that we don't have, to buy stuff that wouldn't work.
Who wants to help with this stuff???
We have a bin of keypads and another bin of solenoids and another bin of servo
motors, and plenty of arduinos. The plan is to build a …
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and tune up the software and get them going, and install them on the rooms.
I'm thinking an N600 wifi router flashed with openWRT and python, with an
Arduino plugged into it over USB. The Arduino connects to the numeric keypad
and solenoid latch, and a beeper. The software on the arduino can be
basically this:
https://github.com/jerkey/doorkeypad/tree/twocol-eeprom
and then the N600 linux machine can host stuff like what i made recently for
the omni front door magstripe reader (ask me about it) so that people from the
events group who are not technical can add and remove codes from the systems.
here is what Phillip from the events group has put together to describe what
they want the system to do:
Feature List:
● Remote access by Omni events staff to unlock or see if the door is currently
closed/locked
● Ability for Omni events staff to admin the system for these doors
● Numpad next to door for renters to quickly unlock with 4 digit pins
● Timeline recorded of each door access for lookup later by Omni event staff
● (optional) log of when door is closed
Feature Expectations:
● Omni events staff admin abilities
○ Delegate additional admins
○ Add/remove renters with a pin access
○ Set dates when renter pin starts and stops working
Planned Doors:
● DJ booth above bar with sound system control
● Tech room side of stage where sound equipment is stored
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basically there will be about three parts of the project:
1. hardware on the sudoroom tables (wiring stuff up and making things talk
to
each other and fiddling with early software tests)
2. copying the basic hardware setup a couple of times and making a third or
fourth spare setup, for fiddling and hacking and maybe additional doors
after
the needs specified by the events group
3. writing more software together and concurrently writing notes on how to
use
it, and composing instructions to …
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events
group
4. installing the hardware at the required doors and configuring and testing
5. writing emails to events group people explaining how the system works and
handling their replies and ongoing tech support requests.
I will be back in two weeks and ready to work on this stuff in person!!
butt
in the meantime if anyone wants to get started (especially on the software)
let's not hesitate! I've been writing lots of software remotely.
if you want to see the CGI door access stuff i've been working on which will
be pretty relevant to this project, send me your github username so I can
grant you access
as for the hardware, people can start by grabbing an N600 router and
flashing
it with openWRT and installing python and configuring things... or you can
find a working arduino and wire it up to a numeric keypad and a couple of
LEDs
and a beeper for testing, and that involves a bit of soldering and software
flashing.
-jake
On Sat, 26 Aug 2023, ch1rxpy3 via sudo-discuss wrote:
> I can't commit to the entire project but I do need to work on networking
> skills and would be interested in flashing a router. What sort of machine
> would we want to use?
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> On Aug 25, 2023, 4:00 PM, Laura Wesely via sudo-discuss wrote:
>
>> Thanks for including me in this! I am very eager to support by lending
>> what I can: some time, brute force, impeccable instruction-following, and
>> strong executive functioning and spacial reasoning skills.
>>
>> Beyond that I lack technological knowledge and experience to be of much
>> help.
>>
>> I short: tell me what to do and put me to work.
you not short
>>
>> XO
>> Lo
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 25, 2023, 15:08 Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> Omni Commons needs some rooms locked up with electronic locks. I
>>> volunteered
>>> us to make everything and all the software. We can ask for some rent
relief
>>> or other favors in exchange for making this stuff, because otherwise
they
>>> were
>>> going to spend money that we don't have, to buy stuff that wouldn't
work.
>>>
>>> Who wants to help with this stuff???
>>>
>>> We have a bin of keypads and another bin of solenoids and another bin
of
>>> servo
>>> motors, and plenty of arduinos. The plan is to build a couple of these
>>> things
>>> and tune up the software and get them going, and install them on the
rooms.
>>>
>>> I'm thinking an N600 wifi router flashed with openWRT and python, with
an
>>> Arduino plugged into it over USB. The Arduino connects to the numeric
>>> keypad
>>> and solenoid latch, and a beeper. The software on the arduino can be
>>> basically this:
>>> https://github.com/jerkey/doorkeypad/tree/twocol-eeprom
>>>
>>> and then the N600 linux machine can host stuff like what i made
recently
>>> for
>>> the omni front door magstripe reader (ask me about it) so that people
from
>>> the
>>> events group who are not technical can add and remove codes from the
>>> systems.
>>>
>>> here is what Phillip from the events group has put together to describe
>>> what
>>> they want the system to do:
>>>
>>> Feature List:
>>>
>>> ● Remote access by Omni events staff to unlock or see if the door is
>>> currently
>>> closed/locked
>>>
>>> ● Ability for Omni events staff to admin the system for these doors
>>>
>>> ● Numpad next to door for renters to quickly unlock with 4 digit pins
>>>
>>> ● Timeline recorded of each door access for lookup later by Omni event
>>> staff
>>>
>>> ● (optional) log of when door is closed
>>>
>>> Feature Expectations:
>>>
>>> ● Omni events staff admin abilities
>>>
>>> ○ Delegate additional admins
>>>
>>> ○ Add/remove renters with a pin access
>>>
>>> ○ Set dates when renter pin starts and stops working
>>>
>>> Planned Doors:
>>>
>>> ● DJ booth above bar with sound system control
>>>
>>> ● Tech room side of stage where sound equipment is stored
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Hey, I mentioned to the building working group that we need to do an ewaste
run, and Silver said they could help us out.
Where do we normally go for ewaste and does anyone from sudo want to help?
The building working group meets on Sundays. Im not available then but can
help add more stuff to the pile from our unsorted areas.
Paige
Sunday August 27th 2pm @ Embarcadero Plaza, San Francisco
Join our protest in solidarity with LGBTQ Singaporeans, who are under
many threats from fascism in their country, including some of the same
right wing theocrats pushing anti-trans laws here in the USA. For full
details, please see https://safetyforsingapore.com/
Please forward/re-post/share widely! Numbers matter and every body
counts, so please show up to support! We'll be nice and give you
covid-safe air hugs.
RSVP if you'd like a …
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Dear Sudo Room,
Here's your invoice! We appreciate your prompt payment.
Thank you for stewarding the commons.
Love and solidarity,
Omni Commons
---------------------------------- Invoice ---------------------------------
4799 Shattuck Ave
Oakland, CA 94609 US
+1 5105456582
https://omnicommons.org
Invoice #: 3009
Date: 09/01/2023
Due Date: 09/25/2023
Terms: Net 25
Amount Due: $2,000.00
--------------------------------------------------------------------------…
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Bill To:
Sudo Room
4799 Shattuck Ave
Oakland, CA 94607
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
****************************** Account Summary *****************************
08/01/2023 Balance Forward $1,850.00
Other payments and credits after 08/01/2023 -1,850.00
New charges (details below) 2,000.00
Total Amount Due (activity through 09/01/202 2,000.00
****************************************************************************
<u> Date </u><u> Activity </u><u> Qty </u><u> Rate </u><u> Amount </u>
09/01/2023 Furnishing Fa 1 2,000.00 2,000.00T
____________________________________________________________________________
SubTotal: $2,000.00
Tax: $0.00
--------------------------------------
Total Of New Charges: $2,000.00
Total Amount Due: $2,000.00
Greetings Sudo Room!
This is your monthly donation invoice. Thank you for stewarding the
commons!
Love and solidarity,
Omni Commons Finance Working Group
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Has anyone else heard about this protest someone is organizing at Moscone Center on Tuesday? Apparently it's opposed to Project Nimbus? I got an email about it, and was wondering if anyone else was planning to check it out.
Hey Sudoers,
There's a new hackerspace just south of Oakland !
The Sun Gallery Makerspace in Hayward will be hosting it's Grand Opening party this Saturday August 12th 1 - 4pm,
You’re invited to our Makerspace Grand Opening & Art Meets Tech Show.
Location: 1015 E Street, Hayward, CA
It's been a long-time goal of the Hayward Techies & Makers to get our own hackerspace.
More info here:
https://sungallery.org/makerspace-grand-opening-art-meets-tech-show/
cheers
-Carl
One thing that comes up at nearly every meeting I've been to is a desire to see more people using the Sudoroom space itself. Aside from Hardware Hack Night on Tuesdays, we generally seem to be seeing lower attendance at events. Part of this may be inertia in getting new events started up that have more interest, but I think it might be helpful to start a discussion about how the space itself can be made friendlier, and more pleasant to be in. I'll get things started with a couple of ideas, but …
[View More]what I'm really hoping for are some great ideas from people who currently aren't making much regular use of the space.
- Air Circulation. The nature of any workspace, especially one with so much legacy hardware, is to be dusty/musty. There are numerous possible solutions here (open doors, fans, etc.)
- Water. I'd love to have a small water dispenser in the space, perhaps that we share with CCL. If this idea is approved, I'm happy to keep my eyes peeled for a free/cheap dispenser on Craigslist, and to help with doing water runs on a bi-weekly basis or something like that.
- Reading area. We have space set aside for a library, but because our main seating area doubles as a workspace, there's often a lot of hardware around. As we continue to clean out unwanted items and consolidate our storage, perhaps we could set up a small nook (maybe under the stairs?) where people can read?
These are just a few ballpark ideas.
Jonathan
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