[sudo-discuss] Omni front door card access restored

The magstripe card access system at the front door works again. The problem? It got unplugged from electricity. It needs to be plugged in. Presently it's plugged into an extension cord. There is a backup battery in it, which can operate for a really long time, and as soon as it's unplugged, it starts telling us in IRC (hacker chatroom) and we start telling each other to plug it back in, but none of us are there. This happened, and everyone in the chat was like "lol plug it back in pls" but it didn't happen. Instead people came by Omni and marveled at the various wires in the system, thinking they must be the problem. One person replaced the wires to the door, wiring them incorrectly in the process. Eventually it got plugged back into the extension cord and powered up again, but I had to fix the rewiring that happened while people were trying to fix it. It works now. Moral of the story: we are going to wire the thing into the AC wiring of the building so this doesn't happen anymore. If you have questions please let's discuss it on the appropriate list, which is: access(a)lists.sudoroom.org thank you! -jake