[sudo-discuss] Re: help make electronic door access latches for omni

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. 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