What about also considering the idea of putting a big buzzer button up, linked to a green light, and not necessarily have it connected to tamale/etc.



There is a sudoRoom wiki page on Defensive Hacking:

https://sudoroom.org/wiki/DefensiveHacking

DefensiveHacking

Just like the oil tribe in Max Max, Sudo Room must learn to protect itself from hostile outside elements without becoming hostile itself.

  • How can Sudo Room protect its wiki from spam?
  • How can SudoRoom improve the safety of guests, members and citizens living in this slice of Oakland?
  • How can we enlist the help of talented hackers to protect us from hostile outside hackers?
  • How can we protect Sudo Room from fungus and mold? They're huge problems! They kill more people than hackers!

We all know super smart people. Wouldn't this be a chance for them to show off how clever they are at being hackers?



On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Steve Berl <steveberl@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm not that familiar with the physical setup there. Does the sensor need to distinguish between the door being closed vs locked?

If the we only need to detect if the door is open or closed, the simple magnetic reed switches like they use for burglar alarms are cheap and easy. 

If we need to sense if the lock is engaged or not, that might be more complex.

-steve


On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 12:02 PM, William Budington <bill@inputoutput.io> wrote:
This would be fantastic.  There are currently a few access repos:

1. Doorman - Sudoroom entry raspi repo (sends serial signal to latch)
2. Sudoor - The outer physical door access control stuff for sudo room
3. sudoor-addcode - Node.js API to add RFID codes to outer door

To have a reliable API for physical access, we can't rely on Doorman
exclusively.  People open the door all sorts of ways.  They unlock the
space with a key and open the latch from the inside.  At night they may
close the latch without sending any signal to tamale.  So we can't rely
on the state of the space simply being the last signal sent to the raspi....

BUT we should create a new repo with sensors on the door, that just
completes a circuit when the door is closed.  If either of the doors are
open, we can assume the space is open!  This elementary electronics is
beyond me, but I can help with creating a python RESTful interface, and
once that's working we can put it on the homepage!

Bill

On 05/20/2013 07:47 AM, Romy Ilano wrote:
> Steve
>
> Yes would you like to teach me or help work through this at the next python meetup ?
>
> ---
>
> Romy Ilano
> Founder of Snowyla
> http://www.snowyla.com
> romy@snowyla.com
>
> On May 16, 2013, at 14:59, Steve Berl <steveberl@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I know lots of python, but not so much about using it for web pages. Perhaps we can figure this out together?
>>
>> -steve
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 6:35 AM, Romy Ilano <romy@snowyla.com> wrote:
>>> Cool!
>>>
>>> I don't know any python but I definitely want to learn how to hack this and connect it to a live website.
>>>
>>> https://gitorious.org/doorman
>>>
>>> some visitors were asking me once how they would know if someone was there, since they were bringing wood from the woodshop to work on the CNC machine.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Andrew <andrew@roshambomedia.com> wrote:
>>>> https://gitorious.org/doorman
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 9:21 AM, Matthew Meier <wolfy@wlfy.it> wrote:
>>>>> Where is the door code posted again?
>>>>>
>>>>> -Wolfy
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 7:37 AM, Romy Ilano <romy@snowyla.com> wrote:
>>>>>> I'd like something that isnt twitter Facebook or a Start up social network  or google plus that could put up a short status message ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The api is down...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Romy Ilano
>>>>>> Founder of Snowyla
>>>>>> http://www.snowyla.com
>>>>>> romy@snowyla.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On May 12, 2013, at 15:36, Andrew <andrew@roshambomedia.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There used to be an hackerspaces API implementation here: http://api.sudoroom.org/status.json that you could update via HTTP (REST) to show the current open status. The hope was to integrate that into doorman.py (the inner door). Just never got around it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --Andrew
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Romy Ilano <romy@snowyla.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hi alls
>>>>>>>> I made a wordpress page SudoRoom Status
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://sudoroom.org/sudoroom-status/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'd like for this eventually to be on the front sudoroom page
>>>>>>>> It is not currently on the front page.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> we could have a web app with a big green light that shows that the space is open on a particular day
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> it is often confusing for visitors
>>>>>>>> sometimes non members want to stop by and hang out, bringing wood equipment etc. and they are not sure if it will be open or not
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> what do you think?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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