[sudo-discuss] [omni-building] [omni-discuss] Door card access temporarily broken

Jake jake at spaz.org
Mon Jun 5 21:09:48 PDT 2017


flip your card over

On Mon, 5 Jun 2017, Ken Litchfield wrote:

> Heyall,
>
> Just went out and checked and not working.
>
> Green light stays on, no clicking sound when passing the card, and no
> reaction in door. Dead to the world.
>
> Others say they just tried it too and not working for them so not my card.
>
> Thanks Ken
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 7:36 PM, Michael Arent <arent1506 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanx, Jake!
>>
>> Cheers!
>> M i c h a e l  A r e n t
>> Counter Culture Labs
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 2:18 PM Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>>
>>> i'll come fix it
>>>
>>> On Mon, 5 Jun 2017, Patrik D'haeseleer wrote:
>>>
>>>> Any progress on fixing door access? I'm already hearing people talk
>>> about
>>>> making a bunch more physical keys, which I think is a solution we really
>>>> want to avoid...
>>>>
>>>> I know this is not a popular opinion around here, but I would still be
>>> in
>>>> favor of adopting a commercial door access solution - possibly
>>> including a
>>>> maintenance contract so we can get it fixed same day if something goes
>>>> wrong.
>>>>
>>>> Patrik
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 9:47 PM, Julio Rios <julio.rios at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I tried the same thing with Robb and still no go.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Jun 3, 2017, 14:47 danarauz at gmail.com <danarauz at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> A quick note: there is a network cable that comes from the top of the
>>>>>> ceiling above the door (as I recall its blue and its rolled up) that
>>> is not
>>>>>> terminated but the other end it's plugged into the switch at the
>>> second
>>>>>> floor.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It you want, it can  be used for the door,  it seems more reliable and
>>>>>> safer than the current network cable setup in use. The current setup
>>> goes
>>>>>> to the floor and plugs into an small switch that often folks
>>>>>> accidentally disconnect.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thx!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Saturday, June 3, 2017, robb <sf99er at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Still not working though
>>>>>>> On Jun 3, 2017 2:07 PM, "robb" <sf99er at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Unplug/plug usb cables from 12v cig adapter. Done
>>>>>>>> On Jun 3, 2017 1:51 PM, "Jake" <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> in order to get the system to work, you really need to do a power
>>>>>>>>> cycle of the
>>>>>>>>> whole system.  If you don't do it exactly this way, it won't work,
>>>>>>>>> even back
>>>>>>>>> when the system was fine:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> open the big cabinet door with the battery and beaglebone and voip
>>> box
>>>>>>>>> in it,
>>>>>>>>> locate the two-USB power socket (a car cigarette lighter USB charge
>>>>>>>>> socket
>>>>>>>>> wired to the battery) and you'll see that it has TWO USB-A plugs
>>> in it.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> unplug BOTH USB-A cables from the round USB socket thing, wait at
>>>>>>>>> least ten
>>>>>>>>> seconds, and then plug them both back in.  One powers the
>>> beaglebone,
>>>>>>>>> the other
>>>>>>>>> powers the powered USB hub.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> If you don't do it this way, the card reader and beaglebone won't
>>> talk
>>>>>>>>> to each
>>>>>>>>> other :(
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> and that's assuming that everything is fine hardware-wise.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> -jake
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 3 Jun 2017, robb wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> New reader installed. Green light blinks after reading card but
>>> lock
>>>>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>>>> responding
>>>>>>>>>> On Jun 3, 2017 12:07 PM, "Charley Sheets" <rcsheets at acm.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 1 Jun 2017 19:23:21 -0700 (PDT)
>>>>>>>>>>> Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> thanks Charley!
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> we have a few readers but there seems to be some problem that
>>> might
>>>>>>>>>>>> not be the reader.  i'll take a look and let you know!
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> It's mainly the card reader and a beaglebone or something, right?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>> Charley Sheets
>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Daniel
>>>>>>
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