<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div>I had a nice talk with Bob the other week. HackPGH are going to be working with Bob and Sector67 to create a better plugin to use with WooCommerce.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’m really interested in the Board you guys are using Arclight. </div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I think treasury and access control are the two hardest parts in running a HackerSpace.</div><div class=""><div class=""></div></div></div><div class="">Would everyone be down to do a Hangout and discuss how we can merge all of this and make a standard.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Dec 1, 2015, at 11:53 PM, Arclight <<a href="mailto:arclight@gmail.com" class="">arclight@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">For the RFID hardware, we're using off-the-shelf Wiegand-format<br class="">readers (available in 125Khz open-standard formats like EM4100 as well<br class="">as Mifare/NFC) and the custom board we've been making/selling:<br class=""><br class=""><a href="http://accxproducts.com/wiki/index.php?title=Open_Access_4.0" class="">http://accxproducts.com/wiki/index.php?title=Open_Access_4.0</a></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="">The server side can be a Pi bolted directly on or a USB connection to a server.<br class=""><br class="">It's a bit of work to roll a custom board with proper input protection<br class="">and the like on every input. This is one of our more successful<br class="">open-source hardware projects to date.<br class=""><br class="">Arclight<br class="">23b Shop<br class=""><br class="">On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 6:24 PM, Russell Fair <<a href="mailto:rfair404@gmail.com" class="">rfair404@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Bob, I'd love to see if we can use your plugin at our space. Any chance<br class="">you'd consider open sourcing it?<br class=""><br class="">Russell<br class=""><br class="">On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 6:40 PM, Shirley Hicks <<a href="mailto:shirley@velochicdesign.com" class="">shirley@velochicdesign.com</a>><br class="">wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class=""><br class="">On Nov 5, 2015, at 11:31 AM, sheila miguez <<a href="mailto:shekay@pobox.com" class="">shekay@pobox.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 10:48 AM, Bob Baddeley<br class=""><<a href="mailto:hackerspace-discuss@bobbaddeley.com" class="">hackerspace-discuss@bobbaddeley.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="">Then it gets cool. We built another plugin on top of all these that<br class="">manages 'machines' in the space and their usage. We have RFID keys for door<br class="">access, and Raspberry Pi's at the doors. When an RFID is swiped, the pi<br class="">makes a web service request to our plugin to check the membership and<br class="">permission level of that user and allows them access. We have some caching<br class="">in place in case the web goes down, but essentially we have a web interface<br class="">that controls who has access to what physical things. We've also tied this<br class="">system in to our laser cutter, where we not only enable/disable the laser<br class="">based on whether the person has been trained, but we track the length of the<br class="">job and charge against their account funds for how many seconds of laser<br class="">time (since the laser tube is a consumable). We have a scale next to our 3D<br class="">printer area with a pi that lets you pay for plastic parts using account<br class="">funds as well.<br class=""></blockquote><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">This is really interesting and I would like more details!<br class=""><br class="">So would I. And thanks for sharing the details! I’m finally compiling the<br class="">list.<br class=""><br class="">— Shirley<br class=""><br class="">At PS1 we have a similar door control system that makes service requests<br class="">to our member site. We use it to manage member information rather than a<br class="">wiki plugin.<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">I would like to know how you have tied your system in to the laser cutter<br class="">and other tools.<br class=""><br class="">--<br class=""><a href="mailto:shekay@pobox.com" class="">shekay@pobox.com</a><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Discuss mailing list<br class="">Discuss@lists.hackerspaces.org<br class="">http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Discuss mailing list<br class="">Discuss@lists.hackerspaces.org<br class="">http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss<br class=""><br class=""></blockquote><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">--<br class="">Thanks,<br class=""><br class="">Russell Fair<br class="">770.401.9039<br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Discuss mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Discuss@lists.hackerspaces.org" class="">Discuss@lists.hackerspaces.org</a><br class="">http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss<br class=""><br class=""></blockquote>_______________________________________________<br class="">Discuss mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Discuss@lists.hackerspaces.org" class="">Discuss@lists.hackerspaces.org</a><br class="">http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss<br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></div></body></html>