[hackerspaces] RFID access was Re: WordPress websites - what features/plugins and configurations do your spaces use?

Fri Aug 26 21:20:17 CEST 2016

Revisiting this thread nine months later as I’m in the middle of implementing our next CRM using WooCommerce and am a bit hung up getting things working with PayPal.

If anyone who has done this before has some time available early next week and who would be willing to walk through a site remotely to examine how our configuration is versus what you are using within your makerspace, I’d be very VERY grateful. 

Shirley Hicks
Treasurer
Red Mountain Makers

> On Dec 2, 2015, at 10:51 PM, Russell Fair <rfair404 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Bob, totally understand the concern. I would very much like to see the plugin as soon as you feel comfortable. Even if you share privately with the "ugly's" removed anything that I can do to bootstrap this would be helpful. I'm mainly looking for any user meta data tied to pi / rfid. 
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> On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 10:52 PM, Bob Baddeley <hackerspace-discuss at bobbaddeley.com <mailto:hackerspace-discuss at bobbaddeley.com>> wrote:
> Right, so we had a hackathon a couple weeks ago during which I cleaned up the access and billing plugin considerably. There's still an outstanding privilege escalation issue I need to resolve before I'm comfortable sharing the code (I don't want you jerks hacking Sector67, and this issue is only under specific conditions you can't replicate), but expect it to be available soon.
> 
> The plugin is independent of the hardware, so you could use whatever hardware you want and access the REST API to do stuff. At Sector we're using Raspberry Pis with the LCD+Keypad Plate and RFID reader. I'm rewriting those scripts to be a little more robust and reliable and will release those soon, too.
> 
> I'd be interested in a standard API. It seems everybody needs a hardware part and a web-based part, and it'd be nice to have the hardware options play nicely with any of the web-based options. Especially since the API is where considerable security vulnerabilities can exist and a group effort could mitigate a lot of those.
> 
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> On 12/02/2015 05:02 PM, Chad Elish wrote:
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> I’m really interested in the Board you guys are using Arclight. 
>> 
>> I think treasury and access control are the two hardest parts in running a HackerSpace.
>> Would everyone be down to do a Hangout and discuss how we can merge all of this and make a standard.
>> 
>> Cheers!
>> -Chad
>> President | HackPGH
>> Pittsburgh’s First Makerspace
>> http://www.hackpittsburgh.org <http://www.hackpittsburgh.org/>
>>> On Dec 1, 2015, at 11:53 PM, Arclight < <mailto:arclight at gmail.com>arclight at gmail.com <mailto:arclight at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> For the RFID hardware, we're using off-the-shelf Wiegand-format
>>> readers (available in 125Khz open-standard formats like EM4100 as well
>>> as Mifare/NFC) and the custom board we've been making/selling:
>>> 
>>> http://accxproducts.com/wiki/index.php?title=Open_Access_4.0 <http://accxproducts.com/wiki/index.php?title=Open_Access_4.0>
>>> The server side can be a Pi bolted directly on or a USB connection to a server.
>>> 
>>> It's a bit of work to roll a custom board with proper input protection
>>> and the like on every input.  This is one of our more successful
>>> open-source hardware projects to date.
>>> 
>>> Arclight
>>> 23b Shop
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 6:24 PM, Russell Fair < <mailto:rfair404 at gmail.com>rfair404 at gmail.com <mailto:rfair404 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>> Bob, I'd love to see if we can use your plugin at our space. Any chance
>>>> you'd consider open sourcing it?
>>>> 
>>>> Russell
>>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 6:40 PM, Shirley Hicks < <mailto:shirley at velochicdesign.com>shirley at velochicdesign.com <mailto:shirley at velochicdesign.com>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Nov 5, 2015, at 11:31 AM, sheila miguez < <mailto:shekay at pobox.com>shekay at pobox.com <mailto:shekay at pobox.com>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 10:48 AM, Bob Baddeley
>>>>> <hackerspace-discuss at bobbaddeley.com <mailto:hackerspace-discuss at bobbaddeley.com>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Then it gets cool. We built another plugin on top of all these that
>>>>>> manages 'machines' in the space and their usage. We have RFID keys for door
>>>>>> access, and Raspberry Pi's at the doors. When an RFID is swiped, the pi
>>>>>> makes a web service request to our plugin to check the membership and
>>>>>> permission level of that user and allows them access. We have some caching
>>>>>> in place in case the web goes down, but essentially we have a web interface
>>>>>> that controls who has access to what physical things. We've also tied this
>>>>>> system in to our laser cutter, where we not only enable/disable the laser
>>>>>> based on whether the person has been trained, but we track the length of the
>>>>>> job and charge against their account funds for how many seconds of laser
>>>>>> time (since the laser tube is a consumable). We have a scale next to our 3D
>>>>>> printer area with a pi that lets you pay for plastic parts using account
>>>>>> funds as well.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> This is really interesting and I would like more details!
>>>>> 
>>>>> So would I. And thanks for sharing the details! I’m finally compiling the
>>>>> list.
>>>>> 
>>>>> — Shirley
>>>>> 
>>>>> At PS1 we have a similar door control system that makes service requests
>>>>> to our member site. We use it to manage member information rather than a
>>>>> wiki plugin.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I would like to know how you have tied your system in to the laser cutter
>>>>> and other tools.
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
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>>>> Russell Fair
>>>> 770.401.9039 <tel:770.401.9039>
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