Old POS Terminals

[Ian Knight]

Hello All,

I see we have a number of old POS terminals in our hack stock?

So idea that came to mind is to use them as PC’s and build them in under the benches with KB/Mouse also under bench on small shelf so can be pulled out and put on top and then have screen fixed to walls.

Then each bench has its own PC/WS or two.

What you think? Ian

[James Wade]

My concern would be with power, or lack of. With PCs you very quickly run out of sockets.

We had discussed putting a network of spare computers in, what I've dubbed the "social" room, the former office between what is now the workshop and the toilets.

Hopefully that'll become clearer on Sunday and we can organise it accordingly.

[Jibreel Arshad]

Possible use 1 for door entry. Would need magnetic swipe card reader. Overkill at the mo but easily expandable once we get internet

[Thomas Hancock]

Yea, something like that would allow maybe a tweet to show who is in the building. or at least show that the building is open.

On 6 November 2012 16:02, Jibreel Arshad <jibs...@hotmail.com> wrote:

Possible use 1 for door entry. Would need magnetic swipe card reader. Overkill at the mo but easily expandable once we get internet

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[David Parr]

Does anyone have an old wireless router that will run openwrt? I was thinking that would make a good set of brains for an access system.
Everyone would need either a smart(ish) 'phone or a

[David Parr]

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laptop to access the system - individual authentication etc.
It would interface - depending on the model of router, either more or less easily- with the physical locking system.
My initial thoughts are rack and pinion bars, (old car steering system or some creative woodwork - i've been looking at woodgears!) driven by motors, with microswitch limit/status switches etc - hooked up to a microcontroller that talks to the router.
Some routers have i/o pins inside their cases... as well as uart /i2c/ etc.

Top it all off with an internal manual control - a bank safe style wheel...

Whatdaya reckon?

[Dan R]

Funny you should mention mag strip readers... I shall bring one of the POS keyboard/mag strip readers down so people can have a look (they are at the back of the loft at the moment but I'm sure I can grab one).

Though I would advise against a POS for access entry for the simple fact it would have to be on a lot/all the time and uses way more power than something like the pi/arduino/custom board. Also I really don't like the idea of tweeting to the world when no one is about at our workshop full of tools.

Anything that requires a smartphone to access is no go for me.

[Dan R]

Oh and internal manual control is a must, quick, easy and reliable exit in case of emergency.

[Thomas Hancock]

I was thinking like an auxiliary opening much, on top of the usual key system

On 6 Nov 2012 21:29, "Dan R" <daniel.r...@gmail.com> wrote:

Oh and internal manual control is a must, quick, easy and reliable exit in case of emergency.

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[Jibreel Arshad]

If we have a mag strip reader writer, we could each have a swipe card. Reprogram an old gift card to allow entry.