Hackcess.org

[Jordan Bunker]

Hey guys! I've been setting up a wiki on Hackcess.org to share these
systems in a more presentable fashion. If you get a chance, go ahead
and register and throw your systems up on there!

It's still pretty rough, as I haven't had much free time (and I'm
still getting the hang of dokuWiki...), but I'm hoping we can
eventually have some decent descriptions of our systems, and a full-
fledged feature-comparison page so that spaces can decide what systems
would benefit them most. Even if we all settle on different systems,
we can probably code up some glue to patch them all together.

If anyone has any ideas about how to do this better, feel free to
email me!

[john arclight]

Good idea. It sounds like we have a few basic types of solution:

1. PC-based systems with USB or serial readers attached to the computer.

2. Microcontroller-based systems supporting multiple Wiegand or other readers, with or without a central database.

3. Network-based distributed systems with a centralized database and small uC hardware at each door.

Each has advantages and disadvantages, and we can write a FAQ to help spaces compare options. I am in favor of standardizing serial or Ethernet protocol for the auth databases, and making the uC code more uniform (i.e. functions for local database storing hashes, alarm system functions, etc.) when possible.

Arclight