Have fun surmising.
elfprince13 wrote:
controls the doors to your office
Ah, but how? Therein lies the rub. Here's a teaser:
KermMartian wrote:
Ah, but how? Therein lies the rub.
A servo hooked up to the deadbolt which is controlled with the parallel port - or at least thats the easiest and simplest method I can think of
KermMartian wrote:
Aha, but what triggers the signal to drop or raise the bolt? That's what I meant
the PHP script executing a program on the computer, obviously
Kllrnohj wrote:
KermMartian wrote:
Aha, but what triggers the signal to drop or raise the bolt? That's what I meant
the PHP script executing a program on the computer, obviously
Edit: @foamy: nope.
I know! It's running VTI and a copy of the 83+ BASIC eye scanner!
http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/390/39061.html
http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/390/39061.html
foamy3 wrote:
I know! It's running VTI and a copy of the 83+ BASIC eye scanner!
http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/390/39061.html
lolz. We did consider biometrics at one point, but eventually decided against it. http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/390/39061.html
KermMartian wrote:
Hehe, little do you know... You'll have to wait for it to be released.
Well, since the teaser screenshot is php, and php can't [natively] interface with hardware (and if it could, you'd have to run apache and PHP as root, which would be so ridiculously stupid I can't even believe I mentioned the idea), the *only* way is to have it exec a program on the computer. At least, thats the only way if the apache+php server is running on the same computer that is controlling the door
otherwise, you are probably just connecting to a simple socket server on the computer controlling the door and sending the open/close command - and maybe passing along the login info for verification, although having it all be contained on one computer is by far the easiest (and probably the best) solution
Of course, since its accessible via the internet, any wifi enabled device or cell phone with the internet on it is potentially a key, no need for a login terminal at the door
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