Here's the wiki page for the 'open' switch, with a link to the Github repo:<div><br></div><div><a href="http://wiki.hive13.org/Hackerspace_Open_Switch">http://wiki.hive13.org/Hackerspace_Open_Switch</a></div><div>
<br></div><div><a href="https://github.com/Hive13/openswitch">https://github.com/Hive13/openswitch</a></div><div><br></div><div>They did use an arduino (clone) with an ethernet shield. </div><div><br></div><div>- Brian</div>
<div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 8:44 PM, Stewart Dickson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mathartspd@gmail.com" target="_blank">mathartspd@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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== Relating to tonight's Makerspace membership meeting ==<br>
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Space API[1].<br>
<br>
There's already a number of spaces using this api and thus Android<br>
apps[2] and webpages[3][4] already accessing this information.<br>
<br>
#matt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brimstone@the.narro.ws" target="_blank">brimstone@the.narro.ws</a>></span><br>
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1: <a href="https://hackerspaces.nl/spaceapi/" target="_blank">https://hackerspaces.nl/spaceapi/</a><br>
"The HackerSpace Status API proposes a unified syntax to publish
information about a hackerspace for consumption by javascript
widgets, mobile apps and other scripts or programs. The API is
flexible, and allows for custom extensions."<br>
2:<br>
<a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ws.narro.the.in.spacedirectory" target="_blank">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ws.narro.the.in.spacedirectory</a><br>
"This is a directory browser for hackerspaces supporting the
SpaceAPI and listed in the directory. More details about the API
here: <a href="https://hackerspaces.nl/spaceapi/" target="_blank">https://hackerspaces.nl/spaceapi/</a> If you want your camera
image to show up on your space's page, direct the cam array element
in the API towards a url ending in jpg, png or gif.<br>
Source can be found at <br>
<a href="https://the.narro.ws/svn/brimstone/programming/android/SpaceDirectory" target="_blank">https://the.narro.ws/svn/brimstone/programming/android/SpaceDirectory</a>"<br>
3: <a href="http://hackerspaces.me/wall" target="_blank">http://hackerspaces.me/wall</a><br>
Global Hackerspaces Status Wall<br>
4: <a href="http://joewalnes.github.com/hackerspace-globe/" target="_blank">http://joewalnes.github.com/hackerspace-globe/</a>
(when it works) -- Requires a WebGL<br>
enabled browser<br>
<br>
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Again, I don't know the details, but it seems to me that the odds
are good that Space API is what Hive13 uses for their "Space Status"
app.<br>
On the hardware side, I think it is an Arduino with Ethernet port
Internet *Appliance* which senses the state of the "Open"/"Closed"
switch<br>
in the physical space.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
-Stewart<br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 5:54 PM, Matt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brimstone@the.narro.ws" target="_blank">brimstone@the.narro.ws</a>></span>
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<div>On 07/25/2012 05:21 PM, Stewart Dickson wrote:<br>
> Hi,<br>
><br>
> In response to the general "Is the space open?" questions
...<br>
> A member of MakerSpace Urbana showed us the cool "Space
Status" app<br>
> that Hive13 has: <a href="http://www.hive13.org" target="_blank">http://www.hive13.org</a><br>
> (Cincinnati, OH)<br>
> In the right-hand side-bar of the web page, the "Space
Status"<br>
> toggles between "Open" and "Closed"<br>
> depending on whether someone is physically in the space
or not. I<br>
> don't remember exactly what it is,<br>
> but it's something like a "The Doctor is [In|Out]" sign
or electric<br>
> "Open"/"Closed" sign in the window,<br>
> where sliding the square to cover "Out" and reveal "In"
(Turning on<br>
> the "Open" sign) changes the state<br>
> in the Web server app. It could probably link to a
smartphone<br>
> "Space Status" app as well.<br>
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If you think that is cool, I invite Freeside to join the Space
API[1].<br>
<br>
There's already a number of spaces using this api and thus
Android<br>
apps[2] and webpages[3][4] already accessing this information.<br>
<br>
#matt<br>
<br>
1: <a href="https://hackerspaces.nl/spaceapi/" target="_blank">https://hackerspaces.nl/spaceapi/</a><br>
2:<br>
<a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ws.narro.the.in.spacedirectory" target="_blank">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ws.narro.the.in.spacedirectory</a><br>
3: <a href="http://hackerspaces.me/wall" target="_blank">http://hackerspaces.me/wall</a><br>
4: <a href="http://joewalnes.github.com/hackerspace-globe/" target="_blank">http://joewalnes.github.com/hackerspace-globe/</a>
(when it works)<br>
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