Space Lock
New Project Page
Work on this project has moved to Opendoor Project.
Overview
When we first leased the space we had an epic google group thread with 50+ replies about how we were going to secure the space so that people could easily gain entrance 24/7. However after actually seeing the space we discovered that the primary way of access the space required us to have keys for 3 different doors, only one of which was actually "our" door. There was a second entrance to the space that only required keys for two doors, however we did not have the keys.
For about 3 weeks after we had the space we were relying on the availability of 4 key holders. Craig put for a lot of time, money, and patience in acquiring and installing a keypad entrance on our space door. He then coordinated with our landlord to install a keypad on the outer door to the building.
So our space now has two keypad locks for 24/7 member access. Thanks to everyone for their patience.
Original Page
Due to our ridiculous email thread, I thought a wiki-page was in order.
Ideas so far
| Idea | Pro's | Con's | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| RFID Cards | Cool, Individual Access | Expensive, RFID tag cloning issues | Expensive |
| Fingerprint Scanner | Access Logs, Individual access. | Nice ones are expensive. | $300 - $1000 |
| Boring Keys | Already Installed, doesn't rely on power | Key Control / Distribution. | ~$10 / key |
| Keypad | Individual Access | Less Secure than Keys / Fingerprint access | $100 - $500 |
| Magstripe Card Reader | Individual Access | - | ~$100 |
| Voice Recognition | - | - | ~$? |
| USB key | Kinda fun way to lock a building | Would require a computer to be on 24/7 | $30 - $50 |
Issues to Consider
- Power Outages (still need to access space, even if there is no power)
- If it is powered by a computer, computer lockups, HD & RAM failures, etc...
- Still need physical key access.