https://wiki.london.hackspace.org.uk/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Jarbles&feedformat=atomLondon Hackspace Wiki - User contributions [en-gb]2024-03-28T14:04:44ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.35.5https://wiki.london.hackspace.org.uk/w/index.php?title=New_members_email&diff=21764New members email2012-03-14T13:58:52Z<p>Jarbles: rm 'innovative', add 'ask on list' for danger,</p>
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<div>Welcome to London Hackspace. You are now a member of the largest hackspace in the UK, and are free to tinker and create using our tools and expertise.<br />
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London Hackspace provides people with the space, tools and contact with the people to help them realise projects. Whether you want to make things for your own satisfaction, to help the world, or to dominate it, London Hackspace can help you.<br />
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To do this, we need your help as well. Your membership fee is a big part of this, and helps us pay our rent and utility bills. We also need you to keep the space running and looking as you found it. If you can improve our facilities, bring cakes, or even just help keep it tidy, so much the better.<br />
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In-person contact with awesome people is one the best things about the Hackspace, but we have far more members online than are physically in the space at any time, so we strongly encourage you to participate online as well. We use these channels for technical talk, and for the organisation of the space:<br />
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* IRC (freenode, #london-hack-space)<br />
* Mailing list: [[Mailing list FAQ]]<br />
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Important information is sent to the [http://groups.google.com/group/london-hackspace-announce london-hackspace-announce] list so please join that as a minimum.<br />
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If you haven't been to the space yet, do drop in whenever you can. Tuesday evenings are the best time for newcomers to visit, but there will usually be someone in the space at any time. Ask anyone for a tour of the space. Also ask everyone what they're working on - people love to talk at length about their projects.<br />
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You can open the door to London Hackspace using an RFID card. Most people use an Oyster card. If you haven't added your card yet, look at http://wiki.london.hackspace.org.uk/view/Doorbot#Adding_a_card for instructions.<br />
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Some of our equipment is sensitive or dangerous, so we need to restrict its use. Ask on the mailing list, and someone will usually offer to show you the ropes.</div>Jarbleshttps://wiki.london.hackspace.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Equipment/Lovelace/Logbook&diff=21664Equipment/Lovelace/Logbook2012-03-08T15:22:22Z<p>Jarbles: Dual monitors!</p>
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<div>=== 2012-03-08 ===<br />
Second monitor wasn't set up, added it to xorg.conf as a second X Screen (this will allow for disconnections w/o affecting Screen0). Noticed that attempting to restart X lead to it hitting 100% and hanging. Killed it, and kdm brought it up okay the next time & for a re-test. Should be okay on reboot (didn't test this). Gnome didn't handle a screen stretched across the two screens well (lacking Xinerama support?), which is why I went with the two-XScreen approach. The nouveau driver supports xrandr properly, so would be a better choice for frequent re-connections (at a cost of worse 3d support). <br />
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Note: Why is it using kdm for gnome? Loading gtk and qt for login is expensive. <br />
15:22, 8 March 2012 (UTC)<br />
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=== 2011-11-16 Operator: Mark ===<br />
Created logbook</div>Jarbleshttps://wiki.london.hackspace.org.uk/w/index.php?title=User:Jarbles&diff=21136User:Jarbles2012-02-13T15:45:31Z<p>Jarbles: </p>
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<div>= Cash Register =<br />
It's an Olympia CM-182. Ideally, we can get access to its printer.<br />
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[http://okcoal.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/ba_811-812_lang-en_2005-11-17.pdf manual] <br />
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=== Current Status ===<br />
*PAPER error message<br />
**<del>Is the paper-detector broken?</del><br />
**The paper roll holder is missing :(<br />
*Can't enter PRG mode with the existing key. (Disassemble & hack the lock?)<br />
**Can't properly manually reset<br />
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=== Manual Reset ===<br />
* Disconnect power<br />
* Key to PRG<br />
* Hold CLEAR & 7<br />
* Connect power</div>Jarbleshttps://wiki.london.hackspace.org.uk/w/index.php?title=User:Jarbles&diff=21135User:Jarbles2012-02-13T15:35:20Z<p>Jarbles: Add printer notes</p>
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<div>= Cash Register =<br />
It's an Olympia CM-182. Ideally, we can get access to its printer.<br />
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[http://okcoal.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/ba_811-812_lang-en_2005-11-17.pdf manual] <br />
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=== Current Status ===<br />
*PAPER error message<br />
**Is the paper-detector broken?<br />
*Can't enter PRG mode with the existing key. (Disassemble & hack the lock?)<br />
**Can't properly manually reset<br />
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=== Manual Reset ===<br />
* Disconnect power<br />
* Key to PRG<br />
* Hold CLEAR & 7<br />
* Connect power</div>Jarbleshttps://wiki.london.hackspace.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Project:Notification_Board&diff=20918Project:Notification Board2012-02-07T21:20:14Z<p>Jarbles: Add a log</p>
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<div>Project maintained by [[User:Solexious|Solexious]], contact via IRC or charlesyarnold@gmail.com<br />
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==Summary==<br />
[[File:102424263.jpg|thumb|Prototyping]]<br />
[[File:Jonty and sign.jpg|thumb|Installed]]<br />
This is the board that hangs in the space.<br />
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It sends visual and audible notifications to the space, and also publishes notifications to the network: temperature, movement etc<br />
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Current version 0.2<br />
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==Phases==<br />
:*Phase 1: <strike>Allow messages to be displayed on the LED board from IRC.</strike><br />
:*Phase 2: <strike>Add sounds when the message changes.</strike><br />
:*Phase 3: Add strobe beacons.<br />
:*Phase 4: Daemon the arduino and allow connection via MQTT, add idle messages.<br />
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Moved to separate project/arduino:<br />
:<strike>*Phase 5: Add temperature, light level and PIR sensors.</strike><br />
:<strike>*Phase 6: Add i-wire, inc i-buttons.</strike><br />
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==Code==<br />
:Arduino Code: [http://github.com/solexious/NotifyBoard]<br />
:Arduino Lib: [http://github.com/solexious/MatrixDisplay]<br />
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:IRC Script: [http://github.com/londonhackspace/irccat-commands/blob/master/setBoard.py]<br />
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==Change Log==<br />
===v0.3===<br />
* Allow messages upto 162 chars long<br />
* Scroll for messages longer than the screen<br />
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===v0.2===<br />
* Include full ascii support<br />
* Add initText<br />
* Remove update speed delay<br />
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===v0.1===<br />
* Initial proof of concept<br />
* Limit to a-z A-Z and 0-9<br />
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==Protocol Specification==<br />
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===Sending a message===<br />
Currently, messages are sent directly over serial.<br />
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They are upto 160 char's long, and can only be from regular ascii. The message is terminated with a line return.<br />
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'''This is a test msg\n'''<br />
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===Proposed new protocol===<br />
There are 2 types of message:<br />
:* Idle - for rolling messages, i.e. temprature, currently playing song, number of irc users. Will keep last value till updated.<br />
:* Alert - for one time shown messages, allows sounds<br />
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====Idle====<br />
The settings for idle messages are:<br />
* Message slot [0-5] - (see list below for reserving a slot)<br />
* Time sensitive? [0-1] - If you need to bump the idle message to be the next shown, i.e. currently playing song changes<br />
* Message [up to 21 chars]<br />
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Examples:<br />
(Substituting STX, ETB and EOT for their respective ascii chars.)<br />
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So to send, Temprature: 21.5, you would send:<br />
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'''STX'''1'''ETB'''0'''ETB'''Temprature: 21.5'''EOT'''<br />
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Or to send, Iron Maiden - Prowler, time sensitive:<br />
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'''STX'''2'''ETB'''1'''ETB'''Iron Maiden - Prowler'''EOT'''<br />
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====Alert====<br />
The settings for alert messages are:<br />
* Message slot [A] - Denotes alerts from idle messages<br />
* Blink [0-1] - Blink the display for more attention<br />
* Sound [0-5] - Set off a sound, see list<br />
* Display timeout - The length of time to display the message for<br />
* Message [up to 21 chars]<br />
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Examples:<br />
(Substituting STX, ETB and EOT for their respective ascii chars.)<br />
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To send, Ping: Solexious, with sound ping and blinking for 5 seconds:<br />
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'''STX'''A'''ETB'''1'''ETB'''1'''ETB'''5'''ETB'''Ping: Solexious'''EOT'''<br />
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====Message slots====<br />
* 0 - Current Number of users in #london-hack-space<br />
* 1 - Temperature/Humidity<br />
* 2 - Now Playing<br />
* 3 - suggestion: info on tube delays, i.e. http://api.tubeupdates.com/?method=get.status where status != 'good service' (docs at http://tubeupdates.com/documentation/) --[[User:AndyE|AndyE]] 22:39, 12 November 2010 (UTC)<br />
:: see also [[User:Ms7821]] [http://wiki.opentfl.co.uk/Main_Page opentfl.co.uk]<br />
:: TfL API (beta) docs [http://data.london.gov.uk/apibeta] [http://data.london.gov.uk/documents/apibeta-trackernet-services-guide.pdf] (p13) but seems to be currently offline [http://data.london.gov.uk/blog/update-trackernet-feed].<br />
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* 4 - <br />
* 5 -<br />
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====Sounds====<br />
* 0 - None<br />
* 1 - PING.WAV<br />
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==Feature Requests==<br />
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* Dynamic font loading<br />
* Individual pixel mapping<br />
* <strike>Scrolling to allow for longer messages</strike><br />
* A fortune/motd feature - when the board has been unchanged for a while, display a random message from a file, e.g. 'clean up your own mess', 'shut the fire door when you leave' or 'do not leave the chuck key in the lathe'.<br />
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* Audio notification of new message.... Similar to Glados voice from doorbot<br />
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== Log == <br />
*2012-02-07*: Board is down today. Board is powered, but there is no text on-screen. [[User:Jarbles|Jarbles]] 21:20, 7 February 2012 (UTC)</div>Jarbles