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This is the machine that drives the [[Membership_Kiosk]], It runs Debian.
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This is the machine next to the club Mate fridge that drives the [[Membership_Kiosk]], It runs Debian.
  
It runs an X server and on boot it ssh's into adminstuff and runs chrome with the chrome window displayed on the kiosk, it then goes to this [https://github.com/londonhackspace/hackspace-foundation-sites/tree/master/london.hackspace.org.uk/kiosk] section of the london hackspace website for the UI.
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It runs Chrome with the Chrome window displayed on the kiosk, it then goes to this [https://github.com/londonhackspace/hackspace-foundation-sites/tree/master/london.hackspace.org.uk/kiosk] section of the london hackspace website for the UI.
  
There is also some code that talks to the card reader and pastes any card uid's found into a hidden field on the web page.
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There is also some code that talks to the card reader and pastes any card UIDs found into a hidden field on the web page.
  
 
If the kiosk gets restarted you'll need to click the mouse once on the chrome window for it to get focus (or be activated or brought to the foreground or something like that) before it will read cards.
 
If the kiosk gets restarted you'll need to click the mouse once on the chrome window for it to get focus (or be activated or brought to the foreground or something like that) before it will read cards.

Revision as of 18:07, 2 December 2019

Kiosk
DSC 0708.JPG
Model IBM 4838-740
Sub-category Systems
Status Good working order
Last updated 5 November 2022 15:30:54
Training requirement no
Training link Unknown
ACnode no
Owner LHS
Origin donation from Sully
Location Ground floor, Middle room
Maintainers Sysadmin team

This is the machine next to the club Mate fridge that drives the Membership_Kiosk, It runs Debian.

It runs Chrome with the Chrome window displayed on the kiosk, it then goes to this [1] section of the london hackspace website for the UI.

There is also some code that talks to the card reader and pastes any card UIDs found into a hidden field on the web page.

If the kiosk gets restarted you'll need to click the mouse once on the chrome window for it to get focus (or be activated or brought to the foreground or something like that) before it will read cards.

It also runs waspd from here: https://github.com/londonhackspace/wasp-label-printer to talk to the printer.

Obsolete code that is not used here: https://github.com/londonhackspace/enrolment

See also Equipment/WASP_WPL305E, Membership_Kiosk