Project:Box identification

Box Identification
Created	01/02/2012
Members	Montyphy asc Akki14
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Brief

The members personal storage area

There are a few very minor issues with the Members Storage Boxes. Firstly, it's not easy to describe the location of a box to another member. Secondly, it's not easy to tell if a box on the shelf is owned by an active member.

Aims

• Label each bay of the storage shelves with location indicators.
• Label each member's box with a QR code representing its ID which can then be used to query information about its owner. The QR code is just for convenience so the label should also include a human readable version of the query.
• Create an interface to allow members to maintain the location and ownership of their box(es).
• Create an interface for members to represent and share information about the location of their box.
• Create an interface for searching the name/nickname of a member to get the location of their box.

Use Cases

• Identify a box - Lookup a QR code or ID that's on a box and get told who owns it (if anyone).
• Label a group of new boxes - For a given number, create new box instances in the database and output a batch of QR codes.
• Relabel a group of existing boxes - For a given range of IDs, output a batch of corresponding QR codes.
• Lookup the location of a member's box using their nickname.
• Lookup the location of a member's box using their name.
• Express the location of a member box - A link that will provide a visual representation of where a box is.
• Take ownership of a labelled box.
• Take ownership of a previously unlabelled box.
• Renounce ownership of a box.
• Allow a member to set the location of their box.

Decisions/Progress

• Current code progress can be found at https://github.com/montyphy/hackspace-foundation-sites/tree/members_storage
• Shelf locations will have the format /s\d\db\d\d/ e.g. s01b10. With the first segment (/s\d\d/), e.g. s01, representing the shelving unit and the second segment (/b\d\d\/), e.g. b10, representing the bay on that particular unit.
• Shelf bays will have to be labelled sequentially left to right, bottom to top to account for when people double stack the top bays.
• A location indicator can be generated by visiting /members/storage_image.php and attaching a box location with '?loc=' e.g.

/members/storage_image.php?loc=s16b03

will create:

• A box identification label can be generated by visiting /members/storage_image.php and attaching a box id with '?box_id=' e.g.

/members/storage_image.php?id=1 

will create:

• Started creating the member maintenance interface.

TO DO

Physical

• Label the boxes.
  • Assign boxes to correct members.
  • Assign boxes to their locations.
• Label the shelves. Please let me know if any labels drop off and I can print replacements --Akki14 23:42, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

Database

• Modify the database schema
  • Give Box a creator attribute.
  • List of available locations.
  • List of available boxes. (Montyphy 01:24, 1 March 2012 (UTC))

Image Generation

• On location image, fix shelf locations due to changing numbering order.
• On location image, add location as a header to the image.
• On location image, show the numbering of scheme on the units and bays.
  • enable the numbers to be visible through the markers.

User Interface

• Admin maintenance for helping with physical setup.
• Member maintenance of personal storage.
  • Create a box.
  • Claim a box. (Montyphy 01:23, 1 March 2012 (UTC))
  • Disown a box. (Montyphy 01:23, 1 March 2012 (UTC))
  • Assign a box to a location. (Montyphy 01:39, 1 March 2012 (UTC))
    • Make more user friendly by making a select box of unclaimed boxes
    • Validate location
  • Generate label for claimed box (Montyphy 01:27, 1 March 2012 (UTC))
  • Generate location indicator (Montyphy 01:40, 1 March 2012 (UTC))
• Box lookup e.g. searching name or location.
• Box identification e.g. QR code / ID lookup.