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This page documents the operation of Noisebridge's front gate, located at 2169 Mission Street.
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= Documentation =
{{blackbox}} '''You are standing at Noisebridge's [[Access|locked]] front gate''' through the fence around the [[Patio]] to the east.


The gate is opened using the intercom pad inside Noisebridge, next to the door to the stairs. The "DOOR" button, illustrated with a picture of a key, <strike>opens the gate</strike> seems to be broken - you may be able to use the computerised [http://pony.noise/gate "gate" method] instead.  
You see a red [[doorbell]] buzzer button, an [[RFID Token]] reader and [[Payphone]] keypad.


This switch can also be operated remotely, through an arcane and un-neccessarily convoluted system. A cable leads from the keypad through the machine shop, and up to a parallel port pair mounted on a PCB, just next to a hole in the South wall. The cable from the other side of this hole leads along the ceiling to a parallel port attached to the very top of the Wall O Tubes. This is a USB parallel port connected to [[Minotaur]].
'''EXITS:''' To the west is the [[parking]] spaces and to the south is the [[Street]].
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This USB parallel port is controlled by a daemon called <tt>[https://github.com/noisebridge/gateman gateman]</tt>, which -- like all services on Minotaur -- is started automatically by [http://upstart.ubuntu.com Upstart]. <tt>gateman</tt> is called by the Noisebridge API. Minotaur also hosts the [[keycode access]] system which uses API to open the gate. Other systems including the <tt>opengate</tt> script on [[Pony]] also open the gate this way.
'''Noisebridge's front gate''' is in our parking lot on the street at [[272]] Capp St. and leads to the [[Yard]] with the regular door and roll-up garage door behind it.


So ... if you are inside the space AND reading this page via noisebridge's internal network, you can [http://pony.noise/gate JUST CLICK HERE] to invoke the above-referenced noisegate script (via the url http://pony.noise/gate ) and open that gate!
It uses the [[Payphone]] as a keypad and has an [[RFID Token]] reader for 24 hour access card holders such as [[philanthropy|philanthropists]] and [[members]].


= Usage =
* [https://discuss.noisebridge.info/t/gate-buildout-next-steps/2625 Gate Buildout Next Steps Discuss Thread]


* To open the gate from outside the space, see [[getting in]].
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* To open the gate from inside the space, use the "DOOR" button on the intercom pad.
* If you are too lazy to get out of your seat and, use the <tt>opengate</tt> script on Pony.
* If you are setting up another system to open the gate, write your application to use the Noisebridge [[API]]. The API only works from within the space, so you should probably run your service on Pony. Do not try to run your system on Minotaur unless you've brought it up at a [[meeting]].


= Maintenance & Repair =
== Historical ==
 
* [[2169 Gate]]
The electric latch release mechanism on the gate (called an 'electric door strike'), shown broken and jammed. To remove and repair this, unscrew the two phillips head screws and slide out the mechanism. There are also two black wires each connected to a twisted pair of cable with a wire nut that need to be disconnected to fully remove the unit.
 
[[File:Gate-Electric-Latch-Jam.jpg]]
 
The actual electro-mechanical part of the lock is attached with two rivets to attaching face plate, one of this is highlighted with the red arrow, and is that part that tends to break loose. This can/has been repaired by using a metal punch/drift/vise and sledge hammer.
 
[[File:Latch-Repair.jpg]]
 
= Dimensions =
 
In case of replacement, it is good to have the dimensions of the electric door strike at hand:
* the face plate is 3-1/2" x 1-3/8"
* the screws are 3" apart
* the bolt of the lock has a diameter of 7/8"

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You are standing at Noisebridge's locked front gate through the fence around the Patio to the east.

You see a red doorbell buzzer button, an RFID Token reader and Payphone keypad.

EXITS: To the west is the parking spaces and to the south is the Street.

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Noisebridge's front gate is in our parking lot on the street at 272 Capp St. and leads to the Yard with the regular door and roll-up garage door behind it.

It uses the Payphone as a keypad and has an RFID Token reader for 24 hour access card holders such as philanthropists and members.


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