RE: Re: HomeVision access control???

["Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>]

errr....

Perhaps I'm missing the point here, but what does it matter whether you can
write to the cards or not?....

Surely so long as you can READ something (anything) off the card, and so
long as that data is known to be unique to that card (which seems likely if
its a personal card), then surely that's all you need to do to use it for
personalised access control?

Just swipe the card, discover what it reads out as a serial string, then
program that string into your HV script... what difference does it make
whether that string is:

"LKJHDISKSSDBCJSKAOIUW23423M3NOWSWE09SKN2320FQWWLKE09302394H232K34234N2"

as opposed to:

"This is Fredd Bloggs so let him in"

/confused!/

Paul G.


>From: "matt_miles_uk" <m_miles@blueyonder.co.uk>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@yahoogroups.com
>To: ukha_d@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [ukha_d] Re: HomeVision access control???
>Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 09:59:16 -0000
>
>I didn't think of that!  Very good point - also don't want the
>police coming round and taking it off me!  I think i'll try to find
>someone who will program some cards for me!
>
>Cheers,
>
>Matt
>
>P.S
>
>As for HV or control how would that end work after the ASCII text
>has been input to the HV serial port?
>

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