RE: LED Door Lock Status Indicator Hack

["Dean Barrett" <dean@xxxxxxxxx>]

HID Prox access systems (one of the biggest in the world)

RED =3D Locked
Green =3D Unlocked
=20=09=20
But on a personal basis I agree with the concept of Red =3D danger

If SWMBO and kids don=92t have regular use of access systems never any
reas=
on
to confuse them..




Dean.

-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Jim (List)
Sent: 05 November 2009 11:46
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] LED Door Lock Status Indicator Hack

I've always taken that red=3Ddanger, green=3DOK.

So, applying that to the purpose of the door status, red=3Dunlocked
(danger=
of
unauthorised entry).

If the purpose was to warn that the door was locked (i.e. on a card-entry
system), then red=3Dlocked, green=3DOK to open.



Jim


-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Tim Hawes
Sent: 05 November 2009 11:38
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] LED Door Lock Status Indicator Hack

Nice write-up Martin - I wish I'd run cable to door & window frames
too.

I wonder what others' views are on the red/green colour code. I appreciate
it can be a personal thing but my instinct would've been red=3Dlocked,
green=3Dopen rather than the other way around.

Cheers,

Tim.



On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Kim Wall <kim@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Bicoloured LEDs are a work of Stan. =A0When you're colourblind,
they=20
> deteriorate into a game of "is this LED in bright or dim
mode?" which=20
> can be almost impossible without a reference, and certainly not the=20
> sort of thing you can tell at a glance from across a room.


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