Difference between revisions of "Hackspace Instrumentation"

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Our Holly VM, on Collective, is used to collect data from the HackSpace and provide a number of interfaces for the presentation of that data. This will be for "the things we want to know about" and various interesting statistics. The end-data, or a subset thereof, should really be published to pachube to contribute to the Internet of Things. Internally we are using MQTT, powered by the Mosquito message broker, to communicate between nodes - see MQTT_Topics for information currently being published.

More info behind HMS and Instrumentation

Whilst not exactly well defined, the hackspace instrumentation project probably includes:

Currently

Gatekeeper - The hackspace access control system. Also runs the studio door bell and the last man out switch. Publishes on the door being opened/closed, door bell being rang, and the state of the last man out switch changing.

LED Matrix - Large scrolling LED display in the comfy area. As well as displaying the topic of the latest google group email / twitter stuff and message set from IRC, it is also logging temperatures for the comfy area, studio and blue room

Mini-matrix - Similar to the LED Matrix, but smaller and in the blue room. Also logs the temperature of the Snackspace fridge, and displays the username of anyone coming in to the hackspace.

Vending machine - Has a custom cashless device that records purchases and tweets

WorkshopMQTT - aka workshop doorbell. Also logs the temperature in the Workshop, and is likely to be connected to doorbell button on door at the back of the workshop at some point.

Network device count - Holly is also recording and graphing a count of the number of network devices currently connected to the hackspace network (with static devices excluded).

IRC bot - Outputs to IRC when the door is opened or the door bell rang. Essentially an MQTT to IRC bridge.

Cacti graphs. Currently hackspace temperature and stats for Holly.

Tools RFID - Restricts access to the laser cutter and Ultimaker 3D printer to inducted members, and keeps track of usage.

Closely related

HMS - Hackspace Management System

JARVIS - VM on Collective that any member can log on to. Probably the easiest way of getting access to the above. Log in and run mosquitto_sub -v -t '#' to see events/readings as they are published. Use mosquitto_pub to send, e.g. to make the IRC bot, Nh-holly speak: mosquitto_pub -t nh/irc/tx -m "Hello World!". See the topic list for others.

In progress / ideas for the future

Light sensors - probably to be added the LED matrix & WorkshopMQTT node.

Lighting Automation - Sorting out the mess that is lighting in the hackspace. Significant progress has already been made, but the scope has since been reduced to not include the workshop.

Make use the PIR sensors already installed

Energy Monitoring

There was a plan originally to add RFID access to the blue room and members storage, but I think this has pretty much been abandoned

Old ideas

Don't think these are being worked on

HAL 9000 [1] eye with webcam showing the spooky view!
GERTY from Moon [2] - a cheap colour LCD for the smiley face and what-have-you for the rest.
daily summary as RSS feed
more graphs

Old... miscellaneous

see Talk:Hackspace Instrumentation

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-{{Clean Up}}
+{{Cleanup|date=December 2018}}
-Our always-on little server [[Network#Holly|Holly]] will be used to collect data from the HackSpace and provide a number of interfaces for the presentation of that data. This will be for "the things we want to know about" and various interesting statistics. The end-data, or a subset thereof, should really be published to [http://www.pachube.com/ pachube] to contribute to the Internet of Things. Internally we should be using [http://mqtt.org/ MQTT] to communicate between nodes.
-* door contacts
+Our [[Network#Holly|Holly]] VM, on [[Collective]], is used to collect data from the HackSpace and provide a number of interfaces for the presentation of that data. This will be for "the things we want to know about" and various interesting statistics. The end-data, or a subset thereof, should really be published to [http://www.pachube.com/ pachube] to contribute to the Internet of Things. Internally we are using [http://mqtt.org/ MQTT], powered by the [http://mosquitto.org/ Mosquito] message broker, to communicate between nodes - see [[MQTT_Topics]] for information currently being published.
-** main door on black and white core --[[User:Lwk|Lwk]] 21:41, 2 March 2011 (GMT)
-** main door magnetic release green and yellow cores --[[User:Lwk|Lwk]] 18:57, 8 May 2011 (BST)
-** We'll want to do the main HackSpace door first
-** I got a nice reed-magnet contact switch from expolinkalarms.co.uk on ebay for £1.65
-** I taped it next to the door to install next weds [[User:Msemtd|Michael Erskine]] 13:21, 10 February 2011 (GMT)
-** I brought in some Tyco 6-core alarm cable - there's lots of this in my free-issue cable store.
-** RepRap Matt has now installed the switch and run 6-core alarm cable over to Holly.
-* temperature
-* light level
-* PIR
-* dance-mat floor pressure switch (!)
-** I have one in the store room
-** it might be useful to use it on the floor just inside the store room
-* RFID reader fun
-* fingerprint readers! I have left two in the store room
-* webcams - naturally!
-* [[HAL 9000]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_9000] eye with webcam showing the spooky view!
-* [[GERTY]] from ''Moon'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_%28film%29] - a cheap colour LCD for the smiley face and what-have-you for the rest.
-I have started to map out [[The_Space]] with http://sourceforge.net/projects/sweethome3d/
+More info behind [[HMS and Instrumentation]]
-== PC I/O ==
+Whilst not exactly well defined, the hackspace instrumentation project probably includes:
+==Currently==
+* [[Gatekeeper]] - The hackspace access control system. Also runs the studio door bell and the last man out switch. Publishes on the door being opened/closed, door bell being rang, and the state of the last man out switch changing.
-* serial and parallel ports available
+* [[LED Matrix]] - Large scrolling LED display in the comfy area. As well as displaying the topic of the latest google group email / twitter stuff and message set from IRC, it is also logging [[Temperature_Monitoring|temperatures]] for the comfy area, studio and blue room
-* USB ports available
-* we could arduino it if we want
-== PC storage and user interfaces ==
+* [[Mini-matrix]] - Similar to the [[LED Matrix]], but smaller and in the blue room. Also logs the temperature of the [[Snackspace]] fridge, and displays the username of anyone coming in to the hackspace.
-* Added "instrumentation" account on holly (uid=1005)
-* RRD http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RRDtool
-* syslog?
-* IRC bot would be entirely appropriate
-* web interface of course!
-* hook into the website
-* daily summary as RSS feed
-* everybody loves graphs!
-[[User:Msemtd|Michael Erskine]] 13:21, 10 February 2011 (GMT)
-== Crazy Cool Mobile Phone Hack ==
+* [[Vending_Machine|Vending machine]] - Has a custom [[Vending Machine/Cashless Device Implementation|cashless device]] that records purchases and tweets
-Every wanted to phone a server and tell it to do something? Or perhaps have the server phone or text you when something happens!
+* [[WorkshopMQTT]] - aka workshop doorbell. Also logs the temperature in the Workshop, and is likely to be connected to doorbell button on door at the back of the workshop at some point.
-Inspired by some crazy phone hacks on Instructables, I'd like to involve some old mobile phones to act as inputs/outputs. I've started a page on my vebug.com webpage at [http://vebug.com/node/5]
+* Network device count - [[Holly]] is also recording and [http://lspace.nottinghack.org.uk/addr_graphs/ graphing] a count of the number of network devices currently connected to the hackspace network (with static devices excluded).
-and I'll transcribe it here.
-[[User:Msemtd|Michael Erskine]] 09:33, 15 February 2011 (GMT)
+* [[Nh-holly|IRC bot]] - Outputs to IRC when the door is opened or the door bell rang. Essentially an MQTT to IRC bridge.
-== Matt's List ==
+* [[Cacti]] graphs. Currently hackspace temperature and stats for [[Holly]].
-A quick copy of the big ToDo list that [[User:Lwk|&#39;RepRap&#39; Matt]] put together
-* Hackspace instrumentation:-
+* [[Nhtools|Tools RFID]] - Restricts access to the [[laser cutter]] and [[3D_Printer|Ultimaker 3D printer]] to inducted members, and keeps track of usage.
-* MQTT running form Holly
-* Sensors can be added via arduino's/nanodes publish to topics
-* All useful data to be graphed using cacti? Scripts for cacti the subscribe mqtt and then graph as needed?
-* Irc bot and twitter bot to publish/subscribe to own topics
-* Use scripts on Holly to reprocess topics for twitter and irc
-* Port mqtt to nanode
+==Closely related==
+* [[HMS]] - Hackspace Management System
-* [[Gatekeeper]] RFID door control
+* [[JARVIS]] - VM on [[Collective]] that any member can log on to. Probably the easiest way of getting access to the above. Log in and run <code>mosquitto_sub -v -t '#'</code> to see events/readings as they are published. Use mosquitto_pub to send, e.g. to make the IRC bot, [[Nh-holly]] speak: <code>mosquitto_pub -t nh/irc/tx -m "Hello World!"</code>. See the [[MQTT_Topics|topic list]] for others.
-* Power at supply shared with led matrix or power over cat 5
-* Nanode
-* RFID reader (newsoftserial)
-* Doorbell button (plasterboard back box) (interrupt pin)
-* magnetic relasse (MOSFET switch 12v)
-* Magnetic contact (interrupt pin)
-* Doorbell sounder (MOSFET or relay) pull of wall and see if it will work?
-* Status led's red green linked to mag relase
-* Push to irc twitter cacti and log
-* Card numbers in mysql db, script on Holly to check
-* Web page to manage mqsl db, intranet only, htacess passwd
-* Db possible for other members details? Name, twitter, email, address, phone numbers, fee's, join date.
-* Need a project box due to location in members box room
+==In progress / ideas for the future==
+* Light sensors - probably to be added the LED matrix & WorkshopMQTT node.
-* Status board
+* [[Lighting_Automation|Lighting Automation]] - Sorting out the mess that is lighting in the hackspace. Significant progress has already been made, but the scope has since been reduced to not include the workshop.
-* Nanode???
-* Or mega with ethshield?
-* Power from at supply,
-* Cat 5
-* Looking John's code for frame buffer
-* Add strobe light (for doorbell and ?beacons)
-* Subscribe from irc and twitter dm (show for how long? Till change)
-* Clear board button? (big red one!!!)
+* Make use the PIR sensors already installed
+* [[Energy Monitoring]]
-* Energy monitoring
+* There was a plan originally to add RFID access to the blue room and members storage, but I think this has pretty much been abandoned
-* Openenergymonitor.org
-* Current transformers in place, forgot to note down models
-* Owl wireless meter? Not much use if can talk to USB over Linux
-* Nanode
-* Open energy monitor show voltage sense using 9v ac-ac wall wart (?need one for each phase?)
-* Push to cacti
-* Query form irc
-* Possible led display either flashed on led matrix or own display allways on?
-* http://openenergymonitor.org/emon/emontx
-** plausible way to do CT monitor using 2 RFM12B nuts, would mean not stuffing a nanode in the cupboard and losing access to spare pins
+==Old ideas==
-* Irc stats to cacti? London do it (nick there scripts from github)
+Don't think these are being worked on
+* [[HAL 9000]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_9000] eye with webcam showing the spooky view!
+* [[GERTY]] from ''Moon'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_%28film%29] - a cheap colour LCD for the smiley face and what-have-you for the rest.
+* daily summary as RSS feed
-* Temp sensors dotted around space
+* more graphs
-* Nanode again
-* Small wireless units or daisy chain of dalas one wires?
-* Humidity sensor's?
-* Push to cacti
-* Query from irc
-* Last man out switch
-* Knife switch (back to RFID nanode)
-* Push to twitter/irc
-* Query from irc
-* Can rest space occupancy if needed
-* Should turn off some plugs? Kettles, water heaters?
-* Occupeancy counter
-* Nanode
-* Laser beams count in and out, embed in unsed door?
-* how to detect lasers. Photo diodes enuff?
-* Two beams in entrance
-* Push to cacti
-* Query from irc
-* Own led counter? Similar to Power meter
-* Can use door magnetic contact and last man out switch to keep accuracy
-* Project box
-* Back door bell
-* RFID to blue office and members storage
-* Again monitor access
-* just one reader, opens both doors use magnetic contact to see which is opened
-* Push to cacti and log?
-* Don't really need to irc twitter
-* Sound meters??
-* Push to cacti
-* Pir's??
-* Vending Machine and Snackspace
-* take over the logic of the vending machine
-* install RFID
-* members can RFID to buy on tick
-* you enter a code for product, then either deposit correct money into vending machine or swipe rfid, it then vends the item
-* can email members there invoice once a month
-* possibly add a magnetic lock to the fridge and have code's for fridge products unlock that once paid for
-** causes issue with milk access
+==Old... miscellaneous==
+see [[Talk:Hackspace Instrumentation]]
-[[Category:Projects]]
+[[Category:Projects (in progress)]]
-[[Category:Current Projects]]
 [[Category:Network]]
-[[Category:Hackspace]]
+[[Category:Infrastructure]]
 [[Category:Instrumentation]]