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The current software is bad, but you must realize that we don't want off-site "cloud" software for our office doors. What happens when your servers go down (or
by nupark2 15y ago
The current software is bad, but you must realize that we don't want off-site "cloud" software for our office doors. What happens when your servers go down (or our internet goes down) and we ... what, send people home? Prop the doors open because our door unlocking service provider is down?
What we want is reliable software that we can own, run locally, integrate into our existing systems, and maintain in the event of failure.
- rdl 15y agoYeah -- the question I have about why Lockitron did it the way they did is if there were patent or other considerations which forced them into doing it that way. If not, I think it would be technically pretty simple to build a small quantity which behave the way I (and you, and some others) want; it's still hard to build for mass production, and gets even harder once people get picky about the color, material, design, etc. of the actual locksets.
- rdl 15y agoActually, for commercial users, what would rock is something which could do LDAP and integrate with real-ldap or Active Directory for access control; taking it away from a weird outsourced system or standalone old windows PC and integrating with the regular IT infrastructure. This already happened with PBXes; next, it should happen with access control, and then with building management (HVAC; imagine if logging into your workstation allowed you to have programmed lighting/heating controls for your work area happen automatically; especially useful if you work at night or on weekends in a big office)
- nupark2 15y agoI very much agree. Having something that could drop into our existing directory system is exactly what I was thinking; the standalone Windows PC is what needs to be retired.