[61771] in Hotline Meeting
Re: Combo pad on Building 4 side of M12-182 cluster not working
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mitchell E Berger)
Wed Oct 9 21:39:11 2002
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To: Mitchell E Berger <mitchb@MIT.EDU>
cc: hotline@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 02 Oct 2002 16:16:42 EDT."
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Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2002 21:39:09 -0400
From: Mitchell E Berger <mitchb@MIT.EDU>
I noticed that Lou closed my case in Casetracker with a note that he had
reprogrammed it and all was now fine. I also noticed someone having trouble
with the pad a few days ago, but then they got in. Finally, I noticed that
another couple people sent mail to hotline after I did about the combo pad.
Given knowledge that Lou does things right, and that something still seems
wrong with the pad, I played with it for a while today and now understand
what's really going on:
The button corresponding to the second digit in the new combination does not
register as being pressed unless you press it hard. It seems that both times
it was reprogrammed, the key must not have been pressed hard enough, and so
the pad accepted the new combination WITHOUT the second digit. This means
that if you press the numbers carefully, you CANNOT get in to the cluster from
that door, however, if you type quickly/gently and don't hit that button hard
enough, the door unlocks. In other words, the combination on the door is
only four digits plus * long! It should be reprogrammed, but at this point
should probably also be either serviced or replaced so that button registers
all the time (note whether the yellow light flashes when you hit it).
Mitch
> Hi,
>
> The combo pad connected to the Building 4 door to the M12-182 cluster
> does not accept either the old or the new combination. The yellow light
> briefly illuminates with each keypress, so I don't think the problem is
> being caused by a failure of any of the keys to register as having been
> pressed. I haven't spent time trying to figure out if it's a one-off error
> in whatever new combination was set, mostly due to the strange looks people
> waiting for printouts began to give me. 8-)
>
> The Building 12 door's combo pad works fine with the new combination,
> however.
>
> Mitch
