Posts made by itzdarkoutthere

As long as it is not deleted, maybe you can find it with the subject of the email: Your NFC Ring Unlock App Access Code

@Lafunamor

That's very unusual. Are you working/living in a area where there is a lot of radio waves? Unless you rewrote the tags the whole time they should last for years.

Would the ring be more susceptible than your average ntag? I've had one on a keychain for nearly a year with no issue and a few sticker tags at my house and one at my office that still work fine.
I live in Chicago, so I would imagine the area is quite saturated with radio waves, especially in high density residential areas where everyone and their mother has wifi. My 2.5 ghz wifi has degraded performance and my apartment is on a street that is more commercial than residential.

@Lokki

Have you guys seen the electronic pass code operated gun safes etc that you can pick up cheap on eBay? I wonder how hard it would be to hack one of those into working with NFC. Should be too difficult... As far as I can tell its a fail-close type solenoid that stops you twisting the unlock handle until the correct code is entered.

I'll need to get some guns first. And a foid card. I guess I could put my paintball gear in it :P

Planning on buying a Dana Lock (zwave version) and integrating it with an nfc reader that is hooked up to zwave.
Any suggestions on zwave controllers? The Almond+ I backed has been delayed somewhere in the neighborhood of a bajillion times, so I am looking for a temporary zwave solution.

Disabling the app as administrator seems to have solved the issue. I'm guessing it has something to do with the app monitoring failed unlock attempts.

While I am waiting for a new ring I need to uninstall the unlock app due to the bug i posted earlier. >75% of the time when I enter password wrong it pops the ring unlock screen even though i have security disabled and deleted all keys.
Doesn't seem to be an obvious way to uninstall the app. I was able to uninstall the control app, but the same method is disabled for the unlock app (for obvious reasons). Looks like I will need to carry a tag around on my keychain in the meantime so I am not constantly typing in my gmail account and password.

ISO14443 Type A
NTAG203
13.56MHz

Not sure if you mean where to find your discount code or where to enter it.
They sent an email with the backer discount codes, mine had the subject, "Limited PREORDERS now available - Your code inside." Inside was my backer discount code.
There was a textbox to enter it during checkout, I believe at the same time I was entering my payment information.

@sffish

Does the NFC Ring App cause the phone's battery to drain excessively? I have a Nexus 5 and just ordered the ring and want to know if anyone using the NFC Ring App to unlock sees an unusually high battery drain. Thanks.

It will be no different if you already have nfc enabled on your phone. The app doesn't change when the antenna is turned on.
I have had no noticeable change in battery life since installing and using the app. I had nfc enabled long before installing the app.

ok, so finally got the sketch to compile. Couldn't get it working on my windows 7 installation even after reinstalling arduino software. I fired up an XP VM, installed the arduino software and the sketch compiled first try. There must be some lingering data after uninstall that I need to take care of.

Got my elechouse today. Different distributor I believe. Doesn't seem to be working with any ntag. It came with a different lib than yours, so I will try out different libs later. Works fine with the tags that came with it.

/e got my module working with ntag using the lib from yours. Unfortunately my ring is not reading at all, looks like its finally time to give up and send in for a replacement :(

@stillwellgray

That's a neat idea. I might have to hit up the lumber yard soon and mock something up using my extra electric strike.

How big were you thinking? I'm considering building a locker for myself. That big would probably be quite expensive to ship. Anyway, sure I can throw it on my etsy store for you once it is done. Will probably take a month or so since I'll have to order some more electronics and don't have a working ring at the moment.

That's a neat idea. I might have to hit up the lumber yard soon and mock something up using my extra electric strike.
A simple option might be to use an solenoid or actuator as a deadbolt of sorts.

Your best bet might be to cut a recess into the wood for the nfc module to sit it, leaving like 1/4". I will try something like this in the coming weeks and post results/pictures.

The ring or the app? I sent a follow-up to my previous emails to support. I have an Elechouse pn532 that should be here today or tomorrow, so I am waiting to see if it works with it before I exchange my ring. If it works fine, I will suck up not being able to use it with my phone and just use it for my door until I get more rings.

I was really hoping to get a black ring with a transparent inlay on my 25% discount, plus a few others. :(

Will these other options be available eventually? Should I save my 25% voucher until then and order all the rings I want at once?
Can someone please let me know which ring size I ordered on the kickstarter?

/e
I dare anyone to tell me that this photoshop I made of transparent on black isn't the sexiest thing you have ever seen.

My ring stopped working completely, so I disabled security in the NFC Ring Unlock app.
Sporadically (seems to mostly happen if I enter my unlock password incorrectly), it will prompt me with the NFC Ring Unlock screen.
I also deleted all keys from the application and tried rebooting my phone.
I will be uninstalling the app soon, until I get a new ring.

HTC One (m7) - Sprint
Android 4.4.2

/e for anyone else in the same boat, disabling the app as administrator will stop the issue from occurring.
Settings -> Security -> Device administrators

I meant to post a link, forgot.
http://www.kwikset.com/electronics/homeowners/availableproducts.aspx

I think the way I would set it up would be to use both the deadbolt and the lever from quickset for my main door. Maybe disable the pin code entry somehow. On the entryway use an electric strike. Two Elechouse NFC modules, one outside the entryway and one outside the main door both hooked up to an arduino inside that has zwave or zigbee. Integrate them with the almond+, and stir in some of my mad programming skills to make them all play nicely.
I suppose while I am at it, I should put my second strike on the back door to the entry way that I use when I go running. No more carrying a set of keys on my run!

The Kwikset with this "homeconnect" would probably be a good option. They come with zigbee/zwave, so theoretically I could integrate them and my nfc reader with the almond+ I backed on kickstarter.... if it ever ships :P

Keep in mind, this is a rental, so keeping all original hardware with no modification would be best route for me. However, my landlord is in IT and we are on decent enough terms that he probably wouldn't have a problem with me replacing the deadbolt and handle so long as the door itself isn't modified.
I would likely hook the arduino with ncf reader up to my network and have it control the lockitron over it's wifi connection.
If you have other ideas to keep the original hardware on the door, I would be more than open to them.

I haven't done much research, any suggestions on solutions that could replace the hardware (pic below). Ideally, it would still be able to use a key for entrance and I would definitely want to replace both the deadbolt and handle.
[url:1wrokkii]https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5f9BUaIGPfgYUdvUEd6ZjZoekE/edit?usp=sharing[/url:1wrokkii]

@Lokki

Yeah, that's where my mind was wandering - better fire modes/rates could probably be achieved with an arduino anyway and it would be an easy thing after that to add in the 'fire only with ring' clause in the sketch.

:O I used to have a 98 with a flatline barrel! We used to play a lot of large scale games back then, now that I live in Chicago, mostly small courses.

I never take my trigger out of semi-auto mode anyway, so programming would be quite simple!