Zoneminder with external keypad or smartcard

execcr · Post by **execcr** » Tue May 02, 2006 4:11 pm

Hi, i have a question for you. I'm interesting to make an alarm security sistem under linux and i choose zoneminder for the cctv system. Now i will connect trough a K8055 some infrared sensor, some contact sensor for door and windows and through serial port a smartcard reader. To activate/deactivate the system i would want to use a smartcard or a keypad, but it is possible to integrate that with zoneminder with a script?? For example: --> Insert smartcard and then the alarms shutoff (but zonealarm register the event). As a normal security system, that it uses a keypad in order to shutoff the system. thanks federico (sorry for bad english

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Post by **zoneminder** » Tue May 02, 2006 7:10 pm

If you have a defined serial interface from your access control system that your ZM can interface with then this should be possible. You will have to create a connection type to use with zmtrigger.pl but this should not be particularly difficult.

execcr · Post by **execcr** » Tue May 02, 2006 8:00 pm

thank you for the answer. there is someone that has been projected some similiar?

bkortleven · Post by **bkortleven** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 1:09 pm

Hmmmm

I've been looking at this for the past few weeks too.

When you hook a simple keypad with builtin code memory, and a relay contact, you can hook ik up onto the serial port, and read out the status every x seconds... If status = X, then start service, if status = !X then stop service.
You can even set output through the same serial port.
Or even hook up a small 2 line lcd or so onto the serial port, for status etc...

I'm not a programmer, but I'm full of ideas...
So, let me know if you have anything that needs tweaking or testing...

Thanks!

jameswilson · Post by **jameswilson** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 11:26 pm

from my reasearch a serial port cannot be used for direct contact monitoing, but the paralell port can.