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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 )

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.

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

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!

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