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Vash342

October 24, 2009, 09:21:44 PM
I have a tool that gets a special signal from a magnetized button and I want to know if there is something out there that can copy it.  I'm only doing this for educational purposes.

Sora

#1
October 25, 2009, 02:55:00 AM
???
So, you push the button and...
what happens?
E 123 \'Omega\': Eggman detected. Begin annihilation sequence.
Miles \'Tails\' Prowler: No, Omega, Eggman is our friend!
E 123 \'Omega\': Small forest creature has gone mad. Suggest immediate termination.

Alex S

#2
October 25, 2009, 11:06:49 AM
Wait, what?

Is this tool a computer program, or an actual gadget?
Is the button physically attached or does it transmit over the air?
As Sora said, what does the tool do once it has received the signal?

In order to help, people need more information.

NejinOniwa

#3
October 25, 2009, 12:25:54 PM
There's this particle accelerator beneath some Swiss village somewhere, and using it could possibly cause the earth to disappear - but it's ok, we're doing it for EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES!!!
YOU COULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS

Sora

#4
October 25, 2009, 04:40:40 PM
The one to make a duplicate Big bang? That would make a black hole to suck the Earth in? This one?
E 123 \'Omega\': Eggman detected. Begin annihilation sequence.
Miles \'Tails\' Prowler: No, Omega, Eggman is our friend!
E 123 \'Omega\': Small forest creature has gone mad. Suggest immediate termination.

Alex S

#5
October 25, 2009, 04:58:47 PM
Yeah, that's... not likely to happen. At all. It's about as likely as a strange matter world obliteration.

And besides, the LHC is beneath a border between Switzerland and some other country or something, but this thread has been OT enough.

NejinOniwa

#6
October 25, 2009, 05:22:51 PM
From my viewpoint, the topic was so vague so we couldn't even be off it anyway.
YOU COULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS

Vash342

#7
October 25, 2009, 05:24:42 PM
It's a wand, like a little hand tool I can physically carry.

When I push the end, which is a magnet I am sure of it, it gets a signal from the button, which is what I want.  Every signal is unique to each button.  I want to copy that signal.  I can't get more detailed than that Nejin.  I can tell you all about diesel mechanics, or the ICE Engine if you want in detail, but be prepared to be bored to tears.  If need be, also like your sig.

On the accelerator, I don't honestly care really.  We've already built nukes, hydrogen bombs and scarier things.  Tesla is what freaks me out the most, but to see what he's built in action is phenomonal. End of Digression.

Alex S

#8
October 25, 2009, 05:28:41 PM
That's still pretty vague.

So, it's a wand that, when you press a button on it, sends a signal to a magnet?

Are there multiple buttons? What is this thing used for?

NejinOniwa

#9
October 25, 2009, 05:30:00 PM
Why does everyone insist on calling me Neijin anyway? IT'S WRONG DAMNIT >:[

The only thing my tired brain can decipher from that is that it's some sort of reverse remote control with a magnet.

And that obviously can't be quite right, now can it?
YOU COULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS

Vash342

#10
October 25, 2009, 07:37:26 PM
I'm not entirely sure without taking it apart.

It is a seperate button that just hangs on the wall.  No wires anything.  No electronics.  Just a metal button.

However, the wand can have a stand to which you press it against this button and it displays all buttons hit since last checked.  This is confusing because the wand doesn't run on batteries, or anything of the sort.  So thats my problem, is figuring out the wand and reversing the process to get the signal I want.

NejinOniwa

#11
October 25, 2009, 08:27:34 PM
The hell did you get this contraption from anyway? -.-
YOU COULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS

Alex S

#12
October 25, 2009, 08:30:03 PM
So there is a display?
How can the wand display anything if it has no batteries?
Can you get another one to take apart?

Vash342

#13
October 25, 2009, 09:27:17 PM
Only display it has is a little red LED to show me whether the button has transmitted or not.  I can't get another, the company is very finicky about letting them out.  I honestly have only seen one.  It's not very big, maybe an inch in diameter and about 4-5 inches long.  It can't be taken apart without special tools that the company keeps with them.To fit everything in the handle and make it beefy enough I figure if it did run on batteries it would only be about 1 AA, and they hit around a good 240+ buttons a shift, there being 3 shifts a day, each time saving the chackpoint, time, date etc, and displaying a beep, and a brightly lit LED.  I figure a AA battery can't last a year on that.  I could be wrong though.

The contraption comes from a security site close to mine that uses this to make sure guards visit certain parts of a site.
Ironic too, because the lady on 3rd is deathly afraid of the dark, and they put all the buttons in pitch black areas.

Alex S

#14
October 25, 2009, 10:12:49 PM
So it makes sure guards do their rounds...

You'd be right, a 1.5v AA battery probably couldn't handle data writing. Lithium coin cell batteries last a while, and provide more voltage than alkaline AA-type batteries. I would guess that those are the types of batteries used.

You mentioned that it stores data for future review? The batteries could be changed when the data is analyzed.

Are you planning to just create a 'functional' replica (i.e. something that just copies the functionality of another device)?
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