RE: iButton anyone?

2009-04-17 Thread Bob Elzer
-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Tim Noeding Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:58 AM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: iButton anyone? Thanks for the response Daniel, but sadly it is exactly 30k. The machine has a readout on the display which gives a warning at 25k and stops functioning a

Re: iButton anyone?

2009-04-17 Thread Tim Noeding
Thanks for the response Daniel, but sadly it is exactly 30k. The machine has a readout on the display which gives a warning at 25k and stops functioning at 30k. I'll post again when the 1-Wire usb and the scanner come in. Thanks again for the responses! Tim On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 10:05 PM, Dani

Re: iButton anyone?

2009-04-14 Thread Daniel Stasinski
> for logging usage. After 30k uses, it prevents the machine > from working anymore. My boss tasked me with finding > out how to get around I could be flat wrong but 30k is close to 32k, which is one of those magical numbers. It could be incrementing a counter that is evaluated as a 16 bit signed

Re: iButton anyone?

2009-04-14 Thread Tim Noeding
Hey all, Sorry about being so vague the first time around, I was just wondering if there was anyone with experience with the iButton. I have been tasked with doing some repairs on equipment that use these as a method for logging usage. After 30k uses, it prevents the machine from working anymore.

Re: iButton anyone?

2009-04-09 Thread koder
You have an interesting gadget there Tim. I have never heard of them before, but I did a Google search and it looks like it can be nearly anything. Alan was correct in saying that more information would be needed. The manufacturer says that the iButton is "a peripatetic extension of the computer

Re: iButton anyone?

2009-04-08 Thread Stephen
It does imply a goal in a very godfather movie hit man kind of sense On 4/8/09, Alan Dayley wrote: > On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Tim Noeding wrote: >> I was wondering if anyone has any experience with these? >> >> I am currently repairing a machine that uses these as a security feature. >>

Re: iButton anyone?

2009-04-08 Thread Alan Dayley
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Tim Noeding wrote: > I was wondering if anyone has any experience with these? > > I am currently repairing a machine that uses these as a security feature. > It's the first time I've seen one, but I figure one of you may have some > experience with these. If so, let

iButton anyone?

2009-04-07 Thread Tim Noeding
I was wondering if anyone has any experience with these? I am currently repairing a machine that uses these as a security feature. It's the first time I've seen one, but I figure one of you may have some experience with these. If so, let me know if you have found a good way of dealing with them.