[BlueOnyx:25232] Re: Only 1 month left of 2021 - Screenshot from my development server

Thu Dec 2 08:01:30 -05 2021

Hi Chris,
I actually forgot a piece of very unique software that we've created
for ARX.
If you use ARX in an apartment-building and want to have an info-panel
in the doorway (with booking-capabilites) we have anaddon which we've
created which talks directly with the ARX-API to extract information
from the access-system.
This then builds an infopage with Apartment/floor and inhabitants.This
software is unique for our Linux-implementation. :)
You see this as the default on the booking-panel, we've added the
possibility to upload a logo, enter a home-page link and a message that
will be displayed.Present a tag or card to the reader on the panel and
you will be logged in to the booking-application.
Best regards,Rickard
On Thu, 2021-12-02 at 08:45 +0100, Rickard Osser wrote:
> Hi Chris,
> I wish I had posted this years ago then! :)
> Anyway, it all started with a Cobalt RaQ2 in 2000 when I installed
> broadband (network) into the buildings (3) where I lived at the time.
> All owners got their ethernet access port and free Internet access.
> In Sweden we have something called "Bostadsrättsföreningar" /
> Buildingsoicieties where the tenants own a part of the building
> according tothe size of the apartment. (Very Swedish and a bit
> socialistic butbecame very common almost a hundred years ago as most
> people herecouldn't afford apartments and houses.)
> My contact with cobalt started in 1998-99 when I bought my first
> Qube2700 (#77) with a creditcard directly from Cobalt in CA. I was
> talkingto the future partner-program director at the time, this was
> beforethey even shipped.
> Anyway, step forward 5 years, a BlueQuartz installed as a
> replacementand the society wanted to install a digital booking-system 
> for thelaundry-rooms and, the sauna and gym as well as a door-access
> system.At the time the locksmith brought in Aptus (now also owned by
> Assa-Abloy) but their software was a joke (built on MS Access and
> running onWindows) and to be able to use the on-line bookingsystem
> you needed aserver. Which we already had, linux-based. The locksmith
> then contactedSolid (ARX) at Assa and we got a meeting with their
> CFO/CTO and Sales-director... Well, the head-office was only 5
> minutes away from where Ilive by car so it was a no-brainer... :)
> Anyway, as the software iswritten in Java, they seemed intrigued by
> providing a Linux-version andsome of their developers was using Linux
> themselves but they onlyprovided a Windows version to customers. Some
> of their largerintegrator partners wanted a Linux-version though,
> wishing for a secureand stable environment so we made a deal, they
> provided me with theunpackaged software, our building society with
> hardware and me with adirect-line to the CTO. I started making the
> conversion to Linux, javais cross-platform so only a few libraries
> (jars) needed changed andcreating a GUI for administration based on
> Sausalito.
> We created an Appliance which took about 15 minutes to be up
> andrunning with a working ARX-server and with BO as the base. We also
> madea version based on Aventurine for hosting and a HA-Clustered
> versionalso based on Aventurine also as appliances and still 15
> minutes frombox to configuration of the door-access system. 
> Michael was nice to provide the Aventurine source-code for me to
> changeand extend for this. Some functions like the GUI for KVM in
> Aventurinecame back from me as there was use cases for running
> windows in thisenvironment. 
> We had single-server, HA-Cluster standalone and HA-Cluster hosting-
> version of the appliances. A cluster-version was for example
> installedin Friends Arena (owned by the Swedish Football association)
> duringit's build-time to handle all door-access, 3000 doors.
> The last 4-5 years though we've concentrated on our own hosting of
> ARXfor locksmiths and other customers. Running inside an LXC-
> container isvery good for the performance and very resource-saving
> which mean wecan consolidate the hosting-environment quite nicely. 
> We've also created a Booking-panel as an alternative to Assa's
> ownBP100, our has a touch-based GUI and supports EM/Mifare out of the
> box,not at the same time though. Desfire is supported after a
> firmwareupdate which we have to provide. BP100 has to be configured
> using akeyboard and CLI.
> Our new version of the panel will support all three systems
> withoutfirmware changing and be built on RPI4 instead of the panel-
> pc. The newpanel connects to the ARX-system either through ethernet
> or wifi. Italso uses the 24V current provided from the door-access
> centrals soit's easy to install for the integrator.
> The RFID-reader is our own creation and it also supports a few
> moredoor-access systems like Aptus/RCO/Bewator and Axema/VAKA. We
> provideit as a table-reader which can be configured using Chrome/Edge
> and oursupport website. No moving parts.
> All this is available on our web-site www.bluapp.com if you want
> toread about it.
> You asked about use-cases, well, providing a
> secure/stablecontainer/vm/appliance which has a lot better
> performance than thewindows provided version by Assa. Hosting is also
> a reality which is alot cheaper with Linux as a base compared to
> runnning a windows-serverfor each instance.
> An example of performance difference is memory/cpu. Java has a lot
> tooffer on Linux but is a hog on Windows, so, an installation using
> 8GBRAM and fast CPU on windows happily runs a long on Linux with less
> thanhalf the RAM and just a few cores and if it runs inside a
> container ituses even less resources... :)
> I use Proxmox for our fascility but installing to a fresh 5210R
> onAventurine is not very hard as I provide it as a package to
> install.
> 
> This was a long explanation but i hope you get the reasons why I
> didthis and still do. :)
> BTW, of all the Door-access systems I've seen only ARX is a
> trueClient-Server in all aspects. The others are made as an
> afterthoughtbased on either Access and/or Visual Basic. They have low
> performanceand really aren't fit as a secure server-platform. This
> goes for boththe Windows version and our implementation but of course
> ourimplementation removes Windows from the deployment so it's even
> better!;)
> Best regards,Rickard
> 
> On Wed, 2021-12-01 at 18:10 -0600, Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ
> Internetwrote:
> > Hi Rickard!
> > On 12/1/2021 4:41 AM, Rickard Osser wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > we're coming to a close of the year.The machine is running
> > > RockyLinux/BlueOnyx 5210R inside a container(LXC).
> > I'm especially interested in the Assa ARX Access plugin that you're
> > running.   We've been transitioning different access control
> > systems into a single platform for our buildings and never knew
> > there was something that integrated with BlueOnyx.  It's a bit late
> > for us to change horses again, but if I had only known! :)   I'm
> > mostly curiousto learn what your use case is.
-- 
Bluapp AB
Rickard Osser
CTO
Solberga Ängsväg 3
125 44 Älvsjö
Sweden

Web: http://www.bluapp.com
Mail: rickard.osser at bluapp.com
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