Hi, I have a project that involves controlling access to hotel rooms. The hotels will use magnetic stripe cards to authorize guests into rooms. I'm supposed to retrieve data from the card readers (stuff like, which user entered which room, and when). This
will help them know which rooms are unoccupied, or they can remotely lock a guest out of a room once he is no longer welcome, etc. Basically, I need to be able to collect and manage data from the card/reader. How do I do this. Can SQL Server handle this. This
is entirely a new area for me, so any information will be of immense help. Thanks.
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Collecting data from magnetic stripe cards
Nov 13, 2012 08:51 AM|LINK
Hi, I have a project that involves controlling access to hotel rooms. The hotels will use magnetic stripe cards to authorize guests into rooms. I'm supposed to retrieve data from the card readers (stuff like, which user entered which room, and when). This will help them know which rooms are unoccupied, or they can remotely lock a guest out of a room once he is no longer welcome, etc. Basically, I need to be able to collect and manage data from the card/reader. How do I do this. Can SQL Server handle this. This is entirely a new area for me, so any information will be of immense help. Thanks.
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Re: Collecting data from magnetic stripe cards
Nov 13, 2012 05:13 PM|LINK
One thing's for sure - there is no way you can do this with ASP.NET or a database. Consult the documentation for the card readers.
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