The best would be a mag card reader and just record all the info from one of their bank cards :} even better if you can get them to enter the pin to go with their card. ======================================================= Lawrence Glaister VE7IT email: lg@jfm.bc.ca 1462 Madrona Drive http://jfm.bc.ca Nanoose Bay BC Canada V9P 9C9 ======================================================= ----- Original Message ----- From: John Waters To: Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2000 7:40 PM Subject: [EE] Simple Authentication device > Hi All, > > I have a machine which provides some sort of services to some users, I need > to record who will be using it and at what time. Right now I'm doing it > manually and just ask the users to sign in a log book voluntarily. However, > most of them ignore doing that since it is a trouble to them. I'm thinking > of using some electronic means to do a simple authentication, I don't need > high degree of security or reliability since the purpose is not to stop > people from using the machine but just to have an idea who use it more > often. So even some error is acceptable. The key requirement is that the > operation must be simple, I don't expect the users to type in an ID or carry > a card or something, otherwise the current signing in method should already > be working. I thought of using a fingerprint reader, but this kind of > machine seems to be highly expensive and involves sophisticated programming > (I may be wrong though!). Could anyone suggest some simple authenticaion > devices or solutions that can solve my problem? > > Thanks in advance! > > John > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ _________ > Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com > > -- > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body > > > -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body