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,

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?

2009-04-14 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?

2009-04-09 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

Re: iButton anyone?

2009-04-08 Thread Alan Dayley
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Tim Noeding tim.noed...@gmail.com 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

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 ala...@consultpros.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Tim Noeding tim.noed...@gmail.com wrote: I was wondering if anyone has any experience with these? I am currently repairing a machine that

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.