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| Keywords: cardless manchester airport manchesterairport parking project 365 project365 rfid token hands writing text Since I last visited Manchester Aiport the parking technology has been replaced. Despite my initial 'what the hell is this?', the new system is really clever, and like most clever things, it's simple. The token presumably contains some kind of RFID chip encoded with a unique value. The entry barrier dispenses the token and presumably reads the RFID code and records it with a timestamp in the database. You then shove it in the paystation which reads the code and matches it against the database to calculate your fee. Finally you put it into the exit barrier which validates that you've paid and lets you exit. The trick they're missing is that the entry barriers and exit barriers aren't back to back. If they were then presumably the entry and exit controls could be in a single physical box so that the plastic tokens could recirculate automatically between exit and entry. That would presumably allow the system to run for months without human intervention. They're also a lot more robust than the flimsy paper cards. Good idea. *nods* I've said presumably a lot. But I'm making a lot of presumptions. :P Since I last visited Manchester Aiport the parking technology has been replaced. Despite my initial 'what the hell is this?', the new system is really clever, and like most clever things, it's simple. The token presumably contains some kind of RFID chip encoded with a unique value. The entry barrier dispenses the token and presumably reads the RFID code and records it with a timestamp in the database. You then shove it in the paystation which reads the code and matches it against the database to calculate your fee. Finally you put it into the exit barrier which validates that you've paid and lets you exit. The trick they're missing is that the entry barriers and exit barriers aren't back to back. If they were then presumably the entry and exit controls could be in a single physical box so that the plastic tokens could recirculate automatically between exit and entry. That would presumably allow the system to run for months without human intervention. They're also a lot more robust than the flimsy paper cards. Good idea. *nods* I've said presumably a lot. But I'm making a lot of presumptions. :P | ||||
