harden() now rotates the device's default admin/admin web-UI login via
GET /userset.cgi?<old>&<old>&<new>&<new>& (best-effort: a failure logs
and doesn't fail the assign). The new password is stored back in config
(webUser/webPassword) so a re-run can rotate again, and is stripped from
the assign response like the push secret.
Documented the load-bearing caveat: this device's CGI API is fully
UNAUTHENTICATED — config read/write, relay fire, and userset.cgi itself
all return 200 with no credentials (verified on hardware). admin/admin
gates only the browser UI, and there's no inbound-auth setting (only
session_en, which bricks the read API). So the rotation is defence-in-
depth for the UI, NOT a boundary; the signed event log remains the real
anti-fraud guarantee. Verified rotation end-to-end on 10.0.10.5
(success &0&, wrong-old-pw &2&); device left at admin/admin.
Lock down the relay device for the flat (no-VLAN) network.
Relay control:
- pulseOpen/setRelay now use the Dingtian BINARY protocol (:60000) with a
relay password — the only relay option with auth (string :60001 has none, and
is kept only for the read-only status query). Frame verified on hardware.
HardenableDevice capability (driver harden()):
- set a random relay_pw (1-9999); disable unused channels (rs485/can/tcp x2/mqtt
-> p:255), keeping UDP1 binary (control) + UDP2 string (status).
- write-verified (device reboots on apply).
Assign/Save flow now does: fix preconditions -> harden -> set up input push;
the relay password is stored in lane_devices so the runtime device can command
the relay.
DELIBERATELY NOT touching the device's HTTP CGI session check (session_en):
enabling it on this firmware breaks the config-READ API (ECONNRESET) and locked
the backend out — required a factory reset to recover. The open CGI API is
accepted as flat-network reality; the signed event log is the real guarantee.
Verified end to end on hardware: assign hardens + configures the device, config
API stays reachable, pulseOpen with the stored password fires the relay, without
it is rejected. wiki: device-input-flow + dingtian-relay updated.
The device pushes button events to the backend via its Input Link URL feature;
the backend decides. No polling — the chosen entry architecture.
packages/devices:
- dingtian driver: configureInputPush() writes the device's input_link_url
config (per-input server/port/path, en=1, active-LOW, plain HTTP) so each
input HTTP-GETs the backend on press/release. Extracted #readConfig/#writeConfig
(with the required command:setconfig injection + post-write reset tolerance).
apps/server:
- routes/devices.ts: public GET/POST
/api/devices/dingtian/:deviceId/input/:n/{on,off} — translates a device push
into an internal device event. Not behind cookie/CSRF (machine call from the
device); trust comes from the signed event log, not this request.
- device-events.ts: internal EventEmitter bus so the entry flow subscribes to
input events without coupling to HTTP. Wired into the server.
Verified on hardware: configured the device, then real presses on all 4 inputs
pushed to the backend (input N on+off, source = device IP). No polling.
wiki: device-input-flow concept (path + trust model for the flat/no-VLAN
network); dingtian-relay updated; index + log.
Neither UHPPOTE nor ZKTeco is used — the Dingtian relay controller was chosen
and verified. Remove their code and re-scope the wiki.
Code:
- delete access-uhppote.ts, uhppoted.d.ts, access.ts (zkteco/esp32-relay stubs),
and the three uhppote-*.mjs hardware test scripts.
- remove the `uhppoted` npm dependency from @parking/devices and @parking/server.
- unregister uhppote/zkteco/esp32-relay from the driver registry; drop their
exports. Catalog access drivers = dingtian only. Build green (5/5).
- refresh now-stale example comments (registry/interfaces/setup/api) to use
current examples; keep the two "UHPPOTE blocker" references that explain why
the precondition capability exists.
Wiki (kept pages, re-scoped):
- uhppote-controller, zkteco-controller -> rejected/historical with callouts;
uhppote-vs-esp32 -> historical (detection-vs-prevention lens still useful).
- re-point all "current device" framing (standing-decisions, bom, overview,
open-questions, device-registry, device-discovery, index) to dingtian-relay.
- transferable concepts (network-isolation, event-log-ingestion, barrier-not-a-
door, threat-model) untouched. Raw source immutable. Links lint clean.
The Dingtian board's inputs are independent of its relays (configurable), so a
button on an input can report to the host WITHOUT auto-firing a relay — solving
the access-controller-button-flow blocker the UHPPOTE/ZKTeco couldn't.
packages/devices:
- access-dingtian.ts: `dingtian` access driver implementing AccessControlDevice
(relay pulse/latch via UDP string protocol :60001), InputDevice (read inputs +
poll-based press/release events, active-LOW), and the new PreconditionDevice.
- PreconditionDevice capability on the interface: a device can report config it
requires for parking and optionally fix it. Dingtian checks input_link_relay
via the HTTP config API and can disable it.
- httpPort config field — the web/config API port is separate from UDP control
(this unit uses 8080, not the default 80).
- Register dingtian; export driver objects from the package.
Verified on real hardware (DT-R004 @ 10.0.10.172): status read, relay pulse,
input events; disabled input_link_relay via the driver, then confirmed pressing
inputs fires NO relay (0000) — host-in-the-loop entry works.
Config-write gotcha recorded: config_set.cgi requires "command":"setconfig"
injected after "status" (GET omits it) or the POST silently no-ops.
apps/server/scripts/dingtian-test.mjs: status / watch / pulse hardware test.
wiki: dingtian-relay verified; button-flow marked RESOLVED; index + log.
- dingtian-relay: relay+input controller (4ch on hand). Inputs are decoupled
from relays (configurable via input_link_relay) — solves the
access-controller-button-flow blocker the UHPPOTE couldn't. Full protocol from
the SDK (UDP string control :60001, `00` status parse, input_link_url push,
multicast discovery). Driver + hardware test still to build.
- dingtian-vs-mqtt: use direct HTTP/UDP now; MQTT skipped (broker = extra infra
+ failure mode + overkill at one-host/few-devices scale) but kept for later
multi-lane scale.
- autonomous-direction: record the roadmap to fully unmanned (no booth) and how
it reshapes the threat model (operator-fraud -> unattended-machine threats),
makes host-in-the-loop entry mandatory, and raises fail-state stakes.
- threat-model: note the unmanned shift. index + log.
gitignore the vendor SDK (dingtian/, 71MB of binaries/examples) — reference
only, protocol captured in the wiki.
Replace the dev-only token shim with real authentication.
Backend:
- @fastify/cookie; JWT carried in an HttpOnly + SameSite=Strict cookie
(parking_token), read from the cookie not the Authorization header.
- Double-submit CSRF: readable parking_csrf cookie + X-CSRF-Token header, both
cross-checked against a csrf claim baked into the JWT; enforced on mutations.
- Routes: POST /api/auth/login (bcrypt, constant-time-ish), POST logout,
GET me. requireRole now verifies the cookie + CSRF + role.
- seed-admin script (pnpm --filter @parking/server seed-admin) for the first
admin; no bootstrap endpoint.
- Removed SETUP_AUTH_BYPASS and catalog.authBypass entirely; setup endpoints
use the cookie admin guard like everything else.
Frontend:
- apiFetch wrapper: credentials:'include' + X-CSRF-Token on mutations.
- Login form; App gates on /api/auth/me and only shows setup to admins; logout.
- Wizard token field removed (auth is the session cookie).
Deploy:
- deploy/nginx.conf: prod reverse proxy, SPA + /api same-origin, TLS, so the
Secure cookies work. Dev stays same-origin via the Vite proxy.
Verified (curl + browser): wrong pass -> 401; login sets cookies; me -> admin;
assign without CSRF -> 403, with -> 201; no cookie -> 401; session persists
across reload. wiki/local-jwt-auth updated.
Brought up the real UHPPOTE controller (serial 225088491, fw 09120) end to end
and recorded a procurement-level blocker.
Verified on hardware:
- discovery (LAN scan), host-commanded openDoor on doors 1 & 2 (physically
actuated; reason="remote open door"), and live button capture
(reason="push button ok").
Driver/networking fixes (packages/devices/src/drivers/access-uhppote.ts):
- broadcast to subnet-directed address (lib doesn't enable SO_BROADCAST for the
global 255.255.255.255 -> EACCES);
- Config broadcast must match the target's subnet for unicast reply routing
(fixes the health-check timeout: 5s -> 24ms ready);
- discover across all local subnets, dedupe by serial;
- serialize all controller I/O (concurrent calls collided on UDP :60001).
Server/UX:
- load .env via node --env-file-if-exists (vars weren't being read before);
- SETUP_AUTH_BYPASS hardened: env-gated, dev + loopback only, fails closed
otherwise; surfaced as catalog.authBypass so the wizard drops the token field;
- .env.example documents all vars; inline favicon stops a 404.
- apps/server/scripts/: uhppote-listen (live events, restores prior listener)
and uhppote-relay (guarded door-open test).
BLOCKER (wiki/decisions/access-controller-button-flow.md): the controller's
push-button input auto-opens the relay in firmware with no report-without-open
mode, so ticket-first entry (button -> print -> open, fail-closed) is impossible
as wired. UHPPOTE can't do it on that input; ZKTeco *might* via a programmable
aux input + PULL SDK but that's unverified and needs a new driver. Entry-lane
hardware decision paused to focus on the business side.
wiki: access-controller-button-flow (blocker), zkteco-controller (stub +
assessment), uhppote-controller callout, index + log.
UHPPOTE controllers self-announce via UDP broadcast, but the frontend had no way
to find them — the admin had to type the serial blind. Add a generic discovery
capability and surface it in the setup wizard.
packages/devices:
- DiscoverableDriver capability + DiscoveredDevice type + isDiscoverable() guard
on the registry (optional, so any driver can opt in).
- uhppote driver implements discover() via uhppoted getDevices (UDP broadcast),
mapping each controller's serial/IP/firmware into a DiscoveredDevice; extract
shared buildCtx().
apps/server:
- GET /api/setup/discover/:driverId (admin-only): runs discover() and
health-checks each found device so reachability shows before assigning.
- catalog now returns a `discoverable` driver-id list.
apps/web:
- SetupWizard "Scan for controllers" button for discoverable drivers; lists found
devices with health badges; selecting one auto-fills serial + host. api client
gains discoverDevices().
wiki: new device-discovery concept; cross-link from registry/setup/uhppote;
note the broadcast-permission (EACCES) deployment caveat; index + log.
Verified: catalog flags uhppote discoverable; discover runs and fails gracefully
without hardware; non-discoverable driver -> 400; missing token -> 401.
Researched Node options for the UHPPOTE controller and chose the official
`uhppoted` npm package (MIT, actively maintained, single trivial dep). Its API
covers the full design: openDoor, getStatus, the event-log set (getEvent,
getEventIndex, setEventIndex, recordSpecialEvents), and setListener/listen.
Rejected alternatives: raw-dgram DIY, node-red-contrib-uhppoted, Go sidecar.
- packages/devices: add uhppoted@0.9.0; new `uhppote` access driver implementing
AccessControlDevice (pulseOpen -> openDoor intent-only; healthCheck/getDoorStatus
-> getStatus). Registered in the catalog alongside zkteco/esp32-relay.
- Local ambient types (uhppoted ships none); CJS interop via default-import +
destructure under NodeNext.
- Config fields: controller serial (required), optional host/protocol (udp|tcp),
doors, timeout.
Security/safety unchanged: unauthenticated UDP -> isolated VLAN assumed; relay
is intent-only ("a barrier is not a door").
wiki: record the library choice on uhppote-controller + log entry.
Verified: builds; `uhppote` shows in the catalog with correct fields;
instantiates and degrades to "offline" gracefully without hardware (on-VLAN
test pending).
- open-questions #7: symmetric vs. asymmetric JWT signing key (from the
commit security review). Prefer RS256/EdDSA so verifying hosts hold only a
public key — mirrors the ATECC608 / challenge-response "public key only"
property. Decide before multi-host/multi-lane deployment.
- Mark esp32-custom-controller status: deferred per decision not to build
device-level auth now; access control stays on UHPPOTE + network isolation
(noted in open-questions #6).
- local-jwt-auth: document hardened secret handling + 8h expiry and the
asymmetric-key pointer.
- Update index.md and append a log.md entry.
Turborepo (pnpm workspaces) with all dependencies pinned to latest
mutually-compatible versions: turbo 2.9, TypeScript 6, Fastify 5,
React 19, Vite 8, better-sqlite3 12 + Drizzle ORM 0.45.
Layout:
- apps/server Fastify backend (local JWT auth + role guard, /health)
- apps/web React 19 + Vite 8 operator SPA
- packages/db Drizzle schema on SQLite/WAL; append-only events + users
- packages/devices reader/printer/relay adapter interfaces (intent-only relay)
- packages/shared shared domain types
Architecture constraints from the design wiki are encoded in the scaffold:
append-only hash-chained + signed event log, device-agnostic adapters,
"a barrier is not a door" (relay expresses intent only), fully-local
offline-first auth.
wiki/ is an LLM-maintained Obsidian knowledge base (28 pages) ingested
from the architecture & design notes, with its own maintenance schema.
Verified: pnpm install, full turbo build (5/5), server boots and serves
/health, drizzle-kit generates the initial migration.
julian