Full live investigation of the persistent 503 "deviceBusy" on main-stream ISAPI
snapshots (10.0.10.13): ruled out config (byte-identical to a working sibling
model), ruled out firmware age (reproduced on both the original V5.8.11 and
current V5.11.0 builds, ~15 months apart), and ruled out real resource
contention (a full channel-ID sweep shows every ID fails identically except
the one hardcoded working value, including nonexistent channels) — pointing
at a broken/incomplete ISAPI snapshot handler that mislabels itself as
"busy," not a real encoder ceiling.
RTSP main-stream frame-grab was confirmed as a working route around it, but
given the bug and the sub-stream's real-world plate-read accuracy problems,
the owner decided to replace the DS-2CD1047G3H-LIU units rather than carry
an ffmpeg/RTSP dependency to work around vendor firmware. Ingested the
vendor datasheet as a source page along the way.
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01FWncR69HgGPuei1dLrW3cU
An early wrong assumption named the QR/RFID access reader "GEE" /
"GEE/Fondvision" / "GEE-QR-ER80" (and summarized a raw GEE PDF as its
datasheet). There is no GEE device — it's the Dingtian DT-008
(dingtian-tech.com/en_us/qr_code_reader.html), the same vendor as the relay
board, which is why it integrates the identical HTTP-GET-push way.
Code:
- Driver symbol geeQrReaderDriver → dingtianQrReaderDriver; label →
"Dingtian DT-008 QR/RFID reader (HTTP push)"; comments/description rewritten
to the real DT-008 facts (Wiegand 26/34, TCP/IP, USB, RS485 — not RS-232;
QR/barcode + ID/IC/NFC — not DataMatrix/1D).
- Persisted driverId "gee-qr-reader" → "dingtian-qr-reader" (the registry
lookup key + the row created on assign in qr-reader.ts).
- Migration 0015 rewrites existing devices.driver_id rows so configured readers
keep resolving (applied to the dev DB — 2 rows; the booth applies it on boot).
Behaviour is unchanged: naming + the persisted id only.
Wiki + memory:
- Renamed entities/gee-qr-er80.md → dingtian-dt008-reader.md and
sources/gee-qr-er80.md → dingtian-dt008.md; rewrote both to the real DT-008
product-page specs while KEEPING all the verified-on-hardware protocol facts
(cjihao serial, .jsp path, Connection: close). Fixed every cross-reference +
"GEE" mention in 6 other pages. Memory gee-reader-serial-binding →
dingtian-reader-serial-binding. The only surviving "GEE" mentions are
deliberate naming-correction notes, the raw PDF filename, and the
append-only log history.
Full workspace build/lint/test green; dev DB readers verified resolving to the
registered dingtian-qr-reader driver.
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Xcm6ikLgGoCxxHrxtjkk5V
The "permit/lejet" feature is really a subscription. Full rename of the
mutable master data, plus a recurring monthly price.
- DB (migration 0004, data-preserving ALTER RENAME): permits→subscriptions,
permit_credentials/_plates→subscription_*, sessions.permit_id→subscription_id.
- Pricing: per-subscription priceMinor + period(monthly) + currency, with a
site default (site_config.subscription_monthly_price_minor) pre-filling the form.
- Server: subscription-flow.ts (SubscriptionFlow), routes/subscriptions.ts
(/api/subscriptions). Web: SubscriptionManager, route, i18n (sq Abonimet/en).
- The signed ledger `permitId` payload is intentionally kept — immutable
hash-chained history; renaming it would break verification of past events.
Deferred (wiki notes): fee collection into the ledger/shift (a shift-attributed
payment), LPR/ANPR plate source, time-of-day access windows (overnight subscriber).
Also carries the device-footer UI surface (api DeviceStatus, router mount,
i18n devices) due to shared-file overlap with the preceding footer commit.
Verified end-to-end on a fresh DB and migration on a live-DB copy (sessions
preserved). Live DB migrated. Full monorepo builds clean.
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Xcm6ikLgGoCxxHrxtjkk5V
Ingest the predecessor SQL Server schema (raw + source summary) and file design
pages for time-of-day/seasonal tariff tiers and merchant validation/postpaid
sponsorship. Cross-link tariff.md and validation-discounts.md. No code.
The QRCode SDK v1.6.5 settles the reader protocol (supersedes the earlier
serial guess). On each scan the reader HTTP-GETs the host
(/qa/mcardsea.php?cardid&mjihao&cjihao&status&time); the host replies JSON
{data:[{...,status,output}],code:0}. Reply status 1=valid(beep 2x)/0=invalid
(beep 1x); output 0=Access/1=WG26/2=WG34; time syncs the clock. The GET's status
low digit is the direction (1=in/0=out).
Key: the beep/accept is decided by the SERVER REPLY, not locally -- the 'no
beep' during bring-up was a plain-text reply, not a scan failure. Host-in-the-
loop and synchronous. 'Server language' only selects the URL path; transport is
plain HTTP.
New source page qrcode-sdk; updated gee-qr-er80 (protocol resolved), index.
The reader on hand is a GEE-QR-ER80 QR/DataMatrix/1D barcode access reader
(not an EM4100 prox-card reader as first guessed). Interfaces: Wiegand 26/34,
RS-232, RS-485, USB, TCP/IP; 4-15 VDC; Linux-supported. Variant on hand: -Q-W
(QR scanner, Wiegand/RS-232/485).
This is the QR-ticket scanner the design already needed: a host-side reader
whose scans become read-bus events consumed by the (already-built) exit flow
and QR-permit path. Prefer RS-232/485 over Wiegand (Wiegand can't carry a
variable-length QR string; autonomy is moot with the no-ACL Dingtian).
New source + entity pages; updated ticket-encoding, entry-exit-readers, index.
Open (blocks the adapter): the RS-232/485 frame + baud (ASCII CR/LF expected).
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