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julian 77606da2c9 UHPPOTE hardware bring-up + entry-flow blocker
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.
2026-06-14 10:29:43 +02:00

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[2026-06-14] ingest | Parking System — Architecture & Design Notes

First source ingested. Bootstrapped wiki scaffolding (CLAUDE.md schema, index.md, overview.md, log.md). Created source summary, 14 entity pages, 9 concept pages, and decision records (settled decisions + 6 open questions). Source is a dense design doc covering stack, threat model, device architecture, UHPPOTE access control, the custom ESP32 controller alternative, readers, and a reference BOM.

[2026-06-15] decision | JWT key choice + ESP32 deferred

From app work, not a new source. Added open-questions #7 (symmetric vs. asymmetric JWT signing key — raised by the commit security review; prefer RS256/EdDSA so verifying hosts hold only a public key, mirroring the ATECC608 / challenge-response property). Marked esp32-custom-controller status: deferred per decision not to implement device-level auth for now (access control stays on UHPPOTE + network isolation); noted in open-questions #6. Updated local-jwt-auth (hardened secret handling + 8h expiry, asymmetric-key pointer) and the index.

[2026-06-15] decision | Device-agnostic registry + first-run setup

From app work. Made the device-adapter-pattern selectable: added a device-registry (catalog of drivers per category) and a first-run-setup flow so the admin picks a device per lane at install. Categories: access (ZKTeco / ESP32 relay), reader (Wiegand / TCP-IP), camera (Hikvision / Dahua, snapshot-on-event), printer. Added a CameraDevice interface; new lane_devices

  • setup_state tables (migration 0001); admin-only setup endpoints. Stub drivers for now (no real vendor protocols yet). Verified catalog + assign + validation + auth end to end.

[2026-06-15] decision | UHPPOTE library chosen + real driver

Researched Node options for the UHPPOTE controller. Chose the official uhppoted npm package (MIT, actively maintained, full API incl. openDoor, get-event(s)/event-index, set-listener, restore-default — covers the whole event-log-ingestion design). Rejected: raw-dgram DIY (reinvents the lib), node-red-contrib-uhppoted (wrong model), Go REST sidecar (extra runtime). Added it to @parking/devices and implemented a real uhppote uhppote-controller access driver (pulseOpen→openDoor, healthCheck→getStatus), registered in the catalog. CJS interop: default-import + destructure. Verified it builds, appears in the catalog, and degrades to "offline" gracefully without hardware. Real on-VLAN test still pending.

[2026-06-15] feature | Device discovery (UHPPOTE scan in setup)

The frontend had no way to find a UHPPOTE — but the controllers self-announce via UDP broadcast. Added a generic device-discovery capability: optional DiscoverableDriver.discover() on the registry, implemented by the uhppote driver via getDevices. New admin-only GET /api/setup/discover/:driverId (health-checks each found device); catalog now returns a discoverable list. SetupWizard gains a "Scan for controllers" button that lists found devices with health badges and auto-fills serial + host on selection. Verified: catalog flags uhppote; discover runs and fails gracefully without hardware (broadcast EACCES); non-discoverable driver → 400; no token → 401. Modeled generically so cameras (ONVIF) can add discovery later.

[2026-06-15] test+blocker | UHPPOTE hardware bring-up + entry-flow blocker

Brought up the real UHPPOTE (serial 225088491, fw 09120) end to end. Fixed the networking path: WSL2 mirrored mode, then driver bugs — subnet-directed broadcast (the lib doesn't enable SO_BROADCAST for global 255.255.255.255), broadcast must match the target's subnet for unicast reply routing (health-check timeout fix), multi-subnet discovery, and serialized I/O (concurrent calls collided on :60001). Added .env loading (Node --env-file), env-gated+fail-closed SETUP_AUTH_BYPASS, and an authBypass flag so the wizard drops the token field. Test scripts in apps/server/scripts/ (uhppote-listen, uhppote-relay).

VERIFIED on hardware: discovery; host-commanded openDoor doors 1&2 (physical + reason="remote open door"); button presses live (reason="push button ok").

BLOCKER FOUND: the controller push-button input auto-opens the relay in firmware — no command to report-without-opening — so ticket-first entry (button→print→open) 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. Recorded in access-controller-button-flow + zkteco-controller. Entry-lane hardware decision paused to focus on the business side.