May 28th, 2009
Another kind of hacking.. fun but dangerous
I just discovered this video on youtube, which shows a couple of guys hacking into a building’s light control circuitry to get access to it and turn it into a giant pacman game. I don’t know if it’s real or not, because they are just connecting a bunch of wires without any logic but it sure looks like their having allot of fun doing it and theoretically this is possible. I’m not sure about the legal actions that these guys could be facing if the hacking is indeed true. Leave a comment and tell me what do you think about the hacking, real or fake ?
May 29th, 2009 at 3:39 am
it’s obviously fake, just watch when there is a zoom to one of the rooms, it looks totaly fake
May 29th, 2009 at 4:16 am
Looks fake. Neat anyway.
May 29th, 2009 at 4:44 am
Did you notice the computer power supply with the blinking light, and antenna?
May 30th, 2009 at 3:33 am
Brad, you’re right the power supply with a blinking light and antenna is really strange. I mean yes it’s possible to do that with a power supply, but why ?
second, it’s doing something to the power supply which to me seems he’s trying to tighten a screw…
third the motherboard appears to have no ram modules installed.
So yes, you’re right this is probably a video edited but it still looks really cool.
May 31st, 2009 at 9:41 pm
Fake! There is no way to do this from a central panel. Even if u turn breakers on and off, the individual switches/lights belonging to the circuit would need to be turned on and off in the room.
The only way to do this is have controlled smart switches linked in every room through the whole building which isnt practical in any situation like this.
Very cool concept however. Places like Borgata casino in Atlantic City do this but the display is controlled through exterior units soley designed for this that are independent of any lighting controls.
June 1st, 2009 at 6:26 am
Dave, yes it’s very cool, and I’ve also seen web controlled lights, where they had these smart switches all over the building, and they could control them from a web interface.
June 1st, 2009 at 5:14 pm
Is it just me or does it seem that hackers in movies always have the correct cable/adapter/etc to interface with whatever they’re doing? Then I thought about the decay-time of the lights involved, but there really isn’t any with flourescent lights – but still, as previously posted I highly doubt everything would be centrally-wired like that. Possible? Sure, with enough time, money and the right layout. Likely? Not so much.
June 1st, 2009 at 9:20 pm
Daley indeed that tends to happen
June 1st, 2009 at 9:56 pm
hi, where is the link?
June 1st, 2009 at 9:57 pm
It’s an embedded video from youtube, you need to have a flash enabled browser to see it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L7DTMKekoU&feature=player_embedded
November 24th, 2009 at 2:36 am
This can be real.
The sistem is caled BUS SCS. SCS is an acronym for “Sistema Cablaggio Semplificato” (“Simplified Wiring System”).
It’s a field bus and its applications are in the field of home automation and building automation.
Communication:
Across the Scs bus are transmitted four different types of signals in frequency modulation
Electricity Supply
Data
Sound
Video
The transmission protocol is the CSMA/CA.
Functions:
Through the SCS bus you have the following functions:
Automation
Sound diffusion
Energy management
Thermoregulation
Video intercom
All the listed functions share the same technology and the same procedures for configuration / installation.
You can interact with the SCS bus through a gateway and an open high-level protocol called OpenWebNet.
These gateways are bidirectional; they translate SCS frames into OpenWebNet frames, and the other way round.
See also Home Automation & Domotics.