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Ideas on how to bypass a parking system? [Brainstorm Request!] This one parking lot I sometimes park in for work was full one day, and I got charged $2 for just going in + out. Granted it's not much, but it's inspired me to want to figure out how to bypass their system for to exact some minor vengeance of free/cheap parking. Here's what I know about the system so far. 1) Car rolls up to gate 2) Press button, and an RFID coin is dispensed (looks like this http://i01.i.aliimg.com/img/pb/460/934/381/381934460_342.JPG). A hefty weight is required for the dispenser to work (you can't just stand there and push thebutton). Arm-gate raises and you can drive in. 3A) Upon getting ready to leave, you can either go to a pay-station where you i) insert the coin. ii) fee is calculated iii) upon payment, coin is released again iv) you have 15-minutes to find your car and get to the exit. At the exit, you put coin in slot, and arm-gate raises and you can exit 3B) OR, you can bypass the pay station, just find your car, drive up to exit. Insert coin, and pay there. After payment, arm-gate raises. How I hypothesize the system works... (not verified) I'm going to guess that the RFID coins aren't writable (so grabbing an RFID writer would be useless), but have unique IDs coded on them. Upon dispensing a coin, an RFID reader at the gate reads off the ID, and inserts a timestamp into a central database with some format like [Coin ID][Time Dispensed][Time returned - not yet filled in][Paid?]. When you pay, the database status gets updated, so that when you reinsert the coin at the exit-gate, the ID is read off - the coin status is looked up in the table, and if paid, the gate is raised. Otherwise you have to pay, and then the gate is raised. The only pseudo-solution I've been able to come up with, is, upon first entry, you take a coin and "lose it." Then when you're ready to check out, you grab a new coin and pay immediately, so that parking is $2, instead of $14. The only prob

Ideas on how to bypass a parking system? [Brainstorm Request!] This one parking lot I sometimes park in for work was full one day, and I got charged $2 for just going in + out. Granted it's not much, but it's inspired me to want to figure out how to bypass their system for to exact some minor vengeance of free/cheap parking. Here's what I know about the system so far. 1) Car rolls up to gate 2) Press button, and an RFID coin is dispensed (looks like this http://i01.i.aliimg.com/img/pb/460/934/381/381934460_342.JPG). A hefty weight is required for the dispenser to work (you can't just stand there and push thebutton). Arm-gate raises and you can drive in. 3A) Upon getting ready to leave, you can either go to a pay-station where you i) insert the coin. ii) fee is calculated iii) upon payment, coin is released again iv) you have 15-minutes to find your car and get to the exit. At the exit, you put coin in slot, and arm-gate raises and you can exit 3B) OR, you can bypass the pay station, just find your car, drive up to exit. Insert coin, and pay there. After payment, arm-gate raises. How I hypothesize the system works... (not verified) I'm going to guess that the RFID coins aren't writable (so grabbing an RFID writer would be useless), but have unique IDs coded on them. Upon dispensing a coin, an RFID reader at the gate reads off the ID, and inserts a timestamp into a central database with some format like [Coin ID][Time Dispensed][Time returned - not yet filled in][Paid?]. When you pay, the database status gets updated, so that when you reinsert the coin at the exit-gate, the ID is read off - the coin status is looked up in the table, and if paid, the gate is raised. Otherwise you have to pay, and then the gate is raised. The only pseudo-solution I've been able to come up with, is, upon first entry, you take a coin and "lose it." Then when you're ready to check out, you grab a new coin and pay immediately, so that parking is $2, instead of $14. The only prob

Ideas on how to bypass a parking system? [Brainstorm Request!] This one parking lot I sometimes park in for work was full one day, and I got charged $2 for just going in + out. Granted it's not much, but it's inspired me to want to figure out how to bypass their system for to exact some minor vengeance of free/cheap parking. Here's what I know about the system so far. 1) Car rolls up to gate 2) Press button, and an RFID coin is dispensed (looks like this http://i01.i.aliimg.com/img/pb/460/934/381/381934460_342.JPG). A hefty weight is required for the dispenser to work (you can't just stand there and push thebutton). Arm-gate raises and you can drive in. 3A) Upon getting ready to leave, you can either go to a pay-station where you i) insert the coin. ii) fee is calculated iii) upon payment, coin is released again iv) you have 15-minutes to find your car and get to the exit. At the exit, you put coin in slot, and arm-gate raises and you can exit 3B) OR, you can bypass the pay station, just find your car, drive up to exit. Insert coin, and pay there. After payment, arm-gate raises. How I hypothesize the system works... (not verified) I'm going to guess that the RFID coins aren't writable (so grabbing an RFID writer would be useless), but have unique IDs coded on them. Upon dispensing a coin, an RFID reader at the gate reads off the ID, and inserts a timestamp into a central database with some format like [Coin ID][Time Dispensed][Time returned - not yet filled in][Paid?]. When you pay, the database status gets updated, so that when you reinsert the coin at the exit-gate, the ID is read off - the coin status is looked up in the table, and if paid, the gate is raised. Otherwise you have to pay, and then the gate is raised. The only pseudo-solution I've been able to come up with, is, upon first entry, you take a coin and "lose it." Then when you're ready to check out, you grab a new coin and pay immediately, so that parking is $2, instead of $14. The only prob

Ideas on how to bypass a parking system? [Brainstorm Request!] This one parking lot I sometimes park in for work was full one day, and I got charged $2 for just going in + out. Granted it's not much, but it's inspired me to want to figure out how to bypass their system for to exact some minor vengeance of free/cheap parking. Here's what I know about the system so far. 1) Car rolls up to gate 2) Press button, and an RFID coin is dispensed (looks like this http://i01.i.aliimg.com/img/pb/460/934/381/381934460_342.JPG). A hefty weight is required for the dispenser to work (you can't just stand there and push thebutton). Arm-gate raises and you can drive in. 3A) Upon getting ready to leave, you can either go to a pay-station where you i) insert the coin. ii) fee is calculated iii) upon payment, coin is released again iv) you have 15-minutes to find your car and get to the exit. At the exit, you put coin in slot, and arm-gate raises and you can exit 3B) OR, you can bypass the pay station, just find your car, drive up to exit. Insert coin, and pay there. After payment, arm-gate raises. How I hypothesize the system works... (not verified) I'm going to guess that the RFID coins aren't writable (so grabbing an RFID writer would be useless), but have unique IDs coded on them. Upon dispensing a coin, an RFID reader at the gate reads off the ID, and inserts a timestamp into a central database with some format like [Coin ID][Time Dispensed][Time returned - not yet filled in][Paid?]. When you pay, the database status gets updated, so that when you reinsert the coin at the exit-gate, the ID is read off - the coin status is looked up in the table, and if paid, the gate is raised. Otherwise you have to pay, and then the gate is raised. The only pseudo-solution I've been able to come up with, is, upon first entry, you take a coin and "lose it." Then when you're ready to check out, you grab a new coin and pay immediately, so that parking is $2, instead of $14. The only prob

Ideas on how to bypass a parking system? [Brainstorm Request!] This one parking lot I sometimes park in for work was full one day, and I got charged $2 for just going in + out. Granted it's not much, but it's inspired me to want to figure out how to bypass their system for to exact some minor vengeance of free/cheap parking. Here's what I know about the system so far. 1) Car rolls up to gate 2) Press button, and an RFID coin is dispensed (looks like this http://i01.i.aliimg.com/img/pb/460/934/381/381934460_342.JPG). A hefty weight is required for the dispenser to work (you can't just stand there and push thebutton). Arm-gate raises and you can drive in. 3A) Upon getting ready to leave, you can either go to a pay-station where you i) insert the coin. ii) fee is calculated iii) upon payment, coin is released again iv) you have 15-minutes to find your car and get to the exit. At the exit, you put coin in slot, and arm-gate raises and you can exit 3B) OR, you can bypass the pay station, just find your car, drive up to exit. Insert coin, and pay there. After payment, arm-gate raises. How I hypothesize the system works... (not verified) I'm going to guess that the RFID coins aren't writable (so grabbing an RFID writer would be useless), but have unique IDs coded on them. Upon dispensing a coin, an RFID reader at the gate reads off the ID, and inserts a timestamp into a central database with some format like [Coin ID][Time Dispensed][Time returned - not yet filled in][Paid?]. When you pay, the database status gets updated, so that when you reinsert the coin at the exit-gate, the ID is read off - the coin status is looked up in the table, and if paid, the gate is raised. Otherwise you have to pay, and then the gate is raised. The only pseudo-solution I've been able to come up with, is, upon first entry, you take a coin and "lose it." Then when you're ready to check out, you grab a new coin and pay immediately, so that parking is $2, instead of $14. The only prob

Ideas on how to bypass a parking system? [Brainstorm Request!] This one parking lot I sometimes park in for work was full one day, and I got charged $2 for just going in + out. Granted it's not much, but it's inspired me to want to figure out how to bypass their system for to exact some minor vengeance of free/cheap parking. Here's what I know about the system so far. 1) Car rolls up to gate 2) Press button, and an RFID coin is dispensed (looks like this http://i01.i.aliimg.com/img/pb/460/934/381/381934460_342.JPG). A hefty weight is required for the dispenser to work (you can't just stand there and push thebutton). Arm-gate raises and you can drive in. 3A) Upon getting ready to leave, you can either go to a pay-station where you i) insert the coin. ii) fee is calculated iii) upon payment, coin is released again iv) you have 15-minutes to find your car and get to the exit. At the exit, you put coin in slot, and arm-gate raises and you can exit 3B) OR, you can bypass the pay station, just find your car, drive up to exit. Insert coin, and pay there. After payment, arm-gate raises. How I hypothesize the system works... (not verified) I'm going to guess that the RFID coins aren't writable (so grabbing an RFID writer would be useless), but have unique IDs coded on them. Upon dispensing a coin, an RFID reader at the gate reads off the ID, and inserts a timestamp into a central database with some format like [Coin ID][Time Dispensed][Time returned - not yet filled in][Paid?]. When you pay, the database status gets updated, so that when you reinsert the coin at the exit-gate, the ID is read off - the coin status is looked up in the table, and if paid, the gate is raised. Otherwise you have to pay, and then the gate is raised. The only pseudo-solution I've been able to come up with, is, upon first entry, you take a coin and "lose it." Then when you're ready to check out, you grab a new coin and pay immediately, so that parking is $2, instead of $14. The only prob

Ideas on how to bypass a parking system? [Brainstorm Request!] This one parking lot I sometimes park in for work was full one day, and I got charged $2 for just going in + out. Granted it's not much, but it's inspired me to want to figure out how to bypass their system for to exact some minor vengeance of free/cheap parking. Here's what I know about the system so far. 1) Car rolls up to gate 2) Press button, and an RFID coin is dispensed (looks like this http://i01.i.aliimg.com/img/pb/460/934/381/381934460_342.JPG). A hefty weight is required for the dispenser to work (you can't just stand there and push thebutton). Arm-gate raises and you can drive in. 3A) Upon getting ready to leave, you can either go to a pay-station where you i) insert the coin. ii) fee is calculated iii) upon payment, coin is released again iv) you have 15-minutes to find your car and get to the exit. At the exit, you put coin in slot, and arm-gate raises and you can exit 3B) OR, you can bypass the pay station, just find your car, drive up to exit. Insert coin, and pay there. After payment, arm-gate raises. How I hypothesize the system works... (not verified) I'm going to guess that the RFID coins aren't writable (so grabbing an RFID writer would be useless), but have unique IDs coded on them. Upon dispensing a coin, an RFID reader at the gate reads off the ID, and inserts a timestamp into a central database with some format like [Coin ID][Time Dispensed][Time returned - not yet filled in][Paid?]. When you pay, the database status gets updated, so that when you reinsert the coin at the exit-gate, the ID is read off - the coin status is looked up in the table, and if paid, the gate is raised. Otherwise you have to pay, and then the gate is raised. The only pseudo-solution I've been able to come up with, is, upon first entry, you take a coin and "lose it." Then when you're ready to check out, you grab a new coin and pay immediately, so that parking is $2, instead of $14. The only prob

Ideas on how to bypass a parking system? [Brainstorm Request!] This one parking lot I sometimes park in for work was full one day, and I got charged $2 for just going in + out. Granted it's not much, but it's inspired me to want to figure out how to bypass their system for to exact some minor vengeance of free/cheap parking. Here's what I know about the system so far. 1) Car rolls up to gate 2) Press button, and an RFID coin is dispensed (looks like this http://i01.i.aliimg.com/img/pb/460/934/381/381934460_342.JPG). A hefty weight is required for the dispenser to work (you can't just stand there and push thebutton). Arm-gate raises and you can drive in. 3A) Upon getting ready to leave, you can either go to a pay-station where you i) insert the coin. ii) fee is calculated iii) upon payment, coin is released again iv) you have 15-minutes to find your car and get to the exit. At the exit, you put coin in slot, and arm-gate raises and you can exit 3B) OR, you can bypass the pay station, just find your car, drive up to exit. Insert coin, and pay there. After payment, arm-gate raises. How I hypothesize the system works... (not verified) I'm going to guess that the RFID coins aren't writable (so grabbing an RFID writer would be useless), but have unique IDs coded on them. Upon dispensing a coin, an RFID reader at the gate reads off the ID, and inserts a timestamp into a central database with some format like [Coin ID][Time Dispensed][Time returned - not yet filled in][Paid?]. When you pay, the database status gets updated, so that when you reinsert the coin at the exit-gate, the ID is read off - the coin status is looked up in the table, and if paid, the gate is raised. Otherwise you have to pay, and then the gate is raised. The only pseudo-solution I've been able to come up with, is, upon first entry, you take a coin and "lose it." Then when you're ready to check out, you grab a new coin and pay immediately, so that parking is $2, instead of $14. The only prob

Ideas on how to bypass a parking system? [Brainstorm Request!] This one parking lot I sometimes park in for work was full one day, and I got charged $2 for just going in + out. Granted it's not much, but it's inspired me to want to figure out how to bypass their system for to exact some minor vengeance of free/cheap parking. Here's what I know about the system so far. 1) Car rolls up to gate 2) Press button, and an RFID coin is dispensed (looks like this http://i01.i.aliimg.com/img/pb/460/934/381/381934460_342.JPG). A hefty weight is required for the dispenser to work (you can't just stand there and push thebutton). Arm-gate raises and you can drive in. 3A) Upon getting ready to leave, you can either go to a pay-station where you i) insert the coin. ii) fee is calculated iii) upon payment, coin is released again iv) you have 15-minutes to find your car and get to the exit. At the exit, you put coin in slot, and arm-gate raises and you can exit 3B) OR, you can bypass the pay station, just find your car, drive up to exit. Insert coin, and pay there. After payment, arm-gate raises. How I hypothesize the system works... (not verified) I'm going to guess that the RFID coins aren't writable (so grabbing an RFID writer would be useless), but have unique IDs coded on them. Upon dispensing a coin, an RFID reader at the gate reads off the ID, and inserts a timestamp into a central database with some format like [Coin ID][Time Dispensed][Time returned - not yet filled in][Paid?]. When you pay, the database status gets updated, so that when you reinsert the coin at the exit-gate, the ID is read off - the coin status is looked up in the table, and if paid, the gate is raised. Otherwise you have to pay, and then the gate is raised. The only pseudo-solution I've been able to come up with, is, upon first entry, you take a coin and "lose it." Then when you're ready to check out, you grab a new coin and pay immediately, so that parking is $2, instead of $14. The only prob

Ideas on how to bypass a parking system? [Brainstorm Request!] This one parking lot I sometimes park in for work was full one day, and I got charged $2 for just going in + out. Granted it's not much, but it's inspired me to want to figure out how to bypass their system for to exact some minor vengeance of free/cheap parking. Here's what I know about the system so far. 1) Car rolls up to gate 2) Press button, and an RFID coin is dispensed (looks like this http://i01.i.aliimg.com/img/pb/460/934/381/381934460_342.JPG). A hefty weight is required for the dispenser to work (you can't just stand there and push thebutton). Arm-gate raises and you can drive in. 3A) Upon getting ready to leave, you can either go to a pay-station where you i) insert the coin. ii) fee is calculated iii) upon payment, coin is released again iv) you have 15-minutes to find your car and get to the exit. At the exit, you put coin in slot, and arm-gate raises and you can exit 3B) OR, you can bypass the pay station, just find your car, drive up to exit. Insert coin, and pay there. After payment, arm-gate raises. How I hypothesize the system works... (not verified) I'm going to guess that the RFID coins aren't writable (so grabbing an RFID writer would be useless), but have unique IDs coded on them. Upon dispensing a coin, an RFID reader at the gate reads off the ID, and inserts a timestamp into a central database with some format like [Coin ID][Time Dispensed][Time returned - not yet filled in][Paid?]. When you pay, the database status gets updated, so that when you reinsert the coin at the exit-gate, the ID is read off - the coin status is looked up in the table, and if paid, the gate is raised. Otherwise you have to pay, and then the gate is raised. The only pseudo-solution I've been able to come up with, is, upon first entry, you take a coin and "lose it." Then when you're ready to check out, you grab a new coin and pay immediately, so that parking is $2, instead of $14. The only prob