monitor when a device connects (mac address)

[drifterf]

hi, i am looking at creating the following script.

i currently have been working on a project over the last year for a wiegand access control system based on a raspberry pi. the system was tested and is now live and fitted in the commercial premises and working great. this was a base for something more tailored to our normal spec.

we mainly fit automatic gates and alot of the options that come for access on these gates are the following:

card access
ringing a phone number (gsm or landline) to open the gate
smart intercom systems

etc etc

with all the above we run into the problem of fitting numerous differnt controllers/systems all into 2 cabinet connected to each other and it gets a bit messy.

as above we have created out own access system using python and the raspberry pi to trigger a set of pins to give the gate a "open signal"



the next step of this project i am focusing on now is the following:

when a mobile/laptop/mac address - connects to the pi and its in a accepted list (a .txt file or something or even in the python script itself) it automatically triggers a GPIO pin on the pi. this would then send the "open signal" to the gate and open.

the idea was to have a password on the bluetooth or a hosted wifi network so when the device connects and gets accepted it triggers the output.

any help would be appreciated

thanks

[Larz60+]

have you checked here for possible packages that can help: https://pypi.org/search/?q=monitor+mac+address

[drifterf]

hi, i did use the search yes before i posted but i dont see any of them helping with what i need

[drifterf]

anyone ?

[Larz60+]

this is on PyPi, looks like a partial solution
https://pypi.org/project/micropython-wiegand/