Doorman

The Doorman is a deceptively comprehensive fellow given his diminuative stature.

Pictures will follow when there is something less abstract to detail.

Equipment required:

Raspberry pi
A screen
Input device
Casing materials
Bowler hat

Features

Core

Tweets when the Space is opened, as per user input.

Shamelessly plundered strings;

Format: (message)+(number selected on dial)+" hours"+(punctuation)+" (Until ~"+closing_hour:minute+")"
{
 {"The space is open to members! Someone will be here for about ", "an hour", "!"},
 {"The space will be open (to members) for approximately ", "1 hour", "."},
 {"Got something to make? There's someone in the space for the next ", "hour or so", "."},
 {"Makerspace! Open to members! For approximately ", "an hour", "!"},
 {"The Makerspace is open to members for around ", "an hour", "."},
 {"Get yourself down to the space and build things! Makerspace is open for ", "an hour", "."},
 {"Makerspace Members! There's someone at the space for at least the next ", "hour", "."}
}

On request, shuts down as much as possible and provides visual feedback/error reports based on the status of the Space equipment.

Can shut down:

3D Printers
 Turnigy
 Velleman
 Delta
 Da Vinci
The PC. Doable but might lose work, and is haltable by unsaved files. Notification & manual may be better.

Notification only:

Laser Cutter
Heating?

Do we want to tweet when we shut?

Additional

Keeps an ear out for smoke alarms and panics in a strategic fashion

Notifies Certain People of Certain Incidents. One possibility being a powercut.