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Old 08-27-2022, 04:42 PM
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And then we can listen to everyone complain about using our fees to change a system that is fine just the way it is.
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Old 08-27-2022, 04:58 PM
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This mystery had better be put to bed before I get put to bed. I will never be able to fall asleep with this mystery on my mind. Please help, lady with the phone case. Please!!!
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Old 08-27-2022, 05:51 PM
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You can press your card against the driver window and it will kitten the gate. Handy when raining.
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Once again... Not in my wife's car... IT SIMPLY DOES NOT WORK...
Never worked in mine either but we obviously don't have a kitten card like @DARFAP does. Must be a fur thing.
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Yeah, but have you tried just holding the card up to the window? That will open the gate in my car.

(I'm just going to keep posting this until you confess that it really does work in your wife's car, you just forgot to try it)
That works in our SUV. I never open the window at any of the gates I have tried so far.
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Old 08-28-2022, 05:30 AM
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Far from a tech nerd. In some cars the card works through the glass in others it does not. Type of glass? It does not work in my car.
Some car window tints are made of a metalic material. The card reader distance capability is significant lower with metalic film windows
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Old 08-28-2022, 09:46 AM
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Yeah, but have you tried just holding the card up to the window? That will open the gate in my car.

(I'm just going to keep posting this until you confess that it really does work in your wife's car, you just forgot to try it)
You can post it a million times, but it won't change the answer...

IT DOESN'T WORK IN MY WIFE'S CAR...
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Old 08-28-2022, 10:20 AM
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Never worked in mine either but we obviously don't have a kitten card like @DARFAP does. Must be a fur thing.
I'm allergic to cats...
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Old 08-28-2022, 10:40 AM
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Yeah, but have you tried just holding the card up to the window? That will open the gate in my car.

(I'm just going to keep posting this until you confess that it really does work in your wife's car, you just forgot to try it)
We have two cars with a "gate " card in each. Neither of them work from inside the car, window up or down. The cards have to be held 4 to 5 inches from the readers to work. Guess not all gate cards are created equal. No big deal for me.
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Old 08-28-2022, 10:53 AM
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We have two cars with a "gate " card in each. Neither of them work from inside the car, window up or down. The cards have to be held 4 to 5 inches from the readers to work. Guess not all gate cards are created equal. No big deal for me.
Apparently, you're just not holding it right...
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Old 08-28-2022, 11:07 AM
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We have two cars with a "gate " card in each. Neither of them work from inside the car, window up or down. The cards have to be held 4 to 5 inches from the readers to work. Guess not all gate cards are created equal. No big deal for me.
If you think the cards are defective, you can go to the District Administration Office, 984 Old Mill Run, 352-751-3939, and have them replaced.
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If you think the cards are defective, you can go to the District Administration Office, 984 Old Mill Run, 352-751-3939, and have them replaced.
They work, just not thru the window... My wife has the chip in her mirror and that works just fine...
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Old 08-28-2022, 11:24 AM
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I think almost everyone would agree that they should replace the card readers with better versions that have a much longer range. Something that would read your card still in your pocket.
Also add alternate readers, such as reading your ezpass toll transponder so you won't need a card in your car.
Improve the system.
The system works fine. You have to STOP in order to get through. That's the point of the gates.
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Old 08-28-2022, 11:25 AM
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the windows never went down and she held the phone in front of her so it was done from the phone not a card
Often I can get close enough that I don't have to roll my window down. I just turn the phone so the card is facing the plate, and it opens the gate.

As long as you don't have some kind of treatment on your window, it'll work through the glass. If your windows have that particular treatment, it won't work through the glass.

Apparently the woman in the OP with the cell phone, had windows that didn't have the treatment.

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Old 08-28-2022, 12:00 PM
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Secondly we were going past a gate and watched a lady open it with her cell phone???? anyone know what that is???
Yup! The way it worked is that the lady's huband was manning that gate and she called him on her cell phone and said: "Honey, open the gate for me!"
Works every time.

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Old 08-28-2022, 09:07 PM
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The system works fine. You have to STOP in order to get through. That's the point of the gates.
They could accomplish the same thing WITHOUT needing a card by making the gate delay opening for 2 seconds (or whatever they choose). I think when first implemented many years ago they had other intentions for the card data but now it's just too big and the system is way too old and outdated. Besides, the delay with using card really don't make it much safer for golf carts. At some gates you can't even see the carts (and vice versa) because of shrubs.
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