Proper disposal for "dead" tokens?

The Deepnet documentation doesn't mention what to do with a dead token; would love to know how to properly dispose of ours!

  • Mindee, If you have a token out of commission and have notified us so we can take it off any active user accounts you may dispose of it at your location.  There is no preferred way to dispose of the token but certainly cracking it open and taking the battery out works.

  • Hi Mindee
     
    The token would be the perfect candidate for ewaste recycling. I did a quick Google for ewaste options in Kalamazoo and found this - https://reason.kzoo.edu/recycling/ewaste/ and a few others. Or contact your city council as they may have an ewaste program.
     
    Hope that helps
    Sandra
     
     
  • Thanks, Sandra!  Here’s a question:
     
    Is there a way to recover a token that seems to still have life, yet displays “No seed” or does not cooperate when trying to sync.  We’re on RAMP, and some tokens will not sync, even though RAMP staff have taken extra steps in addition to the steps taken onsite to help sync the token.
     
    Thank you,
     
    Dr. Laura House, Shared Services Database Manager
    Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
    1601 Broadway | Kansas City, MO 64108
    direct 816.994.7214 | cell 816.301.1304 | fax 816.994.9037
    kauffmancenter.org | a non-profit 501(c)3 organization
    KauffmanCenterlogO2006_05_2008
    Enriching the lives of everyone in our community through extraordinary and diverse performing arts experiences.
     
     
  • Hi Laura,

    Unfortunately, once a token says "no seed" or refuses to stay in sync no matter how many attempts are made, it's dead. If the battery still has good life, you may want to hang on to the battery as a spare; but you can recycle the remainder. Be sure to follow the instructions in the Deepnet manual when changing batteries, in order to keep your working tokens in sync.

    Please do open a TASK ticket when you've got deceased tokens, so that we can talk about replacements and adjust the number of live tokens we've got on record for your organization.

  • Hi Stacey,
     
    Thank you!  I will double check the token serial numbers of the “dead” tokens against our token list in the Password Reset tool and open a TASK ticket to report those tokens no longer used because we need to recycle/dispose of them.
     
    Thank you,
     
    Dr. Laura House, Shared Services Database Manager
    Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
    1601 Broadway | Kansas City, MO 64108
    direct 816.994.7214 | cell 816.301.1304 | fax 816.994.9037
    kauffmancenter.org | a non-profit 501(c)3 organization
    KauffmanCenterlogO2006_05_2008
    Enriching the lives of everyone in our community through extraordinary and diverse performing arts experiences.