Libshelf manual
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1. 19 EI haley By Geos oh cae Max print line width Protocol Versions et Starting sequence n mber ceteri tie iet date acest cesadaqaneteasa cencsedaansadedschivsauteusaatiadintseagatansdeveseadossnadaeh et Fn HER SER reside 19 Use BL and CQfields for patron authentication sise 19 Wse error handling O iE 19 Use Fee Acknowledge in Checko ut inten emet nn on ea RR pe bn Re Foe din c RE Een gk e ede eae he pa Ea SER CES ERR ERR Rs enda 20 Use sip MOSSABC OS esis PP 20 Secr m 20 Interval in days for the statistics report usines 20 HI ET E A E T E E 20 AC refresh 20 Errorshow time inS conds 20 Idle timeout for offline Syne SEC 20 Info Receipt reminder show time in seconds s ura2. aaa dar a cie Admin cards Shutdown cards Data models AFI activate value AFI deactivate value D nish CheckKCRC Empty Le 1e MIELE 14 Empty block count Empty tagmas Koronan ae a ar ea e a Ea a r a edee aa Eaa ea aE e aaa e Eara aE 158028560 2 Maximuri itemid lerigth riri rient arn oun enda 14 ISO 28560 2 Minimum item id length Models terim ee pie eee paier pe Libshelf manual 2 Pw s ura Process Improvement Applications Lib shelf manual AAE A E AEE E E E E AE BIOCK COUR adicere fot EARE TAEAE A E A A E E A E E ET Email connection info E EE E EE PE I E E 15 SMTP M 15 SMTP user I P 15 E E E 15 PUM GEIONS eR ces E T E E E E 15 Remind patron to take therecelpt itte nere Cha Coe eu re sos CER OUR it d EE 15 Show farewell at end of session 15 Languages rentre tent 15 racc ce M MM 15 La
3. mw Malay Malay Brunei Darussalam 44 Malay Malaysia ww Maltese o o o ow Lib shelf manual 35 s ura N Process Improvement Applications pe fiano nb NO Norwegian Bokm l Norway Neai Dutch Belgium d MM yyyy Mwy d MM yyw d MM yyw vyw MiM dd WIN d dd MM yywy dd MM yywy dd MIM y dd MIM y d MMy 44 YYy MIN de WMV d dd MM wy dd MM wy dd MM wy dd MM wy dd MM yywy dd MM yywy 44 dd MM yywy dd MM yywy dd MM yywy dd MM yywy dd MM yywy dd MM yywy dd MM yywy dd MM yywy d MM yyw d MM yyw Libshelf manual 36 s ura N Process Improvement Applications Libshelf manual 37 s ura N Process Improvement Applications Lib shelf manual 38 s ura N Process Improvement Applications h u Chinese Simplified Singapore ah Hant Chinese Traditional d M yyyy Libshelf manual 39 end of document
4. AF message type in UI How the error page content is formed AF Show text received in SIP message as is Internal Show error message as defined by software AFInternal Combination of the two shows text from SIP message and the text as defined in software Default currency Currency code text used where ever currency is displayed such as fines on receipts and on screen Hide flag in language selection If selected there will not be any flags displayed in language selection in the UI only names of languages If not selected flags will be displayed Maximum number of maintenance messages How many messages will be displayed on screen in maintenance mode Show item ID before item title If this setting is enabled item identifier is displayed on the screen as soon as the RFID tag data is read The device will then send the SIP message to retrieve the item title and replace the ID on screen with the title when it is available This makes the response of the device seem faster as identifiers appear on screen quite quickly but it may seem strange to users to see the item Libshelf manual 21 PV S ura Process Improvement Applications identifiers to begin with If this setting is disabled item identifiers are not shown on screen only titles when they are available This may make the device appear to respond slower especially if there is a lot of latency in the SIP responses Use current language in maintenance
5. Management Utility and then selected from the drop down lists in these settings A software restart is required for the settings to take effect Company logo Company logo on the start page If something is selected here it will replace the default P V Supa logo Email receipt image Image shown as email receipt selection button when email receipts are selected and the user is prompted for receipt Farewell image Image shown on the farewell page when a session has ended Library logo Library logo shown on the top left corner of the start page Receipt image Image shown for paper receipt Receipt Receipt printing settings Hold slip printer name Printer name as it is in Windows for the hold slip printer This would typically be a printer on a staff station Write test here to direct the receipt printing to a file as XPS documents Print hold slips for hold items If enabled items with a reservation hold items will cause a separate receipt to be printed on the hold slip printer Print transfer slips for transfer items If enabled items indicated to belong to another location transfer items will cause a separate receipt to be printed on the transfer slip printer Libshelf manual 26 s ura Process Improvement Applications Receipt printer mode How is the patron receipt printed Possible values are No There is no patron receipt printed Optional Patrons can choose to have a receipt print
6. Process Improvement Applications Reset to default language seconds siennes 21 Session end info show time in seconds ss 21 Session timeout ka en eR ERR EL Sa RENE FAR RR RN ES ARR EEG 21 Sip received timeout in seconds 21 UBRO 21 AEmessage TYPONM esi 21 Default currency Hide flagin language S lectlOMisciccs ssccsdscussescasiscieceassaiechcsevancneuavsycadsnsiansavessndicecesngessieatiachacdacaas ENEAS ERREN OEE EESE SEVERNA EEE Ea 21 Maximum number of maintenance messages sise 21 Show itemi ID before Nhu E 21 Use current language in maintenance mode usines 22 5 3 SD MM MED 22 22 AdMIN PASS WOMG soniri ika iadi eaan aiaa do Sn ania 22 Libshelf manual Admin password timeout Device Shelf essees 22 Antennas TOUSE si 23 ttes pese 23 23 Ignore seculi V ern O d EP oaeaezacned 23 Reader IP addres Sionna e 23 rn
7. start by touching the top left corner first then bottom left then bottom Libshelf manual 11 PV S ura Process Improvement Applications right and last the top right corner This should now enable the maintenance mode if it doesn t please wait a few seconds before attempting again so that the device will clear its internal buffer from the previous attempt Inventory You can run a full inventory on all items on the shelves This can be done for example before leaving the shelf for patrons to use or to verify that all items can be correctly recognised by the readers Note that the inventory takes some time to complete as it requires that for each item the SIP server is queried for the item information Statistics From the maintenance menu a simple statistics report can be printed out This report only has the number of items checked in and out per day over a configured number of days More comprehensive reports can be created with the Supa Reporter tool Out of use mode This option allows the device to be placed in Out of use mode It will display a message on screen and not allow patrons to use it This can be used for example if there is a problem with the SIP server connection or the printer has run out of paper Libshelf manual 12 ura Process Improvement Applications Settings reference This section contains information about all settings related to Libshelf software as found through Man
8. mode If enabled the device will use the currently selected language when opening the maintenance mode If disabled default language will always be used in the maintenance screens Local settings These settings apply to a single Libshelf unit at a time and thus can be different for each device Admin Maintenance mode settings Admin password This setting configures how the Maintenance mode is activated Use numbers 1 4 to indicate corners of the screen to touch as follows 1 Top left corner 2 Bottom left corner 3 Bottom right corner 4 Top right corner Any sequence can be combined for example setting this value to just 1 means that when the screen is touched in the top left corner the Maintenance mode is activated Entering 1234 means that all four corners must be touched in the order of top left bottom left bottom right top right to enter the Maintenance mode Note that the numbers must be entered as one string no separator characters The sequence can be of any length starting from just one character and may repeat the same corners multiple times The following examples are all valid 1 A single touch of top left corner 111 Three consecutive touches of top left corner 112211 Two touches of top left corner then two on bottom left then again two top left 12341234 Two full rounds of all corners starting from top left counter clockwise Admin password timeout Number of seconds to rem
9. to print the footer of receipts Footer print font size Select the font size to use to print the footer of receipts Libshelf manual 16 s ura Process Improvement Applications Header print font Select the font to use to print the header of receipts Header print font size Select the font size to use to print the header of receipts Hold slip print data Select what data should be printed on hold slips receipts that are automatically printed when a reserved item is returned to the shelf Itemid If selected item identifier is printed Item name is always printed Patronld If selected patron identifier is printed PatronName If selected patron name is printed Print data This dropdown allows selecting what data is to be printed on receipts Note that this only applies to receipts when generated by the software Date Prints the current date on the receipt Time Prints the time on the receipt Patronld Prints the patron identifier PatronName Prints the name of the patron Phone Patron s phone number if available Email Patron s email address if available Address Patron s address if available ItemCount Prints the total number of items on the receipt FinelnCheckout If checked any fines total fine amount the patron may have will be printed on the check out receipt AlwaysFinelnAccountinfo If checked the account information receipt will also contain any fines total fine amount the
10. PVS ura N Process Improvement Applications Libshelf manual 2015 P V Supa Oy Ltd Pw s ura Process Improvement Applications Table of Contents E R ide tee 6 Important INFORMA OR 7 Donot OVerfill sen eme ie TT 7 Tag placement sn in nn 7 D 7 Getting SAT LE de Set UP connection to SIP Server sn ee erc 8 Sta AE LESC TE LE ET TR 8 TS EN SV T aenn a 8 Configuring 58 65 9 Maintenance mode nn nn eene enne entente tenente tenente ia stie nnn 9 Changing the on screen and receipt texts and languages ccccessesscececeeesessesseaeeeceeeeessesenaees 9 Shutting n 10 Modes of Opera 11 Patron MOCO dinde an diee MOERS UE OD 11 Maintenance mode tee eerie reta eee rea beca aea e cR EC E AAAA RAR 11 Entering maintenance mode errore reste RE 11 E ste ete ten nine peinte 12 STATISTICS dre 12 OUT OF US MO 12 Settings needed 13 Global Settings
11. agement Utility Global settings These settings apply to all Libshelf units connected to the same Master Controller in the same settings group Admin Settings related to administration tasks on the unit Admin cards Admin cards are used to enter Maintenance model in the software These can be any patron cards or special cards with any ID Store the ID in this setting when the device reads a card with this ID the software goes to Maintenance mode Multiple cards can be used separate the values with comma character for example 12345 23456 34567 Shutdown cards Shutdown cards are used to shut down the system These can be any patron cards or special cards with any ID Store the ID in this setting when the device reads a card with this ID the shuts down Multiple cards can be used separate the values with comma character for example 12345 23456 34567 Data models RFID tag data model settings These settings replace all earlier INI file based settings those are no longer used by Libshelf software AFI activate value Value used in RFID tags to indicate AFI activated alarm enabled AFI deactivate value Value used in RFID tags to indicate AFI deactivated alarm disabled Libshelf manual 13 s ura Process Improvement Applications Danish Check CRC If this setting is enabled CRC error checking is enabled for Danish data model Empty block byte Value indicating an empty block Ty
12. brary lO o III I M H Receipt image isiad ts REAS RA PENDE 26 26 Hold slip PrinterMa MG lens Danses et 26 Printhold slips for Old ag 26 Print transfer slips for transfer items sise 26 Receipt printer mode Receipt printer name Transfer slip printer name ecco rene REP key e 27 PV SUPA Process Improvement Applications Login location code E E A E E E E A ET Login USEF ERAT 27 E E E E E E E E lan 27 anaele a E E E E 27 T rminal password A E E E E 27 EAEE EET E E TE 28 Sorting rules US r eI vedas sevens e M se cursor VISIDI aa iE 28 Tro bl shooting Tag read errors in Messageboard nant antigen damien truite 29 Language CODES wich ENSE Lib shelf manual 5 s ura N Process Improvement Applications About Libshelf is a self contained automatic unit for returning items It consists of a shelf unit a terminal and software This man
13. dd MM yywy WMV da dd MM yywy dd MM yywy dd MM yywy d M yyyy dd MM yywy dd MM yywy dd MM yywy dd MM yywy dd MM yywy dd MM yywy dd MM yywy 44 d MMy ha tatn Maualain em ha latr NG Hausa latin Nigeria w he Libshelf manual 33 s ura N Process Improvement Applications iu iu Cans iu Cans CA iu Latn iu Latn CA ja JP ka ka GE kk Libshelf manual a MWY Croatian Croatia d M yyyy d M yyw d M yyw Hungarian yy tt Hungarian Hungary yy MM d MM yyyy d MM yyyy d MM yyyy d MM yyyy d M yywy C7 77 vir ms dM yw 3M yw d MM yyyy d MM yyyy d MM yyyy d MM yywy d M yywy d M yywy d MM yywy d MM yywy Japanse vn Japanese apan vie d MM yyyy d MM yyyy d MM yyyy d MM yyy d MM yyy dd MM yyw Khmer vt 34 s ura N Process Improvement Applications Kannada India emmy Korean yeni o mw Konkani india yyy d MMyy Kyrevz Kyeeyestan a My Luxembourgish yyy Luxembourgish Luxembourg ad MM vvyy Lao dd MM yyyy taotao PDR yyy lithuanian vet Maori Maori NewZealand Macedonian ROM mw Malayalam yy Malayalam ndi dey n Mongolian yeni m MN Mongolian Cyrillic Mongolia wmmas mn Mong Mongolian Traditional Mongolian www mm MongCN Mongolian Traditional Mongolian PRC ww M d moh moh CA Mohawk Mohawk
14. e readable In this case the book should be moved to an upright position so that the tag is within the antenna field Libshelf manual 29 ura N Process Improvement Applications Language codes The following list contains all language codes and date formats that can be used with Supa software Date format Mrikaans vue Atikaans South Africa wma Amare fem o w mabe try WrbicUAE er Arabic Bahrain er Arabic Algeria dd MM yyyy Arabic Eev mw dd MM yyyy Arabic Jordan dd MM yyyy arabic Kuwait deriv Arabic Lebanon dd MM yyyy Arabic Libya dd MM yyyy Arabic Morocco ad Mmyw Mapudungun dd MM yyyy Mapudungun Chile dd MM yyyy Arabic Oman o o w Arabic Qatar dd MM yyyy Arabic Saudi Arabia dd MM yy Arabic Syria dd MM yyyy arabic Tunisia arabic Yemen er QD w lo v o 9v v fo 9 Jo Jo 9 9 9 9 9 o Jo Jo 9 9 9 o o j x l ls lO lol Jelelselalslslimlolelse lt o m my mre e sm 59 59 m ssamese dey Assamese India dd MM yyyy Wei dd MM Azeri Cyrillic dd MM yyyy Azeri Cyrillic Azerbaijan dd MM yyyy ET n O lt ans 1 N Azeri Latin dd MM yyyy Azeri Latin Azerbaijan dd MM yyyy Bashkir Russia dd MM yy Libshelf manual 30 s ura N Process Improvement Applications be Jean ayy o be BY Belarusian Belarus Bulgarian Bulgaria em Bengali dy Bengali naia dy Tibeta
15. e t 23 BOE TAS SO CUI Mer T P Shelf reader type s readerover 23 INVentOry HP 23 Number of milliseconds to wait between inventories ss 23 Removed item is discarded from added seconds eane 24 Timeout for full inventory seconds 24 Language 6 5 24 SKS Med T D ins 24 LOG 24 Hide Sensitive Infor eio et eek eX REM ERN su de 24 Number of hours to run debug logging sise 24 SAVE P AE 24 NOTIFICATIONS x etn tac e 24 Recipients of email notifiCatiOris 24 Send email notifications about Send message board notifications about sise 25 Sender address for email notifications 25 EIE Company lOb Oreias eres ee EREEeE Rs EE Dae Tit uta sea ides Yan pa rede Rusa ONEA e Fa rase sue Rai ra ERE Rin e RAN ERRARE Eds A REIN SENE ERES Sans Dd pa dr pas ERE RR RENS ETA Email receipt image Fee We ld HIN ea EE E It Li
16. ead from the RFID tags Lib shelf manual 14 s ura Process Improvement Applications Email connection info Libshelf can send email receipts and other messages as emails These settings control the technical aspects of sending email from the system Port Port number to use to connect to the email server Default SMTP server port is 25 or 587 for SSL secured connections Server Email server name or IP address SMTP password Password used to send email through the server SMTP user User name used to send email through the server Use authentication Enable this setting if authentication needs to be used in the email server If the server allows sending email without authenticating the sender this can be disabled Use SSL Enable this setting if the email server requires a secured SSL connection Functions Thse settings control how the device behaves Remind patron to take the receipt If enabled there will be a reminder screen shown when a receipt is printed Show farewell at end of session If enabled a page is shown at the end of session with a message and optionally a picture Languages User interface language related settings Default culture Default culture for the system Use fully qualified culture codes such as fi FI or sv Fl for example See available codes in chapter Language codes Libshelf manual 15 s ura Process Improvement Applications Language list Add all available
17. ed or not Mandatory A receipt will always be printed automatically Receipt printer name Patron receipt printer name as it is in Windows Write test here to direct the receipt printing to a file as XPS documents Transfer slip printer name Printer name as it is in Windows for the transfer slip printer This would typically be a printer on a staff station Write test here to direct the receipt printing to a file as XPS documents SIP SIP connection settings Login location code If the SIP server requires a location code for login messages enter the location code here Login user id If login is used for SIP connection this is the username to use in login messages Login user password If login is used for SIP connection this is the password to use in login messages Server ip address SIP server IP address or server name Server port Port to use for connection This must match what is set for SIP server Terminal password This is the password for the SC unit If this feature is not used by the ACS in the library then the field should be zero length if it is required in the command and can be omitted entirely if the field is optional in the command Libshelf manual 27 ura Process Improvement Applications Use ACS login Select this checkbox if the SIP server requires ACS login messages Sorting rules Sorting rules are used in system to determine when items are transfer items or when they
18. ember admin password corner touches If this amount of seconds is passed between touches the password attempt is reset Device Shelf These settings control how the integrated RFID reader works Libshelf manual 22 s ura Process Improvement Applications Antennas to use Select which of the antennas are in use Normally these should all be enabled Auto reconnect If this setting is enabled the device will attempt to automatically connect the RFID reader is the connection is lost for some reason COM port COM port to which the RFID reader has been connected Ignore security errors If selected security errors are ignored This allows users to return items even when writing the security bit AFI value to tags Reader IP address IP address of the RFID reader if connected via network Reader IP port Port number of the RFID reader if connected via network Set tag security If enabled returned item security bits will be set automatically Shelf reader type Type of reader to use in the device This will not change after initial setup unless the physical device is changed Use reader over network If this setting is enabled the RFID reader connection is formed through network This is not used normally instead a serial port COM connection is in use Inventory Settings related to how the unit handles inventories of its content Number of milliseconds to wait between inventories The system waits fo
19. g started To start using the system you need to set up some basic settings This chapter has a short introduction on getting started with Libshelf Set up connection to SIP server The device must be connected to your SIP server before it can be used All item names are retrieved using the SIP connection A network cable connector can be found from the bottom of the rear panel of the terminal SIP connection settings can be found from Management Utility section SIP under device settings Start the software Start the Libshelf software by double clicking the icon on the screen The software should also be configured to start automatically in which case you do not need to start it up separately Test the system Test the system simply by placing some items on the shelves It takes a few seconds for the device to scan everything after which the item identifiers should appear on screen As soon as the identifiers are available SIP check in messages are sent and item names are retrieved from the return messages and shown on screen Lib shelf manual 8 ura Process Improvement Applications Configuring settings All settings for Libshelf are configured using Management Utility a software from P V Supa Management Utility is delivered with the unit and can be used directly on the terminal computer or from another computer connected to the same network There is a separate user manual available from Management Utility This doc
20. have reservations holds for them Rules are created using Sorting editor software and uploaded to database using Management Utility Rule Select the sorting rule set from the drop down list User interface User interface settings for a single machine Mouse cursor visible If enabled mouse cursor will be visible on screen during operation Disabled by default and should be disabled in normal use Lib shelf manual 28 S ura Process Improvement Applications Troubleshooting This section lists some common problems the library may encounter when using the device Tag read errors in Messageboard The device may sometimes seem to be sending a lot of Tag read error messages to Messageboard This is not automatically a sign of an abnormal situation it may be just because the RFID tags used in the library are of varying quality and or placed badly in books It can also happen if patrons place the items on the shelfs carelessly so that the tags are hanging outside of the antennas To resolve this issue a staff member should visit the cabinet and check the placement of the books It is often enough to just tidy the rows of books perhaps move some books to distribute them more evenly among the shelves and push them back towards the back of the shelf Very large books typically comic books or other childrens books may have tags placed so that if the book is put on its side the tag remains outside the antennas and may not b
21. languages in this drop down list Write a new language in the edit area and press Enter key to add a new language These languages will be available in the start screen for patrons to choose from and must also exist in the LanguageTexts xml file To delete a language select it and press the Delete key on your keyboard Note that deleting a language will not delete translations from the LanguageTexts xml document so you can re add a deleted language simply by adding it to this list again Log Controls global logging options For device specific selections on what to log see Log option in local settings Server name for logging This setting is deprecated please do not use Offline These settings control how the system should react when SIP TCP socket connection is lost Allow checkin when offline If enabled check in is allowed even when connection to library server is lost During an offline situtation the system will record all checked in items in the local computer and when a connection is restored this data will be uploaded to the library server Receipt These settings control how the patron receipts are printed Check in print mode Select how the check in receipt is generated Normal The software generates the receipt itself from data available from SIP messages ACS Receipt is printed as it comes from the library system all AG fields from the SIP check in response message Footer print font Select the font to use
22. mprovement Applications use a Regular Expression prefix the information with format for example format lt day gt d lt month gt d lt year gt d Ignore supported messages This dropdown list allows ignoring when library system reports certain SIP messages as not supported Sometimes the information is not entirely true and messages can be used even when the library system reports them as not available Mark any all messages in the list with a checkbox if you want to ignore how the library system reports the availability of those messages Library service supports item information 17 If this setting is enabled item information titles is retrieved from the library system by sendint SIP 17 messages Library type Select what type of library system is used Please make sure to select the correct one if available This determines many things in the SIP communications as different library systems use slightly different dialects of SIP messaging Max print line width Sent to the SIP server the library system will then adjust all print line messages accordingly Protocol version SIP protocol version to use in communications with the library system Starting sequence number SIP messages starting sequence number some library systems may require SIP messages to have a certain sequence numbering and this setting can be used to control where the numbering starts from Use BL and CQ field
23. n vl Tibetan Pec vl Bron o mw Breton Franc w Bosnian yy bs Cyrl Bosnian Cyrillic yy bs Latn Bosnia Latin Mw c wlan ee w Corsican ooo o mw Corsican Frange ww ech Czech Czech Republic yy Welsh o mw Welsh United Kingdom d Danish amy Danish Denmark de German lea German austria dy German Switzerland Joan German Germany Jean German Liechtenstein dd MM yyyy German Luxembourg Joan Lower Sorbian vy Lower Sorbian Germany M Divehi Jdd MMAY Divehi maldives ler Lib shelf manual 31 s ura N Process Improvement Applications English United Kingdom English Ireland dd MM yyyy 1 1 English India dd MM yyyy English Malaysia English NewZealand gy 1 D oO D oO 0 D 0 D 0 D 2 2 im 2 2 ime zlels lolo wir rIN S s miog NIC oO oO 3 116 o o 7 17 NIC 0 m wn 5 1 amp gt N un D D 3 wn gt da MMVYW Spanish Colombia da Spanish United States M d yyyy m n L o b m o m o o o o m o o ki cM bs me d c 9 a v D D lT O Im m O IJO lt gt 2 4 F O Libshelf manual 32 s ura N Process Improvement Applications esv Spanish Uruguay ayy es VE Spanish Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela MM YY vyw MiM dd Basque Basque yyyy MM dd MM dd yyyy dMyw d My 4 44
24. ncrease the timers too much as that may cause impossible scenarios where the device will cease to function correctly AC refresh time in minutes The interval at which the system checks the SIP connection Default value is 5 minutes Error show time in seconds How many seconds will an error message be displayed on screen Idle timeout for offline sync sec How many seconds to wait for the device to be idle before starting the offline synchronisation background task Info show time in seconds How long will the info screen be shown at the start of a session Receipt reminder show time in seconds How many seconds will the user be shown a reminder to take receipt Lib shelf manual 20 s ura Process Improvement Applications Reset to default language seconds How many seconds will the start screen stay in a language other than default before reverting automatically back to the default language Session end info show time in seconds After a session ends how many seconds to show the session end screen Session timeout in seconds How many seconds the device waits for new items to appear before ending the session Sip received timeout in seconds How long will the system wait for SIP server to respond to a message Value 0 information received from SIP server in 98 message Greater than 0 use this value instead of what the SIP server indicates User interface Settings related to user interface of the software
25. ng it to user There is only one script file ItemScript cs to works on item identifiers Scripting is done in NET C language Any editor can be used to edit the scripts The script files are loaded and compiled at application start and any errors in them are logged Default script files will be placed under the program folder and copied to lt Program Data gt PV Supa Libcabinet folder if they are not already there Existing scripts will not be overwritten in program data folder The originals can be used to start anew in case a script is accidentaly removed or just does not work Use script for item identifiers If this setting is enabled the item id script is executed before sending the item identifier to library system thus allowing it to be modified Typical use would be stripping out leading or trailing blank or zero characters or removing a check digit SIP SIP behaviour related settings Code page for receiving Select Windows code page to use for decoding received SIP messages Code page for sending Select Windows code page to use for encoding SIP messages that are sent to the library system Due date culture What culture style is used in Due Dates This determines how due dates are parsed when received from the library system Use a culture code as specified in Appendix A You can also use a Regular Expression in this field to further format date values as needed To Libshelf manual 18 PV s ura D Process I
26. nguage PEE 16 16 Server rd ete tente 16 16 Allow checkin eere atte 16 31e E A Checkin print mode e M FoGt riprint sca cats HO Ad Or Print d de ILEPTSdnacnicln c 17 Hold slip print data ELI TOXE T TEXE OIA TOMES ODD UBUNTU 0 a a A LLL m Scripting Use script foritemidentifiers ag EN ERR Rer Cea dA d Lea e REM E svt FU eos 18 e M HS 18 Code page for recelvihg ree eite ttes ce cidesnapasesansteesddaleatteas EFE e REL RA a sands cacasauhaubads ia diet AAAA PAA aeda ar ea HER tentant 18 Code page for sending IUDPERCeUndi c Ignore supported Messages sis cinia ntn eroe khe he ERR ERR ERE YR CERE PAPERS ESES ERA FEL se ss ER DER ERA B a eek a aea aas e CERES REB 19 Library service supports item information 17
27. nt when an item that is determined to have a reservation is checked in Incomplete sets This message is generated from both check in and check out of set items that are incomplete Transfer items An email is sent when an item that is determined to be a transfer item i e it belongs to another library is checked in These events always trigger a Messageboard notification it does not have to be selected anywhere Send message board notifications about A list of possible events that may cause a message to be shown in Messageboard Select all events for which you want to be notified Note that most message types are sent always to Messageboard These include messages about hold reserved items transfer items critical errors and failed check ins Available optional messages are Succesfull check ins A message is sent to Messageboard from every succesfully checked in item This is typically not used in production environment only for testing Tag read errors Send message to messageboard when tag data can not be read correctly Sender address for email notifications Email address of sender of messages This does not have to be a real email address typically it would be something identifying the cabinet for example cabinet downstairs library com Lib shelf manual 25 s ura Process Improvement Applications Pictures Pictures shown in the user interface of the device These must be uploaded to the database using
28. patron may have SummaryinAccountinfo This selection will print a summary of items number of items on hold number of items on loan and so on in the account information receipt RenewFailedltems Will print a list of items that were attempted to renew but renewal failed in the renew check out receipt RenewBeforeltems Will print a list of items that are on loan but were not attempted to renew on the renew checkout receipt AlreadyCheckoutltems Previously checked out books at home Holdltemsin Checkout Check out receipt will contain a list of reserved items UnavailableHoldltemsInCheck Check out receipt will contain a list of reserved items that are not yet available for pickup OverdueltemsinCheckout Check out receipt will contain a list of overdue items Recallltemsin Checkout Check out receipt will contain a list of recalled items Itemld Item identifier is printed in addition to item name Libshelf manual 17 s ura Process Improvement Applications Text print font Plain text font selection Text print font size Plain text font size Use email receipt If enabled email receipt will be offered to patrons as an option This function requires SIP message pair 63 64 to be used and that there is an email address returned from the library system in the 64 response message Scripting Libshelf software allows scripting to manage data that has to be modified before sending it to library system or displayi
29. pically this would be zero 0 This value is used to determine empty tags when EmptyTagMask is not defined Empty block count Number of data blocks from start of data i e block offset where all data bytes equal that set in Empty block byte setting This is used if Empty tag mask setting has not been set Empty tag mask This mask is used to determine empty tags for example tags that are not actually empty but contain some test data from manufacturing The mask should contain the values and uses a question mark to denote a character that is ignored For example a typical value would be This would check if there is 16 zero characters followed by 8 characters having any value and finally 8 more zero characters this would then be considered an empty tag ISO 28560 2 Maximum item id length Maximum item identifier length when ISO 28560 2 data model is used ISO 28560 2 Minimum item id length Minimum item identifier length when ISO 28560 2 data model is used Models to use Select data models to use from the drop down list Do NOT select data models that are not used as that can lead to incorrect data parsing The data is not always marked as being some specific data model and the system must then attempt to parse the data and use whatever value comes out which may not always be correct actual item identifiers Device Shelf These settings relate to the actual RFID reader in the unit Block count Number of blocks to r
30. r this amount of milliseconds between each inventory cycle A lower value here will make the device work faster but also puts more load on the readers a higher number increases the waiting time between inventories thus making the device work slower A reasonable compromise would be 3000 ms 3 seconds Libshelf manual 23 s ura Process Improvement Applications Removed item is discarded from added seconds If an item is removed from the shelf it is marked as truly removed after this number of seconds A value of something like 30 seconds allows patrons to take items look at them briefly and return them on the shelf without causing a new return to happen Timeout for full inventory seconds Number of seconds to wait for a full inventory at application start or in maintenance mode to finish before reporting it as failure Default value is 60 seconds Language files Translation related settings Language texts Select from the drop down list the translation texts file to use in the device The file contains all languages and user interface as well as receipt texts What languages are used is defined by setting Language listl 161in global settings Log These settings control how logging is done Hide sensitive info If enabled sensitive information such as patron card numbers and PIN codes will be replaced with an asterisk character in log Number of hours to run debug logging Number of hours from applica
31. remotely requires that the network supports Wake On Lan packets Lib shelf manual 10 s ura N Process Improvement Applications Modes of operation The software has two modes of operation Patron mode and Maintenance mode In normal use the software remains always in Patron mode Maintenance mode is used to carry out specific tasks such as enabling or disabling the alarm on tags or shutting down the software Patron mode Patron mode is the default mode in which the device is normally used In Patron mode the device can be used to return items by patrons The device is constantly scanning the shelves looking for new items and when it finds any they are displayed on the screen Once the patron has completed returning books he can either just walk away and the session will be terminated after a few seconds or press a button on screen to get a receipt Maintenance mode In Maintenance mode librarians can control the system and perform various options such as running a full inventory of items on the shelves or generating a brief statistics report Maintenance 4 1 2 LI Statistics Out of use mode Return to normal use Version 1 0 5640 14551 Maintenance mode Entering maintenance mode When the software is running in normal patron mode you can enter the Maintenance mode by touching the four corners of the screen in configured order The default configuration is 1234 which means a U shape
32. s for patron authentication This setting is meaningless in Libshelf please do not use This is an alternative method to use for authenticating patron ID and PIN code Use this if the library system requires Use error handling Select this setting to enable error handling in SIP communications Do not use this if the library system does not implement error checking CRC Libshelf manual 19 s ura Process Improvement Applications Use Fee Acknowledge in Checkout Enabling this setting causes the software to send a fee acknowledge flag in check out SIP message 11 Value Y in BO field BOY Use this if the library system requires so Use sip message 63 This setting is meaningless in Libshelf please do not use Alternative message pair 63 64 will be used to retrieve patron information if this setting is enabled Enable this if the library system returns patron information in 64 message otherwise leave disabled Statistics These settings control the built in statistics functionality of the Libshelf system For more detailed statistics use the Supa Reporter software Interval in days for the statistics report Number of days to include in the statistics report when printed from the device counting backwards from the current day Timers These timer settings control how long various states in the device last It is possible to change the behavior somewhat but caution should be taken to not decrease or i
33. tion start before debug logging is automatically disabled Disabling is done automatically to prevent log database from filling up as debug logging will cause a lot of messages to be added Save log Select what type of information should be stored in the log Notifications Libshelf can send email notifications to administrators staff of various events These settings control those messages how and when they are sent Recipients of email notifications To whom the emails are sent multiple email addresses are allowed separated by commas for example administrator pv supa com support pv supa com Libshelf manual 24 s ura Process Improvement Applications Send email notifications about A list of possible events that may cause an email notification to be sent Select all events for which you want to be notified Available choices are Critical errors A message is sent when the device encounters a critical error This could be for example a problem with the RFID reader or SIP connection Be aware though that for network connection failures itis not possible to send a notification since a network connection is required to send email Empty tags An email is sent when empty tags are found Failed check ins An email is sent when a check in of an item fails i e the library system rejects the item This would typically mean that a book belonging to another library is placed on the shelf Hold items An email is se
34. ual contains information mainly for the use of the software Document updated on December 3rd 2015 Libshelf version 2 0 5813 Libshelf blue unit Libshelf manual Pw s ura Process Improvement Applications Important information There are some important things to understand before using Libshelf to ensure it works as designed Do not overfill The RFID reading shelves can read books from shelves only if placed correctly If you fill the shelves up all the way patrons returning books may place them creatively which can lead to items not being recognized Tag placement As with any RFID tagged material items in Libshelf should have tags secured to books in different positions If all tags are placed in exactly the same position in each book they will interfere with each other causing incorrect reading We recommend tags to be placed in at least three different positions on the inside of the back cover of each item SIP connection The unit needs a SIP connection to work It is possible to operate the unit in offline mode but it is meant to be used only temporarily should the connection break The device will only be able to display item identifiers on screen and on receipts during offline situations After it gets a connection again it will then send those item identifiers as check in messages to the library system automatically Libshelf manual 7 s ura Process Improvement Applications Gettin
35. ument explains what the Libshelf settings do not how to use Management Utility Maintenance mode The device contains a specific Maintenance mode It allows access to some information such as inventory and statistics but not to any settings Changing the on screen and receipt texts and languages All on screen texts and receipt texts can be altered freely and languages can be configured as needed Texts are modified with a specific tool Language Editor which is supplied with the Libshelf Language Editor is used to modify language files which are stored in the database Both Language Editor and Libshelf software use Master Controller service to access these files A single file of translations can be used by multiple cabinets Any changes made to the texts will only take effect after the next restart of the Libshelf software A separate manual on how to use Language editor is available Lib shelf manual 9 Pw s ura Process Improvement Applications Shutting down To shut down the system the software and the computer must be shut down first never just unplug the device when the computer is running as it may cause damage to the computer Shut down by entering the Maintenance mode first Then from the maintenance view select Power down to shut the device down Alternatively you can use Management Utility from another computer to shut down the Libshelf software or computer and also start it up again Starting the computer
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