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<span>This is something I was thinking about too! Because I manage equipment through Koha (not just books) it would be amazing to place a camera kit on top of an RFID reader and let Koha scan all the contents in the kit making sure everything was there: camera, charger, USB cord, etc. If it comes up empty on an item, we look inside and double check if its actually there or missing.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div>I noticed a few youtube videos of RFID and a Koha terminal interface a while back . . .</div><div><br></div><div>But I feel it would be as simple as expanding the checkin/checkout field to bulk update.</div><div><br></div><div>ex input all at once: </div><div><br></div><div>barcode1</div><div>barcode1</div><div>barcode1</div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Walker<br>
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<span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(160, 160, 160); "><br></span></span></div><div><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(160, 160, 160); "><br></span></span></div><div><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(160, 160, 160); ">On Friday, May 13, 2011 at 9:17 AM, ajesh@maxenna.com wrote:</span><br></span>
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<span><div><div>Hi,<br><br> I have recently installed Koha3.4 on Ubuntu.<br><br> I would like to interface an RFID reader with Koha.<br><br> More specifically when the user goes to<br> Circulation -> check out -> and enter the patron details,<br>there will be a place to "Enter item barcode". The usual procedure is that<br>the barcode scanner will fill in this value.<br><br> But what we want to implement is an RFID reader instead of the barcode<br>scanner. Each book will have a RFID tag. The patron will pick the books<br>from the shelf and bring it and place some books on top of RFID reader<br>which will read all the books at once, say for example 4-5 books at once.<br><br> My doubt is how can I read this information into koha. Any suggestion<br>please.<br><br> On further thought, I was thinking on developing an application which<br>would read the data from the RFID reader and update the MySQL database in<br>the same way/format Koha would do. Would someone recommend doing it this<br>way.<br><br> If so how do I develop this application. Because I know C#.net and<br><a href="http://VB.net">VB.net</a>. But these can be used only for developing application on windows.<br>How do I develop an application that will run on Ubuntu and suffice as an<br>interface for Koha.<br><br>Regards<br>Ajesh</div></div></span></blockquote>
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