2011/3/8 Lori Bowen Ayre <lori.ayre@galecia.com>:
Hi James, I don't think it matters which 3M model of self check you use because they all rely on SIP. The 3M and Koha implementations of SIP are all worked out and there are several libraries using their self-checks. Not e-commerce, just the self-check. FYI, Tech-Logic and ITG also have Koha libraries using their self-check machines, also via SIP. Lori
On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 4:50 PM, James, Mason <mason@kohaaloha.com> wrote:
hi Folks
are any libraries out there on KohaLand using 3M selfcheckout machines
if so... do they behave OK, and what specific models work well
cheers, Mason -- KohaAloha, NZ
NEKLS is using 3M self check machines. We have really only one minor problem, mostly they work well.
Problems we see (and this may be totally a matter of library preference): items with holds aren't allowed to check out if the patron has the book in their hand (i.e. they got a book off of the shelf that some off-site patron had placed a hold on before a librarian got to it to pick it). That's really all I've got for right now. It used to be that things like Pokémon and books about Resumé's wouldn't check out, but I believe this has been fixed (much to our squeeing excitement).
We also have 3M checkin chutes, with similarly trivial problems surrounding holds.
SIP has come a long way in the 3 years we've been on Koha.
Now, to make it work very well with Envisionware.... ;)
Liz Rea NEKLS Hi, BibLibre (and Tamil i think) would have the same reports here. From BibLibre experience,
Le 09/03/2011 03:53, Liz Rea a écrit : main problems are : - utf8 support which in the standard is not supported. You have do disable the error checks. checksum could be badly processed in that case i think. - translations have to be hardcoded for server strings and date strings... Which is quite annoying - Bad dates on renewals when renewal is done (the duedate sticks) and that's it. What could be done would be to rework the C4::SIP in order to be more compliant to the License (it was first written with evergreen iirc) and to share more with openncip (openncip.org), where the software originated. all in all, it works pretty good, with 3M, Nedap or IntellIdent self checkout appliances. Hope that helps. -- Henri-Damien LAURENT BibLibre