Hi Andy, the image didn't make it through on the mailing list, it might have answered my question :) As far as I know there is nothing named Digital Card in standard Koha right now so I have been wondering, what it could be you describe: * A patron attribute named Digital Card? (can be repeatable) * A plugin providing a Digital Card feature? * A local customization? Again, as far as I know, at the moment you can only use card number and username as the login in the OPAC. Hope that helps, Katrin On 04.08.26 16:14, Andy Boze via Koha wrote:
Oops, I forgot to add the image.
On 8/4/2026 10:12 AM, Andy Boze wrote:
Hi, David.
I first noticed this feature a couple of years ago (I think) when I was adding/updating patron accounts. At the time, I believe it only allowed for a single Digital Card (DC). More recently it seems that you can add multiple DCs. See the screen capture below.
We're interested in this because recently our university has instituted a systems where faculty/staff/students can have up to three different card numbers. There's one card number associated with their physical ID card, and a different number for their phone, and a third number for their watch. Any of these three methods can be used for unlocking doors, checking out books, purchasing food at campus eateries, etc.
The Koha circulation systems lets you read the card number from any of these devices (if you have the appropriate hardware), but we need to be able to use those digital card numbers at the selfcheck station. At this time the selfcheck system only seems to be able to use the main patron card number, not the digital ones.
I've already checked Bugzilla and didn't see anything and it's not mentioned in the patron account creation section of the Koha manual.
Thanks!
Andy
On 8/4/2026 3:23 AM, David Liddle wrote:
Hi Andy, if you haven't found mention of the feature in the documentation, could you describe how you came across it and how you access or manage it? I've seen references to the "Patron card creator" in Tools and the "OPACVirtualCard" in System preferences, but they don't seem to match your description. Another way to find the origins of a setting or feature is to search Bugzilla for the exact terms used within the feature, system preferences, or database.
Regards,
David Liddle (a bog-standard system administrator)
On Mon, Aug 3, 2026 at 11:24 PM Andy Boze via Koha <koha@lists.katipo.co.nz> wrote:
Hi, all.
I'm trying to learn more about the Digital Card identifier in the patron account information. I haven't been able to find any mention of this feature in the Koha manual. I see that I can create multiple Digital Cards, and I can use those card numbers just like I would use the regular card number for circulation in the staff module. The selfcheck page doesn't recognize the Digital Card number, only the regular card number. Is there a system setting that would allow selfcheck to use digital card numbers, or is that currently not possible?
Thanks for any advice.
Andy
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