[Koha] Open source replacement for 3M self check station

[glaws]

I would certainly be interested in giving it a test run if you could
post it somewhere.

Greg
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On 09/25/2013 02:59 PM, Chad Roseburg wrote:
> I use remastersys, much like the Live Koha DVD to deploy and image
> selfchecks. I could make this available as a downloadable iso if
> anyone was interested trying it out. It would require some site
> specific changes of course. I have quite a bit of documentation for
> it, but it is missing a beginner's setup guide for making the site
> specific changes currently. 
>
> It is designed for touchscreens and receipt printing out of the box
> using Epson T88IV or T88V printers. A Star TSP would work with some
> post-install drivers.
>
> We have 2 in our branches that do over 1300 and 2300 transactions each
> month. I have not updated them for Wheezy yet.
>
> Chad
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 10:12 AM, glaws <glawson at rhcl.org
> <mailto:glawson at rhcl.org>> wrote:
>
>     We do also try to remember that not everybody can do a configure,
>     make,
>     make install, to install software. Some small libraries without tech
>     support staff simply would be unable to use some software if it
>     weren't
>     on a CD or easily downloadable. For these sites I think it makes good
>     sense to just master a Linux .iso that can be installed and "just
>     work".
>     If library staff have to install Linux anyway, then a pre-configured
>     "Library Kiosk" or "Self-checkout" distro is probably simpler than
>     creating packages, again, for those users who need to minimize their
>     exposure to synaptic or apt-get.
>
>     Greg
>     ---------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>     On 09/25/2013 10:45 AM, glaws wrote:
>     > I'm not aware there currently exists an open source self-checkout
>     > system, however we've long talked about it here at our library.
>     I work
>     > with a developer, Aaron Ogle, that is currently building a PAC
>     system,
>     > and when he is finished with that if we have the funds available
>     I would
>     > like to consider funding a self-checkout development. Having already
>     > discussed it, we think it wouldn't be terribly difficult. Aaron
>     already
>     > has a generalized framework for similar systems (a children's
>     > playstation and a Koha kiosk) that could be easily adapted to a
>     checkout.
>     >
>     > I should note probably that all the development we support is
>     for open
>     > operating systems, and all the funding we've done so far
>     generally uses
>     > Linux Mint at the client end. The server side, where utilized,
>     is more
>     > generalized, but we typically use Ubuntu and OpenSuse.
>     >
>     > Unfortunately it seems that you need a system now, and anything
>     we do
>     > won't be worked on until at least mid- late-2014. This is,
>     however, a
>     > good discussion topic and worth continuing.
>     >
>     > Greg
>     >
>     >
>
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