[Koha] RFID fixed readers, Koha and middleware

[Petter Goksøyr Åsen]

Hi,

We found that the quality and flexibility of off-the-shelf RFID scanners to be rather limited, so we made our own :)

The main problem with commercial ones, is that you cannot customize much how it interacts with your ILS.

For now, it's just a prototype, but you can read a brief experience report here:
https://medium.com/deichman/shelf-cleaner-40a1d819a8bf

Code, 3-model and schematics can be found here:
https://github.com/ohait/rfid-scanner

We're working on finalizing the design based on a custom-printed PCB, which will significantly simplify assembly.

It's not for everyone for sure, but if you have technical staff who likes tinkering it might be worth considering.

Regards,

Petter Goksøyr Åsen
Deichmanske bibliotek / Oslo Public Library
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Fra: Koha [koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz] på vegne av Mike D. [black23 at gmail.com]
Sendt: 26. november 2017 22:14
Til: koha
Emne: [Koha] RFID fixed readers, Koha and middleware

Hello community,
is  here some library that use fixed RFID readers for extended managements
of items or "smart" inventory? We're looking for experiences and best
practise based on open source middleware like Rifidi. We would use fixed
reader for automatic change of location based of movement of items. We need
to collect data from readers and run specific tasks in Koha via API, for
expample change of holdingbranch.
Use anybody Koha in this way? If yes, which readers (Alien, Zebra, Chafon)
and middleware and why?
We found some papers about Greek library that experimented with this, but
no deeper technical background.

Thank you for sharing of experiences.

Mike
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