[Koha] Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Re: Self-service hardware question

Thu May 14 09:37:02 NZST 2020

We used old computers with Elo touchscreens at our branches. For software,
we used Chrome or Firefox in kiosk mode.
For touchscreens, I bumped up the size of the buttons and layout using
Koha's JS and CSS system prefs.

I think we ended up using Chromium or Chrome in kiosk mode -- I had issues
with firefox. I used Debian for this and I think Fred's idea of using a
Rasp. Pi ( latest ) would work great with Chrome/Chromium in kiosk mode.
We've used a Pi for a digital display kiosk -- again, with Chrome in kiosk
mode, but any cheap hardware should work fine.

Windows would work too.  We used PWB on Win 2000 from
https://www.teamsoftwaresolutions.com/ for many years ( pre-Koha migration
) as a Windows-based public catalog kiosk solution but there are probably
many alternatives today.

Chad

On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 12:55 PM King, Fred <Fred.King at medstar.net> wrote:

> I'm not sure if this would work, but maybe someone can take my idea and
> turn it into something practical.
>
> How about running Firefox on a Raspberry Pi? You could lock it in a box
> and run cables to a keyboard, barcode scanner, mouse, and monitor to it.
> Definitely inexpensive, especially if you have a spare monitor, keyboard,
> and mouse hanging around. I'm not sure how easy it would be to prevent
> people from browsing to other sites, but someone here might know of a way.
>
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> From: Koha <koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz> On Behalf Of Chris Brown
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> To: Lisa Peel <lpeel at swisseducation.com>
> Cc: Koha <koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Koha] Self-service hardware question
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> Hi Lisa (and everyone)
>
> We have started looking at this for a couple of the community libraries we
> support here in Sheffield (UK). Partly this is as a social distancing
> measure as and when we re-open after the pandemic.
>
> Self-service checkout mode is straightforward to configure in Koha ...
> take a look at the Bywater Solutions tutorial at
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__bywatersolutions.com_education_setting-2Dself-2Dcheckout-2Dfeature-2Dkoha&d=DwIGaQ&c=RvBXVp2Kc-itN3g6r3sN0QK_zL4whPpndVxj8-bJ04M&r=vKh6XwOmjyC51IkP1OfsdjQZoWT2vpi6VZl8El8EPRI&m=ULJzl7snsamosQnLCPdubRO_x_K1emz4q2NQR8LecY0&s=eIi0-JPLRXKgTOOD48ufAIwj8nkZKS0FzOuynUdtyMo&e=
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> For hardware we are looking at something really cheap and cheerful ...
> probably just a chrome book and a bar-code scanner. (Our books don't have
> RFID tags). The challenge is to lock the chromebook down tight enough so
> that users can't browse out to other sites (we are looking at using Google
> Chrome in Kiosk mode), or escape the browser altogether. We're not
> expecting to pay more than around £350 for the hardware.
>
> We haven't looked at printers because we don't need receipts but Koha's
> self-checkout module certainly has the option to print them.
>
> I am not an expert so if you get a reply from someone with more experience
> you should defer to them!
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Chris Brown
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 7:09 PM Lisa Peel <lpeel at swisseducation.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone
> >
> > I am hoping those of you with experience of implementing self-service
> > with Koha would be able to give me some assistance.
> >
> > We are looking at implementing self-service in order to extend our
> > service hours – however I have little experience of this, especially
> > what hardware would be needed.
> >
> > Am I right in thinking that it is not actually necessary to buy one of
> > the very fancy free standing units I have seen in many supplier
> > catalogues? We have no alarm system in any of our libraries (there are
> > six of them, most of them relatively small with less than 3000 items
> > each, no RFID). Ideally I need to find a cost effective solution,
> > ideally something which would also incorporate generating a receipt (so
> students have proof of check in).
> >
> > Could anyone advise me of what we would need and possible price?
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Lisa
> >
> > Mrs Lisa Peel
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