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

[Daniel Berthereau]

Hi,

On our selfcheck kiosk, all devices (rfid, printer, scanner, tactile
screen) work well on Windows, the problem is the 3M software. I don't
try if they work on Debian, but I can check if your Iso runs.

Sincerely,

Daniel Berthereau

On 25/09/2013 20:59, 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> 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
>>>
>>>
>> --
>> Greg Lawson
>> Network Administrator
>> Rolling Hills Consolidated Library
>> 1912 N. Belt Highway
>> St. Joseph, MO 64506
>> 816-232-5479 x2303
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