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

[Chad Roseburg]

A colleague of mine tried to get our selfcheck iso installed on our 3M
equipment without success. You should be able to install it fine on the
computer tower but it's the peripheral components like the 3M scanner,
touchscreen and readers that are the issue. To be honest I don't remember
where we left off with that other than we abandoned it due to some
component not working properly. I will email him and ask what worked and
what didn't.

Chad




On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Daniel Berthereau <
Daniel.koha at berthereau.net> wrote:

> 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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Chad Roseburg
Automation Dept.
North Central Regional Library