User's Manual

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Software Wedge (Local and Remote Configurations only)
The software wedge is part of the Companion
user interface and is responsible for sending ID
information from barcodes, or Digital ID tags to
the library circulation system. It works similarly
to a hardware wedge, sending ID information to
the currently active application. Normally this is
your library circulation system.
If the software wedge is unable to
determine which application to send the
ID information to, it will prompt you with
the Select Target Application window. If
this happens, select the target application
from this window and click OK.
If the target application is not active, you
will have to start the application in order to
select it.
Select Target Application window
You can also configure the software wedge to always send ID information to
a specific application. The Digital Staff Workstation will always send ID
information to the selected target application when the checkbox next to
Always send IDs to the selected application is selected, and the selected
target application is currently active. If the target application is not active
when an item is processed on the Staff Workstation, you will be prompted to
select an application in the Select Target Application window.
If you need to change the target application, follow these steps:
1 Start the target application. Normally, this is the library circulation
system.
2 Start the Companion UI (refer to Startup Procedure in this guide).
3 Press Ctrl+Alt+t to display the Select Target Application window.
4 Select the desired target application from the list in the window.
f If you want the software wedge to always send ID information to the
same application, select Always send ID's to the same application
as shown in the figure above. This configuration causes ID
information to always be sent to the same application, regardless
other applications.
g If you want the software wedge to send information to whatever
application has the focus, deselect Always send ID's to the same
application. In this case, if the Companion UI has the focus, you
will be prompted to select a target application. Otherwise, the
application that has the focus will receive the ID information.
5 Click OK.
If the Companion UI is automatically brought to the focus, for example,
to confirm a transaction, the focus will be automatically returned to the
application that previously had the focus.