User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Application Server
- Patron Self-Checkout Station
- Portable Reader
- ILS Remote Monitor
- Exception Ticket Printer
- CheckVIEW
- Circulation Circuit Programmer
- Affixing Circulation Circuits
- Using DiscMate
- CheckPASS
- Troubleshooting Guide
- System Maintenance
Introduction: System Overview 1-9
Inventory Collection
You can use the Portable Reader to inventory the library’s contents or to find individual
items. The unit is a battery powered hand-held device that interrogates RFID Circulation
Circuits as you walk by tagged items, when the unit detection head is within a ten-inch
(25 cm) radius.
The Portable Reader searches for specified items using its search function. Single or
multiple item IDs can be uploaded to the data terminal and when a scanned ID matches,
the user receives an audible alert and the ID is displayed on the data terminal.
Figure 1.5
Portable Reader Taking Inventory
The Item Identifiers on the tagged articles are read and stored in a Portable Data Terminal
which can be downloaded in real-time to the Intelligent Library Controller using the
wireless data-terminal option or downloaded after the inventory is completed as a batch
file using the standard data terminal. The inventory data is then communicated to the
Library Management System, which compares the information from the Portable Reader
to item information in the circulation database.