User's Manual

Introduction: Components 1-11
ILS Without an LMS Connection
It is possible for ILS to operate without an active Library Management System (LMS)
interconnection using the ILS Bridge Interface feature. The Bridge Interface feature
allows libraries with non-supported circulation vendors or no circulation systems to use
the security and Staff Station Reader functionality of the ILS.
With the Bridge Interface, the user of the ILS Control program monitors and changes the
operation mode (check-in or checkout) of the Staff Station Readers. A library that is using
the Bridge Interface can use a Staff Station Reader for checkout, but cannot use a
Self-Checkout Station.
Components
The following sections describe in detail each of the ILS system components.
Intelligent Circulation Circuit
The Intelligent Circulation Circuit is an advanced RFID integrated circuit bonded to a
label which is then attached to library material.
Figure 1.7 Intelligent Circulation Circuit
The circuit stores 96 programmable bits of information about an item that can be read on a
single Radio Frequency, 13.56 MHz, up to a distance of 4 feet (1.2 m). The circuit allows
for the reading of multiple circuits using an anticollision algorithm, as well as error
detection and correction methods.