Re: [Koha] Open source replacement for 3M self check station
I wonder... Is this discussion mixing up two different things a bit? For me, "self check" in relation to Koha can mean (at least) two different things: 1. A self check "station" that runs dedicated software, and that communicates with Koha via SIP2 2. Some computer running a browser, possible locked down to "kiosk mode" and possibly with a touch screen, that is set to display the "self check web interface" of Koha, as described here: http://manual.koha-community.org/3.12/en/selfcheckout.html Or is everyone just talking about one of those? Best regards, Magnus Enger libriotech.no On 25 September 2013 22:52, Chad Roseburg wrote: > 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.k...@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 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 >> >> ___ >> >> Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org >> >> Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz >> >> http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha >> >> >> > >> > >> >> ___ >> Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org >> Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz >> http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha >> > > > > -- > Chad Roseburg > Automation Dept. > North Central Regional Library > ___ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > Koha@lists
[Koha] Error indexing koha
Hi Friends ! Recently I have upgraded Koha version from 3.08.07 to 3.12.04 .It works but we can't find new catologized records. We removed old zebra index and tried indexing with ./rebuild_zebra.pl -b -a - z -v command . It brings such error and show only 226 records 1101 Records exported: 1103 REINDEXING zebra 14:45:56-30/09 zebraidx(2582) [warn] Record didn't contain match fields in (bib1,Local-number) CLEANING How ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] Error indexing Koha
Hi Friends ! Recently I have upgraded Koha version from 3.08.07 to 3.12.04 .It works but we can't find new catologized records. We removed old zebra index and tried indexing with ./rebuild_zebra.pl -b -a - z -v command. It brings such error and show only 226 records 1101 Records exported: 1103 REINDEXING zebra 14:45:56-30/09 zebraidx(2582) [warn] Record didn't contain match fields in (bib1,Local-number) CLEANING How can we solve this problem ? Best regards, Araik ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] September 2013 Koha Community Newsletter has been published
Hi, The September 2013 edition of the Koha Community Newsletter has been posted to http://koha-community.org/koha-community-newsletter-september-2013/. Cheers, Daniel Grobani Koha Community Newsletter Editor ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] Flippin' Yanks
Salvete! Thanks to our delicate system of "governance" bad stuff might soon happen to Library of Congress sites. So, if you're getting loc.gov related errors, (Such as setting your z39.50 target as LOC) it's not a Koha issue, it's a freggin U.S. government issue. Patches most welcome. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/09/library-of-congress-says-it-will-take-its-site-offline-if-govt-shuts-down/ Cheers, Brooke ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Koha as a journal citation catalog
Greetings, > A couple of months ago, I brought up the topic of using Koha as a catalog > of journal articles. I've been working on this ever since, and I finally > have our system up and running. Unfortunately, it's behind a firewall so I > can't give you a link, but I can tell you about it and post screen shots > if there's any interest. It looks as if there's a bit of interest in what I'm working on, so I've uploaded my original post with some screenshots and other goodies to http://www.philobiblios.net/koha I included the xsl templates that I modified, and added a .txt extension which I hope will make downloading them easier. They're a bit messy. Yes, the web page looks horrible. Maybe I'll be able to make it look better someday, or if my project fits in with Koha's general scheme, I can add it to the Wiki. No time now, though. Fred King kohau...@phred.us ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Koha as a journal citation catalog
* Fred King (kohau...@phred.us) wrote: > Greetings, > > > A couple of months ago, I brought up the topic of using Koha as a catalog > > of journal articles. I've been working on this ever since, and I finally > > have our system up and running. Unfortunately, it's behind a firewall so I > > can't give you a link, but I can tell you about it and post screen shots > > if there's any interest. > > It looks as if there's a bit of interest in what I'm working on, so I've > uploaded my original post with some screenshots and other goodies to >http://www.philobiblios.net/koha > I included the xsl templates that I modified, and added a .txt extension > which I hope will make downloading them easier. They're a bit messy. > > Yes, the web page looks horrible. Maybe I'll be able to make it look > better someday, or if my project fits in with Koha's general scheme, I can > add it to the Wiki. No time now, though. > That's an awesome start. Will you be at Kohacon13? Maybe if you are around for the hackfest portion afterwards we could talk about this, and see if there are some developments that could make it work even better for you? Chris -- Chris Cormack Catalyst IT Ltd. +64 4 803 2238 PO Box 11-053, Manners St, Wellington 6142, New Zealand ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] Branchcode Error
I am hoping someone can help me fix this problem with our system. I am a volunteer librarian at a small elementary school that switched to Koha about a year and a half ago. I really have no support and have been trying to fix this problem for a while but cannot figure it out. Many of the books in our system come up with this error when they are checked out: Software error: C4::Calendar->new(branchcode => $branchcode) at/usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Circulation.pm line 2722 I think that I have isolated it to books that under the item view do not show a current location. Other books show the current location as the school name. However, when I go to edit items, it does show the school name there, so I don't see where I can edit this. This seems to be about 50% of the books in the library! If there is another way I can edit item location, please let me know. I am so frustrated trying to fix this! -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Branchcode-Error-tp5772895.html Sent from the Koha-general mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Branchcode Error
> I think that I have isolated it to books that under the item view do not > show a current location. Other books show the current location as the school > name. However, when I go to edit items, it does show the school name there, > so I don't see where I can edit this. Under edit items is exactly where you should be able to correct this. What version of Koha are you using? Does your version include batch modification of items? This would be a quick way of updating the records which lack branch information. Current location should also be updated whenever an item is returned, so you would normally be able to update it by checking in items. -- Owen -- Web Developer Athens County Public Libraries http://www.myacpl.org ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha