User's Manual

Introduction
Checkpoint field service personnel by setting a table parameter on the Application Server. If
using the Bridge Interface (described earlier), off-line processing should never be turned on at the
ame application server.
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irectional communications and program portability.
terrogated RFID Tag data is taken and compared to the library circulation database, in order to
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ith a permanent RFID Circulation Circuit (inventory tag). This tag contains information that
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on to checkout items from the ACS. If privileges are granted then a checkout request to
e ACS is generated for each item.
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or checking out library materials. A Patron ID Card
not necessary when the Staff Station Reader is used. The pad can only interrogate tags and
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entory is taken by walking by library tagged
ems. The item Identifiers on the tagged items are read and stored in a portable data terminal.
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The Intelligent Library, Patron Self-Checkout Station, Intelligent Sensor, Staff Station Reader,
and Handheld Portable Reader all have a Radio Frequency (RF) antenna and transceiver system
(interrogator) designed to detect and read the Intelligent Circulation Circuits. Communication
occur by detecting and interrogating an IC chip embedded in the Intelligent Circulation Circuit
(tag) for unique item specific information. Each interrogator includes an Applications
Programming Interface (API) for bi-d
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quickly and automatically identify the checkout status of an item.
The Application Server component is the communications gateway between the ILS subsystem
and the library Automated Circulation System (ACS) so that the check-in, self-checkout,
inventory management, and security activities can all be accomplished.
All library materials including books, CD/DVD materials, videotap
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uniquely identifies the item within the library circulation database. Patron cards identify patron
when the card is scanned at the RFID Patron Self-Checkout Station. The card stores coded
information unique to the individual patron that will identify the user to the library circulation
system. The patron can then be validated as eligible or ineligible to use the library checkout
privilege.
When the patron is checking out materials, the patron and checked out item information is stored
in both the ACS and ILS databases. This duplication of records allows ILS to operate in an off-
line mode, as well as on-line. If the patron is checking-in library materials, then the ILS make
check-in request to the ACS, which updates its database and reports the result back the ILS.
When materials are checked from a self-checkout station the ILS will request to grant privile
to the patr
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The library staff typically uses a Staff Station Reader in situations where a patron needs help fro
a librarian or when a librarian is checking in
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functions the same as current bar code scanners used in library circulation systems do. Th
Circulation Staff Reader can also be integrated into a book return slot. When library materials are
placed in the book return, the tags on the items are read and sent to the ACS. The ACS then
updates its database and passes back transaction status to the ILS.
Library inventories can be taken by using the Handheld Portable Reader. The unit is a battery
powered hand-held device that interrogates RFID Circulation Circuits when the unit detection
head is within a ten-inch radius of tagged items. Inv
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The stored information can be downloaded real-time to the Application Server using the wirele
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 circulation system
which can compare the information from the portable reader to item information in the circ
database. The Handheld Portable Reader can also search for specified items using its searc
function. Single or multiple item IDs can b
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