User's Manual

Introduction: System Overview 1-9
Inventory Collection
You can use the Portable Inventory Reader to inventory the library’s contents or to find
individual items. The unit is a battery powered hand-held device that interrogates RFID
tags as you walk by tagged items, when the unit detection head is within a ten-inch
(25 cm) radius.
The Portable Inventory 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 Inventory 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
Inventory Reader to item information in the circulation database.