User guide
Table Of Contents
- 3M™ Digital Library Assistant Software License
- Overview
- Getting Started
- Staff-level setup options
- Setting general options
- Adjusting the sound volume
- Changing the item width setting
- Selecting a language
- Changing the Reader Timeout setting
- Changing the Items Order Right-to-left setting
- Enabling Check Shelf alerts
- Enabling Backgound inventory
- Changing the Verify setting
- Changing the Time and Date settings
- Setting screen contrast
- Setting screen alignment
- Setting the find function default prefix
- Using the Setup Lists screen
- Administrator level setup options
- Accessing the Admin menu
- Using the administrator setup options
- Tag Data Format option (Model 803/804)
- TDFM Status option (Model 803/804)
- End Admin Mode option
- Shelf reading basics
- Straightening the shelf
- Aligning the antenna
- Adjusting the antenna
- Separating the tags from metal
- Practice exercise
- Managing the DLA work flow
- Customizing the DLA item display information
- Performing tasks
- Preparing the DLA for user
- Battery management
- Common DLA tasks
- Selecting DLA functions
- Using the Change Battery function
- Using display lists
- Saving Item IDs to the memory card
- Using the DLA trigger lock
- Using the Background Inventory function
- Using the screen light option (Handheld Model 702 and Model 802 only)
- Using the Verify option
- Quick access to Volume, Change Battery, About DLA (Model 803/804 only)
- Task quick reference guides
- Using the Check Shelf Order function
- Using the Collect Data function
- Using the Pull Items function
- Using the DLA to locate and pull items
- Using the Sort-and-shelve function
- Using the Find Items function
- Using the Search for Items function
- Using the Shelve Items function
- Using the Change Security function
- Using the Show Item Info function
- Only for libraries using location tags
- Using the Check Location function
- Using the Check Location+Order function
- Using the Inventory Location function
- Troubleshooting
- DLA staff training
- Warranty
- 3M Service
3M™ Digital Library Assistant User Guide
Adjusting the antenna
Adjust the antenna to keep it correctly aligned while
working at shelves with different heights.
• The antenna pivots to allow you to read upper
and lower shelves.
• The bottom edge of the antenna should line up
with the bottom of the item.
Separating the tags from metal
A vertical metal surface may affect the DLA’s shelf-reading accuracy.
Method 1—create a gap between the metal and the book
If the left side of a book is against a metal surface, you need to separate
it by about 0.5 inch (1.3 cm).
• Make sure that there is a finger’s-width gap (approximately 0.5 inch,
1.3 cm) between any metal structure (e.g., shelf divider) and the first
item on the left-hand side of the shelf.
• Create a gap on the left side of any book that is next to a metal
surface (such as a metal shelf divider located in the middle of the
shelf).
Method 2—pull any item that is against metal approximately 2.5 inches (6,35 cm) out from the
shelf
If the left side of a book is against a metal surface, pull the item out away
from the shelf a minimum of 2.5 inches (6,35 cm) as you begin scanning
the shelf.
This helps ensure that the DLA reads the first item’s tag.
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DLA_012
DLA_057
.5 in.
(1,3 cm)
Gap
Metal
Surface
DLA_070
2.5 in.
(6,35 cm)
minimum
If the left side of
an item is
against metal
Pull the item out
before you start
scanning the shelf
Metal
Surface