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
Practice exercise
The best way to train staff is to start with a shelf of at least 15 books and practice reading them until they can
read them all consistently each time you scan the shelf.
See Shelf reading basics on page 36 for tips on shelf-reading techniques.
1. From the Home screen, press Order.
2. Create a 0.5-inch (1,3-cm) gap between the left side of a book
and any metal surface (such as a metal shelf end or metal shelf
divider).
You can also pull the first book approximately 2.5 in. (6,4 cm)
out from the metal divider.
3. Position the antenna just to the left of the first item on the shelf
and press the trigger. Wait until you hear the pacing sound
before you proceed.
4. Use the DLA to read all the books on the shelf.
• Move the DLA at a speed of approximately one book per
beep.
• Make sure that the antenna is close to or touches each book.
• Make sure that the DLA antenna is always parallel to the book spine.
5. Release the trigger.
• Look at the second number in the top-left corner of the
display to see how many books that you read.
For example, if the display shows 2/15, you read 15 books.
• During this exercise, ignore the rest of the screen.
6. Press the Clear button and continue this exercise until you can
consistently read all the books each time.
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Check Shelf Order
Collect Data
Pull Items
Sort & Shelve
Order Collect Pull
Sort
DLA_002
Digital Library Assistant
DLA_057
.5 in.
(1,3 cm)
Gap
Metal
Surface
DLA_055