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
Typical DLA work flow
1. Generate lists from circulation system.
Generate reports (lists) from your circulation system to create
the lists used by the DLA.
• Shelf Order Lists – lists of items in shelf order (the order
in which they should appear on the shelf).
• Search Lists – lists of items the library would like to find
(the order does not matter).
• Pull Lists – lists of items that you will use the DLA to find
(using the Pull Items function).
• Collection Categories – user-defined categories where you
can save Item IDs that the DLA read while using the
Collect Items function.
• Location Lists – If your circulation system uses a location-
based shelving system, your system must generate
Location Lists that identify specific locations in the library.
2. Use Data Manager software to export lists onto a memory
card.
Data Manager software processes lists extracted from the
circulation system and exports them onto a memory card.
3. Step 3—Insert memory card into the DLA.
Remove the memory card from the Data Manager memory-
card drive and insert it into the DLA.
4. Step 4 – Check the date and time on the DLA.
If the date/time displayed on the DLA Home screen is
incorrect, tap the date/time display with the stylus to adjust the
Set Clock window. Important: The Collect Data, Background
Inventory and Inventory Location functions rely on accurate
date/time to function properly.
5. Step 5—Use the DLA to perform tasks.
The DLA uses the lists and collection categories on the memory card to perform the following tasks:
• Check Shelf Order
• Collect Data
• Pull Items
• Sort & Shelve
• Find Items
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