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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Disabling the alarms ....................................... 15 Inventory ....................................... 15 Statistics ....................................... 16 Out of use mode ....................................... 16 ........................18 Notifications Messages sent to Message board / Dashboard ..............................18 Messages that can also be sent as email ..............................18 Libcabinet manual...
Page 3 Remind patron to take the receipt ..................................25 Show farewell at end of session ..................................25 Languages ....................................... 25 Default culture ..................................25 Language list ..................................25 Offline ....................................... 25 Allow checkin/checkout when offline ..................................25 Due date for check out ..................................25 Libcabinet manual...
Page 4 Info show time in seconds ..................................32 Receipt prompt show time in seconds ..................................32 Receipt reminder show time in seconds ..................................32 Session end info show time in seconds ..................................32 Sip received timeout in seconds ..................................32 Libcabinet manual...
Page 5 Hide sensitive info ..................................37 Number of hours to run debug logging ..................................37 Save log ..................................37 Notifications ....................................... 37 High inventory level threshold for email alert ..................................37 Low inventory level threshold for email alert ..................................37 Libcabinet manual...
Page 6 ..................................41 Use ACS login ..................................41 Sorting rules ....................................... 41 Rule ..................................41 User interface ....................................... 42 Mouse cursor visible ..................................42 Start-button visible ..................................42 ........................43 Troubleshooting Tag read errors in Messageboard ..............................43 ........................44 Language codes Libcabinet manual...
Page 7: About
About Libcabinet is a self-contained, automatic library module for lending and returning books either inside a library, or outside, in a remote location. It has a simple user interface software for patrons to use. This manual contains information for the use of the software.
Page 8: Important Information
Tag placement As with any RFID tagged material, items in Libcabinet should have tags secured to books in different positions. If all tags are placed in exactly the same position in each book, they will interfere with each other, causing incorrect reading.
Page 9: Getting Started
SIP connection settings can be found from Management Utility section SIP under device settings. Start the software Start the Libcabinet software by double-clicking the icon on the screen. The software may also be configured to start automatically, in which case you do not need to start it up separately.
Page 10: Open The Door
Note, that this will set set security to all items, so you must run the Deactivate alarms function again if any items remain in the cabinet afterwards. Close the door When security has been disabled, close the door. Libcabinet manual...
Page 11: Return To Normal Mode
Return to normal mode Press Return to normal mode to close the maintenance interface. The cabinet is now ready to use. Main screen Libcabinet manual...
Page 12: Configuring Settings
Language Editor and Libcabinet software use Master Controller service to access these files. A single file of translations can be used by multiple cabinets. Any changes made to the texts will only take effect after the next restart of the Libcabinet software.
Page 13: Shutting Down
Power down to shut the device down. Alternatively you can use Management Utility from another computer to shut down the cabinet, and also start it up again. Starting the computer remotely requires that the network supports Wake On Lan packets. Libcabinet manual...
Page 14: Modes Of Operation
The cabinet door is shut, and can only be opened by inserting a valid patron card and pin code. Once the patron has completed his activity, he closes the door and is presented a receipt. Main screen for patron mode Patron mode in session Libcabinet manual...
Page 15: Maintenance Mode
You can run a full inventory on all items in the cabinet. This can be done for example before leaving the cabinet for patrons to use, or to verify that all items can be correctly recognised by the readers. Libcabinet manual...
Page 16: Statistics
This option allows the device to be placed in ”Out of use” mode. It will display a message on screen, and not allow patrons to use it. This can be used for example if there is a problem with the SIP server connection, or the printer has run out of paper. Libcabinet manual...
Page 17 Out of use mode enabled Libcabinet manual...
Page 18: Notifications
· When number of items in the cabinet exceeds the threshold level stated in setting High inventory level threshold for email alert after an inventory. The next list of messages will be sent as emails if email settings have been configured, and the Libcabinet manual...
Page 19 · Receipt printer is offline, out of paper etc. ("Printer errors") · A tag read/decode error (invalid tag/corrupt data/unknown data model) is encountered in session inventory ("Tag read errors") · When a transfer item is checked in ("Tag read errors") Libcabinet manual...
Page 20 Settings reference This section contains information about all settings related to Libcabinet software, as found through Management Utility. Global settings These settings apply to all Libcabinets connected to the same Master Controller, in the same settings group. Admin Settings related to administration tasks on the cabinet.
Page 21 (keyboard input), and also want to use the RFID reader to read RFID tagged patron cards. Rfid and comport: Select this option if you have a mix of barcode reader connected to a serial port (COM), and also want to use the RFID reader to read RFID tagged patron cards. Libcabinet manual...
Page 22 If disabled, dots will be shown instead to prevent other people from seeing the pin code. Data models RFID tag data model settings. These settings replace all earlier INI-file based settings; those are no longer used by Libcabinet. Libcabinet manual...
Page 23 The data is not always marked as being some specific data model, and the system must then attempt to parse the data and use whatever value comes out, which may not always be correct, actual item identifiers. Libcabinet manual...
Page 24 Block count Number of blocks to read from the RFID tags. Email connection info Libcabinet can send email receipts and other messages as emails. These settings control the technical aspects of sending email from the cabinet. Port Port number to use to connect to the email server. Default SMTP server port is 25, or 587 for SSL secured connections.
Page 25 Due date for check out Number of days to add to current day, to get a due date for checked out items. Libcabinet manual...
Page 26 Can use reading room due date If this setting is enabled, Libcabinet allows loaned items to have a due date that is the current date, only time part being different - for example, the due time could be in two hours from the check out time.
Page 27 RenewFailedItems: Will print a list of items that were attempted to renew, but renewal failed, in the renew check out receipt. RenewBeforeItems: Will print a list of items that are on loan but were not attempted to renew, on the renew checkout receipt. AlreadyCheckoutItems: Previously checked out, ”books at home”. Libcabinet manual...
Page 28 If disabled, separate receipts will be printed. Scripting Libcabinet allows scripting, to manage data that has to be modified before sending it to library system, or displaying it to user. There are two script files, ItemScript.cs and CardScript.cs. ItemScript works on item identifiers, while CardScript works on patron identifiers.
Page 29 Mark any / all messages in the list with a checkbox, if you want to ignore how the library system reports the availability of those messages. Library service supports item information (17) If this setting is enabled, item information (titles) is retrieved from the library system by sendint SIP 17 messages. Libcabinet manual...
Page 30 If enabled, check in messages will contain time part in addition to date; if disabled, zeroes will be used in time part. Most library systems do not care for the time part, but if reading room loans are used, the time may be important. Libcabinet manual...
Page 31 Statistics These settings control the built-in statistics functionality of the Libcabinet system. For more detailed statistics, use the Supa Reporter software. Interval (in days) for the statistics report Number of days to include in the statistics report when printed from the device, counting backwards from the current day.
Page 32 How the error page content is formed. AF: Show text received in SIP message as-is. Internal: Show error message as defined by Libcabinet software. AFInternal: Combination of the two; shows text from SIP message and the text as defined in Libcabinet software.
Page 33 If enabled, a message will be displayed on the screen of the device, if the door has been open for long time. The time period is configured with the ”Door alert timeout” timer setting. Local settings These settings apply to a single Libcabinet at a time and thus can be different for each device. Admin Maintenance mode settings.
Page 34 Number of inventory attempts before failing How many times an inventory is attempted, before reporting it as failed. Value 1 means the inventory is exectued only once, no retries. Value of 2 (default) means one retry and so on. Libcabinet manual...
Page 35 Value to write to the IO card port, to open the lock latch. IO card port for lock sensor IO card port for lock sensor. IO card retries on read/write failure How many times to retry failed read/write operations. Libcabinet manual...
Page 36 Use legacy driver for IO card If this setting is enabled, an older version of Advantech driver is used. This driver must also be installed on the device. If disabled, BioDaq drivers are used. Libcabinet manual...
Page 37 Select what type of information should be stored in the log. Notifications Libcabinet can send email notifications to administrators (staff) of various events. High inventory level threshold for email alert If set to more than zero, the cabinet will send an email alert if the inventory contains more than this number of items.
Page 38: Recipients Of Email Notifications
The device should be investigated. Printer errors: Sent when printer is in error state or printer paper is out. Tag read errors: This message is sent when there is an error in reading item data from RFID tags. Libcabinet manual...
Page 39: Sender Address For Email Notifications
Card image in start page Card image shown on the start page. Company logo Company logo on the start page. If something is selected here, it will replace the default P.V. Supa logo. Email receipt image Image shown as email receipt selection button, when email receipts are selected and the user is prompted for receipt.
Page 40: Qr Code
Optional: Patrons can choose to have a receipt printed or not. Mandatory: A receipt will always be printed automatically. Receipt printer name Patron receipt printer name, as it is in Windows. Write ”test” here to direct the receipt printing to a file, as XPS documents. Libcabinet manual...
Page 41: Transfer Slip Printer Name
Select this checkbox if the SIP server requires ACS login messages. Sorting rules Sorting rules are used in Libcabinet to determine when items are transfer items, or when they have reservations (holds) for them. Rules are created using Sorting editor software, and uploaded to database using Management Utility.
Page 42: User Interface
Start-button visible If this setting is enabled, there will be a Start button on the main screen. If disabled, there is no button - session can then only be started by inserting a library card in the reader. Libcabinet manual...
Page 43: Troubleshooting
In this case the book should be moved to an upright position so that the tag is within the antenna field. Libcabinet manual...
Page 44: Language Codes
Arabic (Tunisia) dd-MM-yyyy ar-YE Arabic (Yemen) dd/MM/yyyy Assamese dd-MM-yyyy as-IN Assamese (India) dd-MM-yyyy Azeri dd.MM.yyyy az-Cyrl Azeri (Cyrillic) dd.MM.yyyy az-Cyrl-AZ Azeri (Cyrillic, Azerbaijan) dd.MM.yyyy az-Latn Azeri (Latin) dd.MM.yyyy az-Latn-AZ Azeri (Latin, Azerbaijan) dd.MM.yyyy Bashkir dd.MM.yy ba-RU Bashkir (Russia) dd.MM.yy Libcabinet manual...
Page 45 German (Austria) dd.MM.yyyy de-CH German (Switzerland) dd.MM.yyyy de-DE German (Germany) dd.MM.yyyy de-LI German (Liechtenstein) dd.MM.yyyy de-LU German (Luxembourg) dd.MM.yyyy Lower Sorbian d. M. yyyy dsb-DE Lower Sorbian (Germany) d. M. yyyy Divehi dd/MM/yy dv-MV Divehi (Maldives) dd/MM/yy Greek d/M/yyyy Libcabinet manual...
Page 46 Spanish (Honduras) dd/MM/yyyy es-MX Spanish (Mexico) dd/MM/yyyy es-NI Spanish (Nicaragua) dd/MM/yyyy es-PA Spanish (Panama) MM/dd/yyyy es-PE Spanish (Peru) dd/MM/yyyy es-PR Spanish (Puerto Rico) dd/MM/yyyy es-PY Spanish (Paraguay) dd/MM/yyyy es-SV Spanish (El Salvador) dd/MM/yyyy es-US Spanish (United States) M/d/yyyy Libcabinet manual...
Page 47 Scottish Gaelic (United Kingdom) dd/MM/yyyy Galician dd/MM/yyyy gl-ES Galician (Galician) dd/MM/yyyy Alsatian dd/MM/yyyy gsw-FR Alsatian (France) dd/MM/yyyy Gujarati dd-MM-yy gu-IN Gujarati (India) dd-MM-yy Hausa d/M/yyyy ha-Latn Hausa (Latin) d/M/yyyy ha-Latn-NG Hausa (Latin, Nigeria) d/M/yyyy Hebrew dd/MM/yyyy Libcabinet manual...
Page 48 Inuktitut (Syllabics, Canada) d/M/yyyy iu-Latn Inuktitut (Latin) d/MM/yyyy iu-Latn-CA Inuktitut (Latin, Canada) d/MM/yyyy Japanese yyyy/MM/dd ja-JP Japanese (Japan) yyyy/MM/dd Georgian dd.MM.yyyy ka-GE Georgian (Georgia) dd.MM.yyyy Kazakh dd.MM.yyyy kk-KZ Kazakh (Kazakhstan) dd.MM.yyyy Greenlandic dd-MM-yyyy kl-GL Greenlandic (Greenland) dd-MM-yyyy Khmer yyyy-MM-dd Libcabinet manual...
Page 49 Mongolian (Traditional Mongolian) yyyy/M/d mn-Mong-CN Mongolian (Traditional Mongolian, PRC) yyyy/M/d Mohawk M/d/yyyy moh-CA Mohawk (Mohawk) M/d/yyyy Marathi dd-MM-yyyy mr-IN Marathi (India) dd-MM-yyyy Malay dd/MM/yyyy ms-BN Malay (Brunei Darussalam) dd/MM/yyyy ms-MY Malay (Malaysia) dd/MM/yyyy Maltese dd/MM/yyyy mt-MT Maltese (Malta) dd/MM/yyyy Libcabinet manual...
Page 50 Portuguese (Brazil) dd/MM/yyyy pt-PT Portuguese (Portugal) dd-MM-yyyy K'iche dd/MM/yyyy qut-GT K'iche (Guatemala) dd/MM/yyyy Quechua dd/MM/yyyy quz-BO Quechua (Bolivia) dd/MM/yyyy quz-EC Quechua (Ecuador) dd/MM/yyyy quz-PE Quechua (Peru) dd/MM/yyyy Romansh dd/MM/yyyy rm-CH Romansh (Switzerland) dd/MM/yyyy Romanian dd.MM.yyyy ro-RO Romanian (Romania) dd.MM.yyyy Libcabinet manual...
Page 51 Albanian (Albania) yyyy-MM-dd Serbian d.M.yyyy sr-Cyrl Serbian (Cyrillic) d.M.yyyy sr-Cyrl-BA Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia and Herzegovina) d.M.yyyy sr-Cyrl-CS Serbian (Cyrillic, Serbia and Montenegro (Former)) d.M.yyyy sr-Cyrl-ME Serbian (Cyrillic, Montenegro) d.M.yyyy sr-Cyrl-RS Serbian (Cyrillic, Serbia) d.M.yyyy sr-Latn Serbian (Latin) d.M.yyyy Libcabinet manual...
Page 52 Tatar dd.MM.yyyy tt-RU Tatar (Russia) dd.MM.yyyy Tamazight dd-MM-yyyy tzm-Latn Tamazight (Latin) dd-MM-yyyy tzm-Latn-DZ Tamazight (Latin, Algeria) dd-MM-yyyy Uyghur yyyy-M-d ug-CN Uyghur (PRC) yyyy-M-d Ukrainian dd.MM.yyyy uk-UA Ukrainian (Ukraine) dd.MM.yyyy Urdu dd/MM/yyyy ur-PK Urdu (Islamic Republic of Pakistan) dd/MM/yyyy Libcabinet manual...
Page 53 Chinese (Simplified) yyyy/M/d zh-Hant Chinese (Traditional) d/M/yyyy zh-HK Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong S.A.R.) d/M/yyyy zh-MO Chinese (Traditional, Macao S.A.R.) d/M/yyyy zh-SG Chinese (Simplified, Singapore) d/M/yyyy zh-TW Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan) yyyy/M/d isiZulu yyyy/MM/dd zu-ZA isiZulu (South Africa) yyyy/MM/dd Libcabinet manual...
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