[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Open Source Self-Checkout w/ RFID Compatible with Millennium?

[Joe Atzberger]

RFID depends on hardware, but integration for small RFID scanners is
typically simplistic, akin to integrating a USB-keyboard.  It doesn't care
whether you're running Debian or MS Windows.  At that point, there really
isn't any software to talk about.  So what you might be asking is "Is there
OSS SIP *client* software suitable for a kiosk".  I wrote the SIP2 *server*
side integration for Koha in previous years, and as of that time, I didn't
know of any.  It certainly would have helped my testing.

Beyond that, integration of any systems with Millennium is probably out of
scope for this list, though.

--Joe Atzberger
Equinox Software, Inc.

On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Lori Ayre <loriayre at gmail.com> wrote:

> John,
>
> I think I can answer that the answer is "yes, it is possible." But the
> follow-up statement is more important...is there such a thing?  I'd love to
> hear about it if there is!  I don't think anyone has developed an open
> source self-check unit that is RFID capable - that's step one.  And step two
> would be to make that product compatible with Millennium.  But is it
> possible?  Yes, the open source RFID product would just need to communicate
> via SIP as implemented by III.
>
> Lori
>
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 8:57 AM, Alita, John <alita at plsinfo.org> wrote:
>
>>  Question: Is it possible to use an open source based self-check unit,
>> that is RFID capable, with III Millennium?
>>
>
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