[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] SIP and Sorters / Self Check systems

[Rogan Hamby]

Lori,

Did you have any issues with generating hold tickets on your sorter?

Rogan Hamby
Systems Administrator, FCLS
Systems Librarian, SCLENDs
509 S. Dargan Street
Florence, SC 29506
843-413-7069


-----Original Message-----
From: Lori Bowen Ayre <lori.ayre at galecia.com>
To: Evergreen Discussion Group <open-ils-
general at list.georgialibraries.org>
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 07:56:49 -0800
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] SIP and Sorters / Self Check systems

> Hi All,
> 
> KCLS is using Evergreen with their very large, very fast sorter. 
> Here's the
> video of Go Live day if you want to see it in action on Evergreen.
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/loriayre#p/c/CD664E48E7841333/12/5cgl25eynqw
> 
> <http://www.youtube.com/loriayre#p/c/CD664E48E7841333/12/5cgl25eynqw>Th
> is
> sorter is doing a lot more than sorting.  It is also building tote
> manifests
> as it does so.  So, getting it working required moving beyond SIP2.  I
> don't
> have any documentation yet but I do know it will be forthcoming.
> 
> I also know that Evergreen supports SIP2 so theoretically it should be
> simple....but nothing with SIP is simple, so I strongly recommend
> testing
> early and often with your AMH vendor.
> 
> If your vendor is Lyngsoe/FKI (vendor of the sorter in the video),
> you're
> golden.  I don't know if any of the other vendors have gotten their
> sorters
> going on Evergreen yet.
> 
> Lori
> 
> On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 5:26 AM, Jason Stephenson
> <jstephenson at mvlc.org>wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I would much rather see this discussion on list, please. We are not
> yet
> > using these devices with Evergreen and have not yet tested them, but
> intend
> > to do so very shortly.
> >
> > We have several libraries using self checks with our current ILS and
> we
> > have to get these working with Evergreen when we migrate next Spring.
> From
> > what we've heard, it should be rather simple.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jason Stephenson
> > Merrimack Valley Library Consortium
> >
> >
> > Quoting Rogan Hamby <RHamby at florencelibrary.org>:
> >
> >
> >> Are there any Evergreen libraries on the list currently using SIP
> based
> >> sorters / self check systems with Evergreen.  We're investigating a
> few
> >> issues we're seeing with extensions and if anyone would be willing
> to chat
> >> off list about their own experiences with their version (especially
> 1.6.x
> >> or early version 2 experiences) I would be grateful.
> >>
> >> Rogan Hamby
> >> Systems Administrator, FCLS
> >> Systems Librarian, SCLENDs
> >> 509 S. Dargan Street
> >> Florence, SC 29506
> >> 843-413-7069
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >