Arm, Disarm & View

How to Arm, Disarm and View Items

Note: Items that you do not wish to be disarmed/armed should be at least 2-4 inches away from the antenna pad

1. Here we will teach you how to use the Arm and Disarm Function

{All items that are Tagged are automatically armed as shown in the tagging video, and all items that are checked out are automatically disarmed}

On the Staff Station:

• To verify that an item is armed or disarmed:
• First Right click to open the Staff Station on your desk top

• Select the “Arm and Disarm” Module

• On the main screen, make certain the three tabs at the bottom of the screen are green.

(If one or more appears red, refer to troubleshooting section)

i.      Next select the “view” button on top right of screen

iii.      Place 1 tagged item on the RFID controller pad

If more than 1 item is placed over the antenna pad the screen will display

“Too many Items Detected”.

 iv.      The following  information should appear on the screen:

1. Item code

2. Branch Code

3. Sort code

4. Status of Tag (Armed/Disarmed)

5. Remarks (this section states whehter the tag is armed or disarmed

v.      If item is not armed, simply click the “Arm” option at the

top Left of the screen

• To Disarm an Item:

FOR ALL WORKFLOWS TRANSACTIONS YOU MUST ALWAYS DISARM THE ITEMS FIRST

i.      Select the Arm/Disarm button on the Menu Screen

ii.     Place 1 item on the RFID controller Pad

iii.      Select “disarm” function on top right

iv.      The screen will show the item code, branch code, status of tag (this iwll state it the tag is armed or disarmed),

and remarks

On a Self-Check Station:

• Find the “Self-Check” icon on the desktop and Right click “Open”

• The screen should state “Touch here to Borrow”

• Close out of that screen by hitting the “X” button on the top right hand corner
• Then the following screen should appear:

• Then select the Arm-Disarm Buttom at the Bottom Left

• Then simply follow the same  steps as the Staff Station for arming, disarming or viewing items

Note:

FOR ALL WORKFLOWS TRANSACTIONS YOU MUST ALWAYS DISARM THE ITEMS FIRST

• If staff goes into workflows to override/check-out an item to a patron, they NEED to Disarm the item first, so it won’t signal the alarm
• Staff Should use the VIEW Function when patrons try to exit the library, and the alarm sounds, they can place the item on the RFID antenna pad and check which items were not checked out properly
• When encoded information appears:

- 00 is the branch code for the Linebaugh Library (like one of the pictures above)

-01 is the branch code fro Smyrna

-02 is Eagleville

-03 is MGL