Comments on: CCD Scanner at the Circulation Desk http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2012/02/15/ccd-scanner-at-the-circulation-desk/ or, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Fear and Loathing at a Public Library Reference Desk Mon, 20 May 2013 23:17:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Brian Herzog http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2012/02/15/ccd-scanner-at-the-circulation-desk/#comment-22651 Brian Herzog Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:08:00 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=3042#comment-22651 @Adam: thank you very much for posting this. We haven’t encountered it as far as I know, but I could definitely see this causing a “it doesn’t work at all!” reaction if it happened. Thanks again.

]]> By: Adam Watts http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2012/02/15/ccd-scanner-at-the-circulation-desk/#comment-22626 Adam Watts Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:59:56 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=3042#comment-22626 Just got one today. Discovered that the Unitech MS335 CCD Scanner will have trouble with smartphones and other devices that have their brightness set too low. On iphones, for example, it should be able to reliably scan barcodes at brightness above 55%~. Any lower and it won’t read at all.

Hope this helps those who are having trouble.

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]]> By: Brian Herzog http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2012/02/15/ccd-scanner-at-the-circulation-desk/#comment-6473 Brian Herzog Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:21:34 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=3042#comment-6473 @Jennifer: no, we didn’t have any trouble at all (which always surprises me when trying out new technology). We did call their tech support for trigger activated/always on thing, and they were great. I’d give them a call to ask why yours isn’t scanning the smartphones at all – it might be something simple, but it might just be a defective scanner.

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2012/02/15/ccd-scanner-at-the-circulation-desk/#comment-6472 Jennifer Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:47:35 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=3042#comment-6472 I tried using the MS335 and I’ve been having trouble with it scanning cellphones. Did you have to do anything in particular to make it work?

I had to scan the different barcodes from the manual and i was able to get it to scan our regular items and cards. I just wasn’t able to get it scan a cellphone or ipad. Can you think of any reason why it won’t work?

]]> By: Christina http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2012/02/15/ccd-scanner-at-the-circulation-desk/#comment-6012 Christina Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:29:05 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=3042#comment-6012 We switched to a new kind of scanner for phones, too: Datalogic Gryphon N263. I don’t know any of the techie details of it, but that’s the name printed on it. They work well, as far as I know from asking circ staff.

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