Download and install the Offline Circulation Client

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1 Download and install the Offline Circulation Client To download the Sierra Offline Circ client go to: When it prompts you for a user name enter For the password enter point4 wvls Click on Windows if that is your computers operating system. The Offline Circulation installer you will be using is: offline160_02.exe Follow detailed instructions to download and install. Once you start the download and install process, it will ask you for a IP address or Innovative Server domain name. You will need to enter: catalog.wvls.org Or you can enter the IP address of: When installation is finished Open the Windows Explorer. Open the Millennium folder. Open the Offline folder Right click the offlinecirc.lax file. Select Edit with Notepad or Notepad ++ Under the LAX.COMMAND.LINE.ARGS there is lax.command.line.args=ip=ilsapp.wvls.org dataport=4600 $CMD_LINE_ARGUMENTS$ Change the dataport to =64001 Save and close Notepad.

2 Using Sierra/Millennium Offline Instructions Double click the Millennium Offline Circulation Icon on the desktop to open. The offline will look like this when you first open it. Click on Help then About to verify correct version of 7.0 (Contact WVLS if you have a different version. Note you only have to do this the first time you install the program)

3 We need to make a changes make sure your library gets credit for circulation checkouts. Go to View and uncheck the Navigation Bar for Checkout view only, then select Preferences. Verify that the preferences are listed as below. Use appropriate Statistic Group for your library. Statistical Groups will be ed at a later date. Click on Quit. Statistics Group (last page) A short message may be added to the date due slips with additional empty lines. If information exists already click Quit. After entering needed information click on Apply then Quit. Go to File and choose Select Printer.

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5 Choose the printer for your station and click OK to select. Click inside the box under Key to activate. Type in or scan patron barcode. You may need to press Enter. Type in due date using format of MM-DD-YYYY. Press Enter. (Example: ) You will get an error message when using a slash (01/21/2007) or two digits in the year ( ).

6 Type in N for hourly and press Enter. Scan or Type your item barcode. If you type in the number you will have to press Enter. To change the due date, click New Due Date button. *It is OK to open more than one session for separate due dates (1 week, 2 week and 3 week). Enter in new due date and press Enter.

7 Press Enter to accept the NO answer for hourly. Again, scan or type your item barcode. If you type in the number you will have to press Enter. When transactions are finished for this patron, click on New Patron button.

8 The receipt will print and show date and time of checkout, patron barcode, item barcodes and due dates. See EXAMPLE below: # , 2:09 PM Checked out to b BARCODE DUEDATE b b These item(s) are due back on or before The due date listed on this receipt As a reminder, please adhere the small signs to the monitor of each computer using Millennium Offline. Sierra Offline Information Needs to be Uploaded and Emptied.

9 Upload and Process Offline Circulation Transactions Find the computer monitors that have the Millennium Offline signs attached Double click the Millennium Offline Circulation Icon on the desktop to open. Sierra Offline Information Needs to be Uploaded and Emptied. Click File - Select Upload Circulation and Patron Data. Click Yes - It is not necessary to be in contact with the System Administrator (Exceptions would be special circumstances) when uploading data, but for any questions, please call. This shows how many downtime transactions occurred. Note this number for later use. Click OK

10 Click No to Clear Circulation File --Data needs to be processed in Sierra next, we will come back to ERASE the transaction file. --Repeat the above process for each computer where the Offline Circulation software was used. WVLS will process your files after all libraries files have been uploaded. An will be sent out to the Vcat listserv when all files have been processed. WVLS will contact your library if there were any problems with your files.

11 When your files were processed correctly you will need to go back to the Offline Circulation software and erase the circulation transactions. Click File and select Erase Circulation Transactions. Click Yes Click OK The transactions are now cleared. You can now exit the software. Click File and select Exit

12 Click Yes CONGRATULATIONS!! You have successfully uploaded your data!! Remember to keep your monitor signs in a safe place for next time a long time in the future, hopefully!!! *If more than one session was used for separate due dates, it is only necessary to upload Offline once as it is all kept in the same file of your hard drive. *If more than one computer was used for checkout you will need to follow this procedure on each computer.

13 Statistics Group - Below is listed the V-Cat locations. Please enter the Terminal # for the Statistics Group. Terminal Statistic Group Name Location 10 Antigo a1 30 Elcho Antigo a2 50 Elton Antigo a3 70 White Lake Antigo a4 90 Abbotsford ab 110 Colby co 130 Crandon cr 150 Dorchester do 170 Gilman gi 190 Granton????? 210 Greenwood ge 230 Laona la 250 Loyal lo 270 Medford me 290 Merrill mr 310 Minocqua mi 311 Minocqua Drive Up mi 330 Neillsville ne 350 Owen ow 370 Rhinelander rh 390 Rib Lake rl 410 Stetsonville st 430 Thorp th 450 Three Lakes tl 470 Tomahawk to 490 Westboro we 510 Withee wi 530 Athens MC m2 550 Edgar MC m3 570 Hatley MC m4 590 Marathon City MC m5 610 Mosinee MC m6 630 Rothschild MC m7 650 Spencer MC m8 670 Stratford MC m9 690 Wausau MC m1 691 Wausau MC Drive Up m1 710 WVLS Office wv