You can take inventory with a hand-held computer that reads barcodes, stores inventory information, and uploads the information to the Horizon database through a workstation. Two such devices are the Telxon Portable Transaction Computer (PTC) and the Percon Portable Data Terminal (PT 2000). (For more information on how to operate the Telxon unit, see the Telxon Manual. For more information on how to operate the Percon unit, see the Percon PT 2000 & TopGun Portable Data Terminals User’s Guide.)
After you take inventory with either of these units, you can upload the barcode information to a file on a Horizon workstation. Use either the Telxon Inventory process or the Percon Inventory process to upload and process the barcodes within Horizon. This information adds to any other inventory information you might have entered for a given collection, location, and call number type directly from a workstation or from other hand-held computers to make accurate totals of inventory.
In a hand-held computer inventory, the computer sets the Start and Finish dates using the internal date when the first batch of barcodes are uploaded. As subsequent batches are uploaded, Horizon adjusts the Start and Finish dates according to the incoming internal hand-held computer dates. The Start date for the batch will ultimately be the earliest date linked to a given batch. The Finish date will be the last internal date from any uploaded barcodes for that batch.
You can also use a PocketCirc device to read barcodes, store inventory information, and upload the information directly to the Horizon database. The device can be used in Offline mode in a way similar to the Telxon and Percon units or in Online mode similar to a regular workstation. (For more information on how to operate a PocketCirc device, see the Horizon PocketCirc Guide.)
This section explains these topics:
• | Preparing to Use a Hand-held Computer |
• | Entering Barcodes with a Telxon Unit |
• | Entering Barcodes with a Percon Unit |
• | Entering Barcodes with a PocketCirc Device |
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