Training Your Staff | 3M Library Security System |
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No alarm, patron counter | Strips in book desensitized or | Resensitize books, or install Tattletape |
works. | missing. | in book. |
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| System failure. | Place service call. |
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| Metal objects too close to panel. | Move all metal to minimum distance of |
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| 18 inches from the panels. |
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Unwanted alarms. | Protected material from other | Identify material that caused alarm. |
| library/retail store. |
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| Failure to desensitize marker | Check desensitizing process and |
| properly. | training. |
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| Miscellaneous metallic objects. | Infrequent unwanted alarms from some |
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| metal objects are possible. |
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| System failure. | Place service call. |
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Reduced coverage, no | Metal objects too close to panel. | Move all metal objects to a minimum |
alarm, patron counter |
| distance of 18 inches from panels. |
works. |
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| Electrical interference. | Remove possible sources of electrical |
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| interference such as computers, copiers, |
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| TVs, and electronic devices. |
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| Incomplete | Test the system by walking completely |
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| through just as a patron must. |
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| Books not properly resensitized. | Resensitize book, check sensitizing |
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| method and staff training. |
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| System failure. | Place service call. |
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Alarm/Inhibit indicator | Metal objects too close to panel. | Move all metal objects to a minimum of |
illuminated or intermittent |
| 3 feet from the panel. |
with no traffic in corridor. |
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| Marked book or strips too close to | Move marked books to a minimum of 3 |
| panel. | feet from the panel. |
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| Electrical interference. | Eliminate source of interference. |
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| System failure. | Place service call. |
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E 3M 1999 September |