QVT/Term Configuration – Staff Information System

QVT/Term is provided to NOBLE member libraries under a multiple site license. This software is for use in member libraries only. System requirements: Windows 95/98/NT/XP operating system and a TCP/IP connection to the NOBLE network.

Installation

Click on Term508.exe. A “Save As…” dialog box will appear. Click on the downward pointing arrow that is to the right of the window labeled “Save in” and choose any folder you like (the Desktop is fine), then click Save.
When the file has finished downloading, close all open programs. Navigate to where you saved the downloaded file to, then double-click on the file.
Click “Next” or “Yes” throughout the installation routine until you reach the window labeled “Select Components.” Here, the default is “I would like each user to have their own data.” Unless the PC you are installing this on has multiple user profiles and you really do want each person who logs on to have a different set of data to work with (i.e., configurations, keyboard mappings, and scripts), it is recommended that you change this option to “I would like data to be shared among all users.” Click Next to continue the installation.
When the installation routine is complete, you will be prompted to restart the PC. Choose “No, I will restart my computer later” and click Finish. You may see the WinZip Self-Extractor window still open, saying “Please wait until QVT/Term is being installed.” Actually, it’s already installed, but WinZip needs a few seconds to remove installation files from your TEMP directory. Clicking Cancel at this point does no damage, but it does leave useless files on your hard drive. Wait for the WinZip window to disappear, then restart the PC.
Delete the TERM508.EXE file you downloaded in step 2.

Configuration

Open QVT/Term by clicking Start, then Programs, then QvtTerm, then QVT-Term. If this is the first time you’ve opened QVT/Term, you will be asked if you want Term to be your default Telnet application. Choose Yes.
Click on Setup, then Default Settings. The default settings are mostly good, but in the Display tab, make sure the Autoclose option is chosen. When you’re through configuring default settings, click OK.
Click on Setup, then Current Settings. In the Keyboard tab, change the Backspace Key option from DEL to BS. In the Connectivity tab, make sure the Connection Type is set to Network and that the IP Port is set to telnet. Next to “Host Name or Address,” type in mail.noblenet.org or innopac.noblenet.org, whichever is appropriate. Leave the rlogin Username field blank. Click OK. Click File and choose Save Configuration. In the Save Configuration box that pops up, type a name like “mail” for your e-mail configuration or “innopac” for your innopac configuration and click OK. Close QVT/Term.
If you wish to put a shortcut to QVT/Term on the desktop, right-click once on the Start button and choose Open. Double-click on Programs, then QvtTerm. Right-click on the QVT-Term shortcut icon (if you see a “Terminal” icon, ignore or delete it). Select Create Shortcut. Drag the shortcut icon out of the folder and onto the Desktop. Right-click on the shortcut icon and select Rename. Type in a new name for your shortcut, such as Mail or Innopac. Hit the Enter key on the keyboard.
Right-click once on one of the desktop shortcuts you created in the previous step and choose Properties. Click on the shortcut tab. The target box should look like this:
Click once on this so it is no longer highlighted, then hit the End key on your keyboard so the cursor goes to the end of the target line. Type a space, then a minus sign, then a lower-case c, then another space, then the name of whatever configuration you want this shortcut to be associated with. For example:
If the name of the configuration has a space in it, put the name in quotes. If you want a login name entered automatically, follow the -c value with “-u [login name]” (no quotes). If you want a password entered automatically as well, follow the -u value with “-p [password]” (again, no quotes). Click OK. Double-clicking on this shortcut will now open QVT/Term with the configuration you specified.

QVT Scripts for Automating Frequent Tasks

There are a few functions which must be done in the Innopac character system where several keystrokes are required to get to the menu you need. The following are QVT scripts which we have developed as time savers to automate frequently performed tasks.

Please Note: These scripts are provided for convenience and efficiency only. Staff that are expected to perform functions automated by scripts need to be familiar with the keystrokes required to perform each function.

To use the following scripts, copy them and paste them into QVT and replace YOURLOGIN with your login to the Innopac character menu.

Free Records in use by the system
This script will prompt you for your password to get into the character many, then will execute the keystrokes that bring you to the menu to free locked records:
```
severity continue
wait 10 "login:"
type "YOURLOGIN^m"
sync 2
PASSWORD
sync 2
type "A"
type "f"
type "free^m"
type "unlock^m"
```
Delete Items by Barcode

This script will prompt you for your password, then execute the keystrokes that log you into the Innoopac and bring you to the menu to delete items by barcode:
```
severity continue
wait 10 "login:"
type "YOURLOGIN^m"
sync 2
PASSWORD
sync 2
type "C"
type "A"
type "D"
type "delete^m"
type "barcode^m"
```

Print Paging List

This script will prompt you for your password, then execute the keystrokes that will sort items on your paging list by location , then call number and print the list to your local printer:

severity continue
wait 10 "login:"
type "YOURLOGIN^m"
sync 2
PASSWORD
sync 2
type "C"
type "A"
type "N"
type "picklist^m"
sync 1
type "picklist^m"
sync 1
type "P"
sync 1
type "P"
sync 1
type "L"
sync 1
type "P"
sync 1
type "S"
sync 1
type "21"
sync 1
type "c"
sync 1
type "^m"
sync 1
type "P"
sync 1
type "1"