[Odyssey-L] Questions from my first Odyssey Standalone workshop

[Brian Miller]

Tim;

I'm not aware of how you can save or export your Odyssey Standalone 
address book.  But I can see how that would be helpful if you were 
getting a new computer or having an old one re-imaged and didn't want 
to lose the address data you've accumulated.  I'd also be interested 
to hear if anyone else has successfully copied the address book (or 
the entire OdysseyDatabase / Odyssey folder) from one PC to another 
and not had to start installation from scratch.

Regarding how Odyssey Standalone sends/receives with ILLiad sites, 
two thoughts occur to me:

1)  Open Odyssey on your computer and look at the blue bar at the top 
of the screen. Make sure it indicates Odyssey 2.0.1.0.  If the blue 
bar displays Odyssey 1.0, click the Help dropdown menu and choose 
Check For Updates. Your PC may freeze up for several minutes while 
the update to version 2.0.1.0 occurs.   Version 1.0 is not compatible 
to send and receive with ILLiad locations, but version 2.0.1.0 fixed 
that problem.

2)  As long as Odyssey Standalone libraries using version 2.0.1.0 
have their Odyssey address in the proper format in the Email field of 
their Constant Data, there is no need to put it in the Verified field 
with each request.  The format in the Email field must be   <ODYSSEY: 
123.123.123.123/ILL>  where 123.123.123.123 is your PC's static IP address.

-Brian/OSU


At 09:25 AM 9/11/2009, you wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I did my first Odyssey Standalone workshop yesterday and a couple of 
>interesting questions came up.  One I'd like to pose to the group is:
>
>Is it possible to upload an already existing set of addresses with 
>IP addresses into the Odyssey address book?  Has anyone ever tried 
>to figure out how to do that?
>
>I also discovered (I think) that if you put your Odyssey address 
>information into the Verified field in your request, that ILLiad 
>will automatically recognize that you have Odyssey.  I don't think 
>this happens with the address in the Email field.  The problem is, 
>you have to edit each request; Constant Data cannot modify the 
>Verified field.  Has anyone else experimented with this?
>
>Thanks,
>Tim
>
>Tim Prather
>Amigos Library Services
>800-843-8482 xt 2892 (toll free)
>972-340-2892
>prather at amigos.org
>
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Brian D. Miller
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