The setup routine is fairly straight forward. The only area to concentrate on is when you are asked for the IP address and Port number. This is the IP address and port of the Mandarin M3 server that hosts the data. This is not the IP and port of the SIP2 Authenticator.

 

Once the SIP2 Authenticator is installed and running, the SIP2 client is ready to start sending requests. The first communication that is made as part of initializing a new session with the SIP2 Authenticator is the login. The SIP2 client must log in using the username and password of a Mandarin user with access to Circulation, such as the ‘Admin’ user. The site key (for example, ‘generic’) must also be supplied. In SIP2 parlance, the site key is called the location code. After logging in, the SIP2 client is ready to begin processing transactions, or authentications. By default, patrons are not required to have usernames or passwords. All that is required is a valid barcode. Optionally, a password can be required.

 

The SIP2 Authenticator is configured using the Autocirc.ini, which is located in the default installation path (C:\Program Files\Mandarin Library Automation\SIP2 Authenticator).