What is this?

When you donate or lend an asset to MHV - like a tool, furniture, or even junk - then you have to enter it on the website. The only exceptions are small or commodity items like resistors, common ICs, etc. which just go in the correct box.

After the item is entered in, you print a label to attach to it before it is let loose into the space. You may also have to attach safety information.

Following This HowTo

These steps can be followed on the "Admin Computer" in the space, or you can do the first steps on your own computer and then just print the label from the Admin Computer.

If you're using the Admin Computer, I suggest you use the "Epiphany" web browser to follow all of these steps.

Step One: Log Into Web Site

If you're not logged in, you'll need to login via the LOGIN link at the top-right. If you haven't got an account, you'll need to register first.

Step Two: Enter the Asset

Click to "Add a new asset". You may want to right-click to open the page in a new tab.

If the web site won't let you add an asset, your account may need confirmed member status. Contact a committee member to sort that out.

Enter all of the details on the asset form. Please be thoughtful, you are responsible for providing accurate information (especially about safety.) Be honest and realistic about the risk levels associated with the new asset.

If you have a lot of identical items, it's OK to create one Asset that covers all of them - just note how many in the Asset Description.

When you're done, click the Save link to save the new asset:

The page should redirect to the web page for the new asset:

Step Three: Safety Instructions

If you said your item  "requires safety instructions" or requires a "self-induction" then you must attach safety instructions (laminated if possible, there is a laminator in the space) with the item when you leave it at the space. It is your responsibility to make sure this occurs.

Safety sheets can be photocopied or printed from the device's manual, or they can come from another authoritative source.

If providing this information is a problem, do not bring the item into the space. Contact a committee member.

If the item is marked as "self-induction", then also print a Tool Self-Induction Sheet and attach it to the item.

Step Four: Open in Epiphany

If you're already on the admin computer using Epiphany, you can skip this step.

All the previous steps can be done at home, or on your laptop. However, this latest step needs to be done from the Epiphany web browser in the space.

You can launch Epiphany from the menu bar of the admin computer, once logged in (the password is the same as the wireless internet password.)

Navigate Epiphany to the same new asset page you were just viewing (you don't need to log in if you don't want to.)

Step Five: Show Printer-friendly Version

At the bottom of the asset page, you should see a link for the Printer-Friendly View:

Click the link and the print label will pop up:

Check everything looks correct.

Step Six: Check Page Setup

Choose File -> 'Page Setup' and check the label printer and 29mmx90mm print size are selected:

Step Seven: Preview & Print

It's important to preview the label first because sometimes Epiphany will split it into two pages.

Choose File -> 'Print Preview', and the preview dialog will appear:

The preview should indicate one page only (where the red bar is), and there should be at least some whitespace at the top of the preview window.

If the preview is spilling over, close the window and use View -> 'Smaller Text' to shrink the text a bit, relative to the label. Then preview again.

When you're satisfied with the preview, click the print icon.

Step Eight: Log Out

Don't forget to log out of makehackvoid.com when you're doing printing labels!