AMS EPIC SENSIT 3, Operation And Service Manual

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Without at least one functioning MDB Device – unless operating
in Free Vend Mode - the machine will be unusable. If all of your
MDB devices become ‘unhealthy’, the machine will be disabled
and display “OUT-OF-SERVICE”.
For this discussion, the term “healthy” will be used to describe a
peripheral (coin mech, bill validator, or cashless device) which is
present, which is communicating normally to the VMC, and which
has no fatal out-of-service conditions.
Remaining In Service w/o Coin Mech:
If a bill validator is present, and the coin mech becomes
unhealthy, the VMC will now continue running with the validator
(and cashless system if present). The coin mech either has to
burn out completely or become disconnected to be considered
unhealthy by the VMC’s criteria - a healthy coin mech going
unhealthy should be a rather rare occurrence.
To help notify patrons and service personnel that the coin mech
has become unhealthy, the EXACT CHANGE message will be
activated. This should discourage patrons from inserting paper
money, unless the prices happen to be in paper money
increments. Also, patrons trying to feed coins into the mech will
notice immediately that the coins disappear (in the case of a
serious coin jam) or fall through to the change cup.
“#” KEY FOR ESCROW RETURN:
Since the coin return button to request return of the last-inserted
bill is not functional, the “#” key will be treated as equivalent to a
coin mech escrow return.
Bill-Only Application Notes:
In a bill-only system, prices must be restricted to the scaling
factor of the bill validator. Usually, this scaling factor will start
from the smallest paper currency unit instead of the smallest coin
unit. This will limit setting selection prices that would require
change-making.
Due to the absence of a coin mech, the normal ‘No Cheat’ logic
is disabled, regardless of the VMC option setting. The VMC’s
fairness is limited to not taking in more money than the maximum
price in the machine. As mentioned earlier, the ‘#’ key is
equivalent to escrow return, allowing the patron to retrieve the
last-inserted bill.
The EXACT CHANGE message should never occur in a pure
bill-only system.
Bill Plus Cashless Application Notes
:
Prices will be restricted to the scaling factor of the cashless
device, which is usually the smallest coin unit.
Revaluation occurs in the same way it does with a coin mech,
except in cases where the Cashless account is at or near its
maximum balance. With a coin mech, the VMC will allow credit to
exceed the maximum balance as long as any excess can be paid
back in coins. Without a coin mech, the VMC rejects any bills that
would exceed the maximum balance (in a card-first revaluation)
or rejects the Cashless medium entirely (in a cash-first
revaluation).
OPTIONS
1. Message
The user can customize the scrolling message that is displayed
when the vendor is idle. It is best to write out the desired
message first. The message to be displayed on the scrolling
display can be up to 50 characters, including letters, numbers,
punctuation and spaces. New messages erase old ones.
Select the message option and the controller will prompt the user
to press “1” to change the message, or press “#” to exit.
To enter a message, the user should rapidly tap a particular key
to cycle through a list of characters for that key. Stop at the
desired character. When the keypad is left idle, the last-displayed
character is moved over to the end of the message. Continue to
select the next character. The key definitions are similar to those
of cell phones:
KEY 0:
(space)0
KEY 5:
JKL5
KEY 1:
!?,.$:;*&”+-/<>=#% ‟ 1
KEY 6:
MNO6
KEY 2:
ABC2
KEY 7:
PQRS7
KEY 3:
DEF3
KEY 8:
TUV8
KEY 4:
GHI4
KEY 9:
WXYZ9
Pressing the * key will back space through the message.
Pressing the # key will save the message.
2. Prize
The factory default is “
0
” for none. The user can set the vendor to
give away a free product after a predetermined number of
successful vends.
Enter the number of vends between free vends, up to 9999 and
press * to Save, or press # to abort without saving. Setting the
number to “0” will disable the prize option.
3. Language
You will be prompted at Entry with:
1- Primary (
In the current Primary language
)
The user is presented with a menu of available
languages. The user may choose the primary language
for the display of all messages. Note that Service Mode
messages are available in Primary language only.
2 - Secondary
If desired, the user can select a secondary language for
the display of all messages. The list is the same as the
list of Primary languages, but also includes the Option of
‘0’ which means that there will be no secondary
language shown.
Messages will be displayed first in the primary language, then in
the secondary language.
4. Speech
A speech synthesizer option is available for use with RC Systems
Inc. DoubleTalk LT speech synthesizer. It operates only while the
vendor is in service mode. The speech synthesizer vocalizes
keystrokes and what is shown on the display.
The Options menu selection 5 enters the synthesizer on/off
menu. Press 5 to toggle on/off. Press # to exit to the Options
Menu.
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