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PROGRAMMING
®
6 Running Mode
[Operator (
), Technician (
), User (
)]
The menu foresees the following items:
•
6.1 Protocol;
•
6.2 Prices Manag.;
•
6.3 Prices Display;
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6.5 Sale;
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6.6 Exact Amount;
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6.7 Change Manag.;
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6.8 Sale Max Time;
•
6.9 Credit Max Time;
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6.15 MDB Setup.
6.1 Protocol
In the Aeterna Executive/parallel Coin Mechanism, it is possible to choose the communication
protocol with the vending machine to be used:
•
ExecutiveMaster (default);
•
Electromechanic.
Executive Master
It sets in the Coin Mechanism the operation mode with Executive protocol.
Electromechanic (parallel)
It sets in the Coin Mechanism the operation mode with electromechanic interface.
In the Coin Mechanism with MDB protocol the "MDB Slave" message is displayed; with the BDV
protocol, instead, the "BDV Master" message is displayed.
Note: to pass from a protocol type to another one (MDB / BDV / Executive) it is necessary
to update the firmware of the Coin Mechanism and to change the connecting harness to
the vending machine.
6.2 Prices Management
This menu defines how the sale prices of products are managed. The menu foresees the
following items:
•
Prices in VMC (default);
•
Cost by Price;
•
Price Holding.
Should it be necessary to change the setting present in the “6.2 Prices Management” menu
item, it would be advisable to carry out the data recording and then the new initializa-
tion of the system in order to reset the accounting data which were previously counted
(see "14 Default" menu item).
Prices in VMC
This setting mode foresees
the prices setting in the vending machine
. With the "Prices in
VMC" mode the product prices cannot be different for the cash sale and the key sale and
during the data recording the devices record only the total sold on the whole in all the sale
lines.
In the “Prices in VMC” and “Cost by Price” management modes with Executive or BDV
vending machines, when the cash prices set in the machine exceed 2,40 Euro, the System
parameter in the “5.5 Base Step” menu shall be changed for example into 0,02 or 0,05
Euro as well.
