Dixie Narco FLEXPAK 3000 DMV 72N, Programming/Set-Up/Configuration/Troubleshooting/Operation/Parts Manual

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ELECTRONIC ACCESS
A much more extensive amount of audit information is accessible electronically. It is retrieved with a portable
data collection device and typically loaded into a computer at a central location. The data can then be tracked
with a database, for preparing route stocking lists, tracking cash flow, doing inventory control, and other tasks.
Data collection devices are available from several sources, including Norand, Fujitsu, Panasonic, Telxon,
Verifone, and Mars. Dixie-Narco currently collects data with a PC program running on a portable notebook
computer.
The FlexPak

3000 uses the DEX/UCS protocol as the method of exchanging data with the portable data
collection device. DEX/UCS was formally adopted as the standard method of collecting audit data for the
vending industry by the National Automatic Merchandising Association (NAMA) in April of 1991. DEX/UCS
has been used in related industries since 1989. It was developed by the Arthur D. Little Company and is
administered and maintained by the Uniform Code Council (UCC). The NAMA Vending Electronics
Standardization Committee developed and published a comprehensive set of data records relevant to the vending
industry. The FlexPak

3000 reports the portion of these related to this specific machine design. The current
list of records and their usage by the FlexPak

3000 follows.
DEX stands for Direct Exchange of data, which means there is a hard-wired connection between the two systems
exchanging data. This is done by inserting a 1/4 inch phone plug on the portable data collection device into a
jack mounted on the FlexPak

3000 door controller. Inserting the plug automatically initiates the exchange of
data, which takes several seconds. No other machine functions are available while the exchange is taking place.
Most of the data records are reported in both an interval and historical format. The historical values represent a
total of the values since the machine shipped from the factory. The interval values are the data collected since
the last time it was collected electronically.
The following types of audit data are accessible electronically:
Machine Identity Information
Date and Time of Interrogation
Cash Sales Summary
Cash Input and Output Summary
Product Sales Information
Machine Configuration
Events:
Door Openings Interrogations
Time of Day Discounts Programmable Access Limits
Sold-out Selection Information
In addition to retrieving audit data, every machine configuration parameter that can be programmed in the service
menu can be programmed electronically via the DEX port.
The following types of data can be configured electronically:
Machine Identity Limited Access Control Parameters
Price & Product Information Space-to-Sales
Date and Time Time of Day Discounts Control Parameters
* Escrow Mode
* Escrow mode cannot be transferred with the Norand device.