Gasboy SERIES 1000, Operation Manual

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GASBOY Series 1000
8-2 05/29/03
LP - LOAD PUMP DATA
Use the LP command to assign specific fuels, prices, tanks, quantities, and timeout values to your
pumps. Each pump must be assigned to a tank and more than one pump can be assigned to the
same tank.
Defining Unit Price
The LP command solicits unit price data (in Steps 4 and 5) depending on the setting you chose in
the Price Data Format configuration parameter (SC command). When pulsing by quantity, you
may have selected 0 for no data or 2 for unit and total price. If you selected 2, you will be
prompted for unit price.
When pulsing in dollars (penny pulsing), you may have selected any of the options (0, no data, 1,
unit price, or 2, unit and total price). If you selected 0, 1 or 2, you will be prompted for unit price.
When pulsing by dollars, you must enter unit price even if you elect not to display the price data (0,
no data) because the quantity is calculated based on the unit price. For example, assume you
have a unit price on both the pump and the Series 1000 of one dollar (100 pulses per liter). A
person fuels his vehicle and the pump says he received 12.5 liters. The pump sends 1250 pulses
to the Series 1000. The Series 1000 divides the number of pulses by the unit price loaded
($1.00), and correctly records the quantity of 12.5 liters. However, if the unit price loaded into the
Series 1000 is $1.25 and the unit price at the pump is $1.00, the person at the pump withdraws
the 12.5 liters, the pump sends 1250 pulses to the Series 1000 and the Series 1000 divides the
number of pulses by the unit price loaded ($1.25). It then records an incorrect liter quantity of
10.0. This can cause numerous problems such as incorrect inventory readings, incorrect limit
cutoffs, and billing problems.
Assigning Timeout Values
Timeout values are assigned to ensure that the pumps are not activated and left unattended.
There are two timeout periods:
● Before Pump Activation - Interval in which the pump is activated by the system and the first
pulse is received.
●
After Pump Activation - Interval between turning off the nozzle (last pulse received) and
turning off the pump handle. This timeout is reset if additional pulses are received.
Timeout periods range from 1 to 180 seconds and can be set individually for each pump. A typical
timeout is 80 seconds. If either timeout period is exceeded during a transaction, the transaction
ends automatically, and a TIMED OUT message appears in the transaction error field.
If you have the extended pump timeouts option, the timeout value can be extended up to 3600
seconds (1 hour).