Document #101-0086
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5/22/07
III. OPERATION
NORMAL OPERATION
When a customer drives up to the Autocashier, they are greeted by a bright display that welcomes and/
or instructs them on how to proceed.
When operating in the FEE ON ENTRY or FEE ON EXIT mode a flat fee is charged depending on
which time zone is active. The customer is prompted to deposit that amount. Once the customer has
deposited enough credit in money, tokens, credit or Tokenotes to pay the parking fee, the transaction
is complete. At this point, the GL-ACW-P will:
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Return any necessary change.
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Activate the gate.
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Signal the driver to proceed by displaying the Proceed Messages.
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After several seconds of displaying the message, the display will return to the se-
quencing Welcome Messages and the system prepares for the next transaction.
When operating in the FEE BY TIME mode a customer exiting the lot is first prompted to enter the
code from the ticket issued at the point of entry. The Hamilton Time Pass system then calculates the
elapsed time and computes the fee. Next, the customer is prompted to deposit that amount. Once
the customer has deposited enough credit in money, tokens, credit or Tokenotes to pay the parking
fee, the transaction is complete. At this point, the GL-ACW-P will:
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Return any necessary change.
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Activate the gate.
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Signal the driver to proceed by displaying the Proceed Messages.
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After several seconds of displaying the message, the display will return to the se-
quencing Welcome Messages and the system prepares for the next transaction.
AUXILLARY STATUS RELAYS
There are four relays located on the left side of the Relay Panel numbered 1 – 4 (see Figure 2-2).
Relay 1 fires momentarily when the GL-ACW-P has completed the transaction to signal the gate to
open. The normally open contacts for Relay 1 are at terminals A1 and A2 on the Relay Panel. The
remaining three relays provide some optional status signals as follows:
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Relay 2 goes active at the same time as relay 1, to open a gate. A typical application for
Relay 2 would be to connect it to an external counter to keep track of the number of cars
entering or exiting the lot. The normally open contacts for Relay 2 are at terminals A3 and
A4 on the Relay Panel.
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Relay 3 goes active whenever events 1–8 are active and goes off when the base event 0 is
active. This signal is intended for use with the Hamilton Time Pass system in order to inhibit
the Ticket Dispenser from issuing a ticket when the Autocashier is in one of the higher
