Necta Astro, Installation, Operating And Maintenance Manual

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TIME BANDS
Four programmable time bands are provided for selling
products at different prices.
The time periods are programmable for beginning and end
time by hours (00 to 23) and minutes (00 to 59).
If the values for start and end of the time band are set to
00.00 the time period is disabled.
The reference time is kept by an internal clock, programma-
ble as:
day/month/year week-day 1-7
and then
hour/minutes/seconds.
If the values for start and end of the time band are set to
00.00 the time period is disabled.
COIN MECHANISMS
It is possible to decide which of the payment system
protocols available are to be enabled for the functions.
The available payment systems are:
- Executive
- Validators
- BDV
- MDB
By selecting one of the systems it is possible to control its
functions.
EXECUTIVE
The following payments systems are available for the
Executive system:
- Standard
- Price Holding
- Coges
- U-Key
- Sida
VALIDATORS
When the “Validat. Lines” (line setting) function of the
“Technician” menu is displayed, the value of the 6 validator
coin lines can be changed.
BDV / MDB
The BDV and MDB protocol menus are relatively similar:
The following structure shows the differences.
Type of vending
Setting the operating mode for multiple or single dispens-
ing. With multiple dispensing, the change is not automati-
cally returned after a successful selection, however the
credit is available for further selections. When pressing the
coin return button, the available credit is returned if its value
is lower than the maximum change value.
Credit control
This function enables/disables the return of credit if no
selections are made.
If enabled, this function will hold the credit until the first
selection has been made. If however a selection fails for
any reason, the change will be returned if requested.
Maximum credit
This function is used to define the maximum accepted
credit.
Maximum change
It is possible to set a limit to the total amount of change
returned by the coin mechanism when pressing the coin
return button or after a single dispensing serving.
The value can be 0 to 250 basic coins. Any credit exceeding
the amount programmed with this function will be cashed.
Accepted coins
It is possible to define which, among the coins recognised
by the validator, are to be accepted.
Check the label on the coin mechanism for the correct coin
to value matching, indicating the position of the coins.
Rejected coins (BDV only)
This function programs the rejection of coins when in “exact
amount” mode.
Check the label on the coin mechanism for the correct coin
to value matching, indicating the position of the coins.
Disabled coin return (MDB only)
This function disables the return of a specific coin.
Dispensing buttons (BDV only)
This function enables or not the buttons on the coin
mechanism used to release the coins in the change return
tubes.
Value of “exact amount” (BDV only)
This value defines the combination of empty coin tubes,
setting the coin mechanism in “exact amount” mode. The
possible combinations of empty coin tubes are indicated
below. For greater simplicity, the combination is described
with reference to tubes A, B and C, where tube A receives
the lower value coins and tube C the greater value coins.
0 = A or (B and C)
1 = A and B and C
2 = A and B only
3 = A and (B or C)
4 = A only
5 = A or B only (default)
6 = A or B or C
7 = A or B only
8 = A or C only
9 = B and C only
10 = B only
11 = B or C only
12 = C only