MacKay Guardian SOLO, Руководство по эксплуатации и обслуживанию

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MacKay Guardian™ Solo
Operation and Maintenance Guide, v. 1.5
purchase time is now used up and the display either goes into a predetermined
overtime period (Grace or Penalty) or shows the EXPIRED message (Violation).
6.2 Card Operation
All cards inserted activate the meter through the mechanical activation of a small, sealed, contact
switch at the back of the card reader assembly. The card must be fully inserted to activate the
switch. When activated, the meter provides power to the card, and determines whether the card
is a valid client smart card. If the card is not identified it may be a credit card which will be read
by the magnetic head reader as the card is removed.
A valid card normally contains stored value for parking, which is organized on the card as a count
of full tokens, plus any additional value currently held in a partial token counter or register on the
card. Each card token has a predetermined value, for example $0.25 (token value). The partial
token counter or register has a resolution of $0.01 (partial token value). These values are
determined up front, and then are set by the manufacturer during the manufacturing of the card.
This is an irreversible process. That is, once the card token values have been set by the
manufacturer, you cannot change the token values of the card because the “fuse” has been
blown.
The token value is known by the meter, and based on the number of tokens counted the meter
multiplies this total by the token value assigned by the customer. An example of this is if the
meter counted 200 tokens on the card and the value assigned by the issuer is $0.25 (200 x
$0.25), and there is zero in the partial token count, the value shown on the display is $50.00.
This means the customer has $50 parking dollars on their card.
However, certain criteria, such as Card Initial Purchase Increment, Card Initial Increment Count
and Card Purchase Increment, can be changed through profiles created and edited with
Sentinel™ MMS. Use of Sentinel™ MMS is beyond the scope of this manual. Please consult
new supplemental Sentinel™ MMS documentation regarding the creation of card profiles, or your
MacKay Customer Service Representative for further details.
Certain card schemes can use either re-loadable or disposable cards, and are customizable
within the meter application, created and provided by MacKay. Please contact your MacKay
Customer Service Representative for further details on supporting other cards on the Solo.
Zero cash value remaining will be indicated with a display of zero or an appropriate message
appearing on the meter’s LCD. Under normal circumstances, the card is only removed once the
desired amount of parking time has been purchased.
The Solo electronic parking meter normally operates in the following manner when a standard,
authorized, token card is inserted (actual behavior is dependent upon the specifications of the
token card scheme deployed):
 The meter attempts to validate the inserted card. This process is indicated to the
user through the message “Processing” on the display.
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