Programming Intro

Refreshment Center Operators’ Guide

Control Panel Switches Explained

Each of the control panel switches has one or more jobs to do. This list will give you a short overview of those jobs.

Press this button to put your machine into the Price Setting mode. You can see maximum and minimum machine prices, and change prices for entire machine, entire tray, or individual selection.

Press this button to set up how the Free Vend mode will operate.

Press to view the temperature of a cold unit (if applicable), or software version number.

Press this button to:

Select display language

Select coin mechanism and bill validator

Select card reader and options

Select monetary options

Set winner feature

Press this button to:

View total sales by machine, tray, or selection

View total vends by machine, tray, or selection

Clear resettable data

View Winners

View Time Data

View or set machine I.D.

Press this button to:

Download data into your portable data collection device (PDCD), OR

Set printer baud rate, depending upon which device you are using

Press this button to:

Set machine configuration

Set which trays are active

Set up SureVend™ options

Press this button to:

Set time of day

Set day, month, and year

Set Daylight Savings Option

Set up can unit options

Couple/uncouple tray motors

Set cold unit temperature

Set time of day intervals for inhibit, freevend, and discount vending

Edit messages

Select display messages

Press this button to:

Pay one or more coins from the coin mechanism.

Press this button to:

See any fault or condition that has placed the machine out of service (see "View

Diagnostic Messages" on page 91).

Press this button to:

Perform test vends

Test machine functions

Test Motors

Test displays

Press this button to:

Lock/Unlock access to functions

• Enter the Supervisor mode

• Set Printer or Dex Options

• Change Supervisor access code

• Turn Talker Mode On/Off

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480 specifications

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