December 2004

Refreshment Center Operators’ Guide

Programming Procedures

 

 

COUPLE/UNCOUPLE TRAY MOTORS

Two motors may be electronically coupled to turn together to vend a wide product. In some cases, you may need to connect or disconnect the wire harness from a specific motor. See "Set Up A Tray To Vend Wide Products" on page 18.

NOTE:

An even numbered motor (0, 2, 4, etc.) may only be coupled to an odd numbered motor (1, 3, 5, etc.)

1.

Press

, then press

until the display shows

.

2.

Press the letter of the tray you want to couple, or press

 

to couple motors on tray

 

 

 

A, then press

to get to the desired tray.

 

 

COUPLE ADJACENT MOTORS:

 

 

 

 

a. The display shows

. This display means that on the A tray, all

 

adjacent motors (0 and 1, 2 and 3, etc.) are coupled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE:

 

 

 

 

 

The +s and As represent motor positions 0 through 9.

b. On the control panel, press the EVEN motor number of the pair you wish to couple or uncouple. In our example, to uncouple motors 0 and 1, press 0. The display will

now show.

COUPLE NON-ADJACENT MOTORS:

b. On the controlA.A.+panel,A.A.A..+.A.+.+.A.pressA.++.A..A.+the.A.motor number of the even motor of the motor pair you wish to couple or uncouple. For example, to uncouple motors 2 and 5, press 2. The + representing motor number 2 changes to a C. Please note that the left motor of a coupled pair MUST be an even-numbered motor.

a. Disconnect the motor(s) between the two you want to couple. See "Connect and

 

 

CPLMTRS

Disconnect a Motor Harness" on page 24 for information on how to do this. The

display shows

. This display means that on the A tray, adjacent

motors 0 and 1 are NOT coupled, 2 is coupled to 5, 6 is coupled to 7, and 8 is

coupled to 9.

 

 

 

NOTE:

The +s and As represent motor positions 0 through 9. If a motor is

disconnected or not present (motors 3 and 4 in this example),

 

its+position.A.+.A.+.A.+is.A.replaced+.AK

by an empty space.

3. CONTINUE.

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Crane Merchandising Systems 480 manual COUPLE/UNCOUPLE Tray Motors, Couple NON-ADJACENT Motors

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