Set up a Hot Drink

HDC II Programming Guide

BLENDED SELECTIONS

Two new blended selections are offered with the Y and Z keys. Any two base products, a primary and secondary, can be blended from 15% to 85% in 5% increments. The primary product is dispensed first followed by the secondary creating a 'layer.' To reverse the order dispensed to the cup, invert the primary and secondary products. The blended drink will support condiments if condi- ments are valid for either of the base products.

Blended selections are configured in the

list item of the PRODUCT

CONFIG list. The Y and Z keys select the blended selections from the

BLEND

 

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list. Once the Y or Z key is pressed, you can select the blend selections and the

percentage. The arrow keys toggle between the selection and percentage list items and the 1 and 2 keys edit the primary and secondary products, respectively.

For example to set up the Y blended selection:

1.

Press

then press

until the screen displays

 

- *.

2.

Press Y; the screen now displays

 

#

 

# . # represents the primary/sec-

 

ondary products currently selected.

 

 

 

 

 

3.

Repeatedly press 1 until your selected primary product appears next to .

 

(NOTE: the selected secondary product will not be included in the available

 

primary products list.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.

Repeatedly press 2 until your selected secondary product appears next to

 

(NOTE: the selected primary product will not be included in the available

 

secondary products list.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.

Press

. The screen displaysBLEND

.

represents the

 

percentage of the primary and secondary products selected.

 

6.

Press 1 to increase the primary product percentage, or press 2 to increase

 

the secondary product percentage. (NOTE: the alternate product percent-

 

age value is automatically changedY1to.

totalY2.100%).

BLEND

Y1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Y2

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Crane Merchandising Systems 673, 677, 675 manual Blended Selections

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