July, 2003

HDC II Programming Guide

Setup Time

TIME INTERVAL EDITING

You can select up to four times of day for each special vending period.

NOTE

If two or more of these time periods overlap, the interval with the

highest priority will overrule the other(s). This order of precedence is:

1.INHIBIT

2.FREEVEND

3.DISCOUNT

For example, if a DISCOUNT time period is scheduled for a certain area before the end of an INHIBIT time period, DISCOUNT does not begin until the INHIBIT interval has ended for that area.

The time interval editing procedure is almost the same for the INHIBIT, FREEV- END, and DISCOUNT intervals. There is one difference (Step 3 below) for the DISCOUNT time interval, so we will use it in our example. Assume you just fin- ished the "Set Time-of-Day Discount Vending", PAGE 45 procedure. Step 1 picks up where you left off . . .

1.

The display shows

DISCT

- - - - . Press the number of the time interval you

 

want to edit, or

 

 

 

 

 

 

to edit time interval 1 (we'll use interval 1 for this

 

 

 

example).

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

The display shows

 

 

or

This display tells you

 

enter the time for 3:301.DISCTpm, enterON1.DISCT461.DSCTXSTRTOFF.XXK==

6730018

 

whether your time interval (represented by 1) is on or off. Press

 

to

change the condition of the time interval.

NOTE

If you turn an interval ON, it must be edited. You can edit a

time interval now, then turn it OFF until another time.

3.

Press

. The display shows

. "X" represents the discount

 

percentage for this period. Enter a discount percentage of 25 with the num-

 

ber keys. (Discount percentages of from 0 to 99 are permitted.) The

 

machine will apply a 25% discount to each price, rounding up to the nearest

 

nickel (or whatever is the smallest coin accepted by the coin mechanism).

4.

Press

. The display shows

X.XX is the currently set

 

start time. Enter a new start time (24-hour format) for this interval. To

 

 

1530.

 

 

 

 

 

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Crane Merchandising Systems 673, 677, 675 manual Time Interval Editing, Inhibit Freevend Discount

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