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- Page 1 F3 P chnic cal Ma nual V 1.1...
- Page 2 The information contained here are property of DIGITAX Automotive Electronics Italy, and extremely confidential. Any disclosure, copying, distribution to third party is strictly prohibited.
- Page 3 Introduction About this Manual The F3plus Taximeter is designed to be, at the same time, easy to use and extremely powerfull. This manual is conceived to be user friendly, more graphical and easy to understand. In the first section are described the electrical connections, the ways to fix and lead the taximeter, how to assemble the sensor box. The second section explain the meter’s operative modes, the functions and the programming phase (Autotest, Statistical Memory, “Trip by Trip” buffer and the Tariff programming). The third sections contains the description of all the tariff programming parameters. The information contained here are property of DIGITAX Automotive Electronics Italy, and extremely confidential. Any disclosure, copying, distribution to third party is strictly prohibited.
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
Programming Keys ............................ 2 3 Tariff‐Show .............................. 2 4 "E‐Seal"‐ Electronic Sealing: 1st Section ..................... 2 5 "E‐Seal"‐ Electronic Sealing: 2nd Section .................... 2 6 F3 Plus Inscriptions ............................ 2 7 Embedded Printer ............................ 2 8 How to change the Paper Roll .......................... 28 Programming Parameters .......................... 2 9 The information contained here are property of DIGITAX Automotive Electronics Italy, and extremely confidential. Any disclosure, copying, distribution to third party is strictly prohibited. -
Page 5: Electrical Connections Table
You must install them by yourself GREY following the scheme. You will be responsable for every damage that you can cause for the fuse 2 A omission of these fuses. Digitax rejects every VIOLET legal responsability. fuse 2 A ... -
Page 6: Connectors - Pins Out
Conne ectors ‐ P Pins Out POWER SUP PERIPHERICAL ANSDUCER CONNECTO RS CONNETTORS NNECTOR BOTTOM V VIEW EGENDA OWER SUPPL Y ‐ connectio ons: INPUT B BATTERY + 12 2 VOLTS INPUT P PASSENGER D DETECT SENSO OR INPUT + +12 VOLTS CA AR LIGHTS INPUT G GROUND ( CA R BODY ) 12 VOLT TS (ROOF TO P LIGHT) Max x 3 A 12 VOLT TS POWER OU UTPUT (LIGHT T 1 ) Max 1 A A * ... - Page 7 How t to Fix the e Taximet ter Dashb board crew 3MA 7 x 29,5 mm nt View ALTER RNATIVES W WAYS TO FIX X THE TAXIM METER THOUT MO ODIFING TH E DASHBOA ARD Sealed to th he taximeter Screw 4MA 7x26 m mmm BY A VELCRO BY A DOUBLE SI DE STRAP GLUED TAPE The informat tion contained here are property of DIG GITAX Automotive Electronics Italy, an nd extremely confid dential. Any disclos sure, copying, distrib...
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Page 8: How To Assemble
Movem ment Sen nsor: How to o Assemb ble NSOR rews A Sheathing Screws s B Screws B Spee dometer Cable Clam ) Take out the in ternal wire om the sheathing 6 m/m ) Shorten the sh heating 36 Clamps ) Insert both en nds ... - Page 9 How t to Seal th he Taxime eter Regula ar Way of f Sealing t the Taxim meter 1 ealing Screw Sealing Bush Sealin ng Wire Sealing g Lead Disk Programming Cov her way to seal Sealing B Bush e Programming Co over Sealing Screw Sealing Disk (P Plastic or Lead) The informat tion contained here are property of DIG GITAX Automotive Electronics Italy, an nd extremely confid dential. Any disclos sure, copying, distrib bution to third party is strictl ly prohibited.
- Page 10 Taxim meter Dis play Displa ay Compos sition and d Inscript tion 6 4 1 8* 3 2 5 7 1. D Day / Night In ndication 2. T Tariff Index 3. F are Display ...
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Page 11: For Hire-Stopped-Hired
For Hi ire‐Stopp ped‐Hire The Op perative M Mode FOR HIRE TOPPED FOR HIRED The taximeter r works with 3 3 working mod des: n any of thes e modes it is possible to ha ave different functions act ived by press sing one of the e 5 taximeter’sb buttons: OP ‐ K1 ‐ K2 ‐ K3 3 ‐ K4 Compo onents need ed for the se ealing: FOR HIRE In ... -
Page 12: K" Constant
“K” Constant (Car Transmission Ratio) The “K Constant” is the number of pulses per Kilometer emitted by a transducer and received by a taximeter. K Constant = Pulses/Kilometer The pulses can be emitted by the car’s electronic transducer or, if the car is not provide of it, by the Digitax mechanical one. This constant can be knowed or be tested on road. How to find out the K‐Constant value (Autotest) Follow this procedure to find out the car tansmission ratio (K‐constant). For a right procedure it must be done in a road with a carefully marked distance of 1 Kilometer(default). Align carefully the car’s front wheels with the test distance‘s start line Autotest Finishing Point Autotest Starting Point Meters 1 Kilometer at Max 30 Km/Hour. Select For Hire position. Press K2 and K3 buttons at the same time. The fare display shows “Attest” for a few seconds and then the “For Hire ‐ Stopped ‐ Hired” signs light on together. Now start driving the test distance (1 kilometer) at 30 Km/Hour ... -
Page 13: Time And Date Setting
To set the Minutes press K4 button. Press OP button to enter in the Year programming. To decrease the Year number press K1 button. To increase the Year number press K2 button. Press K3 button to set the taximeter manufacturing year. Press OP button to end the programmin procedure and go back to For Hire position The information contained here are property of DIGITAX Automotive Electronics Italy, and extremely confidential. Any disclosure, copying, distribution to third party is strictly prohibited. -
Page 14: Time Synchro
Time Synchro THE F3 TIME CLOCK CAN BE SYNCHRONIZED TO EXACTLY THE 12:00 AM, ONCE EVERY 7 DAYS, BETWEEN THE 11:58 AND 12:02. The Time Synchro works only if the the manual time setting is disabled (Q 269=Yes). When the taximeter clock is between the 11:58 and 12:02, the clock can be synchronized at exactly 12:00 AM by pressing the K1 + K3 keys at the same time. The procedure ends automatically The information contained here are property of DIGITAX Automotive Electronics Italy, and extremely confidential. Any disclosure, copying, distribution to third party is strictly prohibited. -
Page 15: The Check Sum
Diagn nostic Sel f‐Test (C heck Sum With this p procedure it is p possible to: calculate the ta ariffs check sum m print out the ta ariff program. How to ente er the Self‐ T Test functio Select Fo or Hire position. Keep pres ss K1 key and stri ike K4 . Both disp plays will show in sequence the nu umbers from 0 to o 9. The print ter, ... - Page 16 Statistica al Memory How to o Read th e Statistic cal Memo ory Conten The taxime eter records an nd keeps data in n 2 Memory Blo ocks, each one divided in 45 lo ocations. The Block 1 allows to rea ad, print or eras se its informatio on whenever de esired. The Block 2 allows to rea ad and print its content but not t to erase it. The Block 1 is useful to co ontrol and anal lyze the workin g shift data. The Block 2 for its nature e is cumulative a and not erasab ble. How t o read the m memory bl locks inform mation...
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Page 17: Statistical Memory
Select For Hire position. Press K1 and K2 at the same time to enter in the “Statistical Reading “ mode. The big display will show “Statis” for a few seconds. Now the sign “FOR HIRE” starts blinking. The small display shows in the right digits the location n. 1 (relative to the Over Speed memory location) and in its left digits the Block number. Press K4 button to print out the Over Speed events. For Hire sign stops blinking and the printer will start. Press OP button to end the printing procedure and go back to For Hire position. The information contained here are property of DIGITAX Automotive Electronics Italy, and extremely confidential. Any disclosure, copying, distribution to third party is strictly prohibited. -
Page 18: Statistical Memory
For Hire sign stops blinking for few seconds. P.S. If the printer is ON at the moment that the Erase operation is performed by pressing K4 button, all the locations content of Block 1 and Block 2 would be printed before being erased. 3 Press OP button to end the erasing procedure and go back to For Hire position. Advanced Functions enabled by the Black Programming Key Loc. Block Memory Content 4 1 Erase all the “Trip by Trip” Memories (wait a few seconds to complete) 6 1 Reset the Ticket Number 18 1 Erase Memory Block 2 (even if not allowed by setup) 19 1 Erase Memory Block 1 (even if not allowed by setup) 20 1 Erase Memory Blocks 1‐2 (even if not allowed by setup) The information contained here are property of DIGITAX Automotive Electronics Italy, and extremely confidential. Any disclosure, copying, distribution to third party is strictly prohibited. -
Page 19: Trip By Trip
The Extra display will show: in the left digit the block (1 o 2) and in the right digit the number of block location (1‐45). The Tariff display will show in the right digits the selected location data value. Press K2 button to reach the Memory location n. 3 Press K4 button to print the “Trip by Trip” memory location content starting from the last print out. The For Hire sign stops blinking for few seconds. Press OP button to end the print out procedure and go back to For Hire position. The information contained here are property of DIGITAX Automotive Electronics Italy, and extremely confidential. Any disclosure, copying, distribution to third party is strictly prohibited. -
Page 20: Trip By Trip
• EXPIRE Credit Card’s expiring date “Trip by Trip” Print Out Format Examples NORMAL TRIP BLACK TRIP SHIFT CREDIT CARD TRIP POWER OFF The information contained here are property of DIGITAX Automotive Electronics Italy, and extremely confidential. Any disclosure, copying, distribution to third party is strictly prohibited. -
Page 21: The Tariff
‐ Power on the taximeter. By default all the parameters programmed in Block 0 get loaded in the Working Block. ‐ Press OP button to pass in Hired position. Now Block 1 gets loaded in the Working Block updating the changed parameters values (Parameter 11 = 0 > 11). Ps. The parameter 15 define the start fare block. This is the block loaded when OP button is depressed to pass from For Hire to Hired position. The information contained here are property of DIGITAX Automotive Electronics Italy, and extremely confidential. Any disclosure, copying, distribution to third party is strictly prohibited. -
Page 22: The" Progdate
14 = Maintenance Expired 15 = Winter Time 16 = Dimmer Time 17 to 28 = select logo to be printed (only with “Printer Due” and specific firmware releases) Actions related to the programming Questions can be an absolute or relative block jump, a cost percentage or delta difference in the costs, or other similar actions. Please refer to the F3 manual for a detailed explanation of the effects of every specific one. The information contained here are property of DIGITAX Automotive Electronics Italy, and extremely confidential. Any disclosure, copying, distribution to third party is strictly prohibited. -
Page 23: Programming Keys
Progr ramming Keys The M1 Ta aximeter has tw wo different pro ogramming key ys: “Normal Key y” and “Memo ry Key”. To pro ogramme M1 p parameters, you should d insert one of t the two program mming keys in its own connec ctor. "Normal Key" ( (black colour) e enables all man ual programmi ing procedures ( AutoTest, Tar riff Programmin ng, Fares, Extras, Receipt and so on) "Memory Key" " (blue colour) e embodies a rew writable Eprom. It can do the fo ollowing operat tion: It records all ta aximeter data: ... -
Page 24: Tariff-Show
Tariff‐Show The "Tariff Show" is a viewer function located in a specific menu , which allows the view of the programmed parameters of all tariffs. The "Tariff‐Show" reading is included in a multi‐menu. This is the procedure to enter on it tAr Sh 1) Select For Hire mode4 2) Keep pressed K2 to enter in the menu selection 43) Select = (Tariff Show menu) by pressing K2 key 44)Comfirm by K4 the Tariff‐Show reading. Now the first Record is showed on the display To increase the parameter index press K4 To decrease the parameter index press K3 To Exit from the menu press OP Press to exit. The information contained here are property of DIGITAX Automotive Electronics Italy, and extremely confidential. Any disclosure, copying, distribution to third party is strictly prohibited. -
Page 25: E-Seal"- Electronic Sealing: 1St Section
(Clock +/‐ 2' syncro) Header Ticket (ticket heading programming) MES (Multi extra‐charge system programming) Clear Statistical Memory (memory block 1 reset) The "E‐Seal" Reading is included in a multi menu. This is the procedure to enter it: 1) Select FOR HIRE position 2) Keep pressed K2 to enter in the menu selection 3) Select E‐Seal menu by pressing K2 key 4) Confirm by K4 the E‐Seal reading. Now the first Record is showed on the display (see figure 1) To increase the record index press K4 To decrease the record index press K3 To print the on reading menu press K1 (switch on the printer) The information contained here are property of DIGITAX Automotive Electronics Italy, and extremely confidential. Any disclosure, copying, distribution to third party is strictly prohibited. -
Page 26: E-Seal"- Electronic Sealing: 2Nd Section
"E‐Seal"‐ Electronic Sealing: 2nd Section To read the second section is necessary to reach the last recorded event (max 99) by scrolling up all the first section by pressing K4 key. At the last recorded event of the first section, the second section can be selected and showed by pressing K4 key. It can be display in the following format: The information contained here are property of DIGITAX Automotive Electronics Italy, and extremely confidential. Any disclosure, copying, distribution to third party is strictly prohibited. -
Page 27: F3 Plus Inscriptions
F3 Plu us Inscrip ptions 1 For Hire statu us Indicator 2 Stopped stat tus Indicator 3 Hired status Indicator 4 Night Time In ndicator 5 Day Time Ind dicator 6 Brand Name and Model 7 Manufacture er Adress 8 Minimum an nd Maximum m Impulses pe er Km 9 Approval Nu mber 10 Serial Numbe er 11 ... - Page 28 Embe dded Pri inter How to o change the Paper r Roll 1 Slight tly move out bo oth printe er holders and pull up the p printer paper ho older 2 Take out the printer r cap to fit the paper roll 3 4 After having inserte d the p paper roll put th he printe er in its housing g ...
- Page 29 Progr ramming Paramet ters Here follo ows the comple ete list of F1 ta ariff parameter rs. They are 42 29 questions t o the user. r. Functions s Value e Index fo di isplayed tariff This is the numb ber or letter to be disp...
- Page 30 0 - 23 The time is given in whole hours with an accuracy of 1 hour. The allowed value goes from 0 (min) to 23 (max). It is also possible to specify half hours. In order to do this add The information contained here are property of DIGITAX Automotive Electronics Italy, and extremely confidential. Any disclosure, copying, distribution to third ...
- Page 31 1. The allowed value goes from 0 (min) to 65535 (max). See Q.273 and Q.274 for adding a fixed decimal point. The percentage is given with an accuracy of 0.1. The allowed value goes from 0 (min) to 6553.5 (max). Increase unit-cost in Prog-Date 3 - Should the unit-cost (Q.8 to Q.10) in Prog-Date 3 be increased based on the percentage (Q.65) ? No / Yes The information contained here are property of DIGITAX Automotive Electronics Italy, and extremely confidential. Any disclosure, copying, distribution to third party is strictly prohibited.
- Page 32 1. The allowed value goes from 0 (min) to 65535 (max). See Q.273 and Q.274 for adding a fixed decimal point. The percentage is given with an accuracy of 0.1. The allowed value goes from 0 (min) to 6553.5 (max). The information contained here are property of DIGITAX Automotive Electronics Italy, and extremely confidential. Any disclosure, copying, distribution to third ...
- Page 33 Priority of Prog-Date 4 -This is the number that corresponds with the priority that Prog-Date n. 4 has with respect to the other Prog-Dates. The allowed number goes from: No / Yes 8 (min. priority) to: 1 (max. priority). If two or more Prog-Dates have the same number then those Prog-Dates have the same priority. The information contained here are property of DIGITAX Automotive Electronics Italy, and extremely confidential. Any disclosure, copying, distribution to third party is strictly prohibited.
- Page 34 0 (No: every second) or: 1 (Yes: every metre). Act. Only Above cross-speed? (if not: Allw.) - Event Counter 2 should be activated only above the cross-speed? If not then it will allways be activated. The allowed No / Yes The information contained here are property of DIGITAX Automotive Electronics Italy, and extremely confidential. Any disclosure, copying, distribution to third ...
- Page 35 Available for any possible software extension In case Night/Holiday extras are added on Flag drop, have to be added also on Min. trip amount? No / Yes On Euro conversion apply the Arround function? No / Yes The information contained here are property of DIGITAX Automotive Electronics Italy, and extremely confidential. Any disclosure, copying, distribution to third party is strictly prohibited.
- Page 36 Q 216 / available for any possible software extension / to Q 218 Taxi-light ON in this tariff-block? - With Yes the taxi-light will go ON in the corrisponding tariff-block. No / Yes The allowed answer is either: 0 (No: OFF) or: 1 (Yes: ON). The information contained here are property of DIGITAX Automotive Electronics Italy, and extremely confidential. Any disclosure, copying, distribution to third party is strictly prohibited.
- Page 37 Block-number for light n. 3 ON: this is the number of the tariff-block where light number 3 should be ON. The allowed value goes from 0 (min) to 62 (max). 0 - 62 Prog-Date-number for light n. 3 ON: this is the number of the Prog-Date where light number 3 should be ON. The allowed value goes from 0 (min) to 8 (max). 0 - 8 The information contained here are property of DIGITAX Automotive Electronics Italy, and extremely confidential. Any disclosure, copying, distribution to third party is strictly prohibited.
- Page 38 OFF. The taximeter is 'woken-up' by either pressing the OP key or by the first pulse from the transducer. Also see Q.192. If the answer is 0 the minutes taximeter doesn't switch-off automatically anymore. Is this case it can only be switched-off manually by pressing in For-Hire position K2 and K4 together. The time is given in The information contained here are property of DIGITAX Automotive Electronics Italy, and extremely confidential. Any disclosure, copying, distribution to third party is strictly prohibited.
- Page 39 Use the 4 X 5 matrix for printing? - Should the 4 X 5 matrix be used to print the ticket? The allowed answer is either: 0 (No: don't use it) or: 1 (Yes: use 4 X 5 matrix). No / Yes Hide the driver number on the ticket? - Should the driver number be hidden on the ticket? The allowed answer is either: 0 (No: don't hide) or: 1 (Yes: hide). No / Yes The information contained here are property of DIGITAX Automotive Electronics Italy, and extremely confidential. Any disclosure, copying, distribution to third party is strictly prohibited.
- Page 40 No / Yes The allowed answer is either: 0 (No: don't divide) or: 1 (Yes: divide). PRE-PAID CARD Hide on the Ticket the message "Thanks"? No / Yes Enable on the Ticket the 3 lines footer? No / Yes The information contained here are property of DIGITAX Automotive Electronics Italy, and extremely confidential. Any disclosure, copying, distribution to third party is strictly prohibited.
- Page 41 The allowed answer is either: 0 (No: COM1) or: 1 (Yes: COM2). COM1 protocol is Digitax or custom? - The protocol used for data-transmission on COM1 is the Digitax protocol or a custom protocol? 0= Digitax See also Q.383, Q.384 and Q.386, Q.387. The allowed answer is either: 0 (No: Digitax protocol) or: 1 (Yes: custom protocol).
- Page 42 Nr. Functions Value See also Q.383 to Q.385 and Q.387. The allowed answer is either: 0 (No: Digitax protocol) or: 1 (Yes: custom protocol). 1= Custom Enable LogIn/LogOut commands? - The questions Q.387 and Q.389 are very much related to each other. They deal with command execution in relation with th status of being logged-in or logged-out.
- Page 43 Statistical memories chosen to be print ed out (value 0= print all from 17 to 32) 1-65535 Statistical memories chosen to be print ed out (value 0= print all from 32 to 45) 1-8191 from Q 415 / Available for any custom parameter / to Q 429 The information contained here are property of DIGITAX Automotive Electronics Italy, and extremely confidential. Any disclosure, copying, distribution to third party is strictly prohibited.
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