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ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL ZLP MANAGER OWNER’S MANUAL Release 1.2 USA – June 2005 1/89...
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ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL Il costruttore si riserva il diritto di modificare, senza preavviso, le caratteristiche delle apparecchiature presentate in questa pubblicazione; declina inoltre ogni responsabilità per le eventuali inesattezze imputabili ad errori di stampa e/o trascrizione contenute nella stessa. Le istruzioni, i disegni, le tabelle e le informazioni in genere contenute nel presente fascicolo sono di natura riservata e non possono essere riprodotte né...
SUGGESTIONS FOR USING THE SOFTWARE ZLP MANAGER CORRECTLY ..5 1.3.1 BACKUP FUNCTION........................6 REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE..................6 2. ZIP LOADER PLUS MANAGER SOFTWARE SETTINGS............7 CONNECTION VIA 232/485 ..................... 7 CONNECTION VIA ETHERNET..................8 2.2.1 ETHERNET BOARD CONFIGURATION ..................8 2.2.2...
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ERRORS DUE TO MANAGEMENT BY USER .............. 68 MAINTENANCE TOOLS ....................69 9. GUIDE TO THE CONVERSION OF THE ZIP LOADER PLUS VERSION 1.3.0 OR LATER TO THE NEW ZIP LOADER PLUS MANAGER VERSION 1.0 ............71 10. SUMMARY OF DATA RETRIEVED FROM THE SYSTEM ............. 73 10.1...
ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL INTRODUCTION With the Zip Loader Plus Manager software you can: 1. Control the sales made by one or more Zip Loader Plus units; 2. Control the revaluations deducted from the payroll; 3. Control meal reservations. Read this manual through carefully before starting to use the software ZLP Manager.
If there are problems with using the system always specify: 1. The firmware version installed on the Zip Loader Plus used; 2. The Zip Loader Plus Manager software version used; you can find this information in the Info menu. 3. Operating system used;...
ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL ZIP LOADER PLUS MANAGER SOFTWARE SETTINGS To access the parameter settings for software operation, select the "Settings" key or press From here it is possible: 1. To set the parameters for communication between ZLP and the PC;...
CONNECTION VIA ETHERNET When installing the optional Ethernet board on the Zip Loader Plus unit, it's possible to exploit the company's existing network to control one or more Zip Loader Plus units.
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ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL Set the parameters as shown in the following figure: In detail these parameters are: 1. Baud rate: 57600 2. Data bits-Parity-Stop bits: 8-N-0 3. Hardware handshake: disabled 4. TCP bridge port: 5555 5. Tcp bridge inactivity timeout: 2’ 6.
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ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL The page shown in the following figure appears: Select “IP Configuration”. Set the IP Address, Netmask and Gateway if necessary with the values given to you by your network administrator (see figure below). Do not activate the BOOT/DHCP option. 11/89...
ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL 2.2.2 VERIFYING ETHERNET BOARD CONFIGURATION Once the Ethernet board is configured, check that the network settings are correct. The procedure is as follows: 1. Select Start Run: 2. Tap in “cmd” and press OK: The commands prompt appears: 14/89...
ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL 3. Tap in “ping XXXXX” and press enter (XXXXX is the IP address assigned to the Ethernet board). 4. If everything has been configured correctly a screen page like the one shown in the following figure appears, where the percentage of lost packages should be 0: If, instead, there is an output like the one shown in the following figure, where the percentage of lost packages is 100%, you must recheck the Ethernet baord configuration parameters.
ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL 2.2.3.1 REGISTRING THE UNITS' ADDRESSES 1. Choose "Ethernet" as the functioning mode: 2. Press the "Insert" key: 3. Set the machine code and IP address assigned to the ZLP unit's Ethernet board. Press OK to confirm. It's useful to choose a Machine Code that reminds you of the IP address assigned to the unit itself.
2. Multiple Connection: the ZLP Manager sw communicates with more than one machine. SINGLE CONNECTION With this functioning mode the system receives the data from just one Zip Loader Plus unit. To set this functioning mode: 1. Choose "Single" in the "Connection" field.
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Connection" option: 1. Send setup file to the Zip Loader Plus unit. 2. Transferring the Users Database to the Zip Loader Plus unit (see ‘Transferring the User database to the ZLP units’). If you choose the "Multiple Connection" functioning mode, the Machine Codes of the Zip Loader Plus units must be different.
Each time there is a sale or revaluation using the payroll deduction function , the ZLP Manager software downloads the transaction from the Zip Loader Plus unit into its own database. If the software is set to work in the "Ethernet multiple" mode it will communicate cyclically with all the registered Zip Loader Plus units, downloading all data from them.
ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL PASSWORD The Zip Loader Plus Manager Software lets you set a protection password against unauthorised access. To set the password enter the “Connection” menu and click on Password. Tap in the password, confirm it and then press “OK”.
ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL ZIP LOADER PLUS SETUP The Zip Loader Plus parameters can be set with the Zip Loader Plus Manager software. To do it you will need the Maxi Key Setup software. The procedure is the following: 1. Launch the Maxi Key Setup software 2.
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5. Once the parameters are set, save your configuration by pressing the key 6. Press the "Export" key to export the file to the format used by the Zip Loader Plus Manager software; 7. Select the position where you want to save the file;...
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ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL 8. Execute the Zip Loader Plus Manager software; 9. Select Connection Transfer Setup on ZLP; 10. Select the setup file you wish to transfer to the unit and press open; 11. Transfer of the file begins;...
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Pay attention to the following things: 1. If you alter the pass code/security code parameters in the ZLP unit they will also have to be altered in the Zip Loader Plus Manager software (see the ‘ZLP Manager Software Settings’ section).
• Selecting the key (or the Users Database Send User menu) the data of the user selected can be sent to the ZIP Loader Plus unit. • Selecting the key (or the Users Database Send All Users menu) the data of the users can be sent to the ZIP Loader Plus unit.
4. PIN Code: the Pin code is generated automatically by the system; it may be modified, choosing a 5-digit number between 00000 and 65535. 5. Charge limit: this is the maximum sum the user can load on each of the Zip Loader Plus units in the period specified in the Period field.
Charge Limit value. The month begins on the 1st of each month for the system. Example: Supposing we have three Zip Loader Plus units at our disposal and to have set, for user Tom, a Charge Limit of $20.00 at a Monthly Period; the user can recharge in one month (where the month starts on the 1st of the month for the system) a maximum of $60.00 (Charge Limit x number of...
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ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL From here it is possible to: 1. Add/edit/delete a Department. 2. Print out all the users belonging to a certain Department. 1. Select the Departments Add menu, to add a Department. Tap in the name of the Department and press OK. The Department selected can be modified/deleted by selecting the Departments Edit menu.
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ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL b) Select the Departments Print menu. 29/89...
ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL 4.1.4 PRINTING USER DATA Once the users have been entered in the ZIP Loader Plus Manager software, the data and instructions for accessing the payroll deduction function can be printed for each user as shown in the following figure: To customise both the heading and revaluation instructions, access the menu "...
1. Select the user to be disabled from this service. 2. Press the "Edit User" key 3. Set the "Status" field on "Disabled”. 4. Update the ZIP Loader Plus units by sending all the users following the procedure described in the next paragraph. 31/89...
This represents the PIN code assigned to the user. It must be a value inclusive between 1 and 65535. If this field is not specified, the Zip Loader Plus software will automatically assign one to the user. The assigned code is a random number selected between 1 and 65535.
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ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL 7. CHARGE LIMIT This represents the maximum credit that the user can recharge in the given period, withholding it from salary. If not specified in the source file, the software assigns each user the value specified in the default section of the "Import Users"...
ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL 4.2.2 CREATION OF SOURCE FILE USING NOTEPAD The procedure for generating a source file using NotePad is the following: 1. Open the NotePad software. 2. Insert one user per line, following this syntax: field [SEPARATOR] field [SEPARATOR]. Only one of the following characters can be used as separators: •...
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ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL 2. Insert one user per line, following this syntax: field [SEPARATOR]field[SEPARATOR]. Only one of the following characters can be used as separators: • • The order of fields must be as specified in the § ‘Data to be inserted in the source file’. 3.
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ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL Type in the name with which you want to save the file and select “Plain text” as file type, then press "Save". The "File Conversion" window will open. Select as "Text encoding" "Windows (Default)" and press OK. 36/89...
ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL In the example shown, the character “;” has been used as a separator. 4.2.4 CREATION OF SOURCE FILE USING EXCEL The procedure for generating a source file using Excel is the following: 1. Open the Excel software. 2.
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ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL You will notice that only three obligatory fields and an optional field (period) have been specified. Select File Save As. 38/89...
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ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL Type in the name you want to save the file and select “Text (Tab delimited)” as file type. Press “Save”, then confirm the operation with the two messages by pressing OK and “Yes”. 39/89...
ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL The file is now ready to be imported. 4.2.5 IMPORTING THE SOURCE FILE To import the previously generated file, launch the Zip Loader Plus Manager software and select the key “Users Database”. Press the key "Import Users"...
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ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL The fields marked with an asterisk (Key Number, Last name, First name) are mandatory and, therefore, must be present in the source file, whereas the other fields should be ticked only if they are present in the source file. For fields which are not ticked, the default values in the section on the right will be used.
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ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL The result will be the following: 42/89...
This data transfer function is not available if the system is working in the "Multiple Connection" Ethernet mode. So if the same database has to be transferred to several ZIP Loader Plus units utilising the Ethernet connection, proceed as follows: 1.
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5. Transfer the database following the procedure described previously; 6. Repeat from steps 1 to 5 for all the ZIP Loader Plus units to which you wish to transfer the database. It is also possible to send a single user at a time. This is useful if, for instance, it is necessary to change the datum of a user (Key number, Period, PIN).
All programme functions can be accessed from the main window that is displayed as soon as the programme is started. These are the functions of all the keys: • Activate the connection with the Zip Loader Plus unit (this function may also be accessed by selecting the Connection Connect menu). •...
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ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL • Close the programme. The Zip Loader Plus Manager software can store all sales made in the Zip Loader Plus units connected to it. The following information is recorded for each sale: • User ID ID of the user who did the buying;...
ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL The possible options are: • Today Sales made today • Last 7 days Sales made in the last 7 days • Last 30 days Sales made in the last 30 days • All sales stored by the system are viewed starting from the day it was installed.
ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL SEARCH ON SALES You have access to the Sales Search function by selecting the Data Sales Sales Search menu: The following options are available: 1. Date: the date when revaluation took place; 2. Hour: the Hour revaluation took place; 3.
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ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL The software shows the result of your search: If you press the "Print" key you can print the results of your search. 49/89...
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ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL A printout example is given in the following figure: Besides the result of your search, the printout also gives the following information: 1. Printout date. 2. Filter used for the search. 3. Total amount of the sales that meet the conditions defined by your search filter. 4.
ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL If you select the Excel key in the Sales Search window, you will be able to view your search in an Excel file as shown in the following figure. Save the file so you can use it for subsequent processing. ANALYSIS OF SALES DATA By selecting Data Sales...
ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL The possible analyses are: • Top 10 Sales. • Total Products Sold. 5.3.1 TOP 10 PRODUCTS SOLD With this type of analysis and by means of a "cake" graph, you can see which is the top ten most sold products.
ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL The following information is given in the graph for each product: • Product Name; • Total Quantity Sold; • Percentage of sales on the total sales calculated over a period of time and on the machine code selected.
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ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL 4. Press OK to have the report wanted. The name viewed is the same stored in the Zip Loader Plus unit where the sale took place. 54/89...
Zip Loader Plus unit. For further details, refer to the Zip Loader Plus Owner's Manual. The Zip Loader Plus unit determines which shift the reservation applies to in the following manner: • Sale carried out in time range 1 Reservation for shift 1 •...
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ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL If you select Reservation Excel, you can view the same information in Excel format: 56/89...
4. On the day set for payment, a list is printed out for the user with all the revaluations and each user pays what he/she owes. This procedures consists of the following steps: 1. Zip Loader Plus configuration; 2. Registration of the users in the ZIP Loader Plus Manager software; 3. Revaluations management. REVALUATIONS MANAGEMENT By selecting Data...
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ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL The following information is recorded for each revaluation: • User ID ID of the user who did the revaluation; • Key Number Key number of the user who did the revaluation; • Date/Hour The date and hour revaluation took place; •...
ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL 7.1.2 SEARCH ON REVALUATIONS By selecting the Revaluations Search Revaluations menu (or the button ) you gain access to the Revaluations Search function. You can use the following options to define your filter: • Date: the date when revaluation took place; •...
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ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL If you press the "Print" key you can print the results of your search. A printout example is given in the following figure: Besides the result of your search, the printout also gives the following information: •...
ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL If you select the Excel key instead you can export the result of your search to an Excel file, as shown in the following figure, so you can then use it for subsequent processing. 7.1.3 CALCULATING THE TOTAL AMOUNTS TO CHARGE TO EACH USER To access the interface for calculating the total amounts to charge to the users select Revaluations Total Revaluations menu (or select the key From here it is possible:...
ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL 7.1.4 CALCULATE AND PRINT THE TOTAL AMOUNTS TO CHARGE TO USERS The following procedure is used to calculate revaluations: Selection the period in which to calculate the total revaluations: Select the Period of the users for which you wish to calculate the total revaluations: If you want to calculate the total for all the users without taking their period into consideration, select “All”...
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ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL If you want to calculate the totals for all users select "No Constraints”. Select one of these two options: • Total revaluations: it calculates the totals to charge to each user • Full list Revaluations per Users: besides the totals to charge to each user, the software also views the list of all the revaluations carried out by each user in the period selected.
ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL To view the data in Excel format select the Excel key. 7.1.5 CALCULATE AND PRINT A FULL LIST OF REVALUATIONS PER USER By selecting the option "Full list Revaluations per Users" the software, besides generating a report with the totals to charge to each user, the same as the one presented in the previous point, also produces a report for each user with all the revaluations in the time interval selected.
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ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL To view the data in Excel format select the Excel key. It is possible to print, besides the list with the totals to charge to each user shown in the previous paragraph, a detailed list of the revaluations by user as shown in the following figure. 65/89...
ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL MAINTENANCE OF THE ZIP LOADER PLUS UNIT The Zip Loader Plus Manager software allows you to handle any abnormal situations which may arise during normal unit operation. Any problems which may arise are indicated by the software in the progress bar.
You should however check whether the transaction is correctly present in your database. 2. ZLP Data Error: The transaction has not been inserted in the database of the Zip Loader Plus Manager software because memorization problems have occurred in the unit. The data may be damaged, and therefore accuracy should be checked on a case by case basis.
By selecting the menu Info Debug, you can access the interface for monitoring operation of the Zip Loader Plus to which the ZLP Manager software is connected. The meanings of the various sections are the following: 1. Com Status: represents communications status between PC and ZLP unit: a.
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Check the conditions of the cables used to connect the PC to the unit. iii. If the problem persists, contact technical service. 2. DB Status: represents the status of the databases memorized in the Zip Loader Plus unit. DB Events: Represents the status of the database where the transactions are memorized in the Zip Loader Plus unit.
The Zip Loader Plus Manager version 1.0 software uses a new and more modern database. It is possible to import the data used by the Zip Loader Plus software version 1.3.0 or later in order to use them with the new Zip Loader Plus Manager version 1.0 software.
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9. The following message indicates that the database has been correctly imported; 10. Uninstall the dbImport and Zip Loader Plus software; 11. It is now possible to use the Zip Loader Plus Manager version 1.0 software. If you have already started using the Zip Loader Plus Manager software, for example by inserting users or downloading transactions, the previously described procedure cannot be used.
ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL SUMMARY OF DATA RETRIEVED FROM THE SYSTEM 10.1 PROGRAMMING ZLP UNIT AND PRICE TABLE: 10.1.1 ZLP printer + programming key Data format: receipt 10.3 DETAILED SALES STATISTICS: 10.2 MAIN STATISTICS: 10.3.1 Maxi Key DB9 from DB9 connector + Software Box32 10.2.1 Maxi Key DB9 from DB9 Data format: Excel...
ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL 10.1 PROGRAMMING ZLP UNIT AND PRICE TABLE Purpose: to view all the parameters programmed in the system and the price table (cash prices, key, discount level 1,2,3). 10.1.1 TOOL: ZLP PRINTER + PROGRAMMING KEY Data format: receipt. To enable printing with the programming key see the ZLP Owner’s Manual.
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ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL Example of printing the price list: 75/89...
ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL 10.2 MAIN STATISTICS Purpose: to view the system's main statistic data. 10.2.1 TOOL: MAXI KEY FROM CONNECTOR DB9 + BOX32 SOFTWARE Data format: traditional (.box). Data viewed: a sheet is displayed for each machine giving the cash sales, key sales, recharges, historical data, list of coins and bills and User Group.
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ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL Data format: Excel. Data viewed: each machine is viewed horizontally on an Excel sheet. The information given refers to cash sales, key sales, recharges and historical data. Excel printing example: 77/89...
ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL 10.2.2 TOOL: ZLP PRINTER + PROGRAMMING KEY Data format: receipt. To enable printing with the programming key see the ZLP Owner’s Manual. Data viewed: cash sales, key sales, recharges, historical data and a list of coins and bills. Example of main statistics: 78/89...
ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL 10.3 DETAILED SALES STATISTICS Purpose: to view the sales for the 60 selections. 10.3.1 TOOL: MAXI KEY FROM CONNECTOR DB9 + SOFTWARE BOX32 Data format: extended Excel. Data viewed: each machine is viewed vertically on an Excel sheet. The number of pieces sold with cash, key, discount level 1,2,3, list of bills and coins as well as historical data are given.
ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL 10.3.2 TOOL: ZLP MANAGER SOFTWARE Data format: new format. Data viewed: searches are possible by key number and time interval. Printing example with new format: 80/89...
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ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL Data format: Excel. Data viewed: searches are possible by key number and time period. Excel printing example: 81/89...
ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL 10.3.3 TOOL: ZLP PRINTER + PROGRAMMING KEY Data format: receipt. To enable printing with the programming key see the ZLP User Manual. Data viewed: selection names, prices and number of pieces sold for cash and key. The data printed by the system are those referring to all sales since the last data reading (Previous acquisition date).
ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL 10.4 RESERVATIONS IN TWO SHIFTS Purpose: to print the reservations of the 2 shifts to know beforehand how many meals that day. 10.4.1 TOOL: ZLP MANAGER SOFTWARE Data format: new format. Data viewed: total reservations by selection with name. Printing example with new format: 83/89...
ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL 10.4.2 TOOL: ZLP PRINTER + PROGRAMMING KEY Data format: receipt. To enable printing with the programming key see the ZLP Owner’s Manual. Data viewed: total reservations by selection with name. The data printed by the system are those referring to all reservations since the last data reading (Previous acquisition date).
ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL 10.5 REVALUATIONS USING PAYROLL DEDUCTION Purpose: to view the recharges by key number 10.5.1 TOOL: ZLP MANAGER SOFTWARE Data format: new format. Data viewed: searches are possible by time period on the total recharges by key number or on the list of revaluations operations by key number.
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ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL Data format: Excel. Data viewed: searches are possible by time period on the total recharges by key number or on the list of revaluations by key number. Example: 86/89...
ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL 10.5.2 TOOL: ZLP PRINTER + PROGRAMMING KEY Data format: receipt. To enable printing with the programming key see the ZLP Owner’s Manual. Data viewed: searches are possible by date and key number. The searches viewed are those referring to transactions stored in the memory of the system As a matter of fact, the system can be programmed either to overwrite the memory when it's full, reaching 200 or 3,200 transactions, or to stop when this limit is reached.
ZLP MANAGER: OWNER’S MANUAL 10.6 MAXI BOX FUNCTION IN ORDER TO STORE ALL TRANSACTIONS Purpose: to have additional information that the above described tools are unable to provide. Additional information: system errors, complete list of recharges using cash, total credit in the keys by account.
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