Summary of Contents for Crane Merchandising Systems 325
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This machine has been engineered to our own rigid safety and performance standards. It has been designed to comply with sanitation and health guidelines recommended by the Automatic Merchandising Health-Industry Council (AMHIC) and it conforms with all other NAMA safety recommendations. This machine has been manufactured in accordance with the safety standards of both Underwriter’s Laboratories and the Canadian Standards Association.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Initial Set-up ... 1 Power Requirements ... 1 Water Requirements... 1 Final Installation ... 2 Install Options... 4 Get The Machine Ready To Vend Drinks ... 7 Adjustments and Minor Maintenance ... 12 Programming The Cold Drink Center... 17 Getting Around ...
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Set Up Cup Sizes ...35 Set Up A Drink ...36 Factory Default Throw Times and Volumes ...37 Blended Drinks ...38 Configure Pump Type...39 Configure Number of Selections ...40 Set Up Automatic Delivery Door Options...40 Assign Cup Sizes to Selections...41 Turn SureVend™ On or Off ...42 Optional or Mandatory SureVend™...42 Set Up the SureVend™...
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View Amount in Validator ...57 View Freevend Sales by Time Interval...57 View Discount Sales by Time Interval ...58 View Free Vends...58 View Winners ...58 View Time Data...59 View Total Unpaid Sales ...60 View Total Unpaid Vends ...60 View Number of Test Vends ...61 View Number of Mug Vends...61 View Number Of Alt Vends ...61 View Machine ID Number...61...
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide Power Requirements This merchandiser requires power as shown in the following table. NOTE: Each merchandiser should have its own electrical circuit. Country U.S., Mexico, and Canada International This merchandiser is supplied with a service cord for the country of use and is ter- minated in a grounding type plug.
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide Supply Line Requirements Locate supply line at the rear of the merchandiser. Equip the line with a shut-off valve. Flushing Water Supply Line Flush the water supply line before connecting it to the merchandiser. A minimum of five gallons is usually required before connecting the merchandiser to the sup- ply line.
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BRAND NAME LABELS FOR COLD DRINK SELECTIONS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE FOLLOWING SOURCES: National Beverage Screen Printers 609 East Main Street Williston, SC 29853-5272 Outside South Carolina call: 1-800-325-9021 Inside South Carolina call: 1-803-266-5272 Fax: 1-803- 266-5301 The suggested style is: NBS-57 Size: .81 x 2.62...
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide Install Options Install the coin box lock: a. Install the lock cylinder, washer, and nut in the order shown. b. Tighten the nut. c. Install the lock bar as shown, and secure with the screw. Mount the base plate brackets: a.
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Install the filter in accordance with the appropriate procedure: EVERPURE WATER FILTER INSTALLATION Check the water filter installation record. There is a place to write the vend num- ber on the cartridge. The cartridge is effective for a maximum of 10,000 18 oz.
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Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide HYDROLIFE FILTER INSTALLATION a. Place the filter inside the canister. Be sure the o-ring is seated in the canister just below the threads. b. Screw the canister and filter assembly onto the filter head until it comes to a stop.
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide Get The Machine Ready To Vend Drinks Fill the water bath: a. Open the convenience valve. b. Fill the water bath level with the carbonator top, or until water runs out the water bath overflow tube. Load and set up cold drink products: Bag-in-box machines: a.
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Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide OBSERVE PROPER HYGIENE - DO NOT TOUCH THE CUPS! d. Open the bottom of the wrapper on a stack of cups. e. Insert the wrapped cups into the turret and pull the wrapper out. DO NOT FILL CUPS ABOVE THE LEVEL MARKED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE CUP TURRETS OR ABOVE THE “FILL LINE”...
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Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide Set up the CO tank: A full CO tank can be dangerous if it is dropped or mishandled. Handle with care and keep the tank lid in place until the tank is properly secured in the merchandiser.
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Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide Not using a wrench on the tank side may damage the CO resulting in personal injury. Using two wrenches, tighten the line to the regulator. g. Insert the flat washer into the regulator nut. h.
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Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide BRIX Prime the Syrup System: Before trying to brix the machine: Operate each syrup valve (increase flow) to flush any air or water out of the tubing, pump, or syrup system. This resid- ual air and water is left in the system from factory leak testing and machine setup.
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide Adjustments and Minor Maintenance Emptying the bill stacker: Cup mechanism adjustment. a. Place seven cups in the cup ring. b. Observe the clearance as shown in view B. c. If necessary adjust by first loosening the adjustment arm screw (view A). d.
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Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide Testing the water pump flow The water pump should require between 13 and 21 seconds to completely refill the carbonator. To check the water flow, proceed as follows: a. Place a cup in the cup station and make sure the waste pail is in place. b.
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Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide a. Rotate the adjusting screw 1/8 turn: CLOCKWISE to decrease water throw. COUNTERCLOCKWISE to increase water throw. b. Repeat the testing steps until the water throw is as desired. (SEE WARNING) Testing the syrup throw: a.
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Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide Adjusting the Syrup Throw (DIAPHRAGM PUMP): a. Locate the adjusting block within the syrup pump. Momentarily activate the prime switch to put the adjusting block into clear view. NOTE When adjusting the crank arm adjuster screw, loosen the limit screw ¼...
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Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide Setting the icemaker water level: A proper level should be maintained within the icemaker. To determine the water level, a label is located on the icemaker that indicates the proper level in the melt-down tube. The icemaker water level is dependent upon the feeder cup water level.
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide Programming The Cold Drink Center Getting Around Getting around the Cold Drink Center software is pretty easy once you know the features that are available to you, and how to use them. The three main parts you will use are the SERVICE KEYPAD, the SELECTION SWITCH PANEL, and the DISPLAY.
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide The Displays The 10-character display performs two functions, and is referred to in this book as "the display": • It shows the customer's selection and how much credit is in the machine, as well as the ready, service, and time of day messages. •...
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide Some Conventions: All programming procedures assume that you are starting with the standby mes- sage showing in the display. If not, just press until you get there. Each programming procedure is highlighted by a pointing hand: so it will stand out.
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide Control Panel Switch Functions Explained Press this button to put your machine into the Price Setting mode. You can see maximum and minimum machine prices, and change prices for entire machine, entire tray, or individual selection. Press this button to set up how the Free Vend mode will operate.
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide SureVend™ SureVend™ ensures that a cup is always available in the cup station before any money is collected or product delivered. The sensing system is a beam of infra- red light across the cup station that is broken by the cup when it falls into position. The SureVend™...
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide An induced SureVend™ failure cannot cause an alternate vend from a selected small cup to a large cup at the small cup price. This protects the operator from customers trying to get large cup drinks at a small cup price. (SureVend™ will not automatically switch to a different cup size in mid-vend because it cannot be ensured that correct change will be returned for the new price.) To turn SureVend™...
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide Programming Procedures GAIN ACCESS TO THE SUPERVISOR MODE Press . The display shows: E N T E R C O D E . You must enter the four- digit supervisor code within 6 seconds to gain access. A new machine has a factory-set supervisor code of 0000.
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide ENTER A NEW DATA RECALL CODE (Supervisor Mode Only) If the proper non-zero code is entered, sales and non-resettable sales data can be viewed without opening the machine’s door. Follow the steps in "Gain Access To The Supervisor Mode" on page 23 Press , then represent the currently entered code.
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide SET TALKER MODE (Supervisor Mode Only) Follow the steps in "Gain Access To The Supervisor Mode" on page 23. Press , then Press to turn the talker option ON or OFF. Talker hardware must be installed for this to work. SET PRINTER OR DEX MODE (Supervisor Mode Only) Follow the steps in "Gain Access To The Supervisor Mode"...
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide SET DEX OPTIONS Follow the steps in "Gain Access To The Supervisor Mode" on page 23. Press , then validator totals transmitted to the DEX device: C A 3 0 4 = N . C . - the value of bills in the stacker will be transmitted in a cash for- mat.
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide SELECT DISPLAY LANGUAGE Press . The current LANGUAGE is shown in the display. Press to choose the desired language. Your choices are: E N G L I S H , D E U T S C H , F R A N C A I S , E S P A N O L , P O R T U G U E S , S W E D I S H , N E D E R L A N D S , or F I N N I S H .
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide SELECT BILL VALIDATOR AND OPTIONS Press , then press - No bills will be accepted or there is no bill validator installed N O D B V (you can exit the function). - The serial bill validator is selected and will accept $1, $2, S E R .
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide INITIAL SETUP OF NONSTANDARD BILL VALIDATOR Connect the bill validator, and follow the steps in "Select Bill Validator and Options" on page 28, to select M D B . 1 . 2 . 5 . 1 0 . 2 0 in the bill validator selection screens.
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide SELECT CARD READER AND OPTIONS Press , then press the display. Your choices are: N O C A R D , D U M B C A R D , or M D B C A R D . Press to choose the desired card reader.
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Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide Some examples: C H A N G E 0 . 0 0 - Forced vend; NO change returned without a purchase. C H A N G E . 2 5 - Returns change without purchase if all accepted coins are less than .25 denomination or have a payout tube.
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Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide Example: For a value of $0.25: if there is no change in the machine and the customer inserts a $1.00 bill, the customer can purchase a product for $0.75 even though the change cannot be paid back. The customer will be short- changed.
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide SET UP WINNER MODE At preselected intervals, a customer may receive a WINNER refund for a selection. You can select the interval and qualifying selections. Press , then press W I N N E R O F F Winner function is disabled. W I N X X X Winners are allowed at certain intervals, represented by "XXX".
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide AN EXAMPLE . . . You want to enable winners on all selections except E and F. Do the following: a. Press . The letters A through J appear in the display instead of the dashes.
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide SET UP CUP SIZES Make sure the cup sizes you select agree with the cups you have actually loaded during setup. Press then currently selected drink size for the cups in turret 2 (normally large cups), "Y" is the currently selected drink size for the cups in turrets 1A and 1B (normally regular cups).
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide SET UP A DRINK Be sure that the cup sizes you set in "Set Up Cup Sizes" on page 35, agree with the cup sizes actually in your machine. All procedures for setting up the drinks are similar, so this example will demonstrate how to set up the A selection, regular size drink.
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide Special Selections: Ice and Cup 1-8-4 (large cup) Carbonated Water 1-9-3 (large cup) Non-Carb. Water 1-9-4 (large cup) CONTINUE. FACTORY DEFAULT THROW TIMES AND VOLUMES Syrup Throw Cup Size Volume mL sec 3.40 3.6 4.80 5.0 5.30 5.7 6.40 6.7...
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide BLENDED DRINKS In addition to regular syrup drinks, specialty drinks can be produced by blending two syrups in a single drink. An example of this would be Iced Tea with Lemon. Use the regular tea syrup with the lemonade syrup to make tea with lemon. Other well-known combinations are Lemon Pepsi or Cherry Coke.
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide Spritz Drinks Spritz drinks are special versions of blended drinks that require a slightly different setup. The idea is to dispense a cold water drink with just a hint of flavoring. An example would be water with lemon. You can easily do this with a blended setup by doing the following: Set up all times as you would with a water only drink.
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide CONFIGURE NUMBER OF SELECTIONS (Supervisor Mode Only) Press , then S I X S E L E C T - The machine can vend six selections. E I G H T S E L - The machine can vend eight selections. Press to configure the number of selections in your machine.
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide ASSIGN CUP SIZES TO SELECTIONS (Supervisor Mode Only) You can load up to two different sizes of cups in your machine (see "Set Up Cup Sizes" on page 35). You may not always want a certain selection to use all of the cup sizes in your machine.
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide TURN SUREVEND™ ON OR OFF Press then S U R E . V O F F : None of the SureVend™ functions are available. Use this if the SureVend™ system is not installed, or there is some reason you do not want to use it (for example in a high cup theft situation).
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide SET UP THE SUREVEND™ ANTI-JACKPOT TIMER Press then XX represents how many minutes SureVend™ will be disabled for either cup ring. The same value applies to the two timers (one on each ring). Enter a number using either keypad. If any cup ring motor fails to deliver a cup on two consecutive attempts, the cup ring goes out of service.
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide SET THE TIME OF DAY Press . The display shows T I M E H H . M M . "HH.MM" is the time of day in 24-hour format. Enter the current time using the number keys. 9:00 am is entered with a leading zero, like this: 0900;...
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide SET TIME-OF-DAY INHIBIT VENDING Vending can be inhibited up to four times a day. Press , then press See "Time Interval Editing" on page 46 for an example of how to set up time-of-day inhibited vending. CONTINUE.
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide TIME INTERVAL EDITING You can select up to four times of day for each special vending period. 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: 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.
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Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide Press . The display shows 1 . S T O P X . X X . time. Enter a new stop time (24-hour format) for this interval. To enter the time for 6:00 pm, enter 1800. You have now established a 25% discount that starts at 3:30 pm and ends at 6:00 pm.
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide SELECT A STANDBY MESSAGE STANDBY MESSAGE Press , then press "XX" represents the current message number selected for the standby message. Two dashes mean that the factory-set message is selected. To select a message, just press the corresponding number (1 through 8). To display the factory-set message, press 0.
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide SELECT A FREEVEND MESSAGE Press , then press "XX" represents the current message number selected for the message that displays when the machine is in freevend mode. Two dashes indicate that the factory-set message is selected. To select a message, just press the corresponding number (1 through 8).
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Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide Instead of stepping through the whole character set to enter a letter that is not on your keypad, enter one close to the one you want, then step to it. Example: If you want to enter an L, first press then press The End Of Message Character This is the most important character in your message, because it...
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide VIEW MACHINE CONFIGURATION SETTING Press . The display shows the configured syrup pump type. Press . The display shows the configured number of selections. Press . The display shows the configured automatic vend door setting.
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide VIEW CUP SIZES ASSIGNED TO SELECTIONS Press , then press 0 . - - C - - - G -. This example shows that regular size cups are assigned to selections C and G. Press to view the rest of the available selections.
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide SET PRICES Press . The display shows something similar to: display shows the maximum and minimum prices set in the machine. In this example, the maximum price is $2.50 and the minimum is $0.25. Enter prices as using one of the following methods: SET ENTIRE MACHINE TO ONE PRICE .
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide VIEW DATA FOUR DIFFERENT WAYS Paid sales and vends can be viewed four different ways: ** $ X X . X X - Total Paid Sales for the machine 0 * $ X X . X X - Total Sales by Drink Size * A $ X X .
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide VIEW TOTAL SALES BY INDIVIDUAL SELECTION Press , then press Press 0 and A. The display will read 0 A X X . X X . XX.XX will be the total sales, for selection A, small cup. Press .
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide CLEAR ALL RESETTABLE DATA Press . The display shows N R $ X X . X X . This is a running total, and is not resettable. Press and hold C L E A R I N G momentarily, and then changes to F I N I S H E D . All resettable data is cleared.
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide VIEW AMOUNT IN VALIDATOR (Not Shown If Zero) Press , then press "XX is the bill denomination and “YY" is the dollar amount in the bill stacker. Press to show the quantities of bills in the stacker. For example, the display shows $ 0 1 _ 2 0 , meaning that there are 20 $1dollar bills in the bill stacker.
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide VIEW DISCOUNT SALES BY TIME INTERVAL (Not Shown If Zero) Press , then press Press . The display shows 1 . D S C . 0 0 . This is the total sales for discount interval 1.
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide VIEW TIME DATA Press , then press Press . The following message scrolls across the display: M A I N . 1 2 3 7 M 0 1 / 3 0 1 0 . 1 3 This example shows the latest time interval the main (machine) door ( 1 ) was open.
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide Press . The following message scrolls across the display: P R I C E S E T 0 1 / 3 0 9 . 4 2 This example shows that the last time prices were set was on January 30 ( 0 1 / 3 0 ) at 9:42 am ( 9 .
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide VIEW NUMBER OF TEST VENDS (Not Shown If Zero) Press , then press "X" is the number of test vends. If desired, view this data by cup size and individual selection. CONTINUE. VIEW NUMBER OF MUG VENDS (Not Shown If Zero) Press , then press...
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide VIEW CUP RING CYCLES RELATED TO SUREVEND™ (Not Shown If Zero) Press , then press XX represents the number of vends during which more than one ring cycle was required to successfully dispense a cup. Press to clear the count.
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide TEST VEND SELECTIONS AND VERIFY CREDIT ADDED Press . The display shows T E S T . 0 0 . You may now test vend selections. If you insert money into the machine, the zeros in the display will be replaced with the amount of the credit.
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide TEST DROP A CUP Press , then press Press to drop a cup from each turret. Press 1 to drop a cup from only the hinge side turret, press 2 to drop a cup from the lock side turret. CONTINUE.
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide TEST THE SYRUP PUMPS Press , then press few moments. The display will then show S . A number after the S . indicates a sold out condition on that pump. Press the number of the syrup pump you want to test. Press the same number again to stop testing.
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide TEST THE CARBONATOR This screen serves several functions. One is to test the refill capability of the car- bonator pump. The second is to empty the carbonator before storage or shipping. The third function is to dispense still water. Press , then press Press...
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide Dump the ice and place the pail back in its original position underneath the cup station. It is recommended that you dump the ice so that the pail will not fill during the Coolsan process. For convenience, the machine will wait one minute after the ice is dumped to allow the operator to move the pail under the cup station.
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide TEST VARIOUS SWITCHES AND SENSORS Press then then switches to I N K = = J = J = J = J = J = J = J = J positions. Depending on the condition of switches or sensors, the dashes in the display are replaced by letters or numbers.
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide On input screen #2, you can press the following letters to perform the indicated operation: Dispense ice (and turn on the icemaker compressor if the hop- per is not full) Force CO Dispense carbonated water Dispense still water Actuate each switch or sensor to test its function.
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide TEST THE DISPLAY Press , then press Press to light all display segments; press Pressing a NUMBER KEY on the control panel causes all segments to display that character. Pressing a key on the maintenance keypad causes all segments to display that character (found in the upper left hand corner of the key).
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Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide The keyswitch input is active and configured as an inhibit. K E Y S W I T C H Configuration error; displays the machine configuration screen. D + J + W X Y Z NOTE: this is the actual config screen.
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide SureVend™ is ON but not working. The last calibration sam- S V . E R R P C B ple was 255. Check that the SureVend™ PCB is present at J34. SureVend™ is ON but not working. The last calibration sam- S V .
Cold Drink Center (327/328) Operator’s Guide SET FREEVEND OPTIONS Press , then press F R E E O F F - Normal vending mode. No items are on freevend. (A closure on the optional keyswitch input causes the machine to go out of service.) F R E E O N - All items are on freevend.
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Alt Vends, View ...61 Anti-Jackpot Timer, SureVend ...43 Bill Selection Method ... 28 Bill Validator, Select ...28 Blended Drinks ...38 Brix ...11 Carbonated Water, Test Throw... 64 Carbonator, Test... 66 Card Reader, Select... 30 Clear Paid Sales Data Only ...56 Resettable Data ...
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Discounts, View by Time Interval ...58 Display Language, Set ...27 Display, Test ... 63 Drink, Set up ...36 End Of Message Character ...50 Everpure Water Filter ...5 Factory Default Throw Times ...37 Free Vends, View... 58 Freevend Code, Enter ...23 Set Options ...73...
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Out-of-Service, Select ...48 Mode Key, Lock ...24 Monetary Options, Select ... 30 Month, Day, and Year, Set ...44 Mug Discount, Set Up ...34 Mug Vends, View Number ...61 Nonresettable Sales and Vend Data ...53 Non-Standard Bill Validator ...29 Options, Automatic Delivery Door ...40 Out-of-Service Message, Select ...48 Paid Sales Data, Clear ...56 Paid Vends ...55...
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Last Calibration Value ... 69 SureVend, Anti-Jackpot Timer ... 43 SureVend, Optional or Mandatory ...42 SureVend, Turn On or Off ...42 Syrup Pumps, Test ... 65 Talker Mode, Set... 25 Test Automatic Delivery Door ... 64 Carbonator ...66 Display ...63 Drop a Cup...
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View Total Unpaid ...60 Verify Credit 6 ...3 View Alt Vends ...61 Amount in Coin Box ...56 Amount in Validator ... 57 Cup Ring Cycle Failures ...62 Data Four Different Ways ...54 Diagnostic Messages ...70 Discounts by Time Interval ...58 Free Vends ...58 Freevend Sales by Time ...57 Machine Configuration Setting...
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Terms and Conditions of Sale LIMITED WARRANTY: Subject to the limitation specified herein, all parts included on original equipment manufactured by CRANE MERCHANDIS- ING SYSTEMS and sold to purchaser are warranted for two years from the date of shipment of the equipment in question. This warranty applies only to the original purchaser of the Merchandiser and is null and void if the Merchandiser is sold during the period of warranty.
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