Deploy: Configure the Machine

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As a manager or technician, you can configure the Coin Changer machine using the Settings feature before the first use.

  1. To edit configuration, click on the menu button, the main menu will slide out from the left edge of the UI.  

  1. Select “Settings”.

 

  1. Select “Machine Settings”.

  1. Enter the Machine Number, Machine ID, and other necessary info, then save the info.

Please refer to the table below for a detailed description of the parameters.

  1. Select “Date and Time”.

  1. Select Time zone from the drop-down list and then set the Date and Time.

Configuration Parameters

Description

Machine Number

Identifier of the machine, which should be unique within the location.

The default value is 1.

Machine ID

Name of the machine.

The default value is “Coin Changer”.

Date/Time/Time zone

This sets the current date, time and time zone where this Coin Changer is installed.  

This configuration also changes the Android system time.

Bill Acceptor Denominations

The system allows acceptance/rejection of bill denominations.  

Phase 1 will support US bills only, with denominations of $1, $5, $10 and $20.

Coin Dispenser Denomination

Enabled if Coin Type is Currency.  Based on the Coin Dispenser Currency selection, display all available denominations.  You can select one of the coin denominations. A default coin denomination should be implemented for each currency.

Phase 1 will only use US currency, and the default will be $0.25. Options should be limited to $0.25 and $1.00, there should be no need to support smaller coins.  Phase 1 will also be limited to only using one denomination for both coin dispensers.

Tokens Per Base Denomination

(not supported in Phase 1)

Enabled if Coin Type is Token.  This is the number of tokens to dispense for the base value of the bills.  The base value must be a value that is evenly divisible into each possible denomination and will be determined by the currency selected.  

For example, US currency will have a base value of $1.  This will be used to calculate the number of tokens to dispense for each denomination of the bill.