Users Manual Part 1

Welcome
This guide provides an overall product description, describes primary operating features, and outlines basic maintenance procedures for
the IPS Group, Inc. M5™ Single Space Parking Meter (SSPM).
Product introduction
The IPS Group, Inc. SSPM is a revolutionary product designed to enhance a city’s current single space parking system by providing addi-
tional payment options (such as credit card), access to real-time data (via web-based management system), without disruption of current
parking meter operations. This guide provides an overall product description, describes primary operating features, and outlines basic main-
tenance procedures.
Features
The primary features of the M5™ SSPM include:
l Ability to accept payments via coins, tokens, credit cards, debit cards, smart cards, contactless payment, at the meter terminal.
l Ability to accept payments via Android and iOS mobile device, at and / or away-from the meter terminal.
l Wireless connectivity to our web-based Data Management System (DMS).
Other than an Internet browser, no additional customer software is required. The SSPM utilizing cellular networks to initiate com-
munication under a number of scenarios, including:
1. Credit card use
2. Fault notification
3. Pre-configured call-in interval
l Solar panels and rechargeable batteries to provide ongoing and backup power.
l Wireless notification to parking operations staff of all meter faults via text message and / or email.
l A variety of reports detailing financial, technical, and administrative functions via a single web-portal, including but not limited to:
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