Specifications

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on your particular validator (Factory settings
from American Changer enable all bills on the
validator’s DIP switches, so they should not be
changed; all settings can be made in the Main
Logic Board). Not all validators can accept all bill
denominations up to $100 bills.
Security:
This setting applies to ALL bills. Set
whether to use high or low security scanning of
bills by the validator. High security scanning,
basically, checks more bill parameters and makes
it more difficult to pass a counterfeit bill. For this
reason, though, high security may require a
“crisper” or newer bill for acceptance, and may
not accept an older “tissue-paper”, yet
legitimate, bill that low security might.
SETTING COIN ACCEPTANCE (OPTIONAL)
COINS:
This Menu item only shows up if a ccTalk Coin
Acceptor is present and set up in the Hardware
menu (Refer to pg. 13 for Coin Acceptor setup).
Similar to setting bill acceptance, the ‘Coins’
menu is used to specify which coin
denominations will be accepted. Denomination
settings depend on whether US or Canadian coins
were selected during Coin Acceptor setup. For US
coins, choose to accept (Y) or deny (N) nickels
through one-dollar coins. For Canadian coins,
accept or deny 25 cent, one-dollar, and two-
dollar coins. Note: The Condor Plus uses pulse
communication, NOT ccTalk.
SELECTING AN OPERATING MODE
HARDWARE: MODE:
The changer can be selected to run in any one of
five distinct operating modes. Mode selection is
done in the sixth submenu of the ‘Hardware’
menu, ‘Mode’. Which mode to select depends on
how the changer is to be used. Please read
through the following descriptions, and choose
the one that matches the way you want your
changer to be setup. Mode selection should be
made PRIOR
to setting up the payouts in the
‘Payout’ menu, because the payout menu
changes for different mode settings.
Simple Vending (S Vend):
Vend tokens only if
machine has one hopper, or vend tokens from
the left hopper and change from the right if the
machine is equipped with two hoppers. If this
mode is selected, the program prompts you to
select the number of tokens to be dispensed,
One or Many. For two hoppers, ‘One’ means that
one token will be dispensed, and change will be
made for the remaining balance, if any. ‘Many’
means that the hopper will dispense as many
tokens as possible for the money denomination
accepted, and change will be made for the
remaining balance, if any. Token and change
values are set in the ‘Payout’ menu. For one
hopper, since no change is available, the changer
defaults to ‘Many’, changing the full amount to
tokens. Discounts or bonus payouts are not
possible using Simple Vending mode.
Game Tokens (GmeTkns):
Select Game Tokens
mode to vend tokens only. NOTE: This is the
mode to use if you would like to make use of
“Party Tokens”, which can be user-set to pay out
as many as 999 tokens. Payouts per money
denomination, and up to 4 different “Party
Tokens”, can be set independently, giving the
option of including discounts or bonuses for
certain denominations at your discretion. If
changer is equipped with two hoppers, both
should be filled with the same tokens.
Simple Changer (S Chngr):
This is the most
basic changing mode. A coin or bill is fully
changed into the denomination(s) of coins in the
hopper(s) without discounts or bonus payouts.
This mode can be used with one or two hoppers.
If two hoppers are installed, they can each be
filled with the same or different denomination
coins to make change with. The program will
prompt you to enter whether the coins in the
hoppers are the same (Same) or different (Diff.)
Payouts settings are per dollar
. (Change values
and payouts are set in the ‘Payout’ menu; see
pgs. 12-13)
Advanced Changer (A Chngr):
Advanced
changing mode is designed for two hoppers only,
each filled with different coins. This is the most
configurable changing mode, as it allows
independent changing options to be set for each
coin and bill accepted. Individual payouts from
both the left and right hoppers can be set for
each money denomination, allowing for a broad
variety in the types of payouts that can be set,
including discounts for certain bills and bonuses,
if desired.
Advanced Vending (A Vend):
This mode is,
basically, a further adjustable version of the
Simple vending mode, adding the capability of
setting individual payouts per each accepted
money denomination. When two hoppers are
used for this mode, unlike in Simple vending
mode, you have the option of filling them with
the same or different coins (select ‘Same’ or
‘Diff.’ after selecting this mode). If they are both
filled with the same tokens, the changer works
the same as with one hopper. If ‘different’ is
selected, the left hopper should contain tokens,
while the right should contain coins for change.
All payouts are configurable for each accepted
money denomination; you set how many tokens
and how much change is paid out for each
transaction (see pgs. 12-13 for ‘Payout’ menu
instructions).