Automatic Products Showcase 748 Operating Manual Download

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APi 748 V1.1 406

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FIFO MODE OPERATION
Start Point, Full Shelf

After initialization, items are sold in

sequential

order as shown here. On subsequent refills, the
actual position of the item to be sold next depends
solely on the last item sold. The next item sold is
always immediately to the left of the previously
sold item.

After items are sold and you return to refill the
machine, a typical FIFO shelf

might

look like this.

If not, use Service Switch to rotate the turret until
the remaining products are positioned as shown.

The next product to load here is at Position 1. The
rule to follow is use the Service Switch to rotate
the turret until the last remaining product is on
your right, and then reload the shelf from right to
left.

The selling sequence after loading this shelf
would be 12, 13, 14, 1, 2, etc.

Special Situations

The first special situation is when you find one or
more completely sold out FIFO shelves. If you can
fill every selection, there is no problem. If you do
not have enough product to fill every location, you
won’t know where to begin loading.

If you have the “CHECK SOLD OUT” option ON
(Options Menu), you will be prompted to do so
when the coin door is opened. If so, check all the
SOLD compartments (or press [RESET] to skip
this check). Once the Display shows “- - -
MACHINE OK - - -”, turn the turret to the zero
position. Pressing the MODE switch will change
the display to “- - - SERVICE MENU - - -”. Then
pressing [3][3] will cause the display to read
“- - - PRICES – SHELVES - - -”, then “SHELF
MODE xxx”, where xxx is FIFO or SHOP. If
necessary, use [1] to toggle to FIFO, then actuate
the delivery door of each of the completely sold
out shelves. This will reset the shelf so that the
first item sold will be that at Position 1. Begin
filling the empty FIFO shelves in sequence – 1, 2,
3, 4, etc. as the arrow to the left describes.

If for any reason you cannot completely fill a FIFO
shelf, you can eliminate the possibility that a
customer will open an empty selection (“buy air”)
by using the “SET FIRST EMPTIES” feature.

To use this feature, the “CHECK SOLD OUT”
option must be ON.

When the “CHECK SOLD OUT” option is ON and
the Main Door is closed after filling the machine,

the Display will show “SET FIRST EMPTIES”. For
every partially filled FIFO shelf, rotate the turret
until the last available product is just to the right of
the Vend position. With the first empty
compartment at the vend position, actuate the
corresponding delivery door. The computer will
then mark the compartments from there to the
next-to-sell product as being Previously Sold. In
the example at the left, compartments 9 through
14 would be marked as Sold.

Filling the Machine

In order to prevent the sale of an item

placed in

the machine by a customer, the 748 keeps track
of the compartments that have been sold and
prevents those doors from being opened again
before you open the machine and fill it. Because
of this, the machine must be aware that you’ve
filled the machine.

If you open the coin compartment door and then
open the Main Door and press the Service Switch
without first pressing the MODE switch on the
Main Controller, the 748 will assume that the
machine is being filled and as such will reset all
compartments
to the unsold state.

Pressing the MODE switch on the Main Controller
before operating the Service Switch will cause the
748 to assume that there is a service call in
process, and it will allow turret rotation without
affecting the sold state of any of the
compartments.

This process is the same for all shelves whether
in Shopper Mode or FIFO mode. Shelves that are
in FIFO mode will resume sales from the previous
point, so you still have true FIFO operation even
after filling.