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Cost by Price
This mode, which is not available in the BDV version of the Coin Mechanism, foresees the
prices management both in the vending machine and in the Coin Mechanism
, with the pos-
sibility of making the cash prices differ from the key prices and of recording the number of
selections carried out for each sale price by means of the proper devices (as a matter of fact
the data in this case are recorded by the Change-giver).
The product prices are set in the "8 Price Setup" menu item and can be visualized on the
display of the vending machine by pressing the button of product selection before inserting
the cash (see para. “6.3.2. Machine Prices” with YES option).
On this matter we suggest to set
first of all the prices for the cash sale
with the same order
of the prices set in the vending machine, in order to get a print of the data recording in good
order (see para. “8.1-50.1 Cash Price”) and, only
in a second time
, the prices for the key
sale (see para. “8.1-50.2 Price Key”). If the price table of the vending machine does not cor-
respond to the prices set in the Coin Mechanism, in MDB the selection is carried out at the
price sent by the vending machine without any difference with the cash sale, in the modes
which differ from the MDB, instead, the selection is not carried out.
If in the Coin Mechanism all the sale lines foreseen in the vending machine are not pro-
grammed, on the display of the Validator/Separator group the message: "Configuration is
wrong" is displayed.
In the “Prices in VMC” and “Cost by Price” management modes with Executive or BDV
vending machines, when the cash prices set in the machine exceed 2,40 Euro, the System
parameter in the “5.5 Base Step” menu shall be changed for example into 0,02 or 0,05
Euro as well.
When using this mode it is necessary to pay attention to the following points:
•
it is not possible to have different key discounts with the same cash price (see table
below; example in bold where the price corresponding to the first cash price met is
applied);
•
the data concerning the consumptions which have been carried out are relative to the
price line and not to the product line (ex. if there are different products which have the
same price at € 0,50 the data of the consumptions carried out refer to the amount of all
the products).
Example of price table in Cost by Price mode
Price Holding
The "Price Holding" mode foresees that
the Aeterna Change Giver manages the prices
with
the possibility of making different prices for the cash sale and the key sale and of recording
V.M. Price Line
Aeterna Cash
Aeterna Key
0.50
0.50
0.40
0.60
0.60
0.50
0.65
0.65
0.55
0.70
0.70
0.60
0.75
0.75
0.65
0.80
0.80
0.70
0.80
0.80
0.75
0.90
0.90
0.80
...
...
...
1.10
1.10
1.00
