Vending Machine Controller

Condom / sanitary napkin vending machine controllers support executive coin mechanisms (Multi coin).   Some of the products are also battery operated (and hence power optimised).   Support flexible vending of 1 / 2/ 3 or 4 varieties of products.   Also suitable for loading same product in 1 /2 / 3 or 4 springs.

Coin mechanism
Executive (multi coin supported)

Specification :

• Battery operated vending machine controller
• Control up to 6 products.
• 7 segment display.
• Coin Mechanism Interface
• Sold out indication by down counting / sensing if available
• Settable price.
• Sales collection view and reset option.
• Power saving idle mode.
• Vending demo.
• Low battery Indication(below 6V)
• Attention Grab Running LED with programmable time delay and mode
• We can also provide Touch screen based user interface

We have Premix based Controllers for 2 to 6 canisters.  We have boards for operating motors and valves at 220VAC as well as 24V DC.   All our DC products have in-built over current protection that saves the control board in case of any motor stuck-up condition.   All products have in-built temperature controls.   Hot beverage products sport Predictive heating logic and Cold beverage products have in-built delay time for compressors (to prevent compressor over-current due to power break)

Salient Features :

• 2 canister Premix Based Hot beverage vending machine control board.
• Board operating voltage 24V DC
• On board Keys - Optional external keypad
• 2 Line LCD Display
• Sold-out indication based on water level
• Pulse mode coin mechanism interface Optional MDB interface
• Temperature control
• Settable delay time for each load
• We can also provide Touch screen based user interface

Our snacks Vending Machine controllers offer advanced User interfaces such as Touch screen as well as TOUCHFREE.   Touch screen user interface also provides for playing videos at idle times (advt videos).  It is possible to remotely update these videos from a server if you opt for 4G modem as an add-on.    TOUCHFREE user interface is our latest attraction which exactly fits the user requirement in these pandemic times.

Salient Features :

• It is a control system for a snacks vending machine
• It can control up to 64 products( 8rows *8 columns ) - 24V DC Motors
• 4 Line LCD Display and Alpha Numeric keypad
• All the parameters related to product are settable in menu, like price setting, coupled motor settings, refilling capacity etc
• Special Price settings like combo offer, Buy 1 take 2 offer is also settable in menu.
• Bill Validator interface via MDB / serial
• Smart Card Based Cashless Vending is possible
• GSM Modem interface enables automatic collection of sales data apart from machine status notification such as Product Sold out / Motor Fault / Bill Validator mal-function
• All Menu settings can also be remotely set via GSM interface
• Optional Item detector for checking positive delivery of product
• We can also provide Touch screen based user interface

Our smart card based Vending system helps in controlled dispensing of products among closed user groups such as employees of a company, patients and staff of a hospital etc..   The contactless smart cards can be issued among closed user groups that allow them to use the vending machines for their needs.  Other users can be either charged or prevented from using the machines as per requirement.   The system is fully developed in-house for some specific large customers in India.   Any changes can be accommodated based on numbers

Product description
Why Smart Card in Vending?

• Smart card is used in vending machines to regulate the usage of vending machines and also to account for and (in certain cases) to collect the cost of the beverage from the users.
• Regulation is accomplished as only people with the card can use the machine. Any one else can not take anything except hot-water from the machine.

Components of Smart card based vending

• The Smart card : This is a visiting card sized plastic card with in-built electronics that can be used to read and write information. One card is issued to each user.
• The Vending machine Reader : This reader is interconnected with the vending machine controller and reads any card that is shown by the user. This signals to the vending machine controller to allow vending when a valid card is read. Each vending machine will have one reader.
• The Hand Held Terminal (HHT) : This equipment is used to transfer drink data from the vending machines to the central computer and also the real time information and blacklisted card updates from the central computer to the vending machines. In most installations one HHT will be sufficient for one company. Since all billing depends on this, a spare unit is recommended for large installations.
• Card Formatter : This equipment is linked to the central computer and is used for one-time formatting of postpaid and prepaid cards and also for recharging of prepaid cards. Depending on the frequency of recharging that may be required, one or two formatters will be sufficient for one company.

Postpaid and Prepaid
Cost of the beverage can be collected in one of the two ways :

• Accumulate the number of drinks a person consumes thru his card and at the end of a period (say at the time of salary) the corresponding amount can be collected. This method is called Postpaid.
• Money can be collected in advance and the value can be stored in the card. As and when the drink is taken, a corresponding value can be deducted from the card. This method is called Prepaid.

Postpaid : This is suitable for employees of a company. Once a card is formatted as a postpaid card, then any number of drinks will be allowed to be taken using the card as long as it is not blacklisted.

Prepaid : Once a card is formatted as prepaid, the VM Reader allows dispensing only on successful deduction. If balance is insufficient for deducting, then the VM Reader will not allow dispensing. The card may be used successfully after recharging.

Vending Machine Reader

• This will examine each card that is shown. If a drink selection was made before showing the card, then the VMR will check the card and allow or disallow vending based on the card information. If a card is shown without any drink selection, then it will display the following according to type of the card.
• Name of the card holder (Postpaid card) or Value remaining in the card (Prepaid Card)
• Apart from dispensing, the VMR also writes one record for each drink dispensed in its own in-built memory. The record contains data like Employee code, type of drink dispensed, date and time of dispensing.
• Periodically (say once a day / once a week etc..) an operator has to use the HHT to collect the data from the vending machines and put them in the central computer.
• Once all data of a particular period has been collected in the central computer, then the software should process the data and generate all necessary reports.
• We can also provide Touch screen based user interface

The Simpler Option :

• If it is possible to configure that only Prepaid system is used, then the overal system will become very simple and economical. The following components will NOT be needed
• There will be no HHT since there is no need for any data collection
• Also you will not need any extra software to process the postpaid data

Bean to cup machines are being made using different techniques by different manufacturers.   Some use a brewer that is operated by a single motor, some use dual motors, some use 220V AC valves for high pressure lines, some use 24V valves for all etc..  We have made control products for 4 -5 manufacturers and so have covered a wide variety.   We can design as per your needs too.   User interface ranges from simple buttosn to touch keypads to touch screens to TOUCHFREE solutions.

Salient Features :

• Brews Fresh coffee by controlling the coffee grinder and the brewer mechanism
• Senses Brewer-in-place switch and Brewer-cam-position switches
• Brewing percentage and time is settable in menu
• Group selection is possible different combination of (premix) flavors can be mixed
• Provision for pumping fresh milk via peristaltic pump Pump is reversed to avoid milk left in tube
• Accurate temperature control by PID algorithm
• 2 Line Jumbo LCD Display
• Proximity Touch keypad
• Drink Name is settable in menu
• Auto clean option
• Water Sources Both plumbing connection and pumping from bottle
• We can also provide Touch screen based user interface
• we can also provide TOUCHFREE user experience possible