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Carwash
Market
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System
Features:
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Promotion:
a.) fleet &
gift cards, b.) loyalty program, c.) automatic bonusing.
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Interfaces:
a.)
coin pulse output, b.) vending machine MDB, c.) IDX Card-Display.
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Security:
a.) site
specific operation, b.) encrypted card and reader handshake
verification.
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Operation Cost:
a.)
nothing to jam, b.) nothing to wear out, c.) no cash box to attack
or empty.
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Installation Cost: a.) no extra boxes, b.) no central server wiring, c.)
eliminates other acceptors.
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Changer:
a.) accepts
bills and credit cards, b.) dispenses Wickets or tokens, c.)
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Wickets:
A
Wicket has an RFID (radio frequency identification) transponder chip
and antenna laminated inside that is powered by the RF energy of the
Reader’s antenna when a customer brings a Wicket within about 1/2 inch
of a Reader. The Reader interrogates the Wicket, verifies its
authenticity via an encrypted handshake, checks it for the correct
SiteID, and access the account balance stored on the Wicket using an
encrypted password. There’s no central server required, the account
balance is on the Wicket. Wickets are made in the form of a credit
card, or a keyfob easily attached to a key ring.
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Readers:
The
Wicket Reader is housed in a sealed ¾” threaded tubular body 2.1” long
with a 1.1” diameter face. Reading range is approximately ½”. A Wicket
is easily read by tapping the Wicket’s circle-W icon on the Reader’s
face for a fraction of a second. The normally blue illuminated face of
the Reader changes to other colors to indicate the status of a
transaction or the status of the equipment as shown in the graphic to
the right. The exceedingly small footprint of this Reader allows it to
be added to most existing equipment without the need for additional
boxes.
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 Changers:
All base
model Changers include a Pyramid bill acceptor, owner interface
module, selection buttons, user display, a Wicket reader and a Wicket
card dispenser that holds 100 Wickets. Changer options include a
receipt printer, credit card acceptor, token hopper, and a CoinCo bill
acceptor.
Interfaces:
 Four
interfaces are available to connect the Wicket Reader to your
equipment and provide it power. They include “coin pulse” output types
for 24VAC and 120/240VAC systems, an MDB interface for changers and
vending machines, and the IDX Card-Display interface for directly
connecting to IDX display-timers.
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V1.1.0
Wickets
Administrator
The
Wickets Administrator PC based application provides for management of
your Stored Value Wickets operation, including writing pre-set
balances to customer Wickets, creating Wickets for configuring Wicket
Readers, and Wickets for collecting report information from the
equipment.
Wickets Administrator
has an evaluation demo mode that allows you to try it out and see what
facilities it provides prior to committing to a purchase of any
equipment or site licenses. Once you are convinced that Stored Value
Wickets are what you need, IDX sales will help you easily convert your
installed software into a fully functional installation. The download
is a zipped file which contains all of the installation files.
Window Vista Special Note
Windows Vista has has imposed new access control restrictions with its
new User Account Control (UAC) utility in order to protect your
computer from application software that may want to alter things on
your computer. Wickets Administrator is application software that
needs to save and update files during its use, and thus must be given
special permission to do so or you will encounter Run-Time Error
#75. When this happens, Wickets Administrator will terminate.
Please CLICK HERE for detailed
instructions on how to deal with the Windows Vista UAC so that Wickets
Administrator can create and modify the files it needs for its
operation.
PS: Windows XP
and Windows 2000 do not have the problematic UAC that is new with
Windows Vista.. |
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