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Introduction
There are only five
simple steps to remember for achieving a successful
installation. Each one is as important as the next. They are
also your key to diagnosing and correcting problems that may
arise later.
Step 1. Mechanical
Alignment
After mounting the
acceptor in the bracket, and before you turn on the power, you
must make sure that the coin may easily enter and exit the coin
acceptor with no possibility of catching a coin edge due
to front/back alignment problems, and with no significant
right/left jog at entry or exit. Failure to have proper
mechanical alignment may lead to coin jams or sporadic machine
tilt/error signals. A bracket change may be required in some
machines to achieve proper alignment. See Section 1.2 for
details.
Step 2. Coin Chute
Diameter
Each Xeptor model is
designed and configured to handle a specific range of coin
diameters. For example, the model X-20 covers .65" to 1.11"
(16.5mm to 28mm), the X-21 covers .80" to 1.255" (20mm to 31mm),
and the model X-22 covers 1.02" to 1.47" (26mm to 37mm) coins.
In order that the smaller coins are properly centered for the
sensors, the X-20 series has factory installed coin chute rails
to restrict the horizontal movement of the coin. Coins smaller
than the specified range may be accepted, but possibly at the
expense of some reliability. Conversely, coins larger than the
specified range will not fit through the coin chute and will
cause coin jams. The same concept holds for all Xeptor models.
Verify that your coin is not too big, or not too small for your
Xeptor configuration. For the X-50, X-60 and X-70 you can adjust
the diameter setting rails of the coin chute. For all other
models you may have to remove and replace the coin chute rails
with others better suited for your coin. Check the part number
with the "How To Order" sheet for
your Xeptor to determine what the factory configured diameter
range is.
Step 3. Coin Chute
Thickness
If the coin chute thickness is not enough, coins may hang up and
jam. Conversely, if the cute is open too wide; there is a large
gap between the inductive alloy sensor coils and the coin
resulting in poor discrimination. As a rule of thumb, try to use
an adjustment that is about .010" to .020" thicker than the
coin. More information is available on this in section 1.3 of
the manual.
Step 4. Electrical
Interface
All Xeptors use the
same set of Personality Plugs
to provide the connectors and signals required for compatibility
with the different machine OEMs. Section 1.4 of the manual
contains specific information about each Personality Plug model.
After selecting the correct electrical interface, you must
verify that the machine is actually registering the credit
pulses. Check Section 4.1 of the manual if power is on, but no
credit pulses are being recognized.
Step 5. Coin
Programming
Coins may be programmed manually per Section 2.1
of the manual,
or downloaded from a Coin Selector per Section 3.4
of the manual.
Be aware that when there is more than one minting of coins or
tokens, sometimes the later alloy may be slightly different to
greatly different. There are numerous examples of casino tokens
that look identical but have slightly different alloy signatures
in a later purchased group, requiring coin programming as two
separate coins to achieve an excellent acceptance rate.
Likewise, governments sometimes make wholesale changes in the
alloy or a coin, for example, as is the case with Canadian
nickels and quarters.
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