Cash Acceptors

Cash Acceptors can be used to allow customers to purchase fuel using cash at the DCRs.

Overview

Cash Acceptors can be used to allow customers to purchase fuel using cash at the DCRs. This is for cash acceptors that are internal to the dispenser.

The cash sales are reported along with the outside sales on the POS system.

Using Cash Acceptors

To begin a transaction, insert a bill in the Cash Acceptor
Continue to insert bills until the desired amount of fuel to be purchased is reached
Press [Enter]
Dispense Fuel
The standard receipt procedures occur

Configuring Cash Acceptors

The Cash Acceptor Configuration form is used to set up and edit cash acceptors at the site. Site Information determines the behavior of all cash acceptors at a site. Attributes determines the behavior of a specific cash acceptor at a specific fueling point.

Field/Button

Allowable Value/Function

Disable If Cheated

Select to turn off a cash acceptor when someone tries to cheat it.

Disable If Paper Low

Select to turn off a cash acceptor if the receipt tape is running out.

Disable If No Printer

Select to turn off a cash acceptor if the printer is not working.

Prompt ‘insert cash’

Select to have the phrase “OR INSERT CASH” appear at the end of the idle prompt.

$1 Bill Enabled

Select to allow acceptance of one-dollar bills.

$2 Bill Enabled

Select to allow acceptance of two-dollar bills.

$5 Bill Enabled

Select to allow acceptance of five-dollar bills.

$10 Bill Enabled

Select to allow acceptance of ten-dollar bills.

$20 Bill Enabled

Select to allow acceptance of twenty-dollar bills.

$50 Bill Enabled

Select to allow acceptance of fifty-dollar bills.

$100 Bill Enabled

Select to allow acceptance of one hundred-dollar bills.

Bill Orientation

This parameter does not apply to Tokheim dispensers. Select to require that bills are inserted face-up with the black-seal end first. (If not selected, bills can be inserted face-up in either direction.)

The black seal appears on the front of the bill to the left of the face.

Timeout [Seconds 10-99]

Enter the time (in seconds) between when a customer inserts a bill and when the pump shuts off if no fuel has been pumped (10 - 99).

Cash Acceptor Attributes - Cash Acceptor

Select the number of the fueling point.

Duplicate Acceptor

Click to copy the current cash acceptor’s attributes to any number of other cash acceptors. In the Duplicating Acceptor form, select the cash acceptor(s) to which you want to copy and click Done Duplicating.

Cash Acceptor In Dispenser

Select to indicate that the fuel pump has a cash acceptor.

Reset Printer Error

This parameter is not currently supported.

Select to enable the printer after the cash acceptor has been disabled and brought back online.