Coin
dispensers are not wide spread currently in UAE where as people
searching for coins are coins are increasing. This is a
versatile AED Dirham dispenser which can work independently or
combined with other vending solutions and dispensers. This is
ideally suited at locations such as
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Parking Ticket Machines
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Photo Copier Machines
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Soft drink, coffee, chocolate type vending machines
This Coin
Dispenser can work stand alone with capacity to hold 1200 to
2000 UAE one Dirhams and can accept 10 or 5 Dirham currencies.
It has built in intelligence to inform the status as LED display
in the even of note not being accepted or not having enough
Coins to dispense with. This stand alone ready-to-deploy coin
dispenser can be fitted with existing Parking machines.
Typical Application – Change Dispenser with Vending
machines
Coin
dispensers are presently put only at secure places like banks
and shopping malls. But the requirement of change dispensers is
mostly outside these secure places. If a company maintaining
chain of coffee vending machines need to put coin dispenser,
there should be some added benefit to do so as there is no
direct benefit by maintaining a change dispenser.
Imagine a
coffee vending machine or a soft drink vending machine in a
crowded paid parking lot. People need change to pay their
parking ticket. They don’t mind having a coffee if they can get
change to pay their parking ticket. They can simply insert a 5
Dirham note and take a coffee or soft drink worth one/two
dirham(s) and get 4or 3 Dirhams as change.
This is
only an illustrative situation and this solution can be
customized according to requirement.
Features
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Compact
design housing for holding about 1200 one Dirham coins(min
of 60 dhs required all the time)
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Accepts
10 or 5 Dirham notes and dispenses all One Dirham Coins and
rejects all other currencies
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Works with +9v AC/DC adapter or AC power directly.
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LED
scrolling Display for status indication/instructions for
currency entry
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Can be
customized as per requirement for co-mounting with existing
vending machines
Possible enhancements:
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Option
for combining with SMS auto attendant to notify when
level of coins goes below certain level, say 90%.
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Option
for combining with other vending machines so that
both act as a Coin Dispenser cum vending machine.
(For instance, insert a 10 Dirham note and get a coffee
valued one Dirham and take the balance 9 Dirhams as change).
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Shape and
size can be modified according to requirement. (For instance
attaching coin dispenser with existing Parking Ticket
vending machine)
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Option
for automatic intimation to maintenance staff in case of
emergencies or someone tampering with coin dispenser
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Can be
customized for remote automation with multiple relays that
can be activated on different SMS messages
SMS
controlled Vending Solutions
This is a versatile SMS based application ideally suited
for any type of remote terminals/dispensers that need to be
controlled or monitored such as
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Vending
machines
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ATMs
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Ticketing
machines
This solution uses a GSM modem board with SIM card slot and
microcontroller based interface board. A remote dispenser fitted
with this SMS auto attendant can send automatic SMS messages to
predefined mobile number on certain events which can be
programmed using easy-to-use front end software and the serial
interface port. This solution uses an optical sensor to count
the number items dispensed or sold and send preprogrammed SMS
messages to a mobile or another SMS attendant. Received SMS
messages can be further interfaced to suitable software
application for central monitoring and control.
Typical
Application - SMS controlled Soft drink Vending dispensers
Generally, soft drink or any other coin operated dispensers
located all over the city on roadsides, shopping malls or public
places need to be refilled manually. Refilling staff need to
travel to all those vending points periodically and check the
available quantity and refill accordingly. It may so happen
that at some locations all items are sold and needs immediate
refill or in some other locations there is no need to refill as
enough items are still unsold. In order to plan and reduce the
refilling trips, such dispensers can be monitored and controlled
with this SMS based solution.
SMS
attendant can be fitted in such remote vending dispensers. Say,
there are 200 soft drink cans are filled and the SMS attendant
is programmed to SMS when there is 90% of cans are sold leaving
only 20 cans left. Optical sensor of SMS attendant will keep
count of the cans dropping point and the moment 180 cans are
sold, a programmable SMS message of maximum 50 characters is
sent to a central mobile number or concerned refilling staff
mobile. In case refilling does not happen and all the 100% cans
are sold, another urgent message will be sent asking for
immediate refill. This will save time and effort by refilling
Screenshot
of SMS Auto attendant front-end software
Features
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Compact
design housing GSM and interface board
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RS 232
serial port for programming
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Works with +9v AC/DC adapter
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Optical
sensor with lead in cable
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GSM Whip
antenna and cable for external mounting
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Can be
customized as per requirement using front end software
Possible enhancements:
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Option
for changing availability levels (90% and 100% can be
programmed for different levels)
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Option
for sending SMS to multiple numbers instead of one mobile
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Option
for receiving SMS from central point and replying with
actual quantity available
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Option
for triggering a relay upon receipt of particular SMS
message
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Possibility of even vending through SMS instead of coin
(needs local mobile operator support)
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Can be
customized for remote automation with multiple relays that
can be activated on different SMS messages
