SHURVEND/ AMS coin cassette issue

[Waxman]

My shurvend was not accepting coins properly; nickels going into dime tube, quarters going into dollar coin tube, etc.

I went to the manual for the MARS coin acceptor and found the info I needed. There are multiple different configurations you can get the coin cassettes in. Mine was programmed incorrectly. I followed the directions to program mine correctly and that solved my problem. Now the coins drop into the correct tubes.

 

[Waxman]

Update: my problem returned. While working on it, I noticed that the mei coin acceptor control board would lose power. I found a bad wire connector ( plug). Yesterday I cut out the plug and reconnected all the wires with wire nuts.

Re- filled tubes with correct coins, re-set coin cassette configuration.

Wait and see if it stays 'fixed'.

 

[Randy]

Update: my problem returned. While working on it, I noticed that the mei coin acceptor control board would lose power. I found a bad wire connector ( plug). Yesterday I cut out the plug and reconnected all the wires with wire nuts.

Re- filled tubes with correct coins, re-set coin cassette configuration.

Wait and see if it stays 'fixed'.

How old is your Mars Cf7512i coin validator? There's a battery inside that needs to be changed every few years, it holds the memory and they need to be serviced to get the latest updates.

 

[Waxman]

I'm not sure how old it is. It was used many years ago when I bought it from Jim Holve. 15-20 years best guess.

 

[Randy]

I'm not sure how old it is. It was used many years ago when I bought it from Jim Holve. 15-20 years best guess.

If it's 15 or 20 years old it wouldn't hurt to get it serviced.