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5. 72 Hydra RegCoOmM c 74 Proloco Ec T o b t eng aia nS es eee N 75 Vnetworker ConneCti ns Rc 76 Vnetwork r PC ApplicatioN et TE 78 Appendix N AL 16 Alarm Relay Expanison 80 Appendix O POS CCTV anaana asaan 81 Appendix P Waranty 22 2 6 iaaa anaa EE Aaa aae 82 Appendix Q Master Reset to Factory Defaullts ccccccssssssssseeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeceeesesseeeeeeeseeeeoeceessssseeeeeeeseeegoansssssenseeseeseaoaagesnnes 83 TABLES Table 1 Pin Out of the DB 9 Female Connector on the VSI Pro 232 11 Table 2 RS 232 DB 9 Pin Out vs VSI Pro Max DB 9 11 Table 3 Pin Out of the DB 9 Female Connector on the VSI Pro Max RS 422 485 12 Table 4 ANSI Driver Comrmiatid uode iuo es oq Usu epus neiges nues eda uicem xus ops Ciis ax caue e echa dome uoces
6. N C N C Figure 106 VSI Pro Max RJ45 Pin Outs Figure 107 RJ45 Connector CAT 5 Breakout The AVE CAT5 Breakout makes all these connections simply plug and play This device has an RJ45 connector for the CAT5 6 wire connection of all 4 pairs It also has an additional RJ45 for the addition of Ethernet LAN another RJ45 for the VSI Pro Max Networking or Telco signals and a built in UTP 1500 for passive video transmission on the same cable VSI Pro Max Network E CAT 5 6 Cable i Ethernet LAN 10 100 Camera Figure 108 VSI Pro Max amp CAT5 Breakout VAVE STRENGTH N THE BUSHES VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 64 APPENDIX E P2RS Parallel to Serial Converter There are a myriad of PC based systems out there which do not appear on the AVE Cash Register Compatibility List Most of the PC based cash registers that are not included in the AVE Cash Register Compatibility List are able to interface to the VSI Pro Max To find the compatibility of a cash register we need to determine following Does the cash register use a stand alone receipt printer If it does it can either be a serial or parallel printer Serial printers use DB9 DB25 or RJ45 type connectors However parallel printers generally use Centronics type connec tors but on the cash register side use DB25 If it is a serial printer then you can use an AVE Triport DB9 or Triport DB25 USB po
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8. or opening the unit 1 1 VSI VSI VSI Pro VSI Pro Max Backward Compatibility Since 1990 various versions of the VSI have been on the market solving cash register retail problems Several special version are available to interface to other RS 232 devices like scales coin counters PLCC gambling machines and ATMs along with countless other generic RS 232 devices The first VSI Version 9 had no exception processing until the release of Version 10 However these versions had the ability to output the data so are compatible with the Regcom line of networking adapters As features increased we moved to the VSI Version 11 which had the first powerful set of exception processing and printing functions This version also had hardware handshaking capability which allows it to be fully operational with the Networker and Regcom line The introduction of the VSI Pro Version 12 added on screen selection of various model registers for ease of instal lation and supported many characters sizes for multiple units to display data on one camera view This version also supports the Networker and Regcom products The VSI Pro Version 13 XX has improved features and additional registers and the Version 13 00 supports North America cash registers and Version 13 24 supports UK and European models All Version 13 XX VSI Pro support the Networker and Regcom products All Version 13 XX can be upgraded to the latest Ver 13 release This release adds PC Programmin
9. Figure 22 NUCLEUS Sub Menu VAVE PROGRAMMING EDACOM Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to EDACOM and press Set The EDACOM menu will appear MODEL O EXIT Figure 23 EDACOM Sub Menu Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to MODEL E90 and press Set The MODEL E90 menu will appear MODEL O EXIT Figure 24 MODEL E90 Sub Menu MODEL Choices E90 E9010 EPSON GENERIC Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to EPSON GENERIC and press Set The EPSON GE NERIC menu will appear STANDARD DOUBLE CHAR PRINTER POLE DISPLAY POLE DISPLAY 20 POLE VIA PRINTER RECIEPT PRINTER ONLY JOURNAL PRINTER ONLY SLIP PRINTER ONLY GRAPHIC FILTER EXIT OOOOOOOOOQ09 Figure 25 EPSON GENERIC Sub Menu FUJITSU 9920 Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to FUJISU 9920 and press Set The FUJISU 9920 menu will appear DISPLAY JOURNAL O EXIT Figure 26 FUJITZU 9920 Sub Menu Choices Journal Heceipt STRENOTR N THE VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 19 PROGRAMMING GASBOY Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to GASBOY and press Set The GASBOY20 A menu will appear 9 DEVICE CONSOLE O DEVICE ADDRESS 01 O EXIT Figure 27 GASBOY Sub Menu DEVICE Choices PRINTER CONSOLE CSL OLD DEVICE ADDRESS Choices ANY 01 02 03 17 GILBARCO Press the
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12. present the VL LED will illuminate signifying low or no video and the VSI Pro Max will have a poor or no output video signal After completing the interface installation as described in the separate Installation Guide for your specific cash register computer radar gun or other serial device connect the video input source to the video input BNC on the rear of the VSI Pro Max The BNC video output goes out to the video system VCR DVR quad switcher multiplexer or monitor This connection is shown in Figure 4 The video output from the VSI Pro Max is 1 V Peak to Peak into a 75 ohm load Most monitors or televisions with direct video inputs are terminated with a 75 ohm load If the monitor is not terminated the VSI Pro Max will still output 1 V Peak to Peak The VSI Pro Max will be able to drive two terminated loads without loss of video level The VSI Pro Max uses a 9 12VDC 300 mA UL CSA power supply which must be plugged into the Power input on the VSI Pro Max s Real Panel 3 1 LED Indicators Power Green Signifies power is supplied to the unit Register Data Green This LED flashes whenever data is received from the cash register Network LED Red This LED flashes whenever data is sent or received on the Network Port Video Error Red This LED illuminates with the video level is not present or too low Figure 1 VSI Pro Max Front Indicator LEDs and Programming Pushbuttons Rs 232 2 X9 Figure 2 VSI Pro Max R
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14. VSI PRO MAX AVE E Down Up Set Heset POS CASH REGISTER INTERFACE Operation Manual September 2008 v AVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS IN THE BUSINESS MU Max CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK DO NOT OPEN TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE THE COVER DO NOT EXPOSE THE EQUIPMENT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS ARE INSIDE REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL WARNING THIS EQUIPMENT GENERATES USES AND CAN RADIATE RADIO FRE QUENCY ENERGY AND IF NOT INSTALLED AND USED IN ACCOR DANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL MAY CAUSE INTERFER ENCE TO RADIO COMMUNICATIONS IT HAS BEEN TESTED AND FOUND TO COMPLY WITH THE LIMITS FOR A CLASS A COMPUTING DEVICE PURSUANT TO SUBPART J OF PART 15 OF FCC RULES WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE REASONABLE PROTECTION AGAINST SUCH INTERFERENCE WHEN OPERATED IN A COMMER CIAL ENVIROMENT OPERATION OF THIS EQUIPMENT IN A RESI DENTIAL AREA IS LIKELY TO CAUSE INTERFERENCE IN WHICH CASE THE USER AT HIS HER OWN EXPENSE WILL BE REQUIRED TO TAKE WHATEVER MEASURES MAY BE REQUIRED TO CORRECT THE IN TERFERENCE AVE Multiview UK AVE Multiview USA AVE Thailand Co Ltd Unit 1C The Potteries 2000 West Governors Circle 147 Soi On Nut 44 Woodgreen Road Waltham Suite E Houston Texas 77092 Sukhumvit 77 Rd Suan Luang Abbey Essex EN9 3SA UK Tel 1 281 443 2300 Bangkok 10250 Thailand Tel 440 870 770 9323 Fax 1 281 443 8915 Tel 662 331 9364 331 9285 Fax
15. 14 15 16 The VSI Pro Max allows you up to 16 alarms that may be used with any of the user programmed exceptions However there are only 2 hardwired alarm outputs and these correspond to Alarm 1 amp 2 only The other 14 alarms can be used to send trigger text serial data out or flash the screen To select the Alarm Number that you want to program press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to ALARM NO and press Set The cursor will start flashing Press the Up or Down button to cycle through the values and press Set when the desired value is displayed ALARM TRIGGER Choices 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 12 13 24 1 24 RTS An Alarm Trigger is the source of activity programmed to activate a certain alarm The alarm trigger tells the VSI Pro Max what exception to use to trigger the alarming device or the on screen flag Choices Exceptions 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 and 24 alarms when data is received that matches what you have set in these exception strings Exceptions 1 12 alarms when data is received that matches any data set in Exception 1 12 Exceptions 13 24 alarms when data is received that matches any data set in Exception 13 24 Exceptions 1 24 alarms when data is received that matches any data set in Exception RTS External alarm input The VSI Pro Max has 1 alarm input if you are not u
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17. The following sub menu will appear PORT 1 TEST DATA CAPTURE REGISTER DEMO VERSION ID EXIT Figure 76 TEST DEMO MODE Sub Menu PORT 1 TEST Sending and receiving data performance can be analyzed under the PORT 1 TEST sub menu Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to PORT 1 TEST and press Set The following sub menu will appear RECEIVE RX TEST O TRANSMIT TX TEST O RX TX TEST O BAUD RATE SCAN O EXIT Figure 77 PORT 1 TEST Sub Menu RECEIVE RX TEST The purpose of this test is to determine that if VSI Pro is receiving the data or not Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to RECEIVE RX TEST The following display will appear example only RX BAUDRATE AUTO TX BAUDRATE 2400 PARITY NONE DATA BIT 8 HANDSHAKING OFF RECEIVING BAUDRATE DETECTION Figure 78 RECEIVE RX TEST Display Receiving data will be appear in three sperate lines scrolling from right to left The first line is the actual ASCII data coming from the register while last two lines are HEX conversion of ASCII data If you do not receive any data check the connections between VSI Pro and Register or any additional interfacing device Press Set to return to the previous menu NOTE 25 In the above or below tests you can stop the scrolling data by holding down either Up or Down button STRENGTH N THE VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 4
18. or Down button to move the cursor to NCR and press Set The NCR menu will appear NCR 2113 3110 NCR 745X POLE NCR JRNL PRINTER NCR RCPT PRINTER NCR SLIP PRINTER Figure 37 NCR Sub Menu NIXDORF BEETLE Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to NIXDORF BEETLE and press Set The NIXDORF BEETLE menu will appear 9 JOURNAL PRINTER O RECEIPT PRINTER Figure 38 NIXDORF BEETLE Sub Menu STRENGTH N THE SUSE VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface PROGRAMMING NORAND 1200 Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to NORAND 1200 and press Set The NORAND 1200 menu will appear 9 TITLE DISPLAY ON O CONSOLE ID ANY O WORKING MODE O EXIT Figure 39 NORAND 1200 Sub Menu TITLE DISPLAY Choices ON OFF CONSOLE ID Choices ANY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 WORKING MODE Choices ACK TAP NUCLEUS PRINTER Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to NUCLEUS PRINTER and press Set The NUCLEUS PRINTER menu will appear STANDARD Both O PRINTER WITH POLE POLE VIA PRINTER Figure 40 NUCLEUS PRINTER Sub Menu OMEGA 2000 Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to OMEGA 2000 and press Set The OMEGA 2000 menu will appear 9 JOURNAL PRINTER O RECEIPT PRINTER Figure 41 OMEGA 2000 Sub Menu Wi AVE PANASONIC Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to PANASONIC
19. 128K SRAM Memory for High Proformance Processing Programmable Time Stamp Trigger Text On Screen and Exception Output T Time Date Searchng with Compatible DVR Universal Time Date Format Automatic Daylight Savings Adjustment and Register T D Locking 800 Lines of Exception History Buffer 16 Triggered Text associated with 16 virtual alarms 2 Built in Programmable Hard Alarm Outputs m Alarm Input for drawer open safe open etc with programmable time delay n Large Data Buffers for input output to accommodate newer and faster registers EEEE Powerful Data Filtering Algorithms like Truncating Scroll Matching Space Filtering Duplicate Line Filtering Easy On Screen Menu Driven Setup and Programming Auto Baud Rate Detection 24 Field Programmable Exceptions with Numeric Range On screen Flagging of Exceptions with Asterisk or Reverse Text Programmable Delayed Screen Blanking Scroll Delay for non real time recording TO Choice of 1 to 11 lines Displayed On Screen up to 40 Characters per Line I On screen Titler up to 40 characters Gray scale and Border Selection from Front Panel S Built in Test and Diagnostic Modes n Built in Cash Register Demo Upload Download and Programming to or another VSI Pro Max T Data Captured either to the Memory or to the Serial Port Local Firmware Downloadable Local Remote Programming via PC Software
20. 13 24 and Release 12 or higher Any VSI Pro Ver 13 00 or 13 24 can be upgraded with a uP software change for the hardware of the VSI Pro remains the same RS 232 to RS 485 E 5 232 Converter Laptop Figure 141 Laptop Connection to RS 485 Network RS 485 Network Vnetworker Networker VSI Pro Max VSI Pro RS 232 or RS 485 Full Duplex RS 232 or RS 422 RXD onl Cash Register Cash Register Cash Register VNetworker Application ER Edit Control Windows View Status Setting Baudrate Set Time Date Remote Keyborad Status Com 1 19200 n 6 1 18 1 2543 6 06 A Figure 142 Vnetworker Main Menu WAVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 77 APPENDIX M RS 485 VNETWORKER View Status Pull Down the Window to select ComPort and select 32 Address when using less than 32 registers and select 64 if using more than 32 registers w Status 32 Unit Addi Addl2 Add03 Q Add04 Q Add 5 1106 Addl 21106 Add08 O 41115 1116 Addi 1118 Add13 Add20 Add21 Add2 Add23 Add24 Add25 1126 Add27 Add23 Add29 Add30 Adda The Green Led is indicated when a Networker is Detected The Red Led Is indicated no Networker at that Address Figure 143 Status Display Windows T Networker Appli
21. 33 Exception PISTO e c H 35 MERE NER D RD ne ee ee ee 36 BLUES ILI T QUE 36 EXCBDIIONS seer ate eae ee ar ee eee ne ete mee ene re ii ee 37 OE ONS RE ses E eee ees MT 37 SNO Barre te meee er ernment te eter 36 itl f 36 d ERN uU 36 Time sd PRETI Emo oo 1 Em 42 EINE tim rne AS QUERI D E PRU MEE EPUM EDI ERU DIIS DECUS 42 Scroll Mate 2 2 5 c M 42 SEC Alam pags 43 Alarm cii p Ra De bddd da d aa Cos Rei dad FREE FERRI QM aM Ld bI TU NER I MERI DOUG Ve ad UII DUM EDEN VE 44 Alarm TOGE cet E 44 Normal aaen 44 CONTENTS Alarm PUI AUN OI Pee 45 A3 MERI etR M R 45 5 o e c E E E 45 EC 45 HIS IHOSOerBd Text DEIAY EE 45 Sel LC e Em 4
22. A NEW REGISTER WILL IT VOID MY CUSTOMER S WAR RANTY If you are connecting to an external RS 232 port of the register generally it does not void the warranty But if you want to add the interface board inside your new cash register we will highly recommend you to contact the manu facturer of the cash register for sometimes opening the register does void the warranty STRENOTR N THE VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 61 HARD ALARM OUTPUT APPENDIX B The VSI Pro provides two open collector transistor alarm outputs to trigger alarming devices These are Alarm 1 amp 2 in the Alarm menu Upon an Exception a VSI Pro can be programmed to trigger a VCH to go to its fastest record time have a Quad go full screen home a switcher trigger a preprogrammed PTZ or provide visual or audible alarms The VSI Pro provides two alarm outputs that are rated at 12VDC 20mA maximum The following are some basic circuit designs to take advantage of the alarm output option of the VSI Pro 5 VDC 12 VDC Q 470 1K OHM LED Y Alarm 1 or 2 LED M b Alarm 1 or 2 Internal Internal BUZZER Alarm 1 or 2 RELAY SPDT 1N4001 Internal Alarm 1 or 2 Internal Figure 102 Hard Alarm Output v AVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 62 APPENDIX C DVR TEXT INPUT CONNECTIONS The AVE MVDR5000 DVR has the ability to input two VSI Pro Max ASCII Text directly withou
23. Cash Register ATM interfacing to the AVE or 3rd party DVR suppliers For more information on this contact the AVE factory VAVE STRENOTR N THE BUSHES VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 79 RS 485 VNETWORKER APPENDIX M VSI Pro Max RS 232 RS 232 or AVE RS 422 RXD ASCII Data for DVH only Text Search Cash Register and Exceptions RS 485 Network Vnetworker Networker VSI Pro Max RS 232 or RS 485 Full Duplex Cash Register Figure 139 VSI Pro Max Vnetworker Connection ASCII Data for Text Search and Exceptie Hydra d Pree Vnetworker VSI Pro Max Cash Register Cash Register Cash Register Figure 140 Hvdra Vnetworker Connection V AVE ILI STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 76 APPENDIX M RS 485 VNETWORKER Introduction The Vnetworker Software can communicate directly with a VSI Pro Max or a VSI Pro with Vnetworker or a VSI Pro with Networker and connects to the Cash Register The VSI Pro Max or Vnetworker or Networker take the RS 232 or RS 485 data from a cash register and puts it on a common RS 485 network and sends it back to a PC This network supports up to 64 cash registers The Vnetworker software is able to program the VSI Pro Max or VSI Pro with Vnetworker remotely along with gathering the transaction or exception data The VSI Pro with Networker can only send back the transaction data The VSI Pro must be Ver 13 00 or
24. G de 62 Figure 103 VSI Pro Max with DVR Text Input Connections 63 Figure 104 VSIl Pro Max and DVR RS 485 Pin OUS ees usuawenadeduvuiesetmuecssesneasskvpseseeaesenstaeseies 63 Figure 105 VSI Pro Max UTP s Ins aaa aiaa Eana aiiai 64 Figure 106 VSEPro Max RJ45 Pin dixe vata xu EE uu aoc 64 Figure 107 RJ45 Connector Configuration bus Eu taxe uqdmuS Rue aug an du axe ua sua Ru uus E aud ausa coute KE 64 Figure 108 VSI Pro Max and CATS5 Breakout 64 Figure 109 P2RS Parallel to Serial Converter Front 65 Figure 110 P2RS Parallel to Serial Converter Rear Panel 65 Figure 111 P2RS Parallel Connection 65 Fig re 12206525 66 RT 65 FIigtife 1182 Centronics
25. The following is a brief overview of how to set up Exception Reports 1 On the main menu press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to EXCEPTION REPORT and press Set 2 On the sub menu press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to EXCEPTION HISTORY and press Set 3 sub menu press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to DVR SELECTION and press Set Thenn select the model of DVR you are using 4 Exit and press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to SET EXCEPTION and press Set 5 select the Exception No that you wish to program press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to the desired Exception No then press Set Press the Up or Down button to toggle between the choices 6 Make sure that DISPLAY is set to ON for any exception data to be saved in the Exception History 7 Program the Exception String in the Exception Report to compare the data that shows on the screen for time search mode in the Exception History menu 8 After you have set up the desired configurations press the REC button on the DVR to record video into a hard drive or use alarm output for triggering the DVR at record input 9 The monitor should display a flashing REC message and the REC button will light up indicating the DVR is in the recording mode ON SCREEN FLAGS You have several options for programming your Exception Report The first option typi
26. alamo Open Collector Transisitor TXD RS 232 From VSI Pro Max Option RS 485 A Data From or To VSI Pro Max RS 485 B Data From or To VSI Pro Max 7 RTS Alarm In To VSI Pro Max 9 2 Open Collector Transistor Note When the RS 485 port is set for Bi Directional RS 485 the TXD port has no function When the RS 485 port is set for recieve data only then the TXD port can be used for an RS 232 output Table 3 Pin Out of the DB 9 Female Connector on the VSI Pro RS 422 RS 485 Networking to additional VSI Pro Max Regcom Networker Vnetworker or PC Software Application WALL TRANSFORMER 9 12VDC 300mA RS 232 or RS 485 Direct or ECR Interface CASH REGISTER VSI Pro Max MONITOR To Earth Ground for Surge Suppression CAMERA Figure 4 VSI Pro Max Connections V AVE STRENGTH N THE BUSHES VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 12 CONNECTIONS Grounding and Isolation The VSI Pro Max has an isolated internal signal power ground from the case or chassis ground Therefore maintain ing this isolation will insure proper surge and lightning suppression when the chassis grounded properly Video Surge Lightning Protection The VSI Pro Max has an internal Gas Discharge Surge Suppressor on the video input This enables high input surges to be suppressed so not to damage the internal circuitry of the VSI Pro Max Voltage spikes between video signal and video ground will b
27. any text after a CR LF up to 40 characters If the line is longer than 40 characters we insert a virtual LF CR Therefore an exception string can not be longer than 40 characters If you use a wild card in front of or behind of a normal exception string then no matter what letter is recieved in that position of the wild card it will be accepted as part of exception string Typically to erase these scrolling messages we would use the Negative Exception feature and turn Off the display after we entered in the words with or without wildcards However this left many unwanted bits and pieces of the scrolling message visible because the transactions interrupt the scrolling message and then when the transaction is completed the scrolling message goes back to the exact place in the message where it was interrupted This is different than normal transactions for they always start with a the description quantity and price usually in one line In scrolling messages we may not have LF and sometimes no CR This has the first character of every line usually different in the scrolling message and even partial words starting at any place within any one of the words of the scrolling message Therefore conventional Exceptions even with the wild card does not remove all Scroll Matching On changes the way the VSI Pro Max processes exceptions Scroll matching only works with advertising messages that are scrolling in the video by typically shifting accross a cust
28. can scroll up too fast on the screen to be recorded When SCROLL DELAY is the VSI Pro slows down this data feed just enough to insure that each line of text is recorded The choices for SCROLL DELAY are either ON or OFF To make this selection position the arrow in front of SCROLL DELAY and press and release Set The arrow will start flashing Cycle through ON or OFF by pressing either the Up or Down button then press Set when your choice is displayed The cursor will stop flashing and you can continue programming DISPLAY You have the choice to globally turn ON or OFF the complete VSI Pro text insertion function This means no data will be visible on the monitor if you select DISPLAY OFF However if you select the DISPLAY OFF you can still command each exception independently to either display on screen or not through its program setup menu under EXCEPTION REPORTS You may also choose to enable an alarm output to occur during an exception while not displaying the exception data through the program set up in the ALARM OUTPUTS menu With the display OFF the VSI Pro will still perform all functions as programmed for example exception reporting will still function but the information will not appear on screen unless programmed to do so in the EXCEPTIONS REPORT menu Also the data will not show in the history buffer if not displayed EXIT Press the Up or Down button t
29. in the REGISTER SELECT menu Baud Rate wrong change to Auto Baud rate and do transaction Interface Type set wrong Data cable is miswired Data cable is too long or did not use shielded cable May be connected to the wrong port PROBLEMS WITH ECR TPIF BOARDS 1 Upon regsiter power up verify on screen ECR power up test 2 Check that the board is seated properly in the register 3 4 Check jumper settings on the board if applicable For ECR boards make sure the 2 pin data cable is plugged in correctly PROBLEMS WITH N2RS NCR2RS DTS2RS B2RS ETC 1 Check the cable to the register APPENDIX A 2 If VSI Pro Max was working and stopped power cycle the system Turn off the register unplug the power to the N2RS and unplug the power to the VSI Pro Now power up the system plug in the VSI Pro and the N2RS Turn 3 VAVE on the register and do a transaction The data should re appear Check the cable between the VSI Pro Max and the N2RS STRENOTR N THE BUSHES VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 59 PROBLEM SOLVING GUIDE APPENDIX A NO NETWORK COMMUNICATION OR LED FLASHING 1 Verify the RJ11 RJ12 or RJ45 is locked into the connector firmly and the locking tab no broken 2 Verify the RJ connector is crimped and wired properly Pins 4 amp 5 the two in the very center 3 Verify the unit is set to either the Master or Slave Mode 4 Verify all network modules are connected and the last i
30. line of DVRs The Dallmeier setting supports communication to the Dallmeier DVR in Commanding mode ASCII is not supported in the Master mode selection PARITY Choices NONE ODD EVEN Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to PARITY and press Set The cursor will start flashing Press the Up or Down button to cycle through the values and press Set when the desired value is displayed DATA BITS Choices 7 or 8 If you select 7 Data Bits you must select ODD or EVEN Parity in the Parity menu Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to DATA BITS and press Set The cursor will start flashing Press the Up or Down button to cycle through the values and press Set when the desired value is displayed HW HANDSHAKING Choices ON OFF Hardware handshaking is an electrical signal that tells the cash register or computer that the VSI Pro Max is ready to receive data It may not be necessary and or need not be connected to an outgoing signal from the cash register or computer since the VSI Pro Max does not require handshaking The VSI Pro Max handshaking signal is always true signally the cash register or computer to send data Handshaking guarantees that the internal buffer is not over run or text is not lost Most AVE interfaces do not support this function Also since the VSI Pro has a 128K buffer this feature is generally not required STRENOTR N THE VSI Pro Max POS Cash Regi
31. menu will appear 9 TAP EMULATE Figure 47 SHARP UP600 700 Sub Menu SICOM Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to SICOM and press Set The SICOM menu will ap pear SECNET ADDRESS 8 O EXIT Figure 48 SICOM Sub Menu SECNET ADDRESS Choices ANY 1 2 3 255 PROGRAMMING SPEDI CCTV Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to SPEDI CCTV and press Set The SPEDI CCTV menu will appear 9 SET ADDRESS O EXIT Figure 49 SPEDI CCTV Sub Menu SET ADDRESS Choices ANY 1 2 3 255 SUNTRONIC Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to SUNTRONIC and press Set The SUNTRONIC menu will appear 9 890 891 960 2000 Figure 50 SUNTRONIC Sub Menu TCI Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to TCI and press Set The TCI menu will appear DEVICE ADDRESS 000 O EXIT Figure 51 TCI Sub Menu DEVICE ADDRESS Choices 000 001 002 999 TEC SLIP PRINTER EMULATE Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to TEC SLIP PRINTER EMULATE and press Set The TEC SLIP PRINTER EMULATE menu will appear MODEL O MODE TEC SLIP PRINTER EMULATING TAPPING O EXIT Figure 52 TEC SLIP PRINTER Sub Menu PROGRAMMING TKMAX Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to TKMAXX and press Set The TKMAXX menu will ap pear JOURNAL PRINTER O RECEIPT P
32. of the VSI Pro Max connects the Network Serial RS 232 to the DB9 Pin 8 and outputs the Exception Data from this port which can be connected to a DVR or Serial Printer Also the Network RJ45 port outputs the same data via RS 485 For normal exception data output to be backward compatible with all VSIs set Protocol for ASCII MASTER This setting configures the Network RJ45 port to be a Master which is formerly called Hydra The Master uses RS 485 bi directional communication to slave devices using either the Regcom or Vnet protocol The OUTPUT RS 232 data with the selected format is sent out the DB9 TXD Pin 3 for RS 232 In the RS 232 mode you can still use the VSI Pro Max to interface to a POS or Cash Register but only in the tap mode using the DB9 RXD Pin 2 only to recieve the data Emulation modes require the use of both the RXD and TXD so this mode is prohibited while using the VSI Pro Max in the Master mode The OUTPUT serial data with the selected format is sent out the DB9 Pins 4 amp 6 for RS 485 and the baud rate etc is set via the communications setting not in this menu In this mode the VSI Pro Max can not connect to any POS or Cash Register STRENGTH N THE BUSHES VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 32 PROGRAMMING Related Settings PROTOCOL which the choices are REGCOM or VNET TX PROTOCOL which the choices will be MVDR DALLMEIER VSI ADD VNET BAUD RATE 1200 115 2K SLAVE This setting confirg
33. or Compatible DVR Compatible with AVE AL 16 External Relay Interface adapter WAVE smemmmEmes VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 8 2 2 SPECIFICATIONS Video In BNC Video Out BNC Video S N Video B W Power DC Coax 2 1mmx5 5mm Battery Backup NiMH Register Serial Port Bi Directional DB9 Female Baud Rate Word Length Parity Stop Bits RTS CTS Handshaking DTR DSR Data Buffer FEATURES amp SPECIFICATIONS BVP P to 2VP P AGC Term 75 ohms 90V Gas Discharge Suppression 1V P P Terminated or Unterminated can drive two 75 ohm loads better than 50dB better than 7MHz 9 12VDC 170mA 18V MOV Surge Suppression 1 year with 24 hour charge RS 232C RS 232 Opto RS 485 RS 422 PassiveHi Z RXD Pin 2 RXD Pin 2 A Pin 4 RXD Pin 2 TXD Pin 3 GND Pin 5 B Pin 6 TXD Pin 3 GND Pin5 Jumpers 14 amp 18 Pin 5 GND Pin 5 AUTO 1200 2400 4800 9600 19 2K 28 8K 38 4K 57 6K 115 2K ODD EVEN NONE 1 ON or OFF 3 3K Pull Up Jumper Selectable 3 3K Pull Up 3 3K Pull Up Jumper Selectable 128K bytes Data Network Port RJ45 X2 in Parallel RS 232 or RS 485 TXD Only or RS 485 Bi Directional Jumper 4 amp 11 Baud Rate Alarm Outputs Pin 1 amp 9 Alarm Input Pin 7 RTS Real Time Clock Date Format Display Characters Number of Lines Character and Border Gray Scale Screen Update Delay 5s Auto Scolling from last line Line Processing DVR Support 1200 11
34. out of the VSI Pro To set the TX Baud Rate for your particular device press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to TX BAUD RATE and press Set The cursor will start flashing You can now use the Up or Down buttons to make your selection When your selection appears press Set The cursor will stop flashing and you can proceed to the next menu item for programming TX PROTOCOL This selection allows you program the protocol or format of the data that is transmitted out the TX port This is only available for registers that do not use the TX line of the POS Cash Register port for emulate modes When using the register port for tapping then the data output in ASCII mode simulates the function of the VSI Pro previous versions and utilizes the same pinout connection When using the VSI Pro Max in the Master mode this TX line is used to output the data in the VSI ADD protocol to be compatible with the Hydra output to DVRs Choices ASCII VSI ADD VNet Dallmeier MVDR NOTE The choices in the above selection will change depending on the progreamming selections in the Network Settings submenu In the Master mode the data can be sent out the VSI ADD format which is the standard AVE protocol for register data which is supported by all AVE DVRs and many 3rd party DVR manufactures The VNET format is only support by the AVE Vnetworker PC Software The MVDR format is a subset of the VNET format that is supported by the AVE MVDR
35. sets the address value of the appropriate VSI Pro on the network you wish to up date Time Date Set up Select ID Set Clock Read Clock Figure 146 Time Date Set up Menu APPENDIX N AL 16 Alarm Output Adapter Trigger Text not only sends out printable data for the user to be notified visually or markers for the DVR Text Search function but also can send out special Control Characters or Escape Sequences The AVE AL 16 accepts com mands to trigger independent Form C Relay contacts via RS 232 communication Therefore the proper command sequences can be programmed into the Trigger Text and sent to this device upon alarm or exception This will expand the number of hard alarm outputs of the VSI Pro or VSI Pro Max to the maximum of 16 This allows simple wire connection to presets of PTZ gate openers lights IR illuminators and any other external device that needs to be controlled by the powerful exception and alarm processor of the VSI Pro Max Figure AL 16 RS 232 amp Power Connector Figure AL 16 Relay Output Connectors NOTES WAVE ee een w STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro POS Cash Register Interface 80 APPENDIX O POS amp CCTV APPLICATIONS PTZ Control Trigger Text not only sends out printable data for the user to be notified visually or markers for the DVR Text Search function but also can send out special Control Characters or Escape Sequences PTZ commands f
36. sure you change the RXD baudrate to 19 2K so the VSI Pro Max will communicate TCP IP Limitations The TCPIP232 Adapter can monitor any Ethernet LAN either 10MBs or 100MB s However the actual long term throughput of the adpater is limited to SMB s This is more than enough for network printers for cash receipts bar code scanners or single cash registers that operate in a Live Mode Live Mode means the register transmitts the data on the net work line by line or at the end of each transaction Some cash registers have large local built in memo ries for thousands of items and then only batch multiple transactions on the network at any given time or controlled by the server Cash Registers utilizing this kind of batch processing are not suitable for security monitoring Other devices that output large amounts of data will overrun the buffers of either the TCPIP232 Adapter or VSI Pro Max and data will be lost and would not be suitable for secu rity monitoring anyway The VSI Pro Max has a set of powerful data dump modes that compatible with the TCPIP232 Adpater If large data packets need filtering or special formats are required contact the factory STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface PROGRAMMING GENERIC Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to PC COM 1 2 3 4 and press Set No menu will apprear and merely sets the VSI Pro Max to Generic mode ADDRESSABLE VSI VSI ADD Pr
37. the video picture of any CCTV system Simple front panel push buttons allow the user to simply program all functions and features of the VSI Pro Max This includes characters position gray scale and a wide variety text processing function including exceptions and alarming features Whether used with a cash register providing real time data on an RS 232 port or tapping off a serial printer or pole display the VSI Pro Max is a valuable tool in loss prevention When used in conjunction with AVE s extensive line of adapters this device can connect to any POS Point of Sale ECR Electronic Cash Register or peripheral on the market today Now available the TCPIP232 Adapter for interfacing to Ethernet LAN networks to capture common printer data or monitor any single register transactions The VSI Pro Max can be used to trigger switchers time lapse VCRs DVRs remote transmission devices or other alarming devices via the 2 hardwired open collector alarm outputs The VSI Pro Max also has an additional RS 232 RS 485 output that can send the formated ASCII text to a DVR which can store the data as an electronic file in addition to inserted in the actual video image This additional RS 485 port supports full networking of up to 16 VSI Pro Max without any external devices The Exception Processor of the VSI Pro Max provides the intelligence to bring questionable or exceptional transactions to view for the user This allows the user to quickly and easily review em
38. to a DVR or PC offering a low cost solution The Hydra Vnetworker system connected only to VSI Pro using the VSI Pro internal buffer and remote program ming ability to program and control the VSI Pro remotely by the DVR or PC along with register data collection and delivery via the RS 485 network VSI Pro Max Network Capability The VSI Pro Max can interface to all of the above network types and then output this network data in the Master or Hydra mode in any format selectable by the user Therefore existing systems can simply add a VSI Pro Max to them and configure for whatever they choose The following is some examples 1 Systems using VSIs with Regcoms and a Hydra Master can simply add the VSI Pro as a slave register interface expanding the existing system 2 Systems using the 5 with Regcoms can replace the Hydra Master with a VSI Pro Max which will do the Hydra function and add another register to the system Then with the VSI Pro Max as the Master the protocol can be translated from Regcom to Vnet allowing connection to the AVE MVDR5000 and have remote programming capabil ity from the DVR front panel for the VSI Pro Max The older VSIs and Regcoms on the network will remain to collect data but will not be able to be remotely programmed by the DVR 3 If a user is using an older version of PC software for data collection for Regcoms or Vnetworkers the same software can be used to collect data from another network type by the
39. translation capability of the VSI Pro Max However the latest release of PC Programming software for the VSI Pro Max includes all versions in one and superseds all previous multiple versions 4 Systems using Networkers can add Vnetworkers seemlessly to these networks or VSI Pro Max The program ming capability of Vnetworkers and VSI Pro Max are macro sets of the Networker so would seemlessly together However you could use a VSI Pro Max as the Hydra Master and translate the Vnetworker protocol to the Regcom protocol and deliver the data to a DVR that only supports the VSI ADD protocol Then if the DVR software is updated to support the Vnetworker protocol simply select the output protocol of the VSI Pro Max accordingly and take advan tage of remote programming capability of the DVR Summary The VSI Pro Max is now the solution to almost every new application or configuration of any AVE POS Cash Register Interface solution Compatibility with existing cables for both the register and the network make the VSI Pro Max Plug and Play as a standalone or an addition to any existing AVE interface installation STRENOTR N THE VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 71 MASTER HYDRA APPENDIX M MASTER COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL OPERATION The VSI Pro Max or Hydra Regcom Vnetworker Networker use a bi directional 2 wire RS 485 databus to communicate A VSI Pro Max can be a Slave or a Master A Regcom Vnetworker or Networker are used to conve
40. wire is used the video signal is reduced significantly by the time it reaches the VSI Pro Max Therefore the built in AGC circuitry of the VSI Pro Max allows the use of low cost passive recievers like the AVE UTP 1500 and recovers the video signal VSI Pro Max UTP 1500 Figure 105 VSI Pro Max UTP Connections Network RJ45 Connector The VSI Pro Max has two RJ45 connectors on the side of the unit mainly for Network communications However only two pins of this connector is used for the networking RS 485 signals Pins 4 amp 5 All other pins are wired in parallel so can pass other LAN signals utilizing the same cable When using CAT5 or CAT6 cable for 10Mbs or 100Mbs only Pins 1 amp 2 and 3 amp 6 are used for the Ethernet LAN connections so the VSI Pro Max networking signals can use Pins 4 amp 5 without any conflict with the LAN connections Therefore IP cameras or Internet can ride on the same cable Furthermore Pins 7 amp 8 can be used to for power or the video signal utilizing the UTP 1500 VSI Pro Max RJ45 Pin Outs RJ45 In RJ45 Out VSI Pro Max 1 N C 2 N C N C 4 4 A VSI Pro Max Network 5 5 B VSI Pro Max Network 6 N C 7 T
41. 08 EXIT Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to EXIT and press Set to return to the previous menu 5 10 DOWNLOAD UPLOAD SETUP This feature lets you upload or download data between two VSI Pro Max s or a VSI Pro Max and a PC This feature is especially helpful on multi interface installations You can program one VSI Pro Max and download the data to another VSI Pro Max with the download upload feature and a data transfer cable The cable is made up of two male DB 9 connectors and the pin out is below NOTE This feature is only available to like versions and release There fore you can only program a VSI Pro Max Ver 14 R2 with a same exact VSI Pro Max or errorenous data will occur DOWNLOAD UPLOAD DATA CABLE Figure 86 Download Upload Data Cable Wi AVE smemmmExmss VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 50 PROGRAMMING DOWNLOAD UPLOAD SETUP USING VSI Pro Max TO VSI Pro Max To insure that the DOWNLOAD UPLOAD process is accomplished you need to access the programming menu for both VSI Pro Max so each VSI Pro Max needs a video input and a monitor The optimum way to perform the DOWNLOAD UPLOAD process would be to have a system set up with two separate cameras and monitors and the programmed VSI Pro Max with the download data cable attached The VSI Pro Max programming data is stored internally in a battery backed 128K SRAM This would allow you to program one VSI Pro Max on site and bring the program
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43. 2 Receive JP2 OPEN RS 422 Receive Termination On 120 Ohm Termination Off 120 Ohm JP4 CLOSE 1 2 RS 232 TXD to DB9M Pin 3 JP4 CLOSE 1 2 RS 232 TXD to DB9M Pin 3 JP5 CLOSE 1 2 RS 232 RXD to DB9M Pin2 JP5 CLOSE 1 2 RS 232 RXD to DB9M Pin 2 JP6 CLOSE 2 3 Enable RS485 JP6 CLOSE 1 2 Enable RS 485 JP7 CLOSE 2 3 Enable RS485 JP7 CLOSE 1 2 Enable RS 485 DB9M Pin Out 1 N C 2 RXD TXD 3 RXD TXD 4 DTR True 5 GND 6 N C 7 RTS 8 N C 9 12VDC Input Figure 127 RS 422 485 Figure 128 RS 232 Connector of the RS 232 to Connector of the RS 232 to RS 422 485 Converter RS 422 485 Converter v AVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 69 TCPIP 232 ADAPTER APPENDIX K TCPIP 232 ADAPTER Interfacing the VSI Pro Max to the cash register TCP IP network requires the TCPIP 232 Adapter along with the VSI Pro Max The IP address of the cash register is programmed into the TCPIP 232 Adapter via on screen program ming The cash register LAN cable is plugged into the adapter and the supplied additonal LAN cable is then plugged into the cash register Therefore this DOES NOT require an additional network port for the cash register interface or any host programming of the router or switch The TCPIP232 Adapter is not AutoSense so make sure the router is set for MDI so normal straight thru cables are used Figure 129 Front of TCPIP 232 Adapter Figure 130 Rear of TCPIP 232 Adapter WAVE TRANSFORMER DC CABLE TC
44. 32 Connector DB9 Male JP6 RS485 load resister jumper 120 Ohm Configuration Settings Figure 116 USB232 RXD RS232 RS485 A B JP8 2 3 1 2 RS232 Configuration Jumper Setting 2 3 1 2 RXD JP3 PIN 2 PIN 3 TXD JP2 PIN 2 PIN CTS JP5 PIN 7 PIN 8 RTS JP4 PIN 7 PIN 8 Jumper Default Setting JP8 1 2 Select RS485 RXD JP3 2 3 Connect to DB9 PIN 2 TXD JP2 1 2 Connect to DB9 PIN 3 CTS JP5 None Not connected RTS JP4 1 2 Connect to DB9 PIN 7 Baud Rate This device can scan terminal baudrate and set device Baud rate as same as terminal Compatible Baud rate Bit per second 300 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 Power This device can use power from USB bus or power from DC adaptor 9 12 VDC see users guide for Software Installation and compatibility WAVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 66 APPENDIX G VSIB INSTALLATION VSIB for Thai Korean or Chinese Languages The VSIB is a bit mapped display device that can display Thai Korean or Chinese characters This device works in conjunction with the VSI Pro A special cable is connected between the VSI Pro and the VSIB so all on screen programming is done via the VSIB but the controls and menus are the same as the VSI Pro Therefore after connec tion the programming will be identical to this manual The VSIB must be ordered independently for any of the above supported languages and the languag
45. 5 2K 8 bits No Parity 1 stop Bit Open Collector 12VDC 20mA Jumpers 18 amp 6 Closure to Ground 12 VDC Max 12 or 24 Hr with Auto Daylight Savings Time Programmable MM DD YY DD MM YY YY MM DD Julian Calendar 40 1 11 8 levels of Gray ON or OFF Compress Truncate Space Compress Left Justify Scroll Matching MVDR2000 3000 4000 5000 DMS 3001 DVR 3011 DVR 3021 Watchdog Timer Hardware and Software Local Remote Programming via PC Software Local Firmware Downloading 40 Mhz Processor Operation Temperature Rating Humidity Weight Metal Enclosure Beige Maximum Size with Connectors Packed in White Box with Manual History Buffer Downloadable Searchable 0 50 degrees Celsius 32 122 degrees Fahrenheit Non Condensing 8596 RH 0 68 Kg or 1 5 105 130L x 127W x 38H mm 5 12L x 5W x 1 5H in 145L x 127W x 43H mm 5 7L x 5W x 1 7H in 1 02 Kg or 2 26 105 340L x 190W x 85H mm 13 4L x 86 2W x 3 35H in STRENOTR N THE BUSHES VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 9 3 CONNECTIONS The VSI Pro Max will overlay the characters on any input video source The video input can be virtually any baseband or composite video source The VSI Pro will accept NTSC RS 170 RS 330 CCIR PAL or SECAM video formats The Video input to the VSI Pro Max is a standard BNC connector terminated at 75 ohms NOTE 45 The input video level must be between 0 5V 2 0V Peak to Peak If the video is lower or not
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47. 7 PROGRAMMING TRANSMIT TEST The purpose of this test is to determine that if the VSI Pro is able to transmit data or not Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to TRANSMIT TX TEST and press Set The following display will appear example only RX BAUDRATE AUTO TX BAUDRATE 2400 PARITY NONE DATA BIT 8 HANDSHAKING OFF TRANSMITTING BAUDRATE DETECTION Figure 79 TRANSMIT TX TEST Display If VSI Pro transmitting data you will see some predefined ASCII character on the screen If you don t see any characters on the screen check the connections and try again Press Set to return to the previous menu RX TX TEST In the RX TX test the VSI Pro echos whatever it receives Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to RX TX TEST and press Set The following display will appear example only RX BAUDRATE AUTO TX BAUDRATE 2400 PARITY NONE DATA BIT 8 HANDSHAKING OFF ECHOING BAUDRATE DETECTION Figure 80 RX TX TEST Display Press Set to return to the previous menu BAUD RATE SCAN The Baud Rate Scan test can scan the baud rate of your register Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to BAUD RATE SCAN and press Set The following display will appear example only RX BAUDRATE AUTO TX BAUDRATE 2400 PARITY NONE DATA BIT 8 HANDSHAKING OFF BAUDRATE SCAN BAUDRATE DETECTION Figure 81 Baudrate Scan D
48. 7000 PCB and Cable Figure 124 TK2300 and Adapter Figure 125 TE2200 Thermal Printer When using the AVE IF ECR Interface PCBs that are generally installed inside the cash register and an RS 232 connector mounted on the register or the RS 232 cable fitted through the rear of the till These interfaces output direct converted and formatted RS 232 of the printer This data can be connected directly to the AVE line of DVRs without additional conversion up to 100 If additional lengths are needed then the AVE RS 232 to RS 422 485 converter can be used to extend this range to 3000 The Regcom interface can directly connect to these devices and report up to 16 tills on the Regcom network back to the PC Program or to the AVE line of DVRs converted using the Hydra ANSI DRIVER COMMANDS APPENDIX I SET CURSOR ESC Y XH gt Yis vertical X is horizontal X and Y set by numeric character 0 9 Ex Vertical line 25 Parameter Y will be set to 35H Horizontal line 19 Parameter X will be set to 31H39H Result Hex format 1BH 5BH 35H 3BH 31H 39H 48H CLEAR DISPLAY CLEAR CURRENT CURSOR TO END OF LINE lt ESC gt 2J lt ESC gt K REVERSE TEXT CURSOR DOWN lt ESC gt 7M lt ESC gt PnB FLASH TEXT CURSOR UP lt ESC gt 5M lt ESC gt PnA NORMAL TEXT CURSOR LEFT lt ESC gt 0M lt ESC gt PnC CURSOR RIGHT lt ESC gt PnD lt ESC gt 1BH Pn The distance moved is determined by this parameter If the parameter value i
49. 8 or RJ45 RS 485 MVDR3000 5000 VSI Pro Max VSI Pro Max RS 232 to RS 422 485 Adapter RJ12 6 Pin Modular RJ45 8 Pin Modular DB9F Screw Terminals 1 N C 2 GND GND Terminal 5 V A Terminal 1 4 M 5 Terminal 2 5 GND 6 Figure 104 VSI Pro Max DVR RS 485 Pin Outs v AVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 63 UTP CONNECTIONS APPENDIX D AGC The VSI Pro Max has an AGC Automatic Gain Control circuit on the video input This means that even if the video signal is as low as 0 5 V P P the VSI Pro Max will automatically amplify to the proper level of 1 V P P and insert the cash register data into the video flawlessly Also if for some reason the video signal is as high as 2 V P P the VSI Pro Max will reduce the video signal to 1 V P P With the increasing cost of RG 59U coaxial cable many installers are using the lower cost UTP Unshielded Twisted Pair cable and video adpaters similar to the AVE TwistPlex line of passive and active adapters When passive transmitters like the AVE UTP 1500 are used at the camera end and long runs of UTP or CAT5
50. Address On Off Input Output SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 SW5 SW6 SW7 SW8 Off Off Off Off Off Off Regcom VSI ADD 9600 baud 1 On Off Off Off Off Off Vnetworker Vnetworker 2 Off On Off Off Off Off Vnetworker MVDR3000 5000 3 On On Off Off Off Off Hegcom Dallmeier Addr 1 8 4 Off Off On Off Off Off Vnetworker Dallmeier Addr 1 8 5 On Off On Off Off Off Regcom VSI ADD 57 6K baud 6 Off On On Off Off Off 7 On On On Off Off Off TBD 8 Off Off Off On Off Off TBD 9 On Off Off On Off Off 10 11 12 18 Table 11 Hydra Regcom 14 Off On On On Off Off mE TBD Dipswitch Settings 15 On On On On Off Off TBD Off Off Off Off On Off TBD v AVE D d STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 74 APPENDIX M MASTER PROTOCOL AVE POS Networking Protocol VSI ADD Protocol The AVE VSI Pro Max IF ECR Interface Cards and other POS Adapters export the POS data in formatted ASCII text via RS 232 directly This data can be read by any DVR Com Port for recording as a separate data file appended to the Audio Video file For multiple POS on one DVR you could use multiple RS 232 ports but this is cumbersome and the length of runs is l
51. FF Depending on presence of serial printer Exception String dus Range 0049 99 0099 99 Operator IN With this exception all sales between 50 and 100 dollars will be flagged STRENOTR N THE BUSHES VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 41 PROGRAMMING GREATER THAN This example will show you how to program an exception to flag all sales in department 5 greater than 100 dollars Exception No 2 Display ON Output ON or OFF Exception String one Range 0000 01 0099 99 Operator OUT Now whenever anyone rings a sale of 100 or more on Department 5 the transaction will be flagged LESS THAN This example will show you how to program an exception to flag all sales in Department 6 of less than 100 00 Exception No 4 Display ON Output ON or OFF Exception String 6 Range 0000 01 0099 00 Operator IN OUTPUT Choices ON OFF This is global output to send data to the serial printer When ON is selected all the data will be send to the serial printer regardless of what setting of out put has selected in the individual output in set exception menu When OFF is selected only those exception will send to the serial printer whose out put is ON under set exceptions menu for individual exceptions To turn output ON or OFF press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to OUTPUT and press Set Press the Up or Down button to cycle through the values and press Set when the desired value is displ
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53. HOO OC Figure 63 Register Settings Sub Menu INTERFACE TYPE Choices RS 232 PASSIVE TAP RS 485 To set the interface type for your particular device press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to INTERFACE TYPE and press and release Set The cursor will start flashing You can now use the Up or Down button to make your selection When your selection appears press Set again The cursor will stop flashing and you can proceed to the next menu item for programming RS 232 and RS 485 are defined by IEEE standards however the Passive Tap is a high impedance 100K input with full diode protection Refer to Table 1 and 1A for respective pin outs of RS 232 or RS 485 RX BAUD RATE Choices AUTO 1200 2400 4800 9600 14 4K 19 2K 28 8K 38 4K 57 6K 115 2K To set the baud rate for your particular device press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to RX Baud Rate and press Set The cursor will start flashing You can now use the Up or Down button to make your selection When your selection appears press Set again The cursor will stop flashing and you can proceed to the next menu item for programming WAVE STRENGTH WINE VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register infertace PROGRAMMING TX BAUD RATE Choices AUTO 1200 2400 4800 9600 14 4K 19 2K 28 8K 38 4K 57 6K 115 2K This feature allows you to set the transmit baud rate to a separate device if you are looping the data back
54. J45 Network Connections w Figure 3 VSI Pro Max Rear Connections Y AVE smemmmExmss VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register uii ad CONNECTIONS Pin Label Direction Function 1 Alarm Out 1 From VSI Pro Max Open Collector Transisitor 2 Receive Data To VSI Pro Max Data from Cash Register 3 Transmit Data From VSI Pro Max Data to Cash Register 4 DTR From VSI Pro Max Remain High or RS 485 Input A 5 Ground J Signal Power Gnd or Isolated RS 232 Input Gnd 6 DSR From VSI Pro Max Remain High or RS 485 Input B 7 RTS To VSI Pro Max Alarm Input or Hardware Handshaking 8 CTS From VSI Pro Max DVR RS 232 Output or Hardware Handshaking 9 Alarm Out 2 From VSI Pro Max Open Collector Transistor or Signal Power Gnd Table 1 Pin Out of the DB 9 Female Connector on the VSI Pro Max 3 2 RS 232 SERIAL INPUT The VSI Pro Max accepts serial data via the DB 9 Female connector located on the rear of VSI Pro Max This connector is similar to AT type computer RS232 serial ports and the pin out is identical Table 1 shows the standard pin out for VSI Pro Max RS 232 female connector On the other hand Table 2 compares the VSI Pro Max RS 232 with standard AT computer s RS 232 connector e SIGNAL NAME RS232 VSI Pro Max seisame o0 Table 2 RS 232 DB 9 Pin Out vs VSI Pro Max DB 9 Pin Out VAVE STRENOTR N THE BUSHES VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 11 CONNECTIONS FUNCTION DIRECTION o
55. MODE Choices TAPPING EMULATING CASIO TE 2200 Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to CASIO TE 2200 and press Set The CASIO TE 2200 menu will appear 9 MODEL O MODE O EXIT TE 2200 EMULATING Figure 17 CASIO TE 2200 Sub Menu MODE Choices TAPPING EMULATING CLARITY EPOS Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to CLALITY EPOS and press Set The CLALITY EPOS menu will appear 9 SET TERM NO O EXIT Figure 18 CLARITY EPOS Sub Menu smemmmEmes VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface DELTA SONO 3 1 Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to DELTA SONO 3 1 and press Set The DELTA SONO 3 1 menu will appear DELTA JOURNAL DELTA RECEIPT EPSON JOURNAL EPSON RECEIPT EXIT Figure 19 DELTA SONO 3 1 Sub Menu DRESSER WAYNE Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to DRESSER WAYNE and press Set The DRESSER WAYNE menu will appear POS CDU O NUCLEUS Figure 20 DRESSER WAYNE Sub Menu Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to POS CDU and press Set The POS CDU menu will appear 9 JOURNAL PRINTER O RECEIPT PRINTER Figure 21 POS CDU Sub Menu Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to NUCLEUS and press Set The NUCLEUS menu will appear Terminal 1 Terminal 2 Terminal 3 Terminal 4 Terminal 5 Terminal 6 Terminal 7 Terminal 8 O O O O O
56. ON SCREEN TITLER LANGUAGE SETTINGS EXIT Figure 57 SCREEN SETUP Sub Menu TEXT GRAYSCALE To change the display border and or the grayscale of the text on screen press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to TEXT GRAYSCALE and press Set Cycle through the selections by pressing the Up or Down buttons There are 10 settings to choose from Make your selection and press Set to return to the previous menu BACKGROUND GRAYSCALE To change the display border and or the grayscale of the text on screen press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to BACKGROUND GRAY SCALE and press Set Cycle through the selections by pressing the Up or Down buttons There are 10 settings to choose from Make your selection and press Set to return to the previous menu HORIZONTAL POSITION To change the horizontal position of the inserted text on screen press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to HORIZONTAL POSITON and press Set Press the Up or Down buttons to move the text to the desired horizontal position VERTICAL POSITION To change the vertical position of the inserted text on screen press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to VERTICAL POSITION and press Set Press the Up or Down buttons to move the text to the desired vertical position NOTE 45 Upon powering up for the first time or when the battery becomes depleted the on sc
57. P ADDRESS 192 IP ADDRESS 2 168 IPADDRESS 3 0 IP ADDRESS 4 141 DOWNLOAD CONFIGURATION EXIT OOOOO0 Figure 12 TCPIP Sub Menu 2 Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to Download Configuration and press Set to execute Make sure a TCPIP232 Adapter is connected and the VSI Pro will download the IP settings to this device v AVE PROGRAMMING 3 Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to EXIT and press Set to return to the previous menu Refer to Appendix for additional information on the TCPIP232 Adapter or the manual included with the adapter NOTE The TCPIP232 Adapter can be programmed by this method or by using a standard PC with a serial cable along with the AVE IP setting software Refer to the TCIP232 Adpater Manual for doing this Once you have set the IP address of the TCPIP232 Adapter you will be in the Generic display mode You may select another register driver to format this display When you do this the VSI Pro loads the default register baudrate as if a direct connection to the register so make sure you set the proper baudrate as described below The TCPIP232 Adpater communicates with the VSI Pro via RS 232 at a baudrate of 19 2K Therefore when you select this menu option the baudrate of the VSI Pro is changed to this rate so communication for downloading the configuration can occur When using the TCPIP232 adpater with other register drivers or data dump mode make
58. PIP 232 pue x3 ADAPTER l NN MONITOR CASH REGISTER CAMERA Figure 131 VSI Pro Connections with TCPIP 232 Adapter The pin out between the TCPIP 232 Adapter and the VSI Pro is as follows TCPIP DB 9M VSI Pro DB 9M RXD 23 TXD 3 2 RXD GND 5 5 GND Figure 132 Pin Out for TCPIP 232 Adapter to VSI Pro Max WAVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro POS Cash Register Interface 70 APPENDIX L VSI Pro Max NETWORKING The VSI Pro Max is an evolution in the philosophy of AVE to be fully backward compatible with older products along with advancing the features and performance of our new products Not only can the VSI Pro Max be fully compatible with all AVE Networking devices like the original Hydra Regcom the lower cost Networker and Vnetworker but it can translate between these protocols to integrate older installations and configurations seemlessly with the latest prod ucts Both communication ports of the VSI Pro Max are either RS 232 or RS 485 so the need of external converters is now eliminated Network Types Traditionally the Hydra Regcom system connected to VSls ECR Cards or adapter directly with a buffered product and allows the register data to be collected on one RS 485 network and delivered to a DVR or PC offering a moder ately priced solution The Hydra Networker system connected only to VSIs using the VSI internal buffer and allows the register data to be collected on one RS 485 network and delivered
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60. RINTER Figure 53 TKMAXXSub Menu UNIWELL Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to UNIWELL UN 4025 and press Set The UNIWELL UN 4025 menu will appear DEVICE ADDRESS O ANY ADDRESS 000 ON O EXIT Figure 54 UNIWELL UN 4025 Sub Menu DEVICE ADDRESS Choices 000 001 002 999 ANY ADDRESS Choices ON OFF UP3000 3300 Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to UP3000 3300 and press Set The UP3000 3300 menu will appear 9 TERMINAL O EXIT Figure 55 UP3000 3300 Sub Menu TERMINAL Choiecs 1 2 3 16 Wi AVE VERIFONE Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to VERIFONE and press Set The VERIFONE menu will appear JOURNAL TAPPING O RECEIPT TAPPING O JOURNAL EMULATING O RECEIPT EMULATING Figure 56 VERIFONE Sub Menu WEIGHSCALE Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to WEIGH SCALE and press Set The WEIGH SCALE menu will appear 9 AVERY O MOLENS O LEON LD5204 Figure 56A WEIGH SCALE Sub Menu NOTE 45 As we continually add new registers these menus are subject to change smemmmEmes VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 24 PROGRAMMING 5 4 SCREEN SETUP Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to SCREEN SETUP and press Set The following menu will appear TEXT GRAYSCALE BLACKGROUND GRAYSCALE HORIZONTAL POSITION VERTICAL POSITION CLOCK
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62. S 485 RS 485 i Table 7 RJ 45 Pin Out Table 5 VSI Pro Max Master Output Table 6 Hydra DB 9 Pin Out v AVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface Feo HYDRA and REGCOM APPENDIX M RS 485 NETWORK DATA CABLE WIRING RS 232 Parameters Data bits 120 Ohm impedance twisted pair Table 8 RS 485 Network Data Cable Wiring Table 9 Hydra RS 232 Parameters Network Parameters LED STATUS INDICATION Status light A illuminates whenever data is sent from the Regcom to the master unit This is the same as Network LED on the VSI Pro Max Status light B illuminates to indicate the Regcom is correcly connectly connected via the RS 485 network to Table 10 Network Parameters the master unit This is the same as the Register LED on the VSI Pro Max b AVE e s id 1 H Hee Ben R5 Ant Figure 136 VSI Pro Max Front Panel Figure 137 Hydra Regcom Figure 138 Hydra Regcom Front Panel Rear Panel Dipswitch Settings The following are the rear dipswitch settings for both the Regcom and Hydra SW1 5 select the address for the Regcom and the communication parameters for the Hydra SW6 has no function SW7 has no function for the Hydra but selects Baud rate for the Regcom On 57 6K Off 9600 baud SW8 terminates either device with 120 ohms and should be on for the Hydra and on for the last Regcom in the network Regcom Note Term Hydra Functions
63. S OF A COMMERCIAL NATURE ARISING OUT THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE SELLER S PRODUCT BY REASON OF THE FACT THAT SUCH PRODUCT DOES NOT CONFORM TO THE CONTRACT OR TO ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY SELLER S MAXIMUM LI ABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE COST OF REPAIR AND OR REPLACEMENT OF THE PROD UCT CLAIMED TO BE DEFECTIVE OR NONCONFORMING SUBJECT TO SELLER S RIGHT OF REMOVAL AND RETURN OF PRODUCT All of the foregoing constitute Buyer s sole and exclusive remedy and Seller s sole and exclusive liability for supply ing nonconforming or defective Product RETURNS AVE products are fully inspected and carefully packed to ensure you are delivered a quality product in good condi tion If you are not fully satisfied with our product returns of standard stocking items with no restocking fee can be made within thirty 30 days of invoice to Buyer All such returns must have prior consent of Seller by obtaining an RMA number and must include the sales or delivery receipt showing the date of original purchase and be in an unused condition contained in its original packaging Any other returns must have prior written consent of Seller and are subject to a restocking fee of fifteen percent 1596 and freight charges RMA NUMBER The RMA Return Material Authorization number must be obtained by contacting Seller prior to the shipment of the product for return The RMA number is valid only for 15 days from the date of issue The RMA number must be clearl
64. S TRIGGERED DELAY OFF 2 SET TRIGGERED TEXT O EXIT Figure 75 Set Triggered Text Main Menu You can enter 2 lines with 40 alpha numeric text on each line You can also enter non printable data control code instead of triggered text Each control code occupies 3 charactors therefore you can enter 13 control codes in a line To enter control code first print up arrow follwed by 2 hex digit For example hex code 01 has to be entered like 01 Press Up and Down simultaneously to exit VIDEO LOSS Choices Manual 1s 2s 3s 4s 5s 10s 20s 30s 1M Video Loss allows the VSI Pro Max to generate an alarm condition when low or lost video occurs When set for manual the alarm follows the state of the video loss when set for 1s 1M this means the video must be lost continuously for that period of time before an alarm is triggered The alarm mode is a timed mode so once the video loss alarm is triggered the alarm time out must expire and get another video loss to retrigger the alarm EXIT Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to EXIT and press Set to return to the previous menu WAVE smemmmEmes VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 46 PROGRAMMING 5 9 TEST DEMO MODE The TEST DEMO MODE provides you with several ways to test the VSI Pro and demonstrate its capabilities as a cash register interface Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to TEST DEMO and press Set
65. SI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface SOURCE TYPE Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to MICROS and press Set The MICROS menu will appear LOCAL VSS O MICROS IDN NETWORK O MICROS ISN NETWORK O EXIT Figure 34 MICROS Sub Menu MICROS IDN NETWORK Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to MICROS IDN NETWORK and press Set The MI CROS IDN NETWORK menu will appear 9 DEVICE PRINTER O DEVICE ADDRESS ANY O MODE TAP O EXIT Figure 35 MICROS IDN NETWORK Sub Menu DEVICE Choices PRINTER VIDEO DEVICE ADDRESS Choices ANY 01 02 03 13 14 15 MODE Choices EMULATE TAP MICROS ISN NETWORK Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to MICROS ISN NETWORK and press Set The MICROS ISN NETWORK menu will appear SOURCE TYPE SRC ISN GNA SRC ISN LNA SRC IDN ID DESTIN TYPE DST ISN GNA DST ISN LNA DST IDN ID EXIT O Figure 36 MICROS IDN NETWORK Sub Menu Wi AVE PROGRAMMING SOURCE TYPE Choices ANY 00 01 02 03 09 SRC ISN GNA Choices ANY 00 01 02 03 32 SRC ISN LNA Choices ANY 00 01 02 03 32 SRC IDN ID Choices ANY 00 01 02 03 15 DESTIN TYPE Choices ANY 00 01 02 03 09 DST ISN GNA Choices ANY 00 01 02 03 32 DST ISN LNA Choices ANY 00 01 02 03 32 DST IDN ID Choices ANY 00 01 02 03 15 NCR Press the Up
66. Screen LINE COMPRESS NOTE 45 Set your Exceptions first before enabling this feature The VSI Pro automatically compresses the spaces in a line first as it reaches 40 characters With LINE COMPRESS ON the VSI Pro will additionally remove multiple spaces and then vowels from the text to further compress the display as necessary To make this selection position the arrow in front of LINE COMPRESS and press and release Set The arrow will start flashing Cycle through ON or OFF by pressing either the Up or Down button and press Set when your choice is displayed The cursor will stop flashing and you can continue programming SPACE COMPRESS opace Compress allows you select the number of maximum spaces next to each other in a line The selections are 1 2 3 4 5 and OFF If you select 1 then if three spaces are shown on the receipt the VSI Pro will delete 2 and only show 1 space between characters on the video and on the output data to the DVR LEFT JUSTIFICATION When LEFT JUSTIFIED is ON the VSI Pro will start each line of text with no leading spaces from the left margin of the text display block SCROLL DELAY Scroll delay ensures that lines of text remain on screen a minimum of 0 5 seconds This is especially useful with registers that run at a high baud rate time lapse VCRs in extended record modes switchers or multiplexers Sometimes the register can produce characters so quickly that they
67. Set and the display DOWNLOAD SETUP will appear 9 DOWNLOAD SETUP O UPLOAD SETUP UPDATE FIRMWARE EXIT DOWNLOAD SETUP 01 Figure 89 DOWNLOAD SETUP Sub Menu amp Display The UNPROGRAMMED VSI Pro Max is now waiting to receive data from the PROGRAMMED VSI Pro Max Now go to the main menu of the PROGRAMMED VSI Pro Max and follow the previous instructions to get to UP LOAD SETUP and press Set The following sub menu will appear Move to the cursor to UPLOAD SETUP and press Set and the display UPLOAD SETUP will appear DOWNLOAD SETUP UPLOAD SETUP C UPDATE FIRMWARE EXIT UPLOAD SETUP 01 Figure 90 UPLOAD SETUP Sub Menu amp Display The data transfer will begin and you will have a screen count down of the status that reads Programmed VSI Unprogrammed VSI UPLOADING DOWNLOADING The count will end at 100 When this prompt clears the screen the data transfer is complete Press Reset to exit this menu on both VSI Pro Max s Now go to the main menu of the previously UNPROGRAMMED VSI Pro Max on the right side of the screen Enter the EXCEPTIONS menu You should see your exceptions and other programmed data just as they were on the original PROGRAMMED VSI Pro Max Wi AVE smemmmEmss VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 52 PROGRAMMING DOWNLOAD UPLOAD SETUP USING A PC You can use a Laptop PC and AVE s IC HyperTerminal or equivalent communic
68. TOR and press Set The cursor will start flashing Press the Up or Down button to cycle through the values and press Set when the desired value is displayed WAVE smemmmEmes VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 40 PROGRAMMING EXAMPLES FOR SETTING EXCEPTION EQUAL Suppose Exception 2 would be flag all 10 sales on Register Department 1 This would be the settings for this Exception For these examples we are using the Samsung ER 4715 Electronic Cash Register Exception No 2 Display ON Output ON OFF depending on presence of serial printer Exception String Range 0010 00 0010 00 Operator IN OUT RANGE Suppose Exception 3 would FLAG every transaction on Department 2 that is under 10 cents and over 100 dollars This would be the settings for this Exception Exception No 3 Display ON Output ON OFF Depending on presence of serial printer Exception String2 Range 0000 10 0099 99 Operator OUT IN RANGE Suppose Exception 5 would flag all transactions between 50 00 amp 100 00 on Department 3 Exception No 3 Display ON Output ON or OFF Depending on presence of serial printer Exception String3 Range 0049 99 0099 99 Operator IN With this exception all sales between 50 and 100 dollars will be flagged IN RANGE Suppose Exception 5 would flag all transactions between 50 00 amp 100 00 on Department 3 Exception No 3 Display ON Output ON or O
69. The choices are up to 11 lines To change the DISPLAY LINES setting press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to DISPLAY LINES and press Set The cursor will begin flashing Press the Up or Down buttons to cycle through the selections Press Set when the desired number is displayed The cursor will stop flashing and you may continue programming NOTE register transaction data will scroll up regardless of the number of lines you choose to display on screen and the more lines you display on screen the greater the amount of time that the transaction data will be recorded However some applications may limit the number of lines and the size of the on screen display If you are using an on screen title it will occupy Line 1 leaving 10 lines for the text insertion If you enable the on screen Time Date then this takes one additional line also DISPLAY CHARACTER LINE This setting allows you to change the number of characters per line from 10 to 40 Wi AVE smemmmEmes VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 28 PROGRAMMING DISPLAY FORMAT If TOP is selected which is the default the data scrolls from the top most line down to the selected number of lines displayed T D and or TITLE is displayed at the top of the screen If BOTTOM is selected then the data scrolls up from the bottom most line to the top of the screen and T D and or TITLE is displayed at the bottom of the
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71. Up or Down button to move the cursor to GILBARCO and press Set The GILBARCO menu will appear 9 PC G SITE O TCRG 2 TCR 15 G OLD FMT TCR 15 NEW FMT O PASSPORT Figure 28 GILBARCO Sub Menu IBM 3151 TERMINAL Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to IBM 3151 TERMINAL and press Set The IBM 3151 TERMINAL menu will appear DISPLAY O EXIT Figure 29 IBM 3151 TERMINAL Sub Menu DISPLAY Choices JOURNAL RECEIPT MIXED Wi AVE IBM RDS Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to IBM RDS and press Set The IBM RDS menu will appear DISPLAY O EXIT JOURNAL Figure 30 IBM RDS Sub Menu DISPLAY Choices JOURNAL RECEIPT MIXED MICRELEC Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to MICRELEC and press Set The MICRELEC menu will appear MICRELEC MS SERIES O MICRELEC 9500 O EXIT Figure 31 MICRELEC Sub Menu Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to MICRELEC MS SERIES and press Set The MICRELEC MS SERIES menu will appear OPERATOR O CUSTOMER O COMBINED O EXIT Figure 32 MICRELEC MS SERIES Sub Menu Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to MICRELEC 9500 and press Set The MICRELEC9500 menu will appear JOURNAL O RECEIPT O CHECK O CREDIT O EXIT Figure 33 MICRELEC 9500 Sub Menu STRENGTH N THE BUSHES V
72. al office or even to your home The serial devices must have the same Baud Rate Parity and Data Bits as the VSI Pro for optimum performance of data transfer To make your selection press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to OUTPUT and press Set Press the Up or Down button to toggle between ON or OFF Make your selection and press Set The cursor will stop flashing and you may continue to the next menu item Wi AVE smemmmEmes VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 38 PROGRAMMING HISTORY BUFFER ON OFF The history buffer stores all the exceptions that are occur in the VSI Pro Sometimes this can be very large and consume a large portion of the memory of the VSI Pro This can be used to automatically search a compatible DVR upload to a PC to save or print out and view on screen on the VSI Pro This setting allows the user to enable or disable this feature as to conserve memory allocation for other features 7 PROGRAMMING NOTE The following sections defines the Exceptions Strings the Operator and the Range The Exception String is programmed first then Range is defined and finally the Operator is selected The VSI Pro looks at the Exceptions String first and if there is data that matches it then checks to see if a Range has been defined EXCEPTION STRING The VSI Pro compares the data that is printed to video to the data entered in the Exception String The Exception otring can a
73. amp Down While holding down these buttons press and release the Reset button with your right thumb Then release the other buttons NOTE 425 If a sub menu has an EXIT selection always go there and press Set Pressing Reset at the main menu exits you from the programming mode 5 2 MAIN PROGRAMMING MENU Following is a detailed description of the menu selections and the programming capabilities of the VSI Pro REGISTER SELECT SCREEN SETUP TEXT DISPLAY COMMUNICATION EXCEPTION REPORT ALARM OUTPUTS TEST DEMO MODE DOWNLOAD UPLOAD SETUP HELP EL GC NOT ne Figure 10 VSI Pro Max Main Menu 5 3 REGISTER SELECT To select a specific register press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to REGISTER SELECT and press Set The REGISTER SELECT menu will bring up a sub menu consisting of registers shown in Figure 10 A You can go to the next or previous page by placing the cursor in front of NEXT or PREVIOUS and then pressing Set To select the desired register press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to that register and press Set After selecting the register exit out of the REGISTER SELECT menu by pressing the Up or Down button to move the cursor to EXIT and then pressing Set In the main menu press Reset to activate the programing for that specific register REGISTER SELECT automatically formats the VSI Pro to match your register s communica
74. and press Set The PANASONIC menu will appear MODEL 6000 O WORKING MODE TAP O EXIT Figure 42 PANASONIC Sub Menu MODEL Choices 6000 7000 8000 WOKING MODE Choices ACK TAP SCHLUMERGER Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to SCHLUMBERGER and press Set The SCHLUMBERGER menu will appear 9 DISPLAY RECEIPT O EXIT Figure 43 SCHLUMBERGER Sub Menu DISPLAY Choices RECEIPT CDU 2L C D U SHARP Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to SHARP and press Set The SHARP menu will appear 2590 3100 3110 3220 3221 3250 3310 3311 3550 A 460 A 470 A 550 A 570 A 610 A650 A 750 A 770 6 Figure 44 SHARP Sub Menu smemmmEmes VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface SHARP 750 ER 01PU Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to SHARP 750 ER 01PU and press Set The SHARP 750 ER 01PU menu will appear DISPLAY RECEIPT O EXIT Figure 45 SHARP 750 ER 01PU Sub Menu DISPLAY Choices RECEIPT JOURNAL SHARP ER A410 420 Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to SHARP ER A41 0 420 and press Set The SHARP ER A410 420 menu will appear TAP OQ EMULATE O TAP US O EMULATE US Figure 46 SHARP ER A410 420 Sub Menu SHARP UP600 700 Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to SHARP UP600 700 and press Set The SHARP UP600 700
75. ations program to store data from a VSI Pro Max to a file This file can then be uploaded to other VSI Pro Max units with the same software revision level Use 38400 n 8 1 baud for the PC s baud rate NOTE This feature is only available to like versions and release Therefore you can only program a Ver 14 00 R5 with a same exact VSI Pro Max or errorenous data will occur NOTE 45 For locations or companies with a large number of interfaces we strongly advise that you keep one programmed VSI Pro Max as a master and a backup to insure your system integrity This will also aid in reprogramming any changes and protect against any catastrophic events VSI Pro Max Remote Program Downloading Ver 1 0 The VSI Pro Max has the ability to upload or download all the programming settings and history files via a PC Windows based application Customer or specific registers configurations can now be saved in a laptop for ease of service and programming You can set the VSI Pro Max clock in sync with a laptop or manually enter Simple keyboard strokes can enter titles exceptions and trigger strings quickly and easily This is accomplished by using a Com port of the laptop or a USB to RS 232 adapter Auto connection time out and error recovery guarantees the VSI Pro Max will function under any condition including cable breakage power down of laptop or VSI Pro Max and accidentally hitting reset on the VSI Pro Max during connection Software Installation Cl
76. aud rate cable connection is not proper and will also go back to Not Connected so you can reset the communication set tings Once you have Access then you can do any function on this menu screen Upload data which reads the current settings of the VSI Pro into the PC Download which sends the PC settings to the VSI Pro Set Time can set a new time or PC sync time to the VSI Pro Load History reads the History File of Exceptions from the VSI Pro and saves as a text file on the PC Note If the cable is disconnected VSI Pro reset or powered down PC program closed the PC and or the VSI Pro Max has a 30 second timeout and will reset itself for normal operation V AVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register PROGRAMMING File Menu Program Download Version 1 0 pic About Ct SC NL EXCEPTION REPORT REMOTE pen History Cilt TEXT TIME SETUP ALARM OUTPUTS Exit Ctrit Please select Register GENERIC 4 Figure 93 File Menu Open allows you to select a file which contains a previously saved version of all the VSI Pro Max setups Open History allows you to view a previously saved History File downloaded from the VSI Pro Max Save allows you to save a current set of VSI Pro Max settings that are configured in the program or previously uploaded from the VSI Pro Max About Menu At Program Download Version 1 0 File Abo
77. ayed TIME STAMP Choices ON OFF If TIME STAMP is selected ON then printer will print the exception with time stamp flag otherwise just print the Exception To turn TIME STAMP ON or OFF press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to TIME STAMP and press Set Press the Up or Down button to cycle through the values and press Set when the desired value is displayed DUPLICATE LINE Choices ON OFF If this selection is turned on then any transaction line that is the exact duplicate of the previous one is not displayed or processed by the exception processor and is basically ignored Be careful in selecting this function because many POS Cash Register have a Repeat key to ring up multiple items In this case true transactions will be deleted and not shown This function is useful when used with Customer Displays that continuously refresh the display with identical data and not related to new transactions and causes unecessary data to be sent to the interface SCROLL MATCHING Scroll Matching is a feature to better remove those advertising scrolling messages on the customer display of cash registers so they do not clutter up the video recording WAVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 42 PROGRAMMING SCROLL MATCHING O TIMEOUT O EXIT Figure 72A Scroll Matching Sub Menu Exception Strings with Scroll Matching OFF are compared to any text in a line or
78. button v AVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 14 USER FRONT PANEL CONTROLS Changing the Horizontal Position Figure 8 Four Front Pannel Push Buttons of VSI Pro Max Up 1 Press and hold the Up button 2 Press and release the Reset button 3 Release the Up button 4 Press Down or Up to move the text block 5 When the choice is made press and release the Set button Changing the Vertical Position Figure 9 Four Front Pannel Push Buttons of VSI Pro Max Set 1 Press and hold the Set button 2 Press and release the Reset button 3 Release the Set button 4 Press Down or Up to move the text block 5 When the choice is made press and release the Set button V AVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 15 5 PROGRAMMING 5 1 GETTING STARTED To access the main menu of the VSI Pro Max simultaneously hold down the Down amp Up buttons and press and release the Reset button and then release the Down amp Up buttons This will take you to the main programming menu To navigate through this menu simply use the Down and Up buttons to position the cursor in front of the desired function then press Set to access that function If you have difficulty entering the main menu try the following procedure exactly With your left thumb lightly press and hold in the two buttons to the left Up
79. cally has all programmed exceptions display a flashing asterisk in the upper right corner of the on screen display or reversing the entire text display This on screen flag is controlled through the ALARM OUTPUTS menu You assign a corresponding alarm to an exception and set the parameters for the flag in this menu You do this by choosing DISPLAY for the corresponding exception number and selecting ON With this option all questionable transactions exceptions will be flagged with the flashing asterisk You can then review these exceptions by putting your DVR or VCR in play and pressing the FF button This will give you a fast scan of the tape and you can go into normal play when you see the flashing asterisk and view that transaction in real time or slow play or frame by frame depending on the type of playback options of your particular DVR or VCR HARD ALARM OUTPUT The VSI Pro allows you to program exceptions to trigger external alarming devices such as DVRs Time lapse VCR s quads enunciators LED s etc Using the ALARM OUTPUT you can have your DVR record only exceptions or have an alarming quad go to full screen on an exception or even trigger a buzzer to alert you that an exception has occurred PRINTER or DVR OUTPUT There may be situations where you want to send all the data to store on a DVR or do not want cashiers or other employees to know what triggers an exception In this case the VSI Pro Max provides a separate seria
80. cation File Edit Control Windows Help sle lwl C Loofiles 04 27 2004 Address4 txt C Loofiles 04 27 2 Pfa E3 FC Louliles 0t FF C Loofiles 04 27 2004 Address aoaoot TEE C Loofiles 04 27 2004 Address3 txt al XJ 0001 SANDY 0004 24536 9 0001 T 100137 243 178 SANDY 0004 24536 3258 MUSTARD GRN 138 E ES CLASSICCOKE 99 i MUSTARD GRN 1 38 Networker Application lolx File Edit Control Windows Help Networker Application File Edit Control Windows Help CILANTRO 33 10 01 97 2 43P SANDY 0004 24536 WES COIL482 1 78 CLASSIC COKE 99 SUBTOTAL 8 65 MUSTARD GRN 1 38 08 TOTAL 873 CASH 10 00 CHANGE 1 27 33 10 01 97 243P Status Not Connect 27 4 47 13 52 7 Status Com 1 19200n 8 1 21 47 11 04 7 Status Com 1 13200 8 1 2714447 11 04 7 Windows Cascade Windows Tile Vertically Windows Tile Horizontally Figure 144 Window Tile Options Files C Logfiles directory contains all the files with the name extension Address1 txt Address2 txt etc corresponding to the address of the Networker These files are updated continuously If you copy and then delete the file a new log file will be created with the same number as new data is recieved Viewing the files is updated every 2 seconds V AVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 78 APPENDIX M RS 485 VNETWORKER R
81. ces are used then any baud rate can be used The Vnetworker protocol has the ability to receive register data Program remote VSI Pro Max devices receive remote alarming and Time Date information BAUD RATE Choices 1200 115200 baud rate This sets the comunication speed for the Network port in all configurations Care must be given to selecting the proper baud rate for the Type of operation you wish and configuration you set for the VSI Pro Max EXIT Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to EXIT and press Set to return to the previous menu 5 7 EXCEPTION REPORTS EXCEPTION REPORT OVERVIEW The Exception Report gives you the option to assign an on screen flag trigger an alarming device or send data to another serial device on any questionable transaction that you have preprogrammed into the VSI Pro Max WAVE STRENGTH N THE SUSE VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 33 PROGRAMMING The VSI Pro Max will allow programming of up to 24 separate exceptions These exceptions can be VOIDS REFUNDS COUPONS PAID OUT RETURNS individual departments specific items or any transaction that you determine by programming to be exceptional or questionable You may even set ranges for the exceptions For example all transactions over 100 between 8 00 and 25 00 or lower than 10 and greater than 25 00 all transactions by a specific cashier or whatever transactions you need to watch exceptionally close
82. conds that you want to program for the flag duration press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to FLAG DURATION and press Set The cursor will start flashing Press the Up or Down button to cycle through the values and press Set when the desired value is displayed TRIGGERED TEXT A Triggered Text is a data string that associates with one of the 16 alarms or with external RTS alarm When the alarm is triggered by a source the associated string is sent out and or displayed if enabled respectively Each Triggered Text can contain up to 40 printable ASCII data If non printable data control code is included each control code occupies 3 printable spaces Therefore only 13 control codes maximum can be programmed in one Triggered Text To program the TRIGGERED TEXT go to the ALARM OUTPUTS sub menu Select desired ALARM NO or RTS for external alarm Then go to the TRIGGERED TEXT sub menu DISPLAY TEXT OUTPUT TEXT RTS TRIGGERED DELAY SET TRIGGERED EXIT Figure 74 TRIGGERED TEXT Sub Menu V AVE VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Inferface PROGRAMMING DISPLAY TEXT Choices ON OFF Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to DISPLAY TEXT and press Set The cursor will start flashing Press the Up or Down button to cycle through the values and press Set when the desired value is displayed Selecting OFF will not display a
83. display to the top of the screen When you have it in the correct position press Set to exit Go to the UNPROGRAMMED VSI Pro and follow the same instructions to move the display to the right side of the screen After you have both displays positioned properly the next step is to bring up both programming menus Let s bring up the PROGRAMMED VSI Pro Max first To do this simultaneously press and hold Up and Down and press and release Reset then release Up and Down This will bring up the main menu and it should be on the top left of the screen Now go to the UNPROGRAMMED VSI Pro Max and do the same thing You should now have both programming menus side by side NOTE 425 Depending on the size of the monitor you are using these two menus may overlap but should not be a problem v AVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 51 PROGRAMMING To proceed with the DOWNLOAD UPLOAD SETUP we will configure the UNPROGRAMMED VSI Pro first From the main menu press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to DOWNLOAD UPLOAD SETUP and press Set The following sub menu will appear 9 DOWNLOAD SETUP O UPLOAD SETUP C UPDATE FIRMWARE EXIT Figure 88 DOWNLOAD UPLOAD SETUP Sub Menu Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to DOWNLOAD SETUP and press Set The following sub menu will appear Move to the cursor to DOWNLOAD SETUP and press
84. e menu for further programing If you make a mistake and need to erase a character pressing Up and Set at the same time will change the character back to a blank space VAVE STRENOTR N THE BUSHES VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 39 PROGRAMMING NEGATIVE EXCEPTION You can remove unwanted text from the screen using the VSI Pro The VSI Pro displays data in the text block 11 lines by 40 characters wide for total of 440 characters To remove unwanted messages from the register data you first determine how the unwanted messages prints to the video For example a typical message which scrolls on the customer display or appears on the video monitor The removing of the above string is referred to as the Negative Exception Follow the following steps to program the negative exception Turn the display off for that exception In the Exception String enter the words WELCOME TO XYZ SUPER exactly as they appear on the screen including spaces NOTE 45 Only 40 characters are allowed in each Exception String including blank spaces RANGE Choices 00 000 000 00 99 999 999 99 The Range defines the limits of the Operator These are numeric only As you can see from the previous examples the range has two separate fields that are separated by a double sided arrow This format must be followed To program the range press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to RANGE and press Set T
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86. e clamped and also between both of these signals and chassis ground For this suppression to be fully effective the Earth grounding lug between the two BNC connectors must be connected to a solid and true earth ground A good earth ground is a long metal rod into the ground 6 or connection to copper water pipes NOTE If ground loops are in excess of 90 VAC to Earth or Signal ground the internal surge suppress make not be effective and cause undo noise in the video If this is the case do not use the chassis grounding lug for undo voltage will be shorted through the suppression circuitry of the VSI Pro Max 232 X9 Made in 9 12VDC Earth Ground Figure 5 VSI Pro Max Earth Grounding Connection Power Surge Lightning Suppression The VSI Pro Max has MOV Metal Oxide Varistors across the power input to signal ground and from both of these signal to chassis ground clamping at 18VDC For this suppression to be fully effective the Earth grounding lug between the two BNC connectors must be connected to a solid and true earth ground A good earth ground is a long metal rod into the ground 6 or connection to copper water pipes RS 232 DB9F Shielding The shield of the DB9 RS 232 connector also connects to chassis ground Therefore this shield should not be connected to any signal ground of any RS 232 signal or power signal If for some reason the source or destination devices have internal connections from signa
87. e must be specified Figure 117 VSI Pro Front Panel Figure 118 VSIB Front Panel Serial Input Power Video Input Video Output Figure 119 VSIB Rear Panel Figure 120 VSIB Connection Cables Disconnect the stan dard VSI Pro and plug its cable into the female connector of the Triport The pin out for the VSIB between the VSI Pro and the VSIB is as follows VSIB DB 9M VSI Pro DB 9M TXD 3 2 RTS 7 CTS GND 5 5 GND Figure 122 Pin Out for VSIB to VSI Pro Use the BNC connectors of the VSIB for your Video Input amp Output Figure 121 Cable Connection to VSIB WAVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 67 ECR TPIF INTERFACE CARDS APPENDIX H The ECR Interfaces are small PCBs that mount internally to the cash registers These PCBs convert internal data from matrix and drum printers or thermal printers to RS 232 data This RS 232 data is then connected directly to the VSI Pro for display It also can be connected directly to the Regcom to send up to 16 cash register s data on a central collection PC or DVR The ECR Interfaces have many different connection types depending on the make and model of cash register Typically the RS 232 cable comes from the rear of the register to further connect to the VSI Pro or DVR The manufacturer and model number of the cash register must be supplied when ordering this ECR Interface Figure 123 TK6000
88. eipt showing the date of original purchase 6 Use of components that do not meet Seller s specifications 7 External parts such as cabinets or keypads 8 Periodic maintenance and adjustments resulting from normal use WARRANTIES EXCLUDED SELLER EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS AND EXCLUDES ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OR MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE WHICH EXCEEDS OR IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE WARRANTY HEREIN EXPRESSLY SET FORTH NON WARRANTY CLAIMS In the event Buyer makes a warranty claim and Seller s warranty does not apply Buyer shall reimburse Seller for all reasonable expenses incurred by Seller in diagnosing the installation repair problem BUYER S EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES If the Product supplied shall fail to conform to the contract or any applicable warranty Buyer shall immediately notify Seller of such condition and afford Seller a reasonable opportunity to inspect said Product Seller shall at its option either repair or replace such nonconforming Product Seller shall not be responsible for labor charges for removal or installation of such equipment or material or charges for transportation handling and shipping except as provided in Seller s written service policy No Product shall be returned without Seller s prior written consent smmemmewswes VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 82 APPENDIX P LIMITED WARRANTY SELLER SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL DIRECT INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGE
89. emote Keyboard This function allows the user to select the appropriate VSI Pro Max on the network with the Select Address setting Once this is done you then click Programming The Vnetworker will then signal the VSI Pro to exit the register interface mode and go to the programming mode Note While in this mode all data from the cash register will not be stored or displayed in the VSI Pro and will be lost After a brief pause communication is established with the VSI Pro and the following menu will be displayed This is the same as the on screen menu and using the Up Down Enter buttons you can navigate the VSI Pro menu just like at the local pushbuttons 4 Remote Keyboard gt REGISTER SELECT SCREEN SETUP TEXT DISPLAY COMMUNICATION EXCEPTION REPORT ALARM OUTPUTS TEST DEMO MODE DOWNLOAD UPLOAD SETUP HELP Select Address Address 01 Up Down Enter Erase character Save String input Reset Figure 145 Remote Keyboard Control Button Address Select e Programming You should select the address for e Up Programming then press the e Down Programming Button e Enter e Erase Character e Save String Input e Reset STRENGTH N THE VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 79 RS 485 VNETWORKER APPENDIX M The new menu items are Set Time Date and Remote Keyboard The Set Time Date functions allows you to set this value from the PC Time Date or manually enter yourself Select ID
90. ess the Up or Down button to move the cursor to ADDRESSABLE VSI and press Set The ADDRESS ABLE VSI menu will appear SET ADDRESS O EXIT Figure 13 ADDRESSABLE VSI Sub Menu SET ADDRESS Choices ANY 1 2 3 253 254 255 AD4323 Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to AD4323 and press Set No menu will apprear and merely sets the VSI Pro Max to support the special protocol of this model ADS Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to ADS and press Set The ADS menu will appear 9 DISPLAY RECEIPT O EXIT Figure 14 ADS Sub Menu DISPLAY Choices JOURNAL RECEIPT ANSI Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to ANSI and press Set This selects an ANSI driver for the VSI Pro Max In this mode standard ANSI terminal commands sent to the VSI Pro Max will control the display of the data on the screen See Appendix for a detailed command set supported Wi AVE BEETLE 50 PRINTERS Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to NIXDORF BEETLE and press Set The NIXDORF BEETLE menu will appear 9 REMOTE SLIP O OPERATOR DISPLAY Figure 15 NIXDORF BEETLE Sub Menu CASIO TK T500 Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to CASIO TK T500 and press Set The CASIO TK T500 menu will appear MODEL O MODE TK T500 EMULATING O EXIT Figure 16 CASIO TK T500 Sub Menu
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92. g capability Firmware update externally and Vnetworker support along with Networker and Regcom compatibility The VSI Pro Max is the latest in the development line and includes all register of Ver 13 XX in one convenient unit along with built in Hydra Regcom Networker and Vnetworker hardware and software Contact the AVE factory for additional details on upgrading and networking with any DVR or learn about the advanced features when integrated with the AVE line of text insertion and search DVRs locally or remotely STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 7 2 FEATURES amp SPECIFICATIONS 2 1 FEATURES 80 Register Selections Selectable via OSD TO User Selectable Full Duplex Bi Directional POS Cash Register Communications RS 232C RS 232C Optically Isolated RS 485 Full Duplex RS 422 Half Duplex Passive Tap Hi Z o RS 232C or RS 485 Output of all data or exceptions to printers computers modems and DVRs S Dual RJ45 Connectors for easy Networking with Standard CAT5 Cabling Built In Hydra Regcom Networker and Vnetworker Hardware and Protocol Diagnostic LEDs for Power POS Communication amp Network Communication EN Video Input AGC and Video Output can Drive two 75 ohm loads at 1VP P Video and Power Input Surge and Lightning Suppression with External Grounding Lug A Video Low and Lost LED indication and alarming function 40 Mhz Processing with 128K Program and
93. he cursor will start flashing Press the Up or Down button to toggle between date formats and press Set when the desired format is displayed DAYLIGHT SAVING selects for example UK USA Canada Australia and Tasmania or is disabled Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to DAYLIGHT SAVING and press Set The cursor will start flashing Press the Up or Down button to toggle between values and press Set when the desired value is displayed SET TIME DATE sets the clock manually Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to SET TIME DATE and press Set The time date will appear and the cursor will start flashing Press the Up and Down button to change the value and press Set when the desired value is displayed The value is selected and the cursor will advance to the next position When the desired time date is displayed press the Up and Down buttons simultaneously to enter the time date into memory and return to the previous menu RESET TIME DATE resets the clock to the default value Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to RESET and press Set to reset the time date T D LOCKING turns the time date locking on or off If the time date locking is turned on make sure that the time and date format selected is the same as the ATM time and date format Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to T D LOCKING and press Set The curso
94. he first 0 in the range starts to flash This means it is active and ready for programming Press the Up or Down button to cycle through the values and press Set when the desired value is displayed This will advance the active block to the next character While you are on an active block pressing the Up and Set buttons simultaneously will return that block back to a blank which is designated by a solid white box You can follow this format to program your range When you have finished and want to set this range into the VSI Pro memory simultaneously press and release the Up and Down buttons When you are ready to exit and continue on simultaneously press and release the Up and Down buttons This will set the range in the VSI Pro memory and exit you back to the previous menu OPERATOR Choices NONE IN OUT The Operator determines the behavior of the Range Think of the Operator in mathematical terms Setting the correct range and specifying IN or OUT will make the Operator perform greater than less than equal to in the range or out of the range calculations With this version of the VSI Pro you can define ranges for your exceptions and have the VSI Pro alarm when an exception falls within the range s parameters or outside the range of the two numbers The choices are IN OUT and NONE To program the operator press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to OPERA
95. ia the RS 232 port The LDROM 4K boot strap loader must be burner to the uP via a conventional programmer Then the executable program is then loaded via any terminal program such as Hyper Terminal via a PC or compat ible device All firmware files are encoded to the AVE proprietary format and decoded by the bootstrap loader for standard program execution Update Firmware of VSI Pro Max You have to connect the VSI Pro Max with a Serial Program Terminal such as HyperTerminal IC etc But advise to use HyperTerminal First you have to set the baud rate HyperTerminal to 19200 See PC Windows below to verify proper HyperTerminal setup TEST HyperTerminal Edit View Call Transfer Help Mew Connection Open Save Save 5 Page Setup Print Properties Alt F4 I Displays Ehe properties of the current session Figure 97 HyperTerminal Main Menu v AVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 56 PROGRAMMING Click File 22 Properties You will see the configuration frame and then click Country region Enter the area code yithout the long distance prefix Area code Phone number Connect using hal Use country region code and area code Redial ori busy VE cancel Disconnected Choose Bits per second to 19200 and press connect Figure 98 Connect To Menu E TEST Properties COM1 Properties Po
96. iagram on the following page EXAMPLE Define NO SALE as an exception string In Exception No 2 DISPLAY to be ON and define OPERATOR IN If the screen is displayed NOSELL the VSI Pro will keep this displayed line on Exception History Wi AVE STRENGTH N THE BUSHES VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 36 PROGRAMMING VSI Pro Max VIDEO IN mm L M CAMERA VIDEO OUT RG 59U RS 232 TXD VIDEO IN RG 59U EO CASH REGISTER VSI Pro Max DB9M DVR DB9F Figure 71 VSI Pro Max with DVR Control Connections NOTE The VSI Pro Max can control the DVR RS 232 port from either Pin 3 or Pin 8 depending on the configuration Default setting is both In the Cash Register Tapping Mode the VSI Pro Max uses Pin 3 to send out auxillary ASCII data and DVR control signals Therefore in this mode you can operate the VSI Pro Max in the Slave Mode and connect to control the DVR via Pin You can not use the VSI Pro Max in the Master Mode If you select Master Mode this will have priority and when you select DVR Time Data Search you will generate an error message In the Cash Register Emulate Mode the VSI Pro Max uses Pin 3 to connect to the cash register supplying the proper emulate handshaking signals Therefore Pin 8 must be connected to the DVR to command the Exception Search mode Therefore you can not use the VSI Pro Max in Slave Mode and utilize the DVR c
97. ick Setup exe for the VSI Pro Max Program Download V1 0 After installation is complete run the program The following window will be loaded AE Program Download Version 1 0 About COMMUNICATION EACEPTION REPORT REMOTE TEXT TIME SETUP Tii ALARM OUTPUTS Please select Register Figure 91 Program Download Main Menu v AVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 53 PROGRAMMING Click the Tab Remote and you will see the following Menu r Program Download Version 1 0 File About ALARM OUTPUTS COMMUNICATION EXCEPTION REMOTE Remote Function Se Not Connected Set Compart p i Lo No Access Remote Date DD MM rrT Time 55 fe fos a2 bib Use Current Time Date Figure 92 Remote Menu Click on Set Comport If the VSI Pro Max is in the Baudrate Detection Mode then you can set any baud rate and the VSI Pro Max will self configure However if the VSI Pro Max is already set to a baud rate you must select the exact baud rate and communication configuration in the VSI Pro Max for connection to occur If the unit does not display Connected then you have either entered the wrong baud rate or communication settings or a cable problem or the VSI Pro M ax not powered Once connected then click Remote and will display Accessed or will go back to No Access if the b
98. imited The VSI Pro Max in the Slave mode or the Regcom device connects directly to any of the AVE POS interfaces listed above or any RS 232 source This buffered device takes the POS data and converts it to an RS 485 network The Networker connects only to the older VSI Pro and supports the same RS 485 network This network is terminated by a Hydra or a VSI Pro Max in the Master mode which decodes the RS 485 network and sends all the data to one RS 232 Com Port on the DVR The data from the Master device to the DVR Com Port has the following data format lt ESC gt ADDR TEXT TO BE DISPLAYED Where ESC is 1BH ADDR is one byte binary code The valid address is 1 through 16 The DVR will then read this protocol and decode the proper POS interface data to be associated with the respective camera Network Protocol For advanced interfacing a DVR may directly control the RS 485 Regcom Network by implementing the full poll select protocol For more information on this contact the AVE factory The latest in the development of RS 485 networking is called the Vnetworker Protocol This is an enhanced poll select protocol that allows the remote master to program and control the remove VSI Pro Max or VSI Pro with Vnetworker device Not only will this allow transaction logging but allow reading Alarm inputs setting reading locking to T D and full programming and register configuration remotely Implementation of this protocol brings seemless POS
99. isplay Enter a transaction from the register The VSI Pro will detect the baud rate and display it in front of RX Baud rate Press Set to return to the previous menu EXIT Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to EXIT and press Set to return to the previous menu Wi AVE STRENGTH N THE BUSHES VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 48 PROGRAMMING DATA CAPTURE This feature allow user to store the data either internal memory of VSI Pro Max or some external data storing device Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to DATA CAPTURE and press Set The following sub menu will appear CAPTURE TO PORT 1 O CAPTURE TO MEMORY O DUMP MEMORY O EXIT Figure 82 DATA CAPTURE Sub Menu Press Set to return to the previous menu CAPTURE TO PORT 1 This feature redirect the incoming data to VSI Pro Max to its output Pin 3 of AT type RS 232 female connector where that data can be stored to data storing devices e g PC This feature is useful to store non RS 232 format data Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to CAPTURE TO PORT 1 and press Set The following display will appear example only RX BAUDRATE AUTO TX BAUDRATE 2400 PARITY NONE DATA BIT 8 HANDSHAKING OFF BAUDRATE DETECTION Figure 83 CAPTURE TO PORT 1 Display Press Set to return to the previous menu CAPTURE TO MEMORY This feature allow you to store the da
100. l ground to the shield then the shield should not be connected on VSI Pro Max end to maintain signal ground and earth ground isolation Proper shielding of RS 232 signals will extend the length of wiring especially at high data rates and eliminate noise being coupled into the either a source or destination device by surrounding EMI or RFI generated by other equipment within the installation STRENOTR N THE VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 19 4 USER FRONT PANEL CONTROLS The VSI Pro Max is programmed by pressing and releasing specific combinations of the four front panel push buttons Via these four simple buttons all of the powerful programming features of the Text Inserter are available A video source and a monitor must be connected in order to see the programming menus Figure 6 Four Front Pannel Push Buttons of VSI Pro Max 4 1 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS The front panel controls are provided to allow simple changing of the display s vertical and horizontal position and the gray scale or border This eliminates the need of the user to enter the main menu and inadvertently change important programming setups Changing the Gray Scale Figure 7 Four Front Pannel Push Buttons of VSI Pro Max Down 1 Press and hold the Down button 2 Press and release the Reset button 3 Release the Down button 4 Press Down or Up to select the Gray Scale 5 When choice is made press and release the Set
101. l output that will send data to a remotely located DVR or serial printer If you turn the on screen display off and the output on and you have a remote serial printer hooked up to the VSI Pro Max then whenever an exception is reported it is sent out to the serial printer only The printer will give you a hard copy printout of the questionable transaction with the time and date With this hard copy printout of the exception report you can then review the tape by going directly to that exception s time The serial output of the VSI Pro Max can be programmed to send out the entire transction The output can be connected to the other equipment such as DVRs computers phone line transmissions or digital storage devices for later retrieval v AVE 34 PROGRAMMING The VSI Pro also has a triggered text feature This feature allows programmed text or control characters to be sent out when an exception occurs to trigger devices like DVR s to save the data file for future review Other computer devices can wait for this specified text string and do other functions at this time via the serial communication process From the main programming VSI Pro Max menu press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to EXCEP TION REPORT and press and release Set The following menu will appear 9 EXCEPTION HISTORY O SET EXCEPTION OUTPUT O TIME STAMP O DUPLICATE LINE O SET SCROLL MATCHING O EXIT EXCEPTION HISTORY Figu
102. l program until finished and takes approximately 2 5 minutes NOTE If for some reason you are disconnected from the VSI Pro during downloading power is lost to the VSI Pro Max or PC or the firmware update does not finish for any reason you can repeat the procedure above again The bootstrap loader never is erased and will always request for a valid firmware update until achieved To do this just power up the VSI Pro Max or press reset while the terminal program is connected and you will see the prompt messages as above window smemmmEmes VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 58 5 11 HELP PROGRAMMING HELP on the main menu provides a quick reference guide of the functions of the Up and Down and Set buttons Key Definitions UP DOWN Change value SET _ _ Enter change mode Save change Go to position UP AND DOWN __ Save string input UP AND SET __ Erase character Figure 101 HELP Sub Menu PROBLEM SOLVING GUIDE NO DATA ON SCREEN and or REGISTER LED NOT FLASHING Ooa rhwN Press the Reset button on the VSI Pro Max front panel Incorrect register selected in the REGISTER SELECT menu Data cable is miswired Data cable is too long or did not use shielded cable May be connected to the wrong port Need RS 232 Optical Isolation so enable this feature in the VSI Pro Max REGISTER LED FLASHING but NO or Wrong DATA ON SCREEN Incorrect register selected
103. light to which the camera view is exposed If the camera you re using has an auto iris lens try adjusting the iris to average and then reduce or increase the level NO COLOR IN THE PICTURE 1 Cable run too long and color signal too low use AVE ARXD Active Reciever to recovery signal 2 Cable run too long and color signal too low use AVE VECA on the camera end to amplify the signal WAVE smemmmEmes VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 60 APPENDIX A PROBLEM SOLVING GUIDE HUM BARS or NOISE IN THE VIDEO 1 Check video coax connectors for proper grounding 2 Check power ground for proper connection 3 Possible large ground loop fault and must use Video Isolation Transformer VL VIDEO ERROR LED NOT ON BUT VIDEO LOOKS BAD 1 VL Video Error measures the level of the sync signal not the overall video peak to peak level Therefore if sync signal is correct and the video level is noisy or low or high the display might be too light or too dark In this case the addition of a video amplifier or adjustment of the camera settings might help VL VIDEO ERROR LED ON BUT VIDEO LOOKS GOOD 1 The VL Video Error measures the level of the sync signal not the overall video peak to peak level Therefore it is detecting the sync signla is low and amplifying the video signal to its maximum of 2 times In this case the sync is sufficient for the monitor or DVR to lock to and show a good image If the inserted text from the VSI Pro Ma
104. lso be used without a defined range Example of this would be to assign a word VOID as an exception VSI Pro will look for that string so range definition is not necessary However exception string VOID could be further defined by assigning a Range i e all VOID over 20 You can also define a global exception to flag all negative transactions An example of this using the Samsung ER 4715 would be the following exception to flag any transaction that contains a or negative sign For example in the Samaung ER 4715 register an assigned Exception string will flag all Void Refund Merchandise Return and Paid out to the monitor You can also use wild card symbol a centered dot on any data location An example of this would be instead of assigning eight different exception strings for dept 00 to dept 07 you can assign only one exception string e g dept That wild card exception string will handle exceptions for all eight departments To program the exception string press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to EXCEPTION STRING and press Set The first 40 character exception will become active after flashing Program in your exception string NOTE 45 Remember to enter your Exception String based on the way that data prints to video including spaces Also remember pressing Set advances to the next position Pressing Down and Up at the same time enters the string into memory and returns to th
105. med VSI Pro Max back to the shop or office and program additional VSI Pro Maxs quickly We realize this may not always be possible to do and that there may be a need for field programming The only difficulty with the field DOWNLOAD UPLOAD process is accessing the programming menus of both VSI Pro Max simultaneously The use of the diagram in Figure 87 will let you perform the DOWNLOAD UPLOAD process in the field For this you will need a short BNC to BNC cable approximately a foot long the data cable and a monitor that can be used next to the VSI Pros CAMERA IN Figure 87 DOWNLOAD UPLOAD SETUP Using VSI Pro Max to VSI Pro Max The PROGRAMMED VSI Pro will upload data to the UNPROGRAMMED VSI Pro Max In the configuration in the Figure 87 you can get the programming menus for both VSI Pro Max on the screen at the same time Use the front panel shortcut to position the text block from the PROGRAMMED VSI Pro Max on the left side of the screen To do this press and hold down Up then press and release Reset and then release Up Now by using the Up and Down buttons you can move the display side to side on the screen Move the text block as far to the left as you can and press Set to exit To move the display to the top of the screen press and hold down Set and press and release Reset then release Set Now by using the Up and Down buttons you can move the display up and down on the screen Move the
106. n Ux m S e nd 62 Appendix C DVR Text Input CODD IOS ERE REB VG YO ar GE NA VE OE 2 aaan 63 Appendix D UTP eroe M 64 Appendix P2RS Parallel to Serial 65 Appendix F 2 USB to 5 232 CODVOFIGE aa U x notes Ema XR wee RXEDIXxENSRUES ERR DLXEUM EXE TEM E DERRER ERR PME ESL ERU E 66 ESI 0 tT S 67 Appendix H ECR Interface Cae S ioo aAA EE RM MS REESE 68 Appendix I ANSI Driver Comida oiii oauocxxusu ck oes e eet nuinwc 2 Ende skau eus ecu RU nnmnnn 68 Appendix J 5 232 to H5 485 69 ADDendD K TCIP232 cis uua iur Re eie wes Urdu PORE USUS Revuxa Usds uer 70 Appendix L ic dpM rbehii iiec T1 Appendix M Network Communication and Configuration
107. n the loop terminated NO DATA TO THE DVR FROM MASTER 1 Verify the TX Protocol is set correctly and matches the DVR type and setting 2 Verify the DVR ComPort is enabled 3 Verify the cable from the VSI Pro Max to the DVR is correct NOTE 45 The VSI Pro Max requires 0 5VP P to 2V P P to properly overlay data on the video image NO VIDEO ON MONITOR VSI Pro Max transformer not plugged in or is malfunctioning Video In Out connectors reversed or BNC connector is not correctly wired No video input signal Bad video cable or connector Camera Iris is closed Other video device in system is off or malfunctioning CHARACTERS JITTER JUMP OR SKEW 1 Darken the gray scale of the characters 2 The VSI Pro Max requires the input video signal to be 0 5VP P to 2V P P If the voltage is too high or low then the VSI has trouble syncing the text to the video Use an amplifier such as AVE s VDA 401 or VECA to get the proper level Poor input sync signals too many AC coupled amplifiers in the video input signal Noisy or poor quality video source Replace with better source Check for double termination Video level too high VSI Pro Max will clip video The text block is too close to the edge of the screen Try repositioning the text block Also changing the size may help 8 Too much light in the video picture may cause character distortion Reposition the camera or reduce the amount of
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109. ny exception text on the video output OUTPUT TEXT Choices ON OFF Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to OUTPUT TEXT and press Set The cursor will start flashing Press the Up or Down button to cycle through the values and press Set when the desired value is displayed Selecting OFF will not send any exception text to the serial printer RTS TRIGGERED DELAY Choices OFF 1S 55 10S 205 30S 1M 5M 10M Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to RTS TRIGGERED DELAY and press Set The cursor will start flashing Press the Up or Down button to cycle through the values and press Set when the desired value is displayed Selecting OFF will give no delay and will trigger the alarm immediately upon RTS closure This function introduces a time delay for the RTS Trigger Input before initiating an alarm condition The alarm must be continuous for the entire time of the delay setting or the time out will be reset This is useful to connector to cash drawers or safe doors and wait a programmable amount of time before sounding the alarm Leaving cash drawers or safe doors open are indicative of theft or simple forgetfullness and an alarm condition will deter this behavior SET TRIGGERED TEXT Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to SET TRIGGERED TEXT and press Set The following sub menu will appear O DISPLAY TEXT OFF O OUTPUT TEXT OFF O RT
110. o move the cursor to EXIT and press Set to return to the previous menu STRENOTR N THE VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 29 PROGRAMMING 5 6 COMMUNICATION This was discussed briefly in the section under REGISTER SELECT and will be fully explained here When you choose your register type under the REGISTER SELECT menu this automatically formats the VSI Pro to the appro priate settings needed to communicate with your register There may be times when you will need to amend these settings for a specific register To access the Communication menu press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to COMMUNICATION and press Set The following menu will appear 9 REGISTER SETTINGS O NETWORK SETTINGS O EXIT Figure 62 COMMUNICATION Sub Menu The Register Settings selects and allows you to program the communication and protocol parameters used to communicate with the POS or Cash Register using the DB9 connector The Network Settings selects and allows you to program the communication and protocol parameters used to network the VSI Pro Max to other units using the RJ45 connector To access the Communication menu press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to COMMUNICATION and press Set The following menu will appear INTERFACE TYPE RX BAUD RATE TX BAUD RATE TX PROTOCOL PARITY DATA BITS HW HANDSHAKING SW HANDSHAKING AUTO LINEFEED EXIT QC C
111. o the previous menu Wi AVE STRENOTR N THE BUSHES VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface PROGRAMMING 5 5 TEXT DISPLAY This menu will give you more control over the actual text block formatting and its appearance on the screen Toaccess the menu press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to TEXT DISPLAY and press Set The following sub menu will appear SCREEN BLANK DISPLAY LINES DISPLAY CHARACTER LINE DISPLAY FORMAT LINE COMPRESS SPACE COMPRESS LEFT JUSTIFIED SCROLL DELAY DISPLAY EXIT O O O O O O O O O SCREEN BLANK Figure 61 Text Display Sub Menu Choices NONE 6 12 20 30 60 120 180 300 This is the amount of time that the VSI Pro text display will remain on screen after a transaction before blanking itself off not the video picture just the register transaction data until the next transaction To change the SCREEN BLANK setting press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to SCREEN BLANK and press SET The cursor will begin flashing Press the Up or Down buttons to cycle through the selections Press Set when the desired time is displayed The cursor will stop flashing and you may continue programming NOTE 45 Choosing NONE means No Blanking The VSI Pro will display the last transaction until a new transaction is performed DISPLAY LINES You have the choice of how many lines of text to display on screen for register transactions
112. ombined with the VSI Pro Max to detect these types of situations NOTES STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 81 LIMITED WARRANTY APPENDIX P LIMITED WARRANTY Terms and Conditions For 2 Years from the date of shipment Seller warrants to Buyer that the Product is free from defects in material or workmanship under normal use and service Equipment manufactured by other than Seller but furnished by Seller carries the same warranty to Buyer as Seller receives from the other manufacturer notwithstanding any provision to the contrary If Buyer has specified a particular manufacturer s product which is not the brand standardly supplied by Seller Buyer shall look only to the other manufacturer s warranty and Seller shall not warrant such item EXCLUSIONS Seller s warranty does not cover the following 1 In transit damage claims improper handling by carrier or post office Only the consignee of the shipment can file a claim with the common carrier 2 Damages caused by incorrect use modification carelessness improper storage hostile operating conditions or unauthorized service installation or repairs without proper training from the Seller 3 Damages caused by fire flood lightning collision acts of God or other events beyond the control of Seller 4 Products or parts thereof that have had serial numbers removed altered or defaced 5 Products returned without an RMA number and sales or delivery rec
113. omer display Messages that are displayed in full then erased in full will have not be erased by scroll matching and conventional Negative Excep tion processing will have to be used for this message or messages Therefore if the message is scrolling then the VSI Pro Max will erase the entire message if the scrolling continues within the Time Out setting The default Time Out is 1 second but is programmable if the display scrolls slower than normal When the Time Out exceeds the programmed time the internal memory buffer of the scrolling message is erased and the process is repeated This allows for new or different messages to be fully erased by the scroll matching feature EXIT Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to Set to return to the previous menu 5 8 ALARM OUTPUTS To access alarm output press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to ALARM OUTPUTS and press Set The following sub menu will appear 9 ALARM NO O ALARM TRIGGER O NORMALSTATE O ALARM DURATION O FLAG TYPE FLAG DURATION O TRIGGERED TEXT O VIDEO LOSS O EXIT Figure 78 ALARM OUTPUTS Sub Menu NOTE The ALARM OUTPUTS menu controls not only the formatting of the external alarms but also the formatting of the on screen flags assigned to individual exceptions STRENOTR N THE VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 43 PROGRAMMING ALARM NO Choices 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
114. on are PULSE 6 12 20 30 60 120 180 and 300 seconds PULSE sends a 200mS alarm pulse to the alarm device To select the amount of time in seconds that you want to program the alarm duration press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to ALARM DURATION and press Set The cursor will start flashing Press the Up or Down button to cycle through the values and press Set when the desired value is displayed FLAG TYPE This feature allows you to insert a visual alarm flag on each exception that you program to aid in the review of the video tape This flag can appear as an asterisk a flashing asterisk reverse text or flashing reverse text To make your selection press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to FLAG TYPE and press Set The cursor will start flashing Press the Up or Down button to cycle through the values and press Set when the desired value is displayed FLAG DURATION Choices 6 12 30 60 120 180 300 This is the amount of time in seconds that the on screen FLAG either the Asterisk or the Reverse mode will remain activated once it is triggered NOTE Flag Duration is independent of the Alarm Duration Flag Duration is the amount of time the on screen flag will remain on after activation while Alarm Duration is the amount of time that the hard wired Alarm Output remains activated after it is triggered To select the amount of time in se
115. ontrol feature while connecting in Emulate Mode If you choose the Slave this will have priority over the DVR control mode and will generate an Error Message when DVH Time Date is selected The same will be true if Master Mode is selected OUTPUT EXCEPTIONS This selection allows you to have the buffered exceptions sent out for printing This is a global setting for all excep tions but you also need to turn on the output for each independent exception CLEAR HISTORY This selection clears all the buffered exceptions and resets the TOTAL EXCEPTIONS counter EXIT Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to EXIT and press Set to return to the previous menu SET EXCEPTION Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to SET EXCEPTION and press Set The following sub menu will appear v AVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 37 PROGRAMMING 9 EXCEPTION NO O DISPLAY O OUTPUT O HISTORY BUFFER O EXCEPTION STRING NO SALE O RANGE 00 000 000 00 00 000 000 00 O OPERATOR NONE O EXIT Figure 72 SET EXCEPTION Sub Menu EXCEPTION NO Choices 1 through 24 To select the Exception No that you wish to program press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to EXCEP TION NO and press Set The cursor will start flashing Use the Up amp Down button to sequence through the choices Make your selection and pre
116. or homing to preset positions are very common When using a PTZ dome to monitor more than one POS Cash Register the VSI Pro Max can be programmed to send out a homing preset string via RS 485 to the PTZ controller upon an exception Therefore the dome will then home to that particular register and view the exception in progress Multiple VSI Pro Max can be paralleled on the RS 485 since in the recieve mode until the exception occurs In gasoline or petrol stations the same function is very useful One PTZ can cover several pumps When a customer slides his credit card or activates the pump the VSI Pro Max can send out the homing preset string for the PTZ and capture images of the user and vehicle for every transaction This will allow close up images of each transaction from one camera rather than many fixed cameras Cash Drawers Safes and Security Doors The RTS Alarm Input can be programmed to be a generic Hard Alarm input This can be connected to a Cash Drawer and alarmed when the drawer is open With the RTS Alarm Delay feature a time can be programmed to wait for this alarm to be true longer than that time and then trigger the alarm This is very powerful to detect when cash drawers or safes are open for an excessive amount of time which is indicative of theft practices The RTS Alarm input can also be connected to entry and exit doors and generate alarm conditions when the door open too long This in conjunction with the Trigger Text can send
117. ou the option of a 40 character display for easy register identification in addition to the actual register transaction data To create a title press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to TITLE and press Set You will see a row of 40 boxes and the first box will be flashing To change the character in the first position press the Up or Down buttons to cycle through the alpha numeric selections from the following list of available characters ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 9876543210 The solid white box is used for a blank space Make your selection and press Set This will advance to the next block repeat until you have entered the desired title When finished simultaneously press and release the Down amp Up buttons to enter your title into memory The white boxes will disappear and your title will be displayed as it will appear on screen Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to EXIT and press Set to return to the previous menu NOTE 45 Remember enabling the TITLE will limit text insertions to 10 lines maximum LANGUAGE SETTINGS Selecting Language Settings will give you the following menu LANGUAGE ENGLISH O EXIT Figure 60 Language Selection The language selection options are English German or Spanish EXIT Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to EXIT and press Set to return t
118. ove the cursor to DVR SELECTION and press Set The following menu will appear NONE DMS 3001 DVR 3011 3021 MVDR3000 MVDR5000 Q EXIT Figure 68 DVR Selection Sub Menu DVR 3011 DVR 3021 MVDR3000 MVDR5000 Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to DVR 3011 3021 and press Set An asterisk appears to indicate your selection 9 DEST ID O SCR ID O EXIT Figure 69 DVR 3011 3021 MVDR3000 MVDR5000 Sub Menu DEST ID and SRC ID Choices 1 through 32 Note The DEST ID and SRC ID can not be the same value or can not send any command TIME SEARCH Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to TIME SEARCH and press Set The following sub menu will appear NO SALE PREVIOUS PAGE 11 20 23 9 12 08 11 22 21 A 9 12 08 11 22 21 9 12 08 11 22 21 9 12 08 11 22 24 9 12 08 O NEXT PAGE EXIT Figure 70 Display of TIME SEARCH Use the Up or Down button to scroll to the desired exception in the transaction history As you select the lline the exception string will display at the top of the page Then press Set and the DVR will be commanded by the VSI Pro Max to go to the selected transaction via its Time Date Search function Therefore you must make sure the T D of the DVH is very close to the setting of the VSI Pro Max or their will be an effor in the actual search time Verify the proper connection to the DVR from the d
119. ployee transactions to identify fraud and theft transactions at the cash register When used with a compatible DVR the VSI Pro Max can command or be commanded by the DVR to automatically search to the transaction in question for instant review of the re corded video With the new Scroll Matching feature users can easily set and erase scrolling advertising messages from the customer display but always record the valid transactions The VSI Pro Max is fully networkable with our Networker Vnetworker Hydra and Regcom line of products These device connect to the VSI Pro or ECR Interfaces or Adapters directly and communicate back via an RS 485 network to the central location PC Windows based software can also be used as the controller of this network and store transaction files for up to 16 cash registers for remote viewing or downloading to produce reports for management The VSI Pro Max is fully remotely downloadable uploadable or programmable by our PC VSI Program mable software This utilizes a direct connection via RS 232 from a laptop to the VSI Pro Complete VSI Pro Max settings can be saved on the laptop and uploaded to the VSI Pro Max at will This is mainly used for dealer maintanence or for single station user programming or when cameras or monitors are not easily available Firmware is also downloadable in the field with our Firmware Utility so new updates and features can be easily passed to customers without changing
120. ptions 78 Figure 145 Remote Keyboard WInGOW 79 Figure 146 Time Date Set Up Widow MT 80 1 INTRODUCTION The VSI Pro Max is the latest in the evolution of the popular VSI line of POS Cash Register Interfaces from AVE The VSI Pro Max now with larger memory space can hold ALL the AVE Interfaces in one unit with full remote PC or DVR programming for selection and setups and onsite firmware updating New video processing circuitry allows use with new WDR cameras and low video of commonly used UTP adapters Built in RS 232 RS 485 Passive and the new Opto Isolated selection gives complete isolation from the POS Cash Register from the video system Internal 40 Mhz operation allows for combining the Networking functions of the Hydra Regcom Networker or Vnetworker within one convenient unit with looping RJ45s for a seem less solution for multiple till configurations The VSI Pro Max allows characters to be inserted into any video source an RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 link This allows cash registers computers scales pole displays printers or any RS 232 RS 485 RS 422 commu nicating device to display alpha numerics in
121. r will start flashing Press the Up or Down button to toggle between ON or OFF and press Set when the desired value is displayed If the T D LOCKING is turned on make sure that the time format selected is the same as the register s time date format If the T D LOCKING is turned on the VSI Pro will monitor the incoming data string If it finds a valid time and date in one or two consecutive lines it will set the clock to whatever time date it finds A valid time has the following formats HH MM HH MM ss HH MM AM HH mm ss AM HH MM PM HH MM ss PM where hh is a number between 0 and 12 24 if either AM or PM not present A valid date has the same format as for date display and has either or as a separator ON SCREEN TITLER Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to ON SCREEN TITLER and press Set The following menu will appear Wi AVE smemmmEmes VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 26 PROGRAMMING TITLER O TITLE O EXIT TITLER Figure 59 ON SCREEN TITLER Sub Menu To change the status of the on screen titler press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to TITLER and press Set The cursor will start flashing Select either ON or OFF by pressing the Up or Down button After making a selection press Set This will return the cursor to the non flashing mode Now select EXIT to return to the previous menu TITLE The VSI Pro gives y
122. re 65 EXCEPTION REPORT Sub Menu Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to EXCEPTION HISTORY and press Set The following menu will appear 9 TOTAL EXCEPTION O VIEW EXCEPTIONS O DVR SELECTION O TIME SEARCH O OUTPUT EXCEPTIONS O CLEAR HISTORY O EXIT Figure 66 EXEPTION HISTORY Sub Menu TOTAL EXCEPTIONS This is not a selection for just displays the total exception count kept in the Exception History Buffer maximum 800 VIEW EXCEPTIONS This displays the buffered exceptions on screen starting with the oldest exception in the buffer Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to VIEW EXCEPTIONS and press Set Once in the exception displaying screen press the Up or Down button to scroll to the next screen Press Set to exit and return to the previous menu Remember you must turn the DISPLAY ON for exceptions to be saved in history 11 09 45A 9 12 05 MON REC 11 09 45A 9 12 05 NOSALE 11 13 12 A 9 12 05 RETURN 11 20 23 A 9 12 05 NOSALE 11 22 21 9 12 05 CANCEL 11 26 18 A 9 12 05 NOSALE END OF EXCEPTION EH O 53 3 33 12 09 2005 11 30 05 Figure 67 Display of View Exceptions CS NOTE For any exception you must program Display ON for any exception data tobe saved in the Exception History Wi AVE STRENGTH N THE SUSE VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 35 PROGRAMMING DVR SELECTION Press the Up or Down button to m
123. reen Time Date display may be incorrect or have unreadable characters If this is the case enter the clock menu and Reset Time Date The Time Date will then show readeable characters and be unaffected by a Master Reset CLOCK To program the clock s functions press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to CLOCK and press Set The following menu will appear Wi AVE STRENOTR N THE VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 25 PROGRAMMING 9 T D DISPLAY ON O TIME FORMAT 12 HOUR O DATE FORMAT MM DD YY O DAYLIGHT SAVING DISABLED O SET TIME DATE O RESET TIME DATE O T D LOCKING O EXIT Figure 58 CLOCK Sub Menu T D DISPLAY turns the time date display on or off Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to T D DISPLAY and press Set The cursor will start flashing Press the Up or Down button to toggle between ON or OFF and press Set when the desired value is displayed TIME DISPLAY selects either 12 hour AM PM or 24 hour Military Time format with AM PM Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to TIME DISPLAY and press Set The cursor will start flashing Press the Up or Down button to toggle between time formats and press Set when the desired format is displayed DATE FORMAT chooses one of the three available formats Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to DATE FORMAT and press Set T
124. rt the VSI Pro ECR Cards or Adapters to be slaves The Hydra is a Master device and only one unit required for up to 16 Slaves Only one master device can exist on a single network When the VSI Pro Max is used to connect to a register that uses the emulate mode then it can not be a Master However the VSI Pro Max can connect to a normal register in tap mode and still be configurable as a master or slave The master device controls the flow of data by polling each of the slaves in turn When polled a slave device will either respond with a No Data code to say it has no data to send or it will begin sending data from its buffer The Hydra or VSI Pro Max can support many manufactures of DVR for direct storage of the transaction data on the DVR as afile rather than just inserting in the video image for recording It also supports the VSI ADD VSI Addressable format which allows multiple VSI Pros or VSI Pro Max to be mounted in a convenient rack and connected to a Master for display of cash register data remotely See Figure below T568B HYDRA COMPATABILITY LIST DVR Norbain Columbus GE StoreSafe Kalatel StoreSafe ET NOVAR VP Pair4 Pair 1 Pair2 d Pinetron Figure 133 RJ45 Network Connector Pin Out The Network Port of a VSI Pro Max Regcom or Hydra use an RJ45 connector Each unit has two RJ45s and the Networking signals Pins 4 amp 5 are in parallel However in the VSI Pro Max all pins are wired in parallel but the Regcom or H
125. rt Settings Bits per second Data bits Parity Stop bits Flow control x Restore Defaults Disconnected Figure 99 Port Settings Menu WAVE es VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 57 PROGRAMMING Second you go to the menu of the VSI Pro Max Download Upload Setup then select gt Update Firmware and then press Set Now you will see message in Hyper Terminal TEST HyperTerminal Edit View Call Transfer Help In System Programming Copyright 2006 By B V E Thailand VERSION 700R2 10 27 2006 Do you want to update Y N WARNING Doing this will erase the program memory Y N Erasing Flash Memory OK Ready to download firmware Connected 0 09 19 VT10D 19200 8 M 1 MUM Figure 100 In System Programming Display Do you want to update Y N Press Y to accept update You will see message warning again Doing this will erase the program memory Y N Press Y again to accept update NOTE Pressing Yes again will permanently erase the entire program memory and the VSI Pro will not function until firmware is loaded Make sure you have the proper firmware file ready or the VSI Pro will be rendered useless Finish erasing the program memory step Next you have to send file to update firmware by click on Transfer Menu and select Send Text File and wait until finished programming Progress dots will be displayed on the termina
126. rts are also commonly connected to printers The AVE USB232 adapter will emulate a printer and output RS 232 data to the VSI Pro Max A software driver is supplied with the unit which needs to be installed on the PC prior to running the POS software The VSI Pro Max can also interface with a parallel printer if a high speed parallel to serial converter is connected with either the cash register or with the printer You can also use AVE s high speed serial to parallel converter P2RS for interfacing the VSI Pro to the parallel port AVE s high speed P2RS converter is shown below Pole or Customer Displays are similar to printers and are either serial parallel or USB and all the above also apply Figure 109 P2RS Parallel to Serial Converter Figure 110 P2RS Parallel to Serial Converter Front Panel Front Panel Figure 112 DB 25 Cable Figure 113 Centronics Cable The Pin Out for the cable between the P2RS and the VSI Pro is as follows id P 2 RS DB 9F VSI Pro DB 9M Serial Input Power Printer Cable TXD3 es 2 RXD Figure 111 P2RS Parallel to Serial Converter Connection Cables GND 1 LL 5 GND Figure 114 Pin Out for P2RS to VSI Pro Max WAVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 65 USB to RS 232 Converter MI Pi ME JP8 JP6 4 1 pe 85 Figure 115 USB to RS 232 Converter PCB JP1 USB type B Connector JP7 RS485 Connector P1 RS2
127. s not set then default value will be 1 v AVE ee STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 68 Table 4 ANSI Driver Commands APPENDIX J RS 232 to RS 422 RS 485 Converter For some installations exceptional long runs are required then RS 232 can not support for is normally limited to about 100 ft In this case one would convert the RS 232 to RS 485 which can be extended up to about 3000 ft Then on the other end another converter would convert back to RS 232 When using the VSI Pro Max this additional converter is not required for already has built in RS 485 compatibility However termination for the POS Cash Register port is via JP2 internally to the VSI Pro Max is required Jumper Setting JP1 OPEN CLOSE RS485 RS 422 Transmit Termination On Off 120 Ohm JP2 OPEN CLOSE RS 422 Receive Termination On Off 120 Ohm JP4 CLOSE 1 2 RS 232 TXD to DB9M Pin 3 JP4 CLOSE 2 3 RS 232 TXD to DB9M Pin 2 JP5 CLOSE 1 2 RS 232 RXD to DB9M Pin 2 JP5 CLOSE 2 3 RS 232 RXD to DB9M Pin 3 JP6 CLOSE 1 2 Enable RS 485 JP6 CLOSE 2 3 Enable RS 422 JP7 CLOSE 1 2 Enable RS 485 JP7 CLOSE 2 3 Enable RS 422 GND R5422 R5422 Rx B RS422 165485 A RS422 Tx R5485 B ROI Figure 126 RS 232 to RS 485 422 Converter Jumper Setting for RS422 Jumper Setting for RS485 Default JP1 CLOSE RS 422 Transmit JP1 CLOSE RS 485 Termination On 120 Ohm Termination On 120 Ohm JP2 CLOSE RS 42
128. sing the handshaking function A contact closure to ground on pin 7 will trigger this alarm Coupled with the RTS Triggered text you can now display a 40 character message from an external alarm input 7 RTS APPLICATION NOTE The RTS alarm input can be connected to the drawer of a cash register or safe to alarm and send the message DRAWER OPEN to the screen if the drawer is open too long To select the alarm trigger that you want to program press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to ALARM TRIGGER and press Set The cursor will start flashing Press the Up or Down button to cycle through the values and press Set when the desired value is displayed NORMAL STATE Choices NO Normally open NC Normal closed There are two choices NO normally open or NC normal closed These selections determine whether the alarm outputs will act as a normally open switch or a normally closed switch To select the Normal State that you want to program press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to NORMAL STATE and press Set The cursor will start flashing Press the Up or Down button to cycle through the values and press Set when the desired value is displayed WAVE smemmmExmss VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 44 PROGRAMMING ALARM DURATION This is the amount of time in seconds that the alarm will remain activated once it is triggered The selections for alarm durati
129. specific text data to the DVR upon this condition so later the DVR database can be searched for such events Therefore hard alarms in conjunction with user pro grammed data strings provide powerful search criteria for exceptional events Access Control Panels The VSI Pro Max can be connected to read the data coming directly from an access control panel or to the server The VSI Pro Max has RS 485 or RS 422 compatibility along with RS 232 in passive mode which can be connected in parallel with most access panels with no effect on transmission to the server The VSI Pro Max can then pro grammed for a specific user ID and generate alarm or exception conditions and alerts when they enter It also can deliver an e journal of all entries directly to the database of the AVE DVRs and then later search directly to a user name or specific Time amp Date VMD and Cash Registers In a normal check out lane if motion is detected in the customer area but no motion in the clerk area this is a potential problem If this exists and the cash drawer is opened or a transaction is detected by the VSI Pro Max then this is indicative of a theft Many VMDs like the DigiSpec DS1 PL has logic on the alarm input to the VMD so it can be connected in series with the VSI Pro Max alarm output functions detecting cash drawer open or transactions being entered Therefore a single camera with this type of VMD can detect motion in several areas independently with one camera view and c
130. ss Set The cursor will stop flashing and you may continue to the next menu item DISPLAY Choices ON OFF The DISPLAY item lets you control whether or not this particular exception is displayed on the video monitor Please understand that if you are not using a remote serial printer and if you do not turn on the Exceptions display here you will not have the on screen flag and consequently no record of the exception when it occurs To make your selection press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to DISPLAY and press Set The cursor will start flashing Press the Up or Down button to toggle between ON or OFF Make your selection and press Set The cursor will stop flashing and you may continue to the next menu item 7 APPLICATION NOTE If the display of the Exception is turned off here the exception data will actually be erased from the screen This feature can be used to generate what we refer to as Negative Exceptions allowing the removal of unwanted text from the screen See Negative Exceptions that follows OUTPUT Choices ON OFF The OUTPUT controls the RS 232 data from the VSI Pro Typically this is sent to a remote Serial Printer to provide a hard copy of Exceptions with time and date on it This data can also be sent out to a computer with appropriate software and give you the ability to analyze data You could also use an auto answer modem and have the data sent to a centr
131. ster Interface 31 PROGRAMMING SW HANDSHAKING Choices NONE XON XOFF ACK NAK Software handshaking is a command that is embedded in the data stream that is read and or sent by the VSI Pro Max that controls the flow of data to or from an external device AUTO LINEFEED Choices ON OFF Auto Linefeed makes the VSI Pro append a CR LF after each displayed line The default of this function is ON but if you would like to disable it then press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to AUTO LINEFEED and press Set The cursor will start flashing Press the Up or Down button to cycle through the values and press Set when the desired value is displayed NETWORK SETTINGS Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to NETWORK SETTINGS and press Set The cursor will start flashing Press the Up or Down button to cycle through the values and press Set when the desired value is displayed 9 TYPE OFF O ADDRESS OFF O PROTOCOL REGCOM 9 6K O BAUD RATE 9600 O EXIT Figure 64 Network Settings Sub Menu Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to TYPE and press Set The cursor will start flashing Press the Up or Down button to cycle through the values and press Set when the desired value is displayed TYPE Choices GENERIC MASTER SLAVE OFF GENERIC This is the default setting of the VSI Pro Max Also the default Jumper setting
132. t a monitor and camera without having a register hooked up When the demo mode is active the VSI Pro Max thinks the data is actually coming from a real register You can use this demo data to configure exceptions and alarms to be fully functional for a complete customer demonstration Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to REGISTER DEMO and press Set You will see the following DEMO Register D Figure 85 Register Demo O DEMO ON pOWERUP OFF Sub Menu O EXIT Selecting DEMO will give you two options of 19 or 37 characters per line After selection the demo will start after a few seconds To exit this demo press and release Reset If data is sent to the VSI Pro Max during this demo mode with DEMO ON POWER set to OFF then the demo mode will be disabled and you must go back into the programming mode and select again as described above If you select DEMO ON POWER as ON then pressing the Reset or powering up or down will have no effect on the demo mode and will continuously work until disabled by this menu selection If you connec the VSI Pro Max to a cash register and it sends data to the VSI Pro during this demo mode then the demo mode will also be disabled until you press Reset or power down and up again VERSION ID When selected this will display the version of software in use by the VSI Pro Max shown detail example below VSI PRO Version 14 00 R1 06 25 20
133. t any networking The RS 232 DB9M connector on the rear of the DVR can accept the data from one VSI Pro Max The RS 485 RJ12 connector can also accept data from the VSI Pro Max The RS 232 port inserts the data on Camera 1 and the RS 485 port inserts on Camera 2 Cash Register 2 Cash Register 1 VSI Pro Max VIDEO IN Figure 103 VSI Pro Max with DVR Text Input Connections When using the VSI Pro Max in the register Tapping Mode the RS 232 Pin 3 or Pin 8 can be used to output the text to the DVR If you are using the VSI Pro Max for Slave Mode networking then you can not use the RJ45 RS 485 or RS 232 Pin 8 as an output to the DVR and only RS 232 is available from Pin 3 If you are not using the VSI Pro Max in the Slave Mode then you can use RS 232 Pin 8 or RJ45 RS 485 output to the DVR If using the VSI Pro Max in the Master Mode then only RS 232 Pin 3 can be used to connect to the DVR or use the AVE RS 232 to RS 485 converter to connect to the DVR RS 485 input When using the VSI Pro Max in the register Emulate Mode only Pin 8 can be used for RS 232 output or the RJ45 Network connector can be used for RS 485 output to the DVR The VSI Pro Max can not be used in either the Slave or Master Mode while providing any ASCII text output to the DVR in either RS 232 or RS 485 format Therefore the VSI Pro Max when used in the Emulate Mode can only be used in conjunction with the Slave Mode OR Text output mode using RS 232 Pin
134. ta in the internal memory of VSI Pro Max You can store up to 20 kilobytes of data in the internal memory of VSI Pro Power up the VSI Pro for 24 hours prior to download of data This will provide VSI Pro s internal battery a full charge to hold data in its memory Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to CAPTURE TO MEMORY and press Set The following display will appear example only RX BAUDRATE AUTO TX BAUDRATE 2400 PARITY NONE DATA BIT 8 HANDSHAKING OFF BAUDRATE DETECTION Figure 84 CAPTURE TO MEMORY Display Press Set to return to the previous menu NOTE 425 VSI Pro can hold up to 120 kilobytes of data to make sure that you only transfer the data which is in correct format WAVE STRENGTH N THE SUSE VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 49 PROGRAMMING NOTE 25 Any Programming or data transfer of any kind can overwrite the saved data in memory DUMP MEMORY You can upload any saved information from the VSI Pro memory to any PC or some specific communication devices using appropriate upload cable To upload the information into a PC you must have any communication software which can transfer the binary data Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to DUMP MEMORY and press Set The VSI Pro will start uploading the data REGISTER DEMO This demonstration simulates transaction data from a register This is used to demonstrate the VSI Pro Max s capabilities with jus
135. tion settings However if you need to change these settings you can do so through the COMMUNICATION menu described later in this manual NOTE 45 Whenever you select a register in this menu certain programming features are reset to the default settings Always set the register selection first get the data on screen then proceed with additional programming Wi AVE smemmmEmss VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 16 TCP IP Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to REGISTER SELECT and press Set The REGIS TER SELECT menu will appear GENERIC TCPIP ADDRESSABLE VSI AD4323 ADS ANSI BEETLE 50 PRINTERS CASIO QT2100 REM DISPLAY CASIO QT6000 NEXT PAGE Figure 11 REGISTER SELECT Sub Menu Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to TCPIP and press Generic In this mode is simply no filtering of the input data and will display any printable character in the video If you are not sure of what you are connecting to this is the first selection so you will see everything and then later choose the options you want to better filter the display to your liking 1 Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to TCPIP and press Set to enter and change the IP address to the same as the IP address you wish to monitor EXAMPLE If the IP address is 192 168 0 141 set the address on the TCPIP 232 Adapter using this menu I
136. ures the Network RJ45 port to be a Slave which is formerly called Regcom or Vnetworker The Slave uses RS 485 bi directional communication to the Master unit Related Settings ADDRESS choices are 1 16 PROTOCOL which the choices are REGCOM or VNET BAUD RATE 1200 115 2K OFF No data is sent out the Network Port either RS 232 or RS 485 ADDRESS Choices OFF 1 16 This select the address or camera number when configured as a slave device The selections are 1 16 so that the POS Cash Register is assigned a unique number up to a maximum of 16 to send the data over the RS 485 network back to a Master unit or a Hydra device which then sends all the data to the DVR or PC for recording PROTOCOL Choices REGCOM or VNET This setting selects the protocol of the RS 485 Network There are two protocols to be compatible with two different devices and functions The REGCOM can be selected for compatibility with the Regcom networking device The Regcom device can be set for either 9600 or 57600 baud rate to match the installed device settings However when not using the Regcom device and using only VSI Pro Max then any baud rate can be set The Regcom Protocol only has the ability to receive register data only The VNET can be configured for compatibility with the Vnetworker or Networker devices A baud rate of 19200 can be only used for these external devices However when used with a VSI Pro Max device and no external Vnetworker or Networker devi
137. ut Exil EXCEPTION REPORT REMOTE VSI ro Manual Ctrl M About TEXT TIME SETUP ALARM OUTPUTS Please select Register Figure 94 About Main Menu Help gives you all the help topics of the VSI Pro Max Program Download Ver 1 0 VSI Pro Max Manual is an online pdf of the current VSI Pro Max manual for easy reference to all the setups and programming features and applications of the VSI Pro Max About shows you the version and release of this software Communication Cable Pin Out The Com cable is RS 232 from the PC or laptop to the VSI Pro Max as follows This cable can be no more than 100 but if additional length is required you will need a set of the AVE RS 232 to RS 422 adapter which will extend the range to 3000 9 PC Laptop DB9F VSI Pro DB9M Figure 95 PC Programming Cable Pin Out CC MMC CE D 5 Vi AVE STRENGTH WINE BUSTERS VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface PROGRAMMING VSI Pro Firmware Download Menu To update the VSI Pro Max load the VSI Pro Max Firmware Download Utility and follow the instructions below Then select UPDATE FIRMWARE from the menu selection DOWNLOAD SETUP UPLOAD SETUP UPDATE FIRMWARE Figure 96 Update Firmware EXIT Sub Menu VSI Pro Max Firmware Download Utility This document describes the VSI Pro Max V14 Release 12 This feature allows a user to download firmware update v
138. x is stable then the VSI Pro Max is able to lock to this low signal If the text jitters or is skewed then a video amplifier must be placed in line with the VSI Pro Max to bring the signal up to at least 5V P P so the AGC circuitry can adjust to the proper output level FUNNY CHARACTERS OR GARBAGE ON SCREEN 1 Power disconnected for too long and memory is lost 2 Lightning strike power line noise or power surge ECR TPIF boards make sure data cable is plugged in correctly 4 Ground and Data wires are reversed Verify correct DB 9 cable wiring HOW TO DO A MASTER RESET ON VSI Pro Max 1 Press and hold in simultaneously the Down Up and Set buttons 2 While holding those three buttons in press and release the Reset button and then release the other three buttons 3 This will display the copyright notice 4 Restores the VSI Pro Max to all the factory default settings and erases all user programming MY CUSTOMER IS CHANGING REGISTERS WILL THE VSI Pro Max WORK WITH THE NEW REGISTER This is a tricky one The VSI Pro Max interfaces to over 400 different registers The probability the VSI Pro Max will work with a new system is relatively high The chances any additional boards or boxes will work is lower unless your customer is staying with the same manufacturer and within the same register series Contact AVE s Product Support Specialists for additional help with this issue IF INSTALL YOUR INTERFACE BOARD INTO
139. y displayed on all shipping labels MASTER RESET APPENDIX Q WARNING DOING A MASTER RESET CLEARS ALL PROGRAMMING AND THE VSI Pro Max DEFAULTS TO THE FACTORY SETTINGS If you have difficulty entering the main menu or you changed uP or updated the Firmware in your VSI Pro Max do the following procedure exactly Lightly press and hold in the buttons to the left Up Down amp Set While holding down these buttons press and release the Reset button Then release the other buttons Wait a few seconds and the copyright notice will appear on screen along with the version of software installed in your VSI Pro Max Upon powering up the VSI Pro Max for the first time if the battery is depleted the master reset should be done However in some cases the Time Date display may not have the correct or legible characters If this occurs go to the Clock programming section of the menu and reset the clock and program the correct time The Time Date display will then function properly and any subsequent master resets will not affect the time The internal rechargeable NiMH battery needs a full 24 Hr charge if fully discharged to be fully charged WAVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro POS Cash Register Interface 83 i STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS ASIA AVE Thailand Co Ltd 147 Soi On Nut 44 Sukhumvit 77 Rd Suan Luang Bangkok 10250 Thailand Tel 662 331 9364 331 9285 Fax 662 331 9365 Email ave av
140. ydra are not The useage of an RJ45 connector allows the installer to use either RJ11 RJ12 or RJ45 connectors since all support the center two pins of the connector which are the only pins used Figure 134 DS 20 OF VSI Pro Max PCB Rack using VSI ADD protocol Vi AVE smemmmEmes VSI Pro Max POS Cash Register Interface 72 APPENDIX M MASTER HYDRA VSI Pro Max Networking The VSI Pro Max as a slave allows the connection of multiple cash register terminals to a master unit for the purpose of transaction logging ASCII Data for DVR Text Search md and Exceptions VSI Pro M 85 232 gm RS 232 or AVE RS 422 only Cash Register Regcom AVE VSkPro RS 232 RS 232 or RS 232 or RS 232 or only RS 422 RXD only RS 422 RXD only RS 422 RXD only RS 232 Cash Register Cash Register Cash Register Cash Register Cash Register Figure 135 VSI Pro Max Networking Connection Diagram NETWORK TERMINATION The device at end of the network must be TERMINATED For the Hydra an 8 DIP Switch on the rear of the unit is used to set the termination When the switch is set to ON the device is terminated When the switch is set to OFF it will be un terminated For the VSI Pro Max an internal jumper JP15 must be set to terminate DB 9 Pin Out DB 9 Pin Out RJ 45 Pin Out 2 To Register Pin 2 RX RS 232 Pin 3 TXD Master Pin 3 TX RS 232 R

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