When setting number of coins (quarters) for your coin machine, follow these steps:
- Write down the number of coins needed for each of the 7 formulas.
- Set the offset for sake of simplicity
- Set the formula coin count for each formula
- Set the formula set toggle
- Set the coin counter error toggle
There is an
automatic configuration wizard below.
Setting the Offset
The offset is the minimum amount of coins the machine will take for any formula. The offset increases by multiples of four. So, which formula requires the least number of coins? How many coins is it? Set the offset to the next lowest multiple of four. For example: the cheapest cycle requires 35 coins and other cycles require more than 35 coins, set your offset for 32 coins.
The offset is set on dipswitch sets 3, 4, 5, and 6 using ONLY dipswitch 6 on each bank. See offset table below.
In our example, your minimum number of coins is 35. The offset is 32 coins. The switches would be set in the following method:
6th position on switch set 3 to
ON6th position on switch set 4 to
ON6th position on switch set 5 to
ON6th position on switch set 6 to
OFFThis will set your base value of coins to 32.
Figure 1. Coin Count Offset
| Offset | SW3-6 | SW4-6 | SW5-6 | SW6-6 |
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| 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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| 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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| 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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| 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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| 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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| 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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| 40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| 44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| 48 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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| 52 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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| 56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Additional Coins
With the offset figured out, let's subtract the offset from each of formula coin counts. For our example, we have the following formula values:
Formula 1: 35 - 32 = 3 coins
Formula 2: 42 - 32 = 10 coins
Formula 3: 40 - 32 = 8 coins
Formula 4: 39 - 32 = 7 coins
Formula 5: 35 - 32 = 3 coins
Formula 6: 42 - 32 = 10 coins
Formula 7: 40 - 32 = 8 coins
Now set the additional counts for each formula. This is set by position 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 on each of the formula switch sets 1-7. The table below can help assign the switches.
In this example the switch sets will appear as follows:
Formula switch set 1: 1-
OFF, 2-
OFF, 3-
ON, 4-
ON, 5-
ON (3 coins)
Formula switch set 2: 1-
ON, 2-
OFF, 3-
ON, 4-
OFF, 5-
ON (10 coins)
Formula switch set 3: 1-
ON, 2-
ON, 3-
ON, 4-
OFF, 5-
ON (8 coins)
Formula switch set 4: 1-
OFF, 2-
OFF, 3-
OFF, 4-
ON, 5-
ON (7 coins)
Formula switch set 5: 1-
OFF, 2-
OFF, 3-
ON, 4-
ON, 5-
ON (3 coins)
Formula switch set 6: 1-
ON, 2-
OFF, 3-
ON, 4-
OFF, 5-
ON (10 coins)
Formula switch set 7: 1-
ON, 2-
ON, 3-
ON, 4-
OFF, 5-
ON (8 coins)
Figure 2. Additional Coin Counts
| Coin Count | Sw 1 | Sw 2 | Sw 3 | Sw 4 | Sw 5 |
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| 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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| 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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| 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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| 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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| 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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| 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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| 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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| 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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| 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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| 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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| 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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| 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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| 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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| 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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| 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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| 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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| 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Figure 3. Processor Board
Additional Settings
Formula Switch Set 1 has the formula set toggle on the 6th position. This toggles between formula set 1 and formula set 2.
Formula Switch Set 2 has the Coin Count Error toggle on the 6th position. This toggles enable the error for the Coin Counter if there is an issue.
NOTE: If your formulas are all the same price, then switches 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 should ALL MATCH on ALL of your dipswitch banks.
