Dixmor LED7 reset time options?

[mjwalsh]

Every once in awhile when we are busy ... a customer will put in a 10 dollar bill thinking that they will get change in our in bay bill acceptors. Has anyone found a way to reset the time to zero without going into the coin box itself & pushing on the mode button? We notice that the remote control has to wait until the time runs out for it to be used. It is easy to reset if we have more washdown time than we need if the washdown time originates from the remote control.

Cutting power on the timer does not reset like our old timers used allow us to do.

mike

 

[I.B. Washincars]

Hold a magnet right against the display and it will reset. I have complained to Dixmor numerous times about not being able to cancel unused time with the remote and they won't make that option available. Their reasoning is that it may cancel time on the other bay in a back to back bay meter scenario. This doesn't hold water IMO. The remote has to be pointed pretty much directly at the timer to work. The likelyhood of canceling the time on another bay is, well "Remote". Even if that were to happen on occasion, that particular operator would know it the very first time it happened and would be aware of the possibilty. I just don't see it being an issue at all and they should update the timers with this option. My $.02

 

[slash007]

Hold a magnet right against the display and it will reset. I have complained to Dixmor numerous times about not being able to cancel unused time with the remote and they won't make that option available. Their reasoning is that it may cancel time on the other bay in a back to back bay meter scenario. This doesn't hold water IMO. The remote has to be pointed pretty much directly at the timer to work. The likelyhood of canceling the time on another bay is, well "Remote". Even if that were to happen on occasion, that particular operator would know it the very first time it happened and would be aware of the possibilty. I just don't see it being an issue at all and they should update the timers with this option. My $.02

I had no idea that a magnet would reset it, thanks for that information. Not being able to reset it while there is time remaining if it was turned on my pulse is the biggest PITA.

 

[mjwalsh]

Hold a magnet right against the display and it will reset. I have complained to Dixmor numerous times about not being able to cancel unused time with the remote and they won't make that option available. My $.02

I.B. Washin,

This advice was worth more than 2 cents in my opinion ... especially ... if you know from experience that the magnet trick is very unlikely to cause any problems. I just tried it & the letters "STOP" flashes & wha la ... magic ... the time is cancelled. It is so refreshing when we share non misleading information with each other. This information makes our Dixmor LED7s have even more value.

One point I would like to make is that when I was in Des Moines at the Heartland show back in 2007 I was trying to convince one of the Dixmor guys at the booth to resurrect the Ethernet connection on their what I believe was their 2000 ??? timer (Galen tipped me about it) since I had not yet gone to the LED7s yet. They are not the only manufacturer when they actually do have a worthwhile feature ... they abandon it because of feared future potential support required. Heck ... just having the basic capability for a non supported function seems would be of value to many of us. That is one thing that I give Standard Changemakers credit for ... when they turned my 17 year old nephew & myself loose with a little bit of programming on our own that interacts with their embedded chips ... knowing that we firmly accepted & were OK with the warned no support beyond the port function itself. Beggars can't choosers ... I guess ... type of mindset. That was way back in about 2002.

Mike http://kingkoin.com/USA_Deficit_Reduction.html

 

[Dcalhoun]

I wonder if this will work for when someone puts in an insufficient amount of cash and then abandons the bay - didn't have enough money to meet the minimum charge for example. Does anyone know?

 

[MEP001]

Yes, it does.