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AVE VSI-PRO User's Manual

1. erras 68 TCPIP 232 Adapter iere teatro ae aire 68 Pin Out for TCPIP 232 Adapter to 5 68 Hard Alarm OT eL 69 INTRODUCTION 1 INTRODUCTION The Video Serial Interface VSI Pro allows characters to be inserted into any video source via an RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 link This allows cash registers computers scales pole displays printers or any 5 232 RS 485 RS 422 communicating device to display alpha numerics in 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 This includes charac ters 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 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 periphal on the market today Now available the TCPIP232 Adapter for interfacing to Ethernet LAN networks to capture common printer data or monitor any sing
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5. 10 Table 3 Pin Out of the DB 9 Female Connector on the VSI Pro RS 422 RS 485 eee 11 Table 2C DB 9 22 59 SC eet 59 Table 4C RS 485 Network Data Cable 60 Table 5C Electrical Characteristics 8 60 Table 6C Physical Characteristics reri aaa ie E d aod ud 60 7 85 232 Parameter E 60 Table 8C Network Parambelter 5 2 2 25445541 55544455441 44 ea aaeeea aaae Haa aSa aiaia akanda 60 Table 9C Address 8 61 Table 11 VSI Pro Version 13 00 Register 70 Table 21 VSI Pro Version 13 24 Register 72 FIGURES Figure 1 Front of VSI PEO erii rere eiie tuer Ce teu
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10. 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 OPERATOR 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 RANGE Choices 0000 00 9999 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 The 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
11. 120 Ohm impedance twisted pair Table 4C RS 485 Network Data Cable Wiring SPECIFICATIONS Electrical Characteristics Operating voltage 9 12V DC Supply Current 200mA 12 V 1389 232 08 9 2xRS 485 RJ Table 5C Electrical Characteristics Physical Characteristics Weight Pte Table 6C Physical Characteristics RS 232 Parameters Baud rate Data bits Table 7C RS 232 Parameters Network Parameters Max line Max line length 4000 ft Cable type 120 Ohm twised pair Table 8C Network Parameters WAVE SrrENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 60 HYDRA and REGCOM APPENDIX C ADDRESS SELECTION Each Regcom unit on the RS 485 network must be set with a unique network address The address is selected using switches 1 5 from the bank of DIP switches on the rear of the unit The address must correcspond to the DVR channel number that the text is to be associated with The address must be set in binary code see below SW1 being the least significant bit Address No Table 9C Address Selection LED STATUS INDICATION Status light A illuminates whenever data is sent from the Regcom to the master unit Status light B illuminates to indicate the Regcom is correcly connectly connected via the RS 485 network to the master unit AVE Power A Figure Hydra Regcom Front Panel Figure 4 Hydra Regcom Rear Panel M AVE Sranan THe
12. VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 61 APPENDIX RS 485 NETWORKER RS 485 NETWORKER The RS 485 Networker is designed to convert the RS 232 serial port output of the VSI Pro to be a poll select network This allows all the transaction data to be collected by one computer for up to 64 VSI Pros APPLICATION Many users of the VSI Pro want to capture all the transaction data from several units to one device The RS 485 Networker allows all data from up to 64 VSI Pros to be recorded on one PC or sent to one DVR The user can then later search data history for evaluation With remote software like PC Anywhere a remote location could dial into many sites and review exception history and provide a value added service their existing customers THEORY The VSI Pro contains an internal data buffer of 24K bytes The VSI Pro can also be programmed for this buffer to hold all the on screen data or just exceptions optionally containing Time Date and other trigger text The handshaking option in the VSI Pro allows for external hardware handshaking for this output port to be controlled by the RTS input When this hardware handshaking input is false the data is saved to the internal buffer When this input is true the data is sent out the serial port The RS 485 Networker controls this handshaking signal to the VSI Pro and when the networker is addressed by the host the data from the VSI Pro is sent to the host The data from each Networker is saved
13. 03 25 2008 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 s or a VSI Pro and a PC This feature is especially helpful on multi interface installations You can program one VSI Pro and download the data to another VSI Pro 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 Therefore you can only program a Ver 13 00 R5 with a same exact VSI Pro or errorenous data will occur DOWNLOAD UPLOAD DATA CABLE PIN2________PIN3 PIN2 Figure 78 Download Upload Data Cable PIN5____ __ PIN5 WAVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 46 PROGRAMMING DOWNLOAD UPLOAD SETUP USING VSI PRO TO VSI PRO To insure that the DOWNLOAD UPLOAD process is accomplished you need to access the programming menu for both VSI Pros so each VSI Pro 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 with the download data cable attached The VSI Pro programming data is stored internally in a battery backed 32K x SRAM This would allow you to program one VSI Pro on site and b
14. 44 Figure 77 Figure 78 er eji ex cn iuppi eem 44 Download Upload Data 46 CONTENTS Figure 79 Download Upload Setup Using VSI Pro to 47 Figure 80 Download Upload Sub Menu cesses 48 Figure 81 Download Setup Sub Menu amp 48 Figure 82 Upload Setup Sub Menu amp 48 Figure P1 Program Download 1 49 Figure P2 E M 50 Figure X me L 51 Figure P4 About 51 Figure P5 Hyper Terminal Main 52 is Iixuue demmeeeeeec 53 Figure P7 Figure P8 Figure 83 P2RS Parallel Front Pan el ioco cree cc coran cc cr kn ce coenae cn cox unu duc nie 57 Figure 1B Figure 2B P r Settings MCN eR 53 In System Programming
15. VERSION ID EXIT Figure 69 TEST DEMO MODE Sub Menu WAVE SrreNGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 42 PROGRAMMING 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 TEST TRANSMIT TX TEST O RX TX TEST O BAUD RATE SCAN O EXIT Figure 70 PORT 1 TEST Sub Menu RECEIVE TEST The purpose of this test is to determine that if VSI Pro is receiving the data or not Press the 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 71 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 TRANSMIT TX 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
16. Changing the Gray Scale Figure 6 Four Front Pannel Push Buttons of VSI Pro 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 button WAVE STRENGTH In THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 13 USER FRONT PANEL CONTROLS Changing the Horizontal Position Figure 7 Four Front Pannel Push Buttons of VSI Pro 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 8 Four Front Pannel Push Buttons of VSI Pro Set 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 WAVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 14 PROGRAMMING 5 1 GETTING STARTED To access the main menu of the VSI Pro 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 navigat
17. 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 to move the cursor to EXIT and press Set to return to the previous menu WAVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 27 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 appropriate 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 INTERFACE TYPE RS 232 RX BAUD RATE AUTO TX BAUD RATE AUTO PARITY NONE DATA BITS HANDSHAKE AUTO LINEFEED EXIT Figure 57 COMMUNICATION 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
18. VSI PRO Version 13 Down Up Set Reset aE OOOO VIDEO SERIAL CASH REGISTER INTERFACE Operation Manual June 2008 AVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS 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 INA RESI DENTIAL AREAIS 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 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 9 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
19. 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 OFF OUTPUT TEXT OFF O SET TRIGGERED TEXT O EXIT Figure 67 TRIGGERED TEXT Sub Menu 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 any exception text on the video output WAVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 41 PROGRAMMING OUTPUT TEXT Choices ON
20. Appendix D RS 485 62 Appendix E PC Software with Cash 63 Appendix RS485 63 Appendix G VSIB Installation en 66 Appendix H ECR Interface 67 Appendix l TCPIP 232 e rette dile sie 68 Appendix J Hard Alarm 69 Appendix K Register Se lect cire ede De eee casita nent annee nx eric eua er ceu 70 DhnHnDRDawa rucdi X 73 Appendix M Limited 74 Ni 215 5 5 05 054 5 0 45 ER 73 amp 75 TABLES Table 1 Pin Out of the DB 9 Female Connector on the VSI Pro RS 232 eene 10 Table 2 RS 232 DB 9 Pin Out vs VSI Pro DB 9
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22. OP 40 hurt ce 40 Alarm 40 Flag Ty 41 SCOPI AARE AAEREN 41 MiPPRILIDMIIGER 41 Ic UI dee 42 5 9 Test ASI d 42 1 MIT c 43 Data 02 101 1 c 45 Register DIT p t 46 Version 46 CONTENTS 5 10 Download Upload 5 46 Download Upload Setup Using VSI Pro to VSI Pro eese 47 Download Upload Setup Using a 49 Update FirmwWale 4 centered Cep exeun evo 52 EMG mE 55 APPENDICES Appendix Problem Solving 55 Appendix B PC Based Cash Register essei eseeeeeee 57 Appendix Hydra and BegCOm citra retenue un aei t xiu epa eun s damno de Xu deu aaa 58
23. 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 72 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 smeemmwmew VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 43 PROGRAMMING NOTE 465 or Down button In any of the above tests you can stop the scrolling data by holding down either Up 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 73 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 Enter a transaction from the register The VSI Pro will detect the baud rate and display it in front of RX Baud rate RX BAUDRATE
24. Up or Down buttons to move the text to the desired vertical position NOTE 25 Upon powering up for the first time or when the battery becomes depleted the on screen 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 AVE STRENGTH In THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 23 PROGRAMMING T D DISPLAY ON O TIME FORMAT 12 HOUR O DATE FORMAT MM DD YY O DAYLIGHT SAVING DISABLED O SET TIME DATE RESET TIME DATE O T D LOCKING O EXIT Figure 54 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 b
25. 2 Terminal 3 Terminal 4 Terminal 5 Terminal 6 Terminal 7 Terminal 8 OOOOOOOQO Figure 16 A NUCLEUS Sub Menu 17 Press the or Down button to move the cursor to and press Set The EDACOM menu will appear MODEL O EXIT Figure 17 A EDACOM Sub Menu Press the or Down button to move the cursor to MODEL E90 and press Set The MODEL E90 menu will appear MODEL O EXIT Figure 18 A MODEL E90 Sub Menu Press the or Down button to move the cursor to FUJISU 9920 and press Set The FUJISU 9920 menu will appear DISPLAY JOURNAL O EXIT Figure 19 A IBM RDS Sub Menu Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to GASBOY and press Set The GASBOY20 A menu will appear 9 DEVICE SOLE O DEVICE ADDRESS Figure 20 A GASBOY Sub Menu DEVICE Choices PRINTER CONSOLE CSL OLD DEVICE ADDRESS Choices ANY 01 02 03 17 WAVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 18 PROGRAMMING Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to GILBARCO and press Set The GILBARCO menu will appear PC G SITE O TCRG 2 O TCR 15 G OLD FMT 7 O TCR 15 NEW FMT 1 Figure 21 A GILBARCO Sub Menu Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to IBM 3151 TERMINAL and press Set The IBM 3151 TERMINAL menu will
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27. A NIXDORF BEETLE Sub Menu Press the or Down button to move the cursor to NORAND 1200 and press Set The NORAND 1200 menu will appear TITLE DISPLAY ON CONSOLE ID ANY O WORKING MODE O EXIT Figure 32 A 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 Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to PANASONIC and press Set The PANASONIC menu will appear WAVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE PROGRAMMING MODEL WORKING MODE O EXIT Figure 33 A PANASONIC Sub Menu MODEL Choices 6000 7000 8000 WOKING MODE Choices ACK TAP Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to SHARP and press Set The SHARP menu will ap pear 2590 3100 3110 3220 3221 3250 3310 3311 3550 A 460 A 470 A 550 A 570 A 610 A650 A 750 A 770 Figure 34 A SHARP Sub Menu Press the or Down button to move the cursor to SICOM and press Set The SICOM menu will ap pear SECNET ADDRESS 8 O EXIT Figure 35 A SICOM Sub Menu SECNET ADDRESS Choiecs ANY 1 2 3 255 Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to SUNTRONIC and press Set The SUNTRONIC menu will appear 9 890 891 960 O 2000 Figure 36 A SUNTRONIC Sub Menu
28. PROGRAMMING Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to and press Set The TCI menu will appear DEVICE ADDRESS 000 O EXIT Figure 37 A TCI Sub Menu DEVICE ADDRESS Choices 000 001 002 999 Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to UNIWELL UN 4025 and press Set The UNIWELL UN 4025 menu will appear 9 DEVICE ADDRESS 000 O ANY ADDRESS O ON EXIT Figure 38 A UNIWELL UN 4025 Sub Menu DEVICE ADDRESS Choices 000 001 002 999 ANY ADDRESS Choices ON OFF Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to VERIFONE and press Set The VERIFONE menu will appear JOURNAL TAPPING RECEIPT TAPPING JOURNAL EMULATING RECEIPT EMULATING Figure 39 A VERIFONE Sub Menu SECTION B VSI Pro V13 24 Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to REGISTER SELECT and press Set The REGISTER SELECT menu will appear WAVE STRENGTH In THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE GENERIC BEETLE 50 PRINTERS CASIO TK T500 CLARITY EPOS CASIO QT2K DRESSER WAYNE EDACOM HTEC HUTH 7400 T500 NEXT PAGE EXIT O O O O O O Figure 40 B REGISTER SELECT Sub Menu Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to BEETLE 50 PRINTER and press Set The BEETLE 50 PRINTER menu will appear REMOTE SLIP OPERATOR DISPLAY Figure 41
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30. Video In BNC Video Out BNC Video S N Video B W Power DC Coax 2 1mmx5 5mm Battery Backup NiMH Serial Port DB 9 Female Baud Rate Word Length Parity Stop Bits RTS CTS Handshaking DTR DSR Data Buffer Alarm Outputs Pin 1 amp 9 Real Time Clock Date Format Display Characters Number of Lines Character Gray Scale Matte Character Border Screen Update Delay 5s Auto Scolling from last line Line Processing DVR Support FEATURES amp SPECIFICATIONS 1V P P Terminated 75 ohms 2096 1V P P Terminated or Unterminated better than 50dB better than 7MHz 9 12VDC 170mA 1 year with 24 hour charge RS 232C RS 485 RS 422 PassiveHi Z RXD Pin2 4 RXD Pin 2 TXD Pin 3 B Pin 6 TXD Pin 3 GND Pin 5 GND Pin 5 GND Pin 5 AUTO 135 150 300 600 1200 2400 4800 9600 19 2 28 8K and 38 4K 70r8 ODD EVEN NONE 1 ON or OFF 3 3K Pull Up 3 3K Pull Up 32K bytes Open Collector 12VDC 20mA 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 8 levels of Gray ON or OFF Compress Truncate Left Justify MVDR2000 3000 4000 5000 DMS 3001 DVR 3011 DVR 3021 Watchdog Timer Hardware and Software Local Remote Programming via PC Software Local Firmware Downloading History Buffer Downloadable Searchable Temperature Rating Humidity Weight Metal Enclosure Beige Maximum Size wit
31. flashing and you can proceed to the next menu item for programming NOTE 45 When selecting 38 4K the TX and RX Baud rate must both be 38 4K However with any lower baud rate the TX and RX can be any different baud rate WAVE SrreNGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 28 PROGRAMMING 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 HANDSHAKE Choices ON OFF Handshaking is an electrical signal that tells the cash register or computer that the VSI Pro 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 does not require handshaking The VSI Pro 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
32. 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 installation and sup ported many characters sizes for multiple units to display data on one camera view This version also supports the Networker and Regcom products The current VSI Pro Version 13 XX has improved features and additional regis ters 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 Release 12 This latest software adds PC Programming capability Firmware update externally and Vnetworker support along with Networker and Regcom compatibility Contact the AVE factory for additional details on upgrading and networking with any DVR or learn about the ad vanced features when integrated with the AVE line of text insertion and search DVRs locally or remotely WAVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE FEATURES amp SPECIFICATIONS 2 FEATURES amp SPECIFICATIONS 2 1 FEATURES 56 register selections User selectable hardware communications RS 232C RS 485 RS 422 Passive tap Hi Z Serial output of all dat
33. 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 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 and do the same thing You should now have both programming menus side by side NOTE 25 Depending on the size of the monitor you are using these two menus may overlap but should not be a problem WAVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 47 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 DOWNLOAD SETUP UPLOAD SETUP UPDATE FIRMWARE EXIT Figure 80 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 Set and the display D
34. the Up and Down and Set buttons Key Definitions UP DOWN __ Change value SET __ Enter change mode _ Save change Goto position UP AND DOWN _ Save string input UP AND SET __ Erase character Figure 83 HELP Sub Menu PROBLEM SOLVING GUIDE APPENDIX A NO DATA ON SREEN 1 Press the Reset button on the VSI Pro front panel 2 Incorrect register selected in the REGISTER SELECT menu 3 Data cable is miswired 4 Data cable is too long or did not use shielded cable 5 May be connected to the wrong port PROBLEMS WITH CR BOARDS 1 Check that the board is seated properly in the register 2 Check jumper settings on the CR board if applicable 3 On CR 700 800 and 900 series boards make sure the 2 pin data cable is plugged in correctly 4 On CR 220 series board 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 2 If VSI Pro 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 on the register and do a transaction The data should re appear 3 Check the cable between the VSI Pro and the N2RS NO VIDEO ON MONITOR VSI Pro transformer not plugged in or is malfunctioning Video In Out connectors reversed or BNC connector is not correctly wired No
35. 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 WAVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 40 PROGRAMMING 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 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 seconds that you want to program for the flag duration press the
36. the data entered in the Exception String The Exception String can also 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 22 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 25 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 Pres
37. to OUTPUT and press Set Press the Up or Down button to cycle through the values and press Set when the desired value is displayed 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 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 ALARM NO ALARM TRIGGER NORMALSTATE ALARM DURATION FLAG TYPE FLAG DURATION TRIGGERED TEXT EXIT O O O O O O O Figure 66 ALARM OUTPUTS Sub Menu 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 ALARM NO 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 The VSI Pro 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
38. to a log file on the PC which can be read later as a data history from each VSI Pro RS 485 NETWORK Up to 64 RS 485 Networkers can be connected on one RS 485 2 wire network A unique address for each RS 485 Networker is set by its internal dipswitch The protocol is basically poll select The baud rate is set at 19 2K RS 485 to RS 232 CONVERTER A standard PC or Laptop is used with the supplied software The RS 485 to RS 232 Converter converts the PC or DVR RS 232 to RS 485 The handshaking signals of the PC control the direction of the RS 485 communications CN RS 232 Triport Cable E a Hydra aa Controller VSI Pro 1 CASH REGISTER 1 ane 4 1 DB 9 COM 2 DB 25 Je Triport RS 485 to RS 232 Converter VSI Pro n RS 485 Networker n CASH REGISTER n n means up to 64 Cash Registers VSI Pros RS 485 Networkers can be connected on one RS 485 Network Figure 1D Connection Diagram for RS 485 Network WAVE STRENGTH In THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 62 PC SOFTWARE with CASH REGISTER APPENDIX E The simple to install and use the Networker PC Software allows up to 64 VSI Pros and Cash Registers to be config ured on an RS 485 network and report all the transaction data back to a single monitoring computer This Windows based software can be configured to display in a windowing horizontal format below or tiling in a vertical format All data fi
39. to store the data in the internal memory of VSI Pro 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 77 CAPTURE TO MEMORY Display Press Set to return to the previous menu NOTE 25 VSI Pro can only hold up to 20 kilobytes of data to make sure that you only transfer the data which is in correct format AVE SrreNGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 45 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 registe
40. 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 STRENGTH In THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 39 PROGRAMMING 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 An Alarm Trigger is the source of activity programmed to activate a certain alarm The alarm trigger tells the VSI Pro 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 has 1 alarm input if you are not using the handshaking function A contact closure to ground on pin 7 pin 5 is ground will trigger this alarm Coupled with the RTS Trigge
41. vs VSI Pro in Suit 2 wv WAVE STRENGTH In THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 11 CONNECTIONS ome FUNCTION DIRECTION 1 1 Open Collector Transisitor NN TXD RS 232 From VSI Pro RS 485 A Data To VSI Pro e RS 485 Data To VSI Pro RTS Alarm In To VSI Pro From VSI Pro 9 Alarm out2 Open Collector Transistor Table 3 Pin Out of the DB 9 Female Connector on the VSI Pro RS 422 RS 485 WALL TRANSFORMER 9 12VDC 300mA RS 232 Direct or ECR RG 59U VSI PRO CASH REGISTER MONITOR M we JODO RG 59U CAMERA Figure 4 VSI Pro Connections WAVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 12 USER FRONT PANEL CONTROLS 4 USER FRONT PANEL CONTROLS The VSI Pro 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 5 Four Front Pannel Push Buttons of VSI Pro 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
42. 12 05 NO SALE RETURN NO SALE CANCEL NO SALE END OF EXCEPTION 12 09 2005 11 30 05 Figure 60 Display of View Exceptions P9 NOTE saved in the Exception History For any exception you must program Display ON for any exception data to be WAVE STRENGTH In THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 31 PROGRAMMING DVR SELECTION Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to DVR SELECTION and press Set The following menu will appear 5 NONE DMS 3001 C DVR 3011 3021 EXIT Figure 61 DVR Selection Sub Menu DVR 3011 DVR 3021 Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to DVR 3011 3021 and press Set An asterisk appears to indicate your selection DEST ID O SCR ID O EXIT Figure 62 DVR 3011 3021 Sub Menu DEST ID and SRC ID Choices 1 through 32 TIME SEARCH TIME SEARCH SETTING USING TIME SEARCH FUNCTION Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to TIME SEARCH and press Set The following sub menu will appear TRANSACTION 11 09 45 9 12 05 NOSELL 11 20 23 A 9 12 05 NOSELL 11 22 21 9 12 05 NOSELL 11 22 21 A 9 12 05 NOSELL 11 22 21 A 9 12 05 NOSELL 11 22 21 A 9 12 05 NOSELL O NEXT PAGE O EXIT E 12 09 2005 11 30 05 Figure 63 Display of TIME SEARCH WAVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 32 PROGR
43. 2 Figure 1E Window Tile 2 63 Figure 1F VSI Pro Front Panel 2c 66 Figure 2F VSIB Front Panel 5 cre pacc eau enean eru uoce nee dee dre E 66 Figure 3F VSIB Rear Panel ceci aradr Aa oaa ea aa aaaea anaa 66 Figure 4F VSIB Connection Cable anaana aaa aa Sousa cu eaa aa Aaa a aaaea aaaea aaaea 66 Figure 5F Cable Connection to the 66 Figure 6F Pin Out for VSIB to VSIPrO cea erteilt qu esae a 66 Figure 1G TK 6000 7000 PCB and 67 Fig re 2G TK 2300 and Adapler iret xe crie chuc decies 67 Figure 1H Figure 2H VSI Pro Connections with TCPIP 232 68 Figure 3H Figure 4H Figure11 Front oft TCPIP232 Adapler 2 5 5 2 552 22 454150252 4444 2554 22 4
44. 4B DB 25 Cable Connection Cables The Pin Out for the cable between the P2RS and the VSI Pro is as follows P 2 RS DB 9F VSI Pro DB 9M 2 RXD GND1 1 1 1 1 5GND Figure 5B Centronics Cable Figure 6B Pin Out for P2RS to VSI Pro WAVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VS Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 57 APPENDIX HYDRA REGCOM REGCOM HYDRA COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL OPERATION The Regcom receives RS 232 data from a cash register VSI Pro Interface Adapter or ECR Interface card inside the cash register It then stores this data in its buffer before sending it on to the Hydra via the RS 485 network The Regom amp Hydra use a bi directional 2 wire RS 485 databus to communicate with each other The Hydra is a master device and the Regcom is a slave device One master device can be connected to a maximum of 16 slave devices Only one master device can exist on a single network 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 can support many manufactures of DVR for direct storage of the transaction data on the DVR as a file rather than just inserting in the video image for recording It also supports the VSI ADD VSI Addressable format which allows multiple VSI Pros to be mounted in a convenient rack and conn
45. AMMING EXAMPLE Define NOSELL an exception string In Exception No 2 DISPLAY to be and define OPERATOR IN If the screen is displayed NOSELL the VSI Pro will keep this displayed line on Exception History VSI PRO RS 232 TXD SS CASH REGISTER Q RG 59U MONITOR Figure 64 VSI Pro with DVR Connections 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 or Down button to move the cursor to SET EXCEPTION and press Set The following sub menu will appear WAVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 33 PROGRAMMING 9 EXCEPTION DISPLAY O OUTPUT HISTORY BUFFER SCROLL MATCHING EXCEPTION STRING NO SALE O RANGE 0000 00 0000 00 O OPERATOR O EXIT Figure 65 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
46. AUTO TX BAUDRATE 2400 PARITY NONE DATA BIT 8 HANDSHAKING OFF BAUDRATE SCAN BAUDRATE DETECTION Figure 74 Baudrate Scan Display 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 WAVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 44 PROGRAMMING DATA CAPTURE This feature allow user to store the data either internal memory of VSI Pro 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 75 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 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 76 CAPTURE TO PORT 1 Display Press Set to return to the previous menu CAPTURE TO MEMORY This feature allow you
47. B BEETLE 50 PRINTERS Sub Menu 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 42 B CASIO TK T500 Sub Menu MODE Choices TAPPING EMULATING Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to CLALITY EPOS and press Set The CLALITY EPOS menu will appear SET TERM NO O EXIT Figure 43 B CLARITY EPOS Sub Menu 21 SET TERM NO Choices ALL 1 2 3 253 254 255 Press the or Down button to move the cursor to DRESSER WAYNE and press Set The DRESSER WAYNE menu will appear POS CDU O NUCLEUS Figure 44 B DRESSER WAYNE Sub Menu Press the or Down button to move the cursor to POS CDU and press Set The POS CDU menu will appear JOURNAL PRINTER RECEIPT PRINTER Figure 45 B POS CDU Sub Menu Press the 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 Figure 46 B NUCLEUS Sub Menu Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to and press Set The EDACOM menu will appear MODEL O EXIT Figure 47 B EDACOM Sub Menu Pre
48. BLE VSI Sub Menu SET ADDRESS Choices ANY 1 2 3 253 254 255 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 to Generic mode 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 to support the special protocol of this model Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to ADS and press Set The ADS menu will appear DISPLAY RECEIPT O EXIT Figure 12 A ADS Sub Menu DISPLAY Choices JOURNAL RECEIPT WAVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VS Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 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 13 A DELTA SONO 3 1 Sub Menu Press the or Down button to move the cursor to DRESSER WAYNE and press Set The DRESSER WAYNE menu will appear POS CDU O NUCLEUS Figure 14 A 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 JOURNAL PRINTER O RECEIPT PRINTER Figure 15 A 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
49. CPIP 232 Adapter using this menu IP ADDRESS 192 IP ADDRESS 2 168 IP ADDRESS 3 0 141 IP ADDRESS 4 DOWNLOAD CONFIGURATION EXIT OOOOOQ9 Figure 10 B 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 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 WAVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 16 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 conf
50. G LINE COMPRESS NOTE 25 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 Space 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 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 pro
51. ODE TAP O EXIT Figure 28 A MICROS IDN NETWORK Sub Menu DEVICE Choices PRINTER VIDEO WAVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE DEVICE ADDRESS Choices ANY 01 02 03 13 14 15 MODE Choices EMULATE TAP 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 Figure 29 A MICROS IDN NETWORK Sub Menu 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 08 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 19 Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to and press Set The NCR menu will appear NCR 2113 3110 NCR 745X POLE NCR JRNL PRINTER NCR RCPT PRINTER O NCR SLIP PRINTER Figure 30 A NCR Sub Menu Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to NIXDORF BEETLE and press Set The NIXDORF BEETLE menu will appear REMOTE SLIP OPERATOR DISPLAY Figure 31
52. 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 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 SET TRIGGERED TEXT O EXIT Figure 68 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 EXIT Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to EXIT and press Set to return to the previous menu 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 MODE and press Set The following sub menu will appear PORT 1 TEST DATA CAPTURE REGISTER DEMO
53. OWNLOAD SETUP will appear DOWNLOAD SETUP O UPLOAD SETUP O EXIT DOWNLOAD SETUP Figure 81 DOWNLOAD SETUP Sub Menu amp Display The UNPROGRAMMED VSI Pro is now waiting to receive data from the PROGRAMMED VSI Pro Now go to the main menu of the PROGRAMMED VSI Pro and follow the previous instructions to get to UPLOAD 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 O DOWNLOAD SETUP 2 O UPLOAD SETUP O EXIT UPLOAD SETUP Figure 82 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 s Now go to the main menu of the previously UNPROGRAMMED VSI Pro 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 WAVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 48 PROGRAMMING DOWNLOAD UPLOAD SETUP USING APC You can use a Laptop PC and AVE s IC or equivalent communications program to store data from a VSI Pro to a file This file can then be uploaded to other VSI Pro units wit
54. Output Figure 5F Cable Connection to VSIB WAVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VS Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 66 ECR 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 1G TK6000 7000 PCB and Cable Figure 2G TK2300 and Adapter 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
55. PTION REPORT and press and release Set The following menu will appear WAVE STRENGTH In THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 30 PROGRAMMING 9 EXCEPTION HISTORY O SET EXCEPTION O OUTPUT TIME STAMP O EXIT Figure 58 EXCEPTION REPORT Sub Menu EXCEPTION HISTORY Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to EXCEPTION HISTORY and press Set The following menu will appear TOTAL EXCEPTION O VIEW EXCEPTIONS O DVR SELECTION O TIME SEARCH O OUTPUT EXCEPTIONS O CLEAR HISTORY O EXIT Figure 59 EXEPTION HISTORY Sub Menu TOTAL EXCEPTIONS This is not a selection for just displays the total exception count kept in the Exception History Buffer 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 For example Define NOSELL as an exception string In Exception NO 2 DISPLAY to be and define OPERATOR IN 11 09 45A 11 09 45 A 11 13 12 11 20 23 A 11 22 21A 11 26 18 A 9 12 05 MON REC 9 12 05 9 12 05 9 12 05 9 12 05 9
56. 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 EXMAPLES 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 String1 Range 0010 00 0010 00 Operator IN WAVE STRENGTH In THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 37 PROGRAMMING 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 transa
57. a or exceptions to printers computers modems and DVRs Programmable time stamp on exception output Time Date Searchng with Compatible DVR Universal time date format 100 lines exception history buffer 16 triggered text associated with 16 alarms Large data buffers for input output to accommodate newer faster registers UE 2 built in alarm outputs Powerful data filtering algorithms 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 alarm outputs Alarm input for drawer open safe open etc 1212 Programmable delayed screen blanking Choice of 1 to 11 lines displayed on screen On screen titler up to 40 characters eee Gray scale and border selection from front panel Built in test mode Built in cash register demo Upload download programming to a PC or another VSI Pro Data captured either to the memory or to the serial port Local Firmware Downloadable TN Local Remote Programming via PC Software Supports Hydra Regcom Networker Vnetworker networking communications products Down Up Set Reset Figure 1 Front of VSI Pro AVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 2 2 SPECIFICATIONS
58. 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 WAVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VS Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 67 APPENDIX TCPIP 232 ADAPTER TCPIP 232 ADAPTER Interfacing the VSI Pro to the cash register TCP IP network requires the TCPIP 232 Adapter along with the VSI Pro The IP address of the cash register is programmed into the TCPIP 232 Adapter via on screen programming 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 a VPN router Figure 1H Front of TCPIP 232 Adapter Figure 2H Rear of TCPIP 232 Adapter WAVE TRANSFORMER Sea TCPIP 232 ADAPTER VSI PRO CASH REGISTER CAMERA Figure 3H 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 RXD2 9 TXD TXD 3 2 RXD GND 5 5 GND Figure 4H Pin Out for TCPIP 232 Adapter to VSI Pro WAVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 68 HARD ALARM OUTPUT APPENDIX J 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 VCR to go to it
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60. anu cash register STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 56 PC BASED CASH REGISTER APPENDIX B 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 were not included in the AVE Cash Register Compatibility List are able to interface to the VSI Pro 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 9 or DB25 type connectors However parallel printers generally use Centronics type connectors 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 The VSI Pro 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 or parallel and all the above also apply Figure 1B P2RS Parallel to Serial Converter Figure 2B P2RS Parallel to Serial Converter Front Panel Rear Panel Serial Input Power Printer Cable Figure 3B P2RS Parallel to Serial Converter Figure
61. appear 9 DISPLAY O EXIT Figure 22 A IBM 3151 TERMINAL Sub Menu IBM 3151 TERMINAL Choices JOURNAL RECEIPT MIXED Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to IBM RDS and press Set The IBM RDS menu will appear DISPLAY JOURNAL O EXIT Figure 23 A IBM RDS Sub Menu Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to MICRELEC and press Set The MICRELEC menu will appear 9 MICRELEC O MICRELEC MS 9500 SERIES O EXIT Figure 24 A MICRELEC Sub Menu PROGRAMMING 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 25 A 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 CHECK O CREDIT O EXIT Figure 26 A MICRELEC 9500 Sub Menu Press the or Down button to move the cursor to MICROS and press Set The MICROS menu will appear LOCAL VSS MICROS IDN NETWORK MICROS ISN NETWORK O EXIT Figure 27 A MICROS Sub Menu 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 DEVICE ADDRESS ANY O M
62. 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 150 300 600 1200 2400 4800 9600 14 4K 19 2K 28 8K 38 4K 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 TX BAUD RATE Choices AUTO 150 300 600 1200 2400 4800 9600 14 4K 19 2K 28 8K 38 4K This is a new feature that allows you to set the transmit baud rate to a separate device if you are looping the data back 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
63. ctions 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 String Range 0049 99 0099 99 Operator IN With this exception all sales between 50 and 100 dollars will be flagged 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 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 SrreNGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 38 PROGRAMMING EXCEPTION REPORT MENU CONTINUED OUTPUT Choices ON OFF This is global output to send data to the serial printer When 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
64. duce characters so quickly that they 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 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 NOTE 25 At high baud rates the SCROLL DELAY on the internal buffer of the VSI Pro may overflow This will cause lost text The internal buffer can hold up to 20K characters before overflowing so it is more than enough for almost all cash register applications 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 the ALARM OUTPUTS menu With the display
65. e following window will be loaded Program Download Version 1 0 File About EXCEPTION REPORT Please select Register GENERIC Figure P1 Program Download Main Menu SrreNGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 49 PROGRAMMING Click the Tab Remote and you will see the following Menu AVE Program Download Version 1 0 File About COMMUNICATION EXCEPTION REPORT Remote Function IN Not Connected Set Comport 4 No Access Remote Date DD MMAYY Time 55 21 12 06 08 42 57 Use Current Time Date Figure P2 Remote Menu Click on Set Comport If the VSI Pro is in the Baudrate Detection Mode then you can set any baud rate and the VSI Pro will self configure However if the VSI Pro is already set to a baud rate you must select the exact baud rate and communication configuration in the VSI Pro 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 not powered Once connected then click Remote and will display Accessed or will go back to No Access if the baud rate or 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 wh
66. e terminated with a 75 ohm load If the monitor is not terminated the VSI Pro will still output 1 V Peak to Peak The VSI Pro will be able to drive two terminated loads without loss of video level NOTE 25 The VSI Pro will not enter the programming mode unless it is connected to a video source Included with the VSI Pro is a9 VDC 300 mA UL CSA power supply which must be plugged into the Power input on the VSI Pro s Real Panel Figure 2 VSI Pro Rear Panel Serial Input Power Video Input Video Output Figure 3 VSI Pro Cable Connections WAVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 10 CONNECTIONS FUNCTION DIRECTION 0 7 emon Table 1 Pin Out of the DB 9 Female Connector the VSI Pro RS 232 3 1 RS 232 SERIAL INPUT The VSI Pro accepts serial data via the DB 9 female connector located on the rear of VSI Pro 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 RS 232 female connector On the other hand Table 2 compares the VSI Pro RS 232 with standard AT computer s RS 232 connector SIGNAL RS232 VSI Pro Umememma wb CTS Clear to Send RTS Option gTable au
67. e 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 amp Down While holding down these buttons press and release the Reset button with your right thumb Then release the other buttons NOTE 25 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 Figure 9 VSI Pro 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 regi
68. ected on Hydra for display of cash register data remotely HYDRA COMPATABILITY LIST DVR Norbain Columbus GE StoreSafe Kalatel StoreSafe NOVAR VP Dallmeier Appro Pinetron Other RegCom Networker Vnetworker VSI ADD Figure 1C DS 20 OF VSI Pro PCB Rack using VSI ADD protocol WAVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VS Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 58 HYDRA and REGCOM APPENDIX C REGCOM RS232 RS485 INTERFACE DEVICES OVERVIEW The Regcom is an interface device that allows the connection of multiple cash register terminals to a master unit for the purpose of transaction logging CONNECTION DIAGRAM Hydra RS 485 Network Regcom ae Regcom Regcom ae RS 232 RS 232 RS 232 E E E Cash Register Cash Register Cash Register Figure 2C Connection Diagram NETWORK TERMINATION The device at end of the network must be TERMINATED An 8 DIP switch on the rear of the unit is used to set the termination When the switch is set to the device is terminated When the switch is set to OFF it will be un terminated RJ 45 Pin Out DB 9 Pin Out Pin 2 RX RS 232 Pin 3 TX RS 232 RS 485 RS 485 Table 3 RJ 45 Pin Out Table 2C DB 9 Pin Out WAVE SrrENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 59 APPENDIX HYDRA REGCOM RS 485 NETWORK DATA CABLE WIRING
69. ent 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 WAVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 74 LIMITED WARRANTY APPENDIX N SELLER SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL DIRECT INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES 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 it
70. es not process the exception string any differently than normal exceptions with Display Off but gives a higher priority than any normal exception set with Scroll Matching Off and Display This means that if you set an Exception for Shipping with or without a dollar figure associated and a normal transaction that you wanted to generate an exception and set Display On Everytime you hit the Shipping key your would get an exception However if you had a scrolling message You can rely on us for all your Shipping needs Then you might want to erase this entire line and by doing so the word shipping would be included in the exception with scroll matching In this case you would never see the normal transactions with Shipping 4 50 either as an exception or displayed for the Scroll Matching would override A rule of thumb is to never use a scroll matching word the same word as any word in an item description or any partial word that is a partial of any item description 35 PROGRAMMING 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 Siring 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
71. etween 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 The 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 USA Canada Australia 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 TIME DATE and press Set to reset the time date T D LOCKING turns the time date locking on or off If the
72. h Connectors Packed in White Box with Manual 0 50 degrees Celsius 32 122 degrees Fahrenheit Non Condensing 85 RH 0 68 Kg or 1 5 105 130L x 127W x 38H mm 5 12L x 5W x 1 5H 145L x 127W x 43H mm 5 7L x 5W x 1 7H in 1 02 Kg or 2 26 lbs 340L x 190W x 85H mm 13 4L x 86 2W x 3 35H in SrreNGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE CONNECTIONS 3 CONNECTIONS The VSI Pro 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 is a standard BNC connector terminated at 75 ohms NOTE 25 The input video level must be 1 V Peak to Peak If this level is not maintained within 20 the VSI Pro will have difficulty locking the character display over the input video source 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 The BNC video output goes out to the video system VCR DVR quad switcher multiplexer or monitor This connection is shown in Figure 3 The video output from the VSI Pro is 1 V Peak to Peak into a 75 ohm load Most monitors or televisions with direct video inputs ar
73. h the same software revision level Use 4800 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 13 00 R5 with a same exact VSI Pro or errorenous data will occur NOTE 425 For locations or companies with a large number of interfaces we strongly advise that you keep one programmed VSI Pro 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 Remote Program Downloading Ver 1 0 The VSI Pro Version 13 00 Release 12 now has the ability to upload or download all the programming settings and history files PC Windows based application Customer or specific registers configurations can now be saved a laptop for ease of service and programming You can set the VSI Pro 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 will function under any condition including cable breakage power down of laptop or VSI Pro and acci dentally hitting reset on the VSI Pro during connection Software Installation Click Setup exe for the VSI Pro Program Download V1 0 After installation is complete run the program Th
74. he 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 typically 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 time lapse VCR s quads enunciators LED s etc Using the ALARM OUTPUT you can have your time lapse VCR record only exceptions or have an alarming quad go
75. his device utilitzes the Hardware handshaking RTS line of the VSI Pro to control reading register data and signally the VSI Pro that the user requires programming upload The programming upload is user interactive remotely similar to pressing the front panel controls of the VSI Pro and changing the on screen menus However most functions can be done remotely on the PC without looking at the monitor view of the menus and camera view This feature is only available on VSI Pro Ver 13 XX Release 12 or higher All Version 13 XX can be factory upgraded to support this feature Figure Vnetworker Front Panel Figure Vnetworker Rear Panel WAVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 63 APPENDIX F RS 485 VNETWORKER The following diagram is a basic connection layout of the Vnetorker and VSI Pro when used with a PC controller All functions of the VSI Pro locally operate normally and as a stand alone VSI Pro However the Vnetworker is placed between the VSI Pro and the register so it can disable the serial connection to the VSI Pro and control it for programming useage Vnetwoker VSI Pro Converter 1 85232 Cable Vnetwoker lt Cash register 2 RS232 Cable Vnetwoker lt gt VSI Pro 3 RS232 Cable Converter lt gt PC 4 RS485 Cable Vnetwoker lt gt Converter lt Communication One way z Communication Two way Figure Vnetworker Connection Diagram Vnetworker Software The ba
76. ich 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 has a 30 second timeout and will reset itself for normal operation 50 PROGRAMMING File Menu Program Download Version 1 0 File About 1 0 noli p EXCEPTION REPORT REMOTE Open History TEXT TIME SETUP ALARM OUTPUTS Save Ctri sS Exit Please select Register GENERIC Figure P3 File Menu Open allows you to select a file which contains a previously saved version of all the VSI Pro setups Open History allows you to view a previously saved History File downloaded from the VSI Pro Save allows you to save a current set of VSI Pro settings that are configured in the program or previously uploaded from the VSI Pro About Menu ME Program Download Version 1 0 File About Hen p del EXCEPTION REPORT REMOTE VSI Pro Manual Ctrl4M Ctrl A TEXT TIME SETUP ALARM OUTPUTS About Please select Register GENERIC Figure 4 About Main Menu Help gives you all the help topics of the VSI Pro Program Download Ver 1 0 VSI Pro Manual is an online pdf of the current VSI Pro manual f
77. iguration can occur When using the TCPIP232 adpater with other register drivers or data dump mode make sure you change the RXD baudrate to 19 2K so the VSI Pro 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 5MB 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 and data will be lost and would not be suitable for security moni toring anyway The VSI Pro 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 PROGRAMMING Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to ADDRESSABLE VS and press Set The ADDRESS ABLE VSI menu will appear SET ADDRESS O EXIT Figure 11 A ADDRESSA
78. interfaces do not support this function Also since the VSI Pro has a 20K buffer this feature is generally not required Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to HANDSHAKE 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 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 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 The VSI Pro 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 exce
79. le register transactions The VSI Pro 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 also has an additional RS 232 output that can send the formated ASCII text to a DVR that can store the data as an electronic file in addition to inserted in the actual video image The Exception Processor of the VSI Pro provides the intelligence to bring questionable or exceptional trans actions to view for the user This allows the user to quickly and easily review employee transactions to identify fraud and theft transactions at the cash register When used with a compatible DVR the VSI Pro will command the DVR to automatically search to the transaction in question for instant review of the recorded 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 AVE line of VSI Pro is fully networkable with our Networker Vnetworker Hydra and 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 The Hydra is used to convert this RS 485 network to be compatible with many models of DVRs while the other devices connect at the cash register end PC Windows based software can also be used as the c
80. les are stored separately as independent files on the PC and can be downloaded or searched locally or remotely to find specific transaction data or information This can be used in conjuction with Windows based DVR or Cash Register software and eliminates the use of an additional PC for the collection search or transmission WINDOWS TILE HORIZONTAL Networker Application Edk Control Windows C Logfites 09 09 2005 Address2 txt EDU BEGIN 200177 AMOUNT 200 00 FEE AMOUNT 0 00 BALANCE 3 094 670 00 C Logfiles 09 09 2005 Address1 txt TRANSACTION BEGIN TRANS 0719 02 KBNK 5149008 719 DATE 03 11 04 TIME 1553 HDRAWAL FROM ACCOUNT 200177 AMOUNT 200 00 FEE AMDUNT 0 00 BALANCE 3 094 670 00 amp Logfiles 09 09 2005 Address0 txt TRANSACTION BEGIN Ear Po E DATE canoe TME 1553 THO TAL FROM ACCOUNT 20001177 AMOUNT t 200 00 FEE AMOUNT 04 00 BALANCE 3 09 Status Com 1 19200 9 9 2548 13 Figure1E Windows Tile Horizontal APPENDIX F RS 485 VNETWORKER RS 485 VNETWORKER The Vnetworker is an enhancement to the Networker product and software to allow a PC to remotely control program and upload register data from up to 16 VSI Pros on a single RS 485 network The Vnetworker products connects to the cash register the VSI Pro and the RS 485 networker and controls the flow of data from all de vices T
81. lowing menu will appear TEXT GRAYSCALE BLACKGROUND GRAYSCALE HORIZONTAL POSITION VERTICAL POSITION CLOCK ON SCREEN TITLER EXIT O O O O O Figure 53 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 5 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
82. mory Y N Erasing Flash Memory OK Ready to download firmware lt lt gt Connected 0 09 19 VT100 192008 N 1 NUM Figure P8 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 terminal 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 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 or press reset while the terminal program is connected and you will see the prompt messages as above window 54 PROGRAMMING 5 11 HELP HELP on the main menu provides a quick reference guide of the functions of
83. n a line or any text after a CR LF up to 20 characters If the line is longer than 20 characters we insert a virtual LF CR Therefore exception string can not be longer than 20 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 inter rupted 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 different of the scrolling message possibly different 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 allows you to enter an exception string with or without wildcards and no matter when this string is detected the entire line is erased This feature On do
84. ontroller of this network and store transaction files for up to 64 cash registers for remote viewing or downloading to produce reports for management The VSI Pro is fully remotely downloadable uploadable or programmable by our PC VSI Programmable software This utilizes a direct connection via RS 232 from a laptop to the VSI Pro Complete VSI Pro settings can be saved on the laptop and uploaded to the VSI Pro at will This is mainly used for dealer maintanence or for single station user programming The Vnetworker allows the ability to remotely program up to 16 VSI Pros with our VNetworker PC based Software which allows all the features of the Networker plus remote programming and setup Firmware is also downloadable in the field with our Firmware Utility so new updates and features can be easily passed to customers without changing EPROMs or opening the unit VSI VSI VSI Pro 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 gam bling 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
85. or easy reference to all the setups and program ming features and applications of the VSI Pro 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 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 PC Laptop VSI Pro DB9F DB9M 2 3 2 5 5 51 PROGRAMMING VSI Pro Firmware Download Menu To update the VSI Pro load the VSI Pro Firmware Download Utility and follow the instructions below Then select UPDATE FIRMWARE from the menu selection DOWNLOAD SETUP UPLOAD SETUP UPDATE FIRMWARE exit VSI Pro Firmware Download Utility This document describes the VSI Pro V13 00 Release 12 The new features of this version are able to download firmware update via the RS 232 port The LDROM 4K boot strap loader must be burner to the uP via a conven tional programmer Then the executable program is then loaded via any terminal program such as Hyper Terminal via a PC or compatible 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 You have to connect the VSI Pro with a Serial Prog
86. owering up the VSI Pro 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 NOTES WAVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 73 APPENDIX LIMITED WARRANTY 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 unau
87. play on screen for register transactions 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 25 All 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 NOTE 25 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 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 screen SrreNGTH In THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 26 PROGRAMMIN
88. press Set to return to the previous menu 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 20 DISPLAY LINES 10 DISPLAY FORMAT LINE COMPRESS OFF SPACE COMPRESS OFF LEFT JUSTIFIED OFF SCROLL DELAY OFF DISPLAY ON EXIT Figure 56 Text Display Sub Menu VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 25 PROGRAMMING SCREEN BLANK 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 25 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 dis
89. ptions 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 WAVE SrrENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 29 PROGRAMMING The following is a brief overview of how to set up Exception Reports 1 main menu press the or Down button to move the cursor to EXCEPTION REPORT and press Set 2 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 To 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 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 t
90. r This is used to demonstrate the VSI Pro s capabilities with just a monitor and camera without having a register hooked up When the demo mode is active the VSI Pro 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 DEMO ON POWER UP OFF 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 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 UP as 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 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 shown detail example below VSI PRO Version 13 00R19
91. ram 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 New Connection Open Save Save As Page Setup Print Properties Alt F4 5 Displays the properties of the current session Figure P5 HyperTerminal Main Menu 52 PROGRAMMING Click File gt Properties You will see the configuration frame and then click TEST Properties Th Connect To Settings amp Country region Enter the area code without the long distance prefix Area code Phone number Connect using COM1 1 ntry region code and area code Redial on busy cancel COM Properties a Port Settings Bits per second Data bits Parity Stop bits Flow control lt Restore Defaults Disconnected Figure P7 Port Settings Menu cancel 53 PROGRAMMING Second you go to the menu of the VSI Pro Download Upload Setup then select gt Update Firmware and then press Set Now you will see message in Hyper Terminal TEST Hyperterminal 822 File Edit View Call Transfer Help In System Programming 2006 y B V E Thailand VERSION 700R2 10 27 2006 Do you want to update V N WARNING Doing this will erase the program me
92. red 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 a timer on the drawer of a cash register 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 ALARM DURATION This is the amount of time in seconds that the alarm will remain activated once it is triggered The selections for alarm duration 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
93. ring the programmed VSI Pro back to the shop or office and program additional VSI Pros 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 Pros simultaneously The use of the diagram in Figure 79 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 79 DOWNLOAD UPLOAD SETUP Using VSI Pro to VSI Pro The PROGRAMMED VSI Pro will upload data to the UNPROGRAMMED VSI Pro In the configuration in the Figure 79 you can get the programming menus for both VSI Pros on the screen at the same time Use the front panel shortcut to position the text block from the PROGRAMMED VSI Pro 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 display to the top
94. s 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 470 OHM 1K OHM LED LED Alarm 1 or 2 Alarm 1 or 2 Internal Internal To BUZZER Alarm 1 or 2 Output RELAY SPDT 1N4001 Internal Alarm 1 or 2 Internal Figure 1H Hard Alarm Output WAVE STRENGTH In THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 69 APPENDIX VSI PRO VERSION 13 00 REGISTER SELECT MENU MODEL REGISTER SPECIAL CABLE GENERIC ADDRESSABLE VSI PC COM1 2 3 4 DELTA SONO 3 1 DRESSER WAYNE EDACOM ELCA FUJITSU 9920 CABLE FUJ 9920 GASBOY GILBARCO G SITE TCR15 OLD X NENNEN _ GILBARCO GILBARCO IBM3151 TERMINAL JETSORT MICRELEC MASTER SERISE MICROMAX MICROPOS LOCALVSS IDN NETWORK BEETLE 7000 8000 Table 11 VSI Pro Version 13 00 Register Select Men MICROS X NORAND PANASONIC 2 WAVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 70 REGISTER SELECT SPECIAL MODE PASSIVE SPECIALMOD X MAX2320RMOD485 X X NCR2113MOD X
95. s original packaging Any other returns must have prior written consent of Seller and are subject to a restocking fee of fifteen percent 15 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 clearly displayed on all shipping labels NOTES WAVE SrrENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 75 Wi AVE 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 avethailand com www avethailand com English www ave co th Thai NORTH AMERICA American Video Equipment AVE 2000 West Governors Circle Suite E Houston Texas 77092 Tel 281 443 2300 Fax 281 443 8915 Email aveus ave us com www americanvideoequipment com WESTERN EUROPE AVE Multiview Unit 1C The Potteries Woodgreen Road Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 3SA UK Tel 440 870 770 9323 Fax 440 870 770 9363 Email ave uk multiview net www multiview net 76
96. sic software of the Vnetworker is a macro set of the Networker software The additional features allow the user to interactively program the VSI Pro VNetworker Application File Edit Control Windows Help View Status Setting Baudrate Set Time Date Remote Keyborad Com 1 19200 n 8 1 18 1 2549 8 06 Figure Vnetworker Main Menu 64 APPENDIX F RS 485 VNETWORKER 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 sets the address value of the appropriate VSI Pro on the network you wish to up date Time Date Set up x 09 z 06 02 Select ID 0 Set Clock Read Clock Figure Time Date Set up Menu Remote Keyboard This new function allows the user to select the appropriate VSI Pro 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 jus
97. sing Down and Up at the same time enters the string into memory and returns to the menu for further programing B TIP 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 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 smeemmmewmw VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 36 PROGRAMMING NOTE 25 Only 40 characters are allowed in each Exception String including blank spaces OPERATOR Choices 0000 00 9999 99 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
98. ss 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 48 B MODEL E90 Sub Menu WAVE STRENGTH In THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE PROGRAMMING Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to NIXDORF BEETLE and press Set The NIXDORF BEETLE menu will appear JOURNAL PRINTER O RECEIPT PRINTER Figure 49 B NIXDORF BEETLE Sub Menu Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to OMEGA 2000 and press Set The OMEGA 2000 menu will appear JOURNAL PRINTER O RECEIPT PRINTER Figure 50 B OMEGA 2000 Sub Menu 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 51 B SCHLUMBERGER Sub Menu DISPLAY Choices RECEIPT CDU 2L C D U Press the or Down button to move the cursor to SHARP 750 ER 01PU and press Set The SHARP 750 ER 01PU menu will appear 9 DISPLAY RECEIPT O EXIT Figure 52 B SHARP 750 ER 01PU Sub Menu DISPLAY Choices RECEIPT JOURNAL NOTE 25 As we continually add new registers these menus are subject to change PROGRAMMING 5 4 SCREEN SETUP Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to SCREEN SETUP and press Set The fol
99. ster 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 communication settings However if you need to change these settings you can do so through the COMMUNICATION menu described later in this manual NOTE 25 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 WAVE STRENGTH In THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 15 PROGRAMMING SECTION A VSI Pro Version 13 00 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 PC COM 1 2 3 4 AD4323 ADS DELTA SONO 3 1 DRESSER WAYNE NEXT PAGE O O Figure 10 REGISTER SELECT Sub Menu 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 T
100. t 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 you 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 25 Remember enabling the TITLE will limit text insertions to 10 lines maximum EXIT Press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to EXIT and
101. t like at the local pushbuttons 5 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 Remote Key 65 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 language must be specified Figure 1F VSI Pro Front Panel Figure 2F VSIB Front Panel Serial Input Power Video Input Video Output Figure 3F VSIB Rear Panel Figure 4F 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 RXD RTS7 8 15 Figure 6F Pin Out for VSIB to VSI Pro Use the BNC connectors of the VSIB for your Video Input amp
102. thorized 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 receipt 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 equipm
103. 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 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 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 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 STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 24 PROGRAMMING TITLER O TITLE O EXIT TITLER Figure 55 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 Selec
104. 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 do not want cashiers or other employees to know what triggers an exception In this case the VSI Pro provides a separate output that will send data to a remotely located 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 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 printer output of the VSI Pro 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 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 menu press the Up or Down button to move the cursor to EXCE
105. trike power line noise or power surge 3 CR 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 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 to all the factory default settings MY CUSTOMER IS CHANGING REGISTERS WILL THE VSI PRO THEY HAVE WORK WITH THE NEW REGIS TER This is a tricky one The VSI Pro interfaces to over 400 different registers and as a result there are several versions of software needed to work with all these different systems The probability the VSI Pro will work with a new system is relatively high especially if it s Version 13 based 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 A NEW REGISTER WILL IT VOID 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 tt interface board inside your new cash register we will highly recommend you to contact the m
106. u REGISTER SELECT APPENDIX K VSI PRO VERSION 13 00 REGISTER SELECT MENU CONTINUED MODEL REGISTER SPECIAL CABLE SPECIAL MODE 5135 13 20 es AREE A 770 SUNTRONIC 890 891 960 SWINTEC UNITOUCH DSP800 UNIWELL VERIFONE Table 11 VSI Pro Version 13 00 Register Select Menu Continued WAVE STRENGTH In THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 71 APPENDIX REGISTER SELECT VSI PRO VERSION 13 24 REGISTER SELECT MENU MODEL REGISTER SPECIAL CABLE SPECIAL MODE GENERIC BEETLE 50 PRINTERS CASIO TK T500 CLARITY EPOS CASIO QT2K DRESSER WAYNE EDACOM HTEC KOPPENS GASPUMP NIXDROF BEETLE ODOMETER OMEGA 2000 Q MATIC SAMSUNG SRP 350 SCHLUMBERGER SHARP 750 ER OLPU UP3000 Table 21 VSI Pro Version 13 24 Register Select Menu WAVE STRENGTH In THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 72 MASTER RESET APPENDIX L WARNING DOING A MASTER RESET CLEARS ALL PROGRAMMING AND THE VSI PRO DEFAULTS TO THE FACTORY SETTINGS If you have difficulty entering the main menu or you changed EPROMS in your VSI Pro do the following procedure exactly Lightly press and hold in the 3 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 Upon p
107. video input signal Bad video cable or connector Camera Iris is closed Other video device in system is off or malfunctioning WAVE STRENGTH In THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 55 APPENDIX A PROBLEM SOLVING GUIDE CHARACTERS JITTER JUMP OR SKEW 1 Darken the gray scale of the characters 2 The VSI Pro requires the input video signal to be 1V P P 20 terminated 75ohms 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 601 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 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 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 N 0 2 NOTE 25 The VSI Pro requires 1V P P 20 percent terminated 75 ohms FUNNY CHARACTERS OR GARBAGE ON SCREEN 1 Power disconnected for too long and memory is lost 2 Lightning s
108. ware and give you the ability to analyze data You could also use an auto answer modem and have the data sent to a central 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 WAVE STRENGTH IN THE BUSINESS VSI Pro VIDEO SERIAL INTERFACE 34 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 SCROLL MATCHING EXCEPTION STRINGS ON OFF 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 To better understand how to use this first we must discuss how the Exception String is processed Exception Strings with Scroll Matching OFF are compared to any text i
109. will start flashing Use the Up amp Down button to sequence through the choices Make your selection and press 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 soft

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