VendSoft supports amusement machines such as crane and claw machines.
Overview
For each machine, the system tracks three meters:
Bills In
Tracks every dollar bill pulse
Coins In
Tracks every coin pulse
Prize Out
Tracks the number of prizes dispensed from the machine
Initial Setup
You can define the initial meter readings when creating a machine:
Bills In and Coins In — set in the General tab
Prize Out — set when adding a product (column) in the Planogram tab
How Tracking Works
The system calculates expected values based on meter readings.
The difference between the previous and current meter readings shows:
Expected cash in the machine (coins and bills)
Number of prizes dispensed
You should manually count the collected money to determine:
Actual coin amount
Actual bill amount
Variance
The Amusement Payout report compares:
Meter readings (expected values)
Actual counted amounts
Any differences are shown as variance.
Formulas (used on theEnter Trip Results screen)
Wins
Wins = New Prize Out − Old Prize Out
New Count
New Count = Last Count − Wins + Filled