Variant 1: Boards with screw terminals
Use the connectors with screw terminal to make the connections as per below. In some cases the dryer may not have the connector shown on the left, and instead have the 2-pin connector that fits all the way on the right side of the board. This 2-pin connector has the same 9V and GND, so you can use as another option for power.
Set pricing on the LaundroPortal. The actual dry time is set on the dryer itself. Pleasure ensure that simulated dry time configured on the reader matches the actual dry time set on the machine. The reader sends exactly one pulse on the Coin input every time a card is tapped.
Issue | Explanation and resolution |
Dryer can be started for Free - without a card being placed on the reader | The dryer control is in Free Mode. Adjust the settings inside the dryer control |
Reader takes money from the card, says "Time Added" but no actual time is added to the machine. | After the reader takes money, check the vend price on the machines control board. IF the vend price shown on the machine changes (goes down by some amount, usually $0.25): - The dryer is looking for more than one pulse to start. Check settings inside the dryer to ensure it will add time from a single pulse. This is done by setting the Coin1 and Coin2 values to the same amount as (or higher than) the vend price of the machine IF the vend price shown on the machine does NOT change at all, it could be 1 of 2 issues: - 1. Bad connection in pulse/start wires. Ensure that START wires (typically white and green) are connected according to the above instructions. - 2. The machine's PRICE ON ALL PROGRAMS setting is most likely set to $0 If this setting is set to $0, the machine may not look for pulses from the reader. Set this setting to the same VEND PRICE value that you set on the machine |