EXIT VERIFIER AND CARD READER

This Exit Verifier and Card Reader is used for exit control in the following situations:

• When the ticket has been validated by a central pay or some Auto-Pay station and the parker is allowed to leave the parking area in the set "Grace Time"

• Load it up with a credit card reader and a receipt printer so the parker can pay with a credit card and leave.

• Load it with the credit card reader and place it in front of the exit cashier, so after hours, when the cashier is not on duty, the parking patrons either use their card or pay for the ticket at this Auto-Pay station.

• The following devices can be built-in this tower to meet the varying needs of the different applications:

  1. Bar Code Scanner: This omni-directional scanner reads the ticket and automatically opens the gate as long as the ticket is presented in the allowed "Grace Time".

  2. Card Reader that can read the access card of monthly parkers. This card reader can be a separate unit that is mounted on the front of the Tower or can be an embedded AMSmart reader that offers long read range (about 12" from the front surface of the tower) and is also usable as a read/write device with the "Prepaid" (Debit) cards used by some transient parkers.

  3. Back-lit LCD Display: A large character, 4line LCD display provides user instructions in up to two languages at every step of the transaction.

  4. Optional Voice Instructions: A separate voice module is available that will offer instructions in audio. Surveys show that some parkers prefer voice instructions over instructions provided on the LCD display.

  5. Credit Card Reader: Shall accept any major credit card.

  6. Intercom: Most towers include one of the following two forms of intercoms:

     • Hardwired Intercom station that is connected to a master station located nearby in the building.

     • Telephone Intercom that automatically dials a number and gets assistance from the person on that number. This is ideal where the Help is coming from a remote location or from a guard who is carrying a cell-phone while on roving patron on the premises.

  7. Receipt Printer: For credit card transactions, this tower will summarize the whole transaction and print a receipt. As soon as the parker retrieves the ticket, the gate is opened.

  8. Interlocks: The system offers many different interlocks for proper operation. Some of these include:

     • Card/Ticket/CC interlock: This assures that the parker can only use one of the access modes available to him. So a card user cannot take a ticket and so on.

     • Vehicle present interlock: None of the control options will be active unless there is a vehicle present on the arming loop in front of the tower.

     • Receipt Such-back Interlock: If a ticket is issued but not retrieved, the system will automatically suck-back this receipt and reset the gate system for the next parker.

     • Specialized Interlocks: Depending on the application, different interlock systems can be programmed in the controller.

  9. TCP/IP Controller: The heart of the system is this high-power controller that monitors all the activity in the lane and provides the interaction to the central PC via a LAN/WAN interconnection that is standard in most locations (the conventional RS485 communication option is also available).