ikey

cashless

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  The I-KEY system from DarenthMJS is simply the most functional, cost-effective, and flexible solution
to all cashless payment requirements.
Providing total cost management and accountability in a variety of formats, the system is compatible
with a wide range of hot and cold beverage, snack and can vending equipment from the highly respected DarenthMJS brand.
The I-Key system's overall flexibility is further enhanced by the Recharger, a wall-mounted "recharging" station which provides a separate point where users can top up their I-Keys.

 
     

I-Key Features
   
  The system is based on vastly superior contactless
technology to ensure complete ruggedness and long term reliability.
The durable plastic keys do not deteriorate due to wear or dirt build up because unlike other systems there are no electrical contacts to become contaminated.		  
   
  Maintenance issues relating to similar reader systems are totally eliminated as there are no
electro-mechanical or moving parts within the reader and the solid-state electronics are of the highest possible quality.		  
   
  Customers can be assured of total security with the system as all transactions are 100% security encoded using the very latest encryption algorithms and key usage can be restricted to individual machines or groups of machines as required.  
   
 

A number of different key types are available
including cash bank, credit bank, free vend override and the incredibly popular hospitality key.
This especially useful key type can be programmed to grant users a controlled numbers of free vends per day, therefore for the first time providing total cost control in the workplace environment whilst still retaining the goodwill of staff who might previously have been used to a total free vend facility.
Any combination of key attributes can be allocated to any individual key (eg. 3 free drinks per day plus cash bank, etc). A special discount privilege can also be granted to some keys if required, which enables users with this privilege to take advantage of an entirely different pricing structure within the machine which, unlike most systems, can relate to all or just a selected few products on offer.

  
   
  Thanks to the in-house development of the very latest electronic systems, together with the vast experience of DarenthMJS in both electronic design and vending technology, the I-Key system can be incorporated in a machine or suite of machines at the lowest possible cost.
When utilised as a cost management solution to control free issue drinks within the workplace for example, the system will not only pay for itself within a very short space of time, but will deliver ongoing savings thereafter.		  
   
  Operators of machines can take a massive benefit from the system by providing users with cash keys and then restricting coin acceptance to large values only. Not only does this at last eliminate the problems associated
with transporting, handling, counting and banking large numbers of small value coins, but it has frequently resulted in considerably increased sales as users tend to ‘charge up’ their keys at the beginning of the working week and are therefore not discouraged against impulse purchases thereafter by not having the correct change to hand. Sometimes troublesome and expensive change-givers can also be eliminated in favour of much simpler and less expensive coin validators, as users can simply ‘mop-up’ change onto their keys, making nightmare coin jams within change tubes a thing of the past. 		 
 

I-Key Types

  
   
  An electronic ‘bank’ which can be loaded with a cash value by inserting coins into a machine equipped with
a coin mechanism or remotely at a separate re-charging station, and thereafter allows purchases to be made
by deducting the value of the vend made from the onboard electronic bank.		  
   
  The key is pre-loaded with a number of credits, each of which allows a single ‘free’ vend to be made from the machine. When the credits are exhausted the key is simply thrown away. Frequently used on new installations to grant users a number of free tasting opportunities to promote brand loyalty thereafter.  
   
  Can be programmed to grant users a controlled number of free vends per day, therefore providing total
cost control in the workplace environment whilst still retaining the goodwill of staff who may have previously
been used to a total free vend facility.		  
   
  Enables privileged users to take advantage of an entirely different pricing structure within the machine which,
unlike most systems, can relate to all or just a selected few products on offer. Discount privileges can also be
made available to snack and can products when machines are connected together.		  
   
 
Provides master override facility and makes all products available without any charge whilst inserted into the machine.
  
 
The Recharger
  
   
 

High security cabinet construction.
Electronic security alarm system featuring both door and shock sensors.
Electronic coin validator with high capacity cash box.
Optional note acceptor with ‘accept any way up’ feature and automatic note stacker to maximise capacity and convenience.
Possibility to run promotional activities with paper based payments, thereby encouraging greater spend and vastly improving cashflow (eg, £10 note = £10.50 credit, etc, etc).
Full audit trail including total coins accepted and individual note denominations (hence any promotional cost can be established).
User programmable PIN code for security alarm override.
High security lock with key differing from all other machines in the DarenthMJS standard range.

  
   
  (W x H x D)
Machine: 300mm x 570mm x 180mm		  
   
  220-240V, 50 Hz, single phase
Supplied for convenience with 13A plug as standard, but easily modified for direct connection to fused spur (strongly recommended for optimum alarm system operation)		  
   
  10Kg