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MDE-4315 CFN Series CFN III Manager’s Manual for Windows NT · August 2004 Page 141
Fuel Allocation and Miles-Per-Gallon
configured to record a bad odometer reading as a new, valid entry (see SYS_PAR, page 13
in MDE-4316 CFN III Configuration Manual for Windows NT Version 3.4); this will
appear on a PRINT VEHICLE printout as NEW.
If the odometer reading is accepted the first time, the printout shows whether the miles
driven were HIGH or LOW.
• If you want to include bank card customers in the system, set up the reader terminal to
request the vehicle number at the time of sale.
• If the Site Controller tracks the miles per gallon and dollars per mile, you can set up the
reader terminal receipt to print that information.
• Use the commands in this chapter to maintain the vehicle numbers, fueling periods, and
odometer readings.
How MPG Information Is Calculated
The MPG information is cumulative. That is, the Site Controller continues calculating the
miles driven, fuel usage, and dollars spent based on all the information gathered since the
MPG period was last reset. So the Site Controller calculates the average miles per gallon since
the MPG period started, rather than just since the last fill-up.
If the Site Controller is configured to record odometer entries even if they are bad, the
customer can reset the MPG period for that vehicle number by entering zero miles as the last
odometer retry. At the next fueling, the odometer reading the customer enters becomes the
initial reading for the period. When this happens, the vehicle status reported in the printout
will be NEW.
This is convenient for a customer who buys a new car, and therefore has an odometer reading
outside the range allowed in configuration. The customer can reset the MPG period and start
the new calculations based on the odometer reading for the new car.
How to Set Up Vehicle Numbers
Use the LOAD VEHICLE or LO V command to set up all vehicle numbers for which MPG
calculations are to be done. You enter the initial odometer reading for each vehicle. If you
enter zero for the initial value, the first odometer reading entered by the customer will be used
as the initial value for the MPG period.
You may use the C option with the LOAD VEHICLE command to set up more than one
vehicle number at a time.
The example shows how to set up a vehicle number so the customer’s first odometer entry will
be used as the starting value for that vehicle. This is the same as resetting the MPG period for
the vehicle.
LOAD VEHICLE (LO V)
P* LOAD VEHICLE
↵
Vehicle number? 100 ↵
Odometer reading? 0
↵
P*