Gasboy CFN III Manager Manual V3.6 - Manual (Page 158)

Fuel Allocation and Miles-per-Gallon Fuel Allocation
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Allocations
You can allocate either dollar amounts or gallon (or litre) amounts on each allocation number.
Before you decide which units to use, consider the following:
• The highest dollar amount you can allocate is $99,999.99. The highest gallon (or litre)
amount is 99,999.999.
• It is usually more practical to use the same units (either dollar or volume) for all allocation
numbers, so that the grand total in the PRINT ALLOCATION printout (see below in this
chapter) is meaningful and does not mix dollar and volume subtotals.
• Gallon allocation applies to fuel sales only. Merchandise sales do not affect gallon
totalizers. Dollar allocation applies to both fuel and merchandise.
• If you specify the allocated amount in gallons, use gallons also as the units for pump limits
(defined in configuration), fill limits (entered with the LOAD CUTOFF command), and
card limits (entered with the LOAD LIMITATION command).
• Some multi-product dispensers allow only dollar allocations, limitations, pump fill limits,
and so on. Sites with this type of multiproduct dispenser must use dollar allocation. If
these sites try to use gallon allocation, transactions on accounts with allocation will always
act as if they exceeded allocation.
How to Initialize the Allocation File
Do not use this command after you have set up your allocation system. It erases
all your allocation information and you will have to enter it all again.
CAUTION
Before you set up allocation numbers in the CFN3 software, you must initialize the allocation
file. Initializing the file erases all the information currently in it. That means you begin without
any cards on an allocation system.
REMOVE ALLOCATION;A (REM AL;A)
[P:]* REMOVE ALLOCATION;A
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[P:]*
Type REMOVE ALLOCATION;A to initialize the allocation file.
How to Set Up Allocation Numbers
Use the command LOAD ALLOCATION or LO AL to set up the allocation numbers and the
initial dollar or gallon (or litre) amount you want allocated to each one. For dollar allocation,
precede the amount by a dollar sign. For gallon (or litre) allocation, omit the dollar sign.
You can enter a single number to affect one group of cards in other words, all the cards that
have that allocation number or a range of numbers to affect several groups of cards. If you
enter a range of numbers, the amount you specify will be allocated for each number in the
range. To enter a range of numbers, type the first number in the range, then a hyphen, then the
last number.