Gasboy CFN III Manager Manual V3.6 - Manual (Page 163)

MDE-4871 CFN III Manager’s Manual for Windows® XP Embedded - Version 3.6 · August 2010 Page 15-7
Miles per Gallon System Fuel Allocation and Miles-per-Gallon
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.
LOAD VEHICLE (LO V)
[P:]* LOAD VEHICLE
↵
Vehicle number? 100
↵
Odometer reading? 0
↵
[P:]*
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.
How to Reset MPG Period for All Vehicles
When you reset the MPG period, the Site Controller starts a new set of readings. That is, the
cumulative totals for miles per gallon and dollars per mile start anew. So, the information since
the last fill-up becomes the complete MPG information for the period.
[P:]* LOAD VEHICLE;A
↵
[P:]*
Use the command LOAD VEHICLE;A to reset the MPG periods for all vehicles. The ending
odometer reading becomes the beginning reading for the new period, the number of gallons is
set to zero, and the status of the vehicle number is NEW.