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Details
Inventors: Mazur, Richard A.;
Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp. (Mt. Prospect, IL)
Primary Examiner: Bartuska; F. J.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Arnold White & Durkee

An apparatus and method for loading software changes into a processor-based coin sorting machine. In one embodiment, a flash card having a memory remotely programmed with a second software code is adapted to be removably electrically coupled to the system controller of the coin sorting machine. Insertion of the flash card causes the initial code in the resident memory of the machine to become erased and replaced with the second software code. The flash card may thereafter be removed from the machine and used to load software changes into other machines. In an alternative embodiment, the flash card may remain electrically coupled to the coin sorting machine. In this embodiment, insertion of the flash card causes the machine to execute the second software code, but the initial code is not erased or replaced. Upon removal of the flash card, the machine does not retain the second software code but will revert to execution of the initial code. In either embodiment, remote programming of the flash card with the second software code may be achieved by electrically coupling the flash card to a first coin sorting machine having a resident memory containing the second software code, causing the second software code to be copied from the resident memory of the first coin sorting machine to the flash card memory.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a coin sorting system comprising a coin sorter for sorting a plurality of coins, the coin sorter including a coin-guiding surface forming a plurality of exit stations for selectively allowing exiting of the coins based upon their respective diameters.
A system controller is coupled to the coin sorter and executes control software associated with the coin sorter.
An operator interface panel is coupled to the system controller, the operator interface panel including a touch screen display for displaying keys associated with operation of the coin sorting system.
A resident memory is coupled to the system controller and contains a first version of control software to be executed by the system controller, the first version of control software including a first display setting of the touch screen display.
A flash card having a flash card memory is adapted to be removably electrically coupled to the coin sorter.
The flash card memory contains a second version of control software to be executed by the system controller, the second version of control software including a second display setting of the touch screen display.
The resident memory is adapted to erase the first version of control software and store the second version of control software in response to the flash card being electrically coupled to the coin sorter.
The resident memory is adapted to retain the second version of control software in response to the flash card being thereafter removed from the coin sorter.
In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a coin sorting machine comprising a coin sorter for sorting a plurality of coins, the coin sorter including a coin-guiding surface forming a plurality of exit stations for selectively allowing exiting of the coins based upon their respective diameters.
A system controller is coupled to the coin sorter and an operator interface panel is coupled to the system controller


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