Corvus Corax Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 Just installed 2 brand new MEI Talos 4in1s with Eport GS10s. Both have problems, one will not read any bills or cards. Ended up replacing it with an older model 4in1. The other reads bills, but declines all credit cards. I don't know if anyone else has used them but they are horrible. Instead of setting up with 8 dip switches, you have to bluetooth in to them. You are supposed to be able to push a learn button under the bill box, then feed a $1 or $5, etc and it will learn the bill. That does not work. You can download the Simplifi bluetooth app, but there is no option to register, so you can't login to use the app. Thanks CRANE for turning something simple and reliable into herding cats. Any assistance is appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngryChris Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Crane messed something up?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tc vending Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Crane sucks!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orsd Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Lmao golpher crane golpher golpher up. Par for the course. Anyone want to bet when Crane will discontinue the app and make the validators worthless? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvus Corax Posted June 28, 2020 Author Share Posted June 28, 2020 Call me crazy, but I thought buying brand new equipment, woul mean it would work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacanteen Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 The Talos works fine as a stand alone bill acceptor. I've had 80 of them in high volume locations for 9 months now without a single service call. Any time you try to do more than one function with a piece of hardware something will go wrong. That new changer is a piece of work though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southeast Treats Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Crane sent me some tech support docs (I will post into downloads). The only change to the 4 in 1 bezel is a slightly different mounting plate; since the 4 in 1 bezel does not connect into the validator but directly to the telemeter any card issues are separate from the validator, as before. And programming can also be done with a scan card which is supposed to come with the new unit. If you picked these up used you may have to get some blank scan cards from crane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvus Corax Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 (edited) This is what came new in the box. No scan cards. Edited July 2, 2020 by Corvus Corax typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacanteen Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 I just uploaded a blank coupon you can print and use. Get it here: https://vendiscuss.net/files/file/141-cpi-talos-coupon/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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