Problem s+

[ANDRIU]

I have a great problem. I am responsible for 400 S+ in Colombia, each S+ this located in different sectors of the city. In the moment to collect, money misses some S+ in considerable quantities. I already revised everything, the optical of hopper are protected, the motherboards has safe-deposit stamps, nobody has access to the keys of the door. My question is: some electronic device exists (cellular, palm, etc...)able to alter at distances the counters? I know that this question is "secret of state", but, the truth is that I am about to you declare me in bankruptcy and I want to give solution to this great problem. I appreciate any answer. this it is my email asdnie1118@hotmail .com.
Thank you for their attention

[KirkLasVegas]

I hope you are not protecting your machines with a SIX dollar lock!
If you have cheap barrel locks on them , CHANGE them to "Medico" locks.
The regular 6 pin barrel lock is EASY to pick.....
You have a employee or associate with a key to your machines ripping you off...

[stayouttadabunker]

Your machines should have accounting capabilities to
keep track of how many times the doors are opened.
If you kept track of that the next time you leave,
the number should be the same when you go back to the machine...
if that number of door opens is bigger than the last you were there,
then someone in that location is getting into that particular machine.

Here's another trick...install 400 bells that go off when the cash box door is opened...
or better yet,....confetti cannons! LOL
If you see any confetti lying around -
you KNOW someone was tampering with the machine! LOL

[StatFreak]

If you have not disabled the cash box door switches, the bookkeeping meters will also track how many times the cash boxes have been opened, in addition to the main doors.

Don't forget the locks on the belly glass, and make sure that the door sensor switch for the belly glass is in place and operational on all of your machines. This switch is very often removed from used S+ machines, and the cash door can be accessed through the belly door without opening the main door. Also, do NOT rely on the mechanical counters as these often fail. Use the values in the computer's bookkeeping menus.

Change the locks as KirkLasVegas suggested, but keep in mind that in large casinos, the locks only serve as a deterrent to slow thieves down, as it were. They get alarms/alerts through SAS whenever a door is opened, and they rely on their hundreds of cameras and their security guards to stop a potential thief.

If you are running an "absentee" casino where your employees cannot be trusted, I don't think that any lock is going to help you. There is no substitute for having someone physically there whom you can trust to watch over the place. That's not casino smarts, that's just plain business smarts.

[StatFreak]

Are you using newer SP chips? If you are, then the bookkeeping meters will have listings for the number of bills of each denomination inserted into the cash box and the grand total for the life of the machine since the last chip change -- AND there will be a separate set of books for the number of bills of each denomination inserted since the last time the cashbox was opened.

If you keep track of these numbers, you can check the totals since the last cash box opening against the actual cash to see if it matches. Then add the total since the last cash box opening to the grand total (lifetime) readings that you took the last time you were there. The totals that you get should match the current lifetime readings of the cash box grand totals in the meters. It won't if someone has opened the cash box and reset the values in between your visits. This is all in addition to simply checking the number of cash box and door openings.

Most home users don't mess with this stuff, but I do. Again, it is important that all of the sensor switches are in place and working. Don't bypass or skimp on anything. Bypassing switches is for home users, not casinos.


The machine will also keep track of how many coins were dropped into the box below the slot. You should keep the coin drops from each slot machine separate at collection time and then check them against the meter readings from the slot. Drop a slip of paper into each bucket with the slot ID on it as you stack them during collection, or better still, put the paper into the new buckets when you place them in the slot to replace the ones coming out.

BTW, you DO have switches wired up to your slots for the drop doors on the stands, right?  (Okay, I've never done this and am not sure if it can be done, but slant tops have sensors for the bottom doors, so I would think that uprights would have a connection for a drop door switch that could be connected to the stand doors.)

The bookkeeping meters will also track the total PHYSICAL coin in and out. This is different from the total in and out of the machine. You can use those numbers to track and check the number of coins in the hopper, if it really gets to that point.

[Ron (r273)]

"Most home users don't mess with this stuff, but I do."

What's the matter Stat, your consins and nephews borrowing your money?

No....wait a minute you have to live up to your name!

But it was nice information to know since I never took the time to read all that, thanks.

Ron (r273)