US 5,940,623 A · Software loading system for a coin wrapper

Abstract

An apparatus and method for loading software changes into a processor-based coin wrapping 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 wrapping 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 wrapping 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 wrapping 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 wrapping machine to the flash card memory.

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Dependent claims

A software loading system for a coin wrapping system having a system controller for executing control software associated with the coin sorting system, said software loading system comprising:

a resident memory containing a first version of control software to be executed by the system controller;
and
a flash card having a flash card memory containing a second version of control software, said flash card being adapted to be removably electrically coupled to the coin wrapping system, said system controller being adapted to execute said second version of control software in response to the flash card being electrically coupled to the coin wrapping system, said system controller being adapted to execute said first version of control software in response to the flash card being thereafter removed from the coin wrapping system.

A coin wrapping system, comprising:

a coin wrapping mechanism for forming a coin stack containing a predetermined number of coins of a preselected denomination and wrapping a wrapping material about said coin stack to form a wrapped roll of coins;
a system controller coupled to the coin wrapping mechanism;
display means associated with the system controller for displaying display information associated with operation of the coin wrapping system;
an operator interface panel coupled to the system controller, the operator interface panel being operable under operator control to customize portions of the display information associated with operation of the coin wrapping system;
a resident flash memory coupled to the system controller and containing a first set of display information defining a first operation setting of the coin wrapping system;
and
a flash card having a flash card memory containing a second set of display information defining a second operation setting of the coin wrapping system, the flash card being removably electrically coupleable to the system controller, the first set of display information in the resident flash memory being erased and replaced by the second set of display information from the flash card in response to the flash card being electrically coupled to the system controller.

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