Cash dispensing automated banking machine diagnostic system and method

Apparatus comprising:

• an automated banking machine including a plurality of transaction function devices, at least one of the transaction function devices including a cash dispenser, at least one computer in operative connection with a plurality of the transaction function devices, and at least one data store in operative connection wit the at least one computer;
• a read and write device in operative connection with the at least one computer, and removable computer readable media in operative connection with the read and write device, and wherein the removable media includes instructions,
• wherein the at least one data store includes data associated with the automated banking machine, wherein the data includes at least one selected from a group including configurable settings of the banking machine, operational characteristics of at least one of the transaction function devices in a plurality of operations, and data predictive of at least one future need to service at least one transaction function device;
• wherein responsive to the instructions included on the removable media, the at least one computer is operative to cause the data to be gathered and to record indicia corresponding to the data in machine readable form on the removable media.