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18. TROUBLESHOOTING
18 − 1 CARDREADER/WRITER
● Ifanerrorcodeisdisplayed,havethesitemaintenanceindividualor
otherskilledprofessionalresolveit.Ifsomeonewithoutspecializedor
technicalknowledgeattemptstorectifytheproblem,electricshock,
shortcircuitsorfiremayresult.Ifthereisnositemaintenanceindividual
ortechnicianavailable,turnthepowerOFFimmediately,andcontact
yourretailerortheofficelistedinthismanual.
● Ifproblemsotherthanthosenotedinthismanualoccur,orthe
countermeasuressuggestedresultinnoimprovement,donottryto
rectifytheproblembyothermeans.TurnthepowerOFFimmediately,
andcontactyourretailerortheofficelistedinthismanual.Careless
countermeasurescanresultinunexpectedaccidents.
● Ifanerroroccursinthecardreader/writer,themachinewillnotbeable
toupdatedataoncards.Thereisalsoachancethatcarddatamay
havebeendamaged.
Attemptingtouseacardwithdamageddatawilltriggeranothererror.
Explaintotheplayerthatinordertodeterminewhetherthecardcan
beusedornot,heorshemustplaythegameagain.Iftheplayer
wishestoplayagain,presstheSERVICEButtontogivehimorhera
credit.
● Iferrorsoccurrepeatedly,performaheadcleaning.
Ifthemachinedetectsaproblemwhilethemachine'scardreader/writerisinuse,itwilldisplay
anerrormessagefromTable18.1a.Themessagewillalsobedisplayedifaproblemisdetected
whiletestingthereader/writer.(see10-3F.)
Ifanerroroccursinthecardreader/writer,themachinewillnotbeabletoupdatedataoncards.
Thereisalsoachancethatcarddatamayhavebeendamaged.Attemptingtouseacardwith
damageddatawillcausethesameerrormessagetobedisplayedagain.
Explaintotheplayerthatinordertodeterminewhetherthecardcanbeusedornot,heorshe
mustplaythegameagain.
Ifthereisdataleftoverfromanupdateinprogress,themachinewilldisplayamessagefrom
Table18.1b.Byfollowingtheinstructionscontainedinthemessage,thedatacanbetransferred
toanewcardfromthedispenser.