EN card limits

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Preamble

There is the possibility in Autopoll to configure a limit in the card.

Limits

Card reader

Most of the card readers only support limits per fill and reducing limits, but NO periodic limits. Furthermore not every card reader supports value/amount limits.

Before configuring card limits in Autopoll, the card reader service should be contacted/asked what the local card reader is able to do with card limits. Possibly configurations directly at the card reader have to be done.

Autopoll

In the cards various configurations regarding limits can be made, depending on the card reader. The default values in the cards in Autopoll are quantity limits per filling.

I. Quantity limit/Value limit

Quantity limit

In the cards in Autopoll the quantity limit is active by default. That means the value limit checkbox is not activated.

When working with the quantity limit the limit value being transmitted with the card to the card reader is a quantity.

Value or Amount limit

Is the card reader supporting value/amount limits and the card shall be configured with a value/amount limit, then the checkbox "Value Limit" has to be activated

When working with the value/amount limit the limit value being transmitted with the card to the card reader is an amount.

If the card reader doesn't support value/amount limits it is, under certain circumstances, which have to be checked in advance, possible to calculate on the base of an actual and active pricelist a quantity limit out of the amount limit value. The card reader will then get a quantity limit when transmitting the card. That means it is an indirect amount limit.

II. Filling limit/Period limit

Limit per fill

In den Ausweisen in Autopoll ist standardmäßig das Limit je Tankung aktiv. D.h. bei jeder Tankung kann so viel getankt werden bis der eingestellte Wert erreicht wurde.

Period limit

Due to the fact that the card readers do not support periodic limits, but reducing limits, the periodic limits will be managed/handled by Autopoll and will be transmitted to the card readers as reducing limits. For this reason it is absolutely necessary that the polling procedure to the card readers is being adjusted. Details further below. With the reducing limit Autopoll will give the remaining/rest value to the card reader, which then reduces this value by the fillings made, till the value is 0 and then blocks the card.

monthly

Limit = base value

Actual = the calculated value (base value reduced by the polled fillings in the periode) which will be transmitted to the card readers

daily

Days = number of days of the periode. e.g. with 7 days the weekly periode can be configured

Limit = base value

Actual = the calculated value (base value reduced by the polled fillings in the periode) which will be transmitted to the card readers

Polling process when working with limits

Ausser im Fall des "Limits je Tankung", muss bei allen anderen Limits das Abrufverhalten angepasst und umgestellt werden.

Grund 1: Beim Einsatz von mehreren Tankautomaten sind die Tankautomaten nicht untereinander verbunden und wissen nicht wer an den anderen Tankautomaten getankt hat.

Grund 2: Beim über Autopoll verwalteten Periodenlimit wird der Abtankungswert immer neu berechnet, d.h. es müssen vor der Berechnung immer alle Tankungen vorliegen.

• Polling 1

• polling of ALL fillings from ALL card readers

• in these processes/pollings NOT transmitting cards/badges (Whitelist/Blacklist)

• After the receipt of all fillings from all card readers the limits in Autopoll will be calculated/set accordingly.

• Polling 2

• transmitting the changed cards (limits have been calculated/set) to ALL card readers

• Start of the period

• Am Anfang der Periode, also früh am Ersten eines Monats (bei einem Monatslimit), verändert sich das Limit alleine dadurch, dass ein neuer Monat angefangen hat. Der Limitwert wird auf den Ausgangswert zurückgesetzt. Daher müssen dann (morgens am Monatsersten) unbedingt der Abruf 1 (Tankungen holen) und getrennt Abruf 2 (Ausweise senden) erfolgen. Beim Abruf 2 ist dabei auch zu beachten, dass ALLE Ausweise an ALLE Tankautomaten übertragen werden.

Special case HecStar

Details under limit Hecstar