摘要 |
PURPOSE: An automatic vending machine control apparatus is provided to correspond to all kinds of automatic vending machines by controlling a sub control part of a slave unit added to the automatic vending machine with the second main control part. CONSTITUTION: A slave unit includes a main control part(1a) controlling the whole of an automatic vending machine and a sub control part controlling a specific operation. The main control part is connected with the sub control part through a serial communication, and a control command and data are transmitted and received between the main control part and the sub control part. The automatic vending machine further comprises the second main control part(1b) controlling the specific sub control part, and the second main control part controls a number of second sub control parts. |