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Card Bumper - Honeywell 400 Series Hardware Manual

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Figure 8. Card Bumper
If both card bumpers and all three card rails are not in position for a particular length
of card, the H0pper/ Stacker Alert (Attention) condition exists and the HOPPER ALERT
light glows blue.
Summary of Setting Up Procedures .
The operator follows these steps to set up and put the card reader on line:
1.
Be sure mechanism is set up for the type of cards to be read (51 or 80 columns)
and convert if necessary.
2.
Press POWER ON. The RESET and MANUAL HALT lights also come on.
3.
Load cards into the input hopper as described previously.
4.
After loading the last card of the file being read, press the LAST BATCH pushbutton,
if the programmer so specified. Otherwise, this light should not be on.
5.
Press OPERATE/ RESET so that the OPERATE glows green.
6.
If the OPERATE light does not come on, manually correct any alert conditions.
7.
Again press OPERATE/ RESET so that the light comes on.
This clears the alert
circuitry, turns off the RESET light and alert lights, and indicates that the card
reader is ready to operate.
The following lights should glow:
POWER ON
OPERATE
LAST BATCH (if applicable)
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