Squash Committee Meeting - 10 August
2010
‘Virtual’ General Meeting Conducted
by Email - New Lights Coin Meter.
Committee Consensus
Sought 10 August 2010
The
chairman first circulated a proposal to renew the EDR Muller meter on 10 August
2010. The meter began to malfunction in early 2010 and sometimes didn’t
register a coin with the appropriate units. This got worse throughout the year
and the meter became totally unreliable on 12 August 2010. At this point the
meter was placed on ‘over-ride’ and an ‘honesty box’ system adopted. The meter
had been in use since 1998 when it was converted to accept £1 and 20p coins
(unit bought in 1993).
A reserve
EDR Muller meter was sent to Lesiure Controls International in November 2009
for upgrade consideration. However LCI said that the Muller mechanism was too
old and incompatible with their current systems. The committee then began
investigating an alternative supplier and LCI was chosen in September
2010. The advantage is that their
systems can be used in conjunction with an online booking and moneyless payment
system - should the Squash Section decide to adopt one. An LCI Wyvern 2000RS +
PC + MP 7KVA was fitted on 31 October
2010.
From: Steve Edwards [mailto:edwards@sketters.co.uk]
Sent: 05 October 2010 22:06
To: 'Edwards, Steve'; 'Chris.Stott@icr.ac.uk'; 'gunnlion@yahoo.co.uk';
'Louise.Johns@icr.ac.uk'; 'Laura.Robison@icr.ac.uk'; 'Mark.Sydenham@icr.ac.uk';
'Antigoni.Divoli@icr.ac.uk'; 'James.Darcy@icr.ac.uk';
'Jonathan.Gear@icr.ac.uk'; 'Sandra.Edwards@icr.ac.uk';
'Michael.Swan@icr.ac.uk'; 'Chris.Bunton@icr.ac.uk'
Subject: Squash Coin Meter / Order Details
Dear All,
Just to let you
know that there have been no objections to going ahead with this order.
I’ve attached the
order pro-forma for your information and suggest that I pay by personal credit
card and claim back from club funds.
This should give
adequate insurance for any shipment problems.
The unit comes with
“12 month back to base warranty”. Total cost £340.75 incl VAT and carriage.
I would propose
to contact RMH works in the first instance for advice on installation.
Cheers, Steve
From: Steve Edwards [mailto:edwards@sketters.co.uk]
Sent: 23 September 2010 19:52
To: 'Edwards, Steve'; 'Chris.Stott@icr.ac.uk'; 'gunnlion@yahoo.co.uk';
'Louise.Johns@icr.ac.uk'; 'Laura.Robison@icr.ac.uk'; 'Mark.Sydenham@icr.ac.uk';
'Antigoni.Divoli@icr.ac.uk'; 'James.Darcy@icr.ac.uk';
'Jonathan.Gear@icr.ac.uk'; 'Sandra.Edwards@icr.ac.uk';
'Michael.Swan@icr.ac.uk'; 'Chris.Bunton@icr.ac.uk'
Subject: Squash Coin Meter - Quotation Update
Dear All,
Thanks to
everyone who replied. I’ve moved this forward by requesting a quotation and so
am forwarding this info for your final approval before placing the order.
Requested
features:
MatchPlay (MP)
(key over-ride),
Smatcard (RS)
PC interface
for allowing future connection (PC) RS232
7KVA switching
(higher than strandard 1KVA) to match our current Muller Meter system (£8 extra)
Quote: Wyvern 2000RS+MP+PC Interface+7KVA:
£285.00 + carriage and VAT.
The two
technical leaflets that I received are deposited at:
http://theupsclub.co.uk/squash_download/Wyvern_2000.pdf
http://theupsclub.co.uk/squash_download/Wyvern_2000_Manual_Iss_5.pdf
(Instruction Manual)
Please
circulate your views as usual please asap,
Cheers, Steve
From: Steve Edwards [mailto:edwards@sketters.co.uk]
Sent: 10 August 2010 22:20
To: 'Edwards, Steve'; 'Chris.Stott@icr.ac.uk'; 'gunnlion@yahoo.co.uk';
'Louise.Johns@icr.ac.uk'; 'Laura.Robison@icr.ac.uk'; 'Mark.Sydenham@icr.ac.uk';
'Antigoni.Divoli@icr.ac.uk'; 'James.Darcy@icr.ac.uk';
'Jonathan.Gear@icr.ac.uk'; 'Sandra.Edwards@icr.ac.uk';
'Michael.Swan@icr.ac.uk'; 'Chris.Bunton@icr.ac.uk'
Subject: RE: Squash Coin Meter - ZIP Update
Dear All,
Am just
forwarding the details I promised as a ZIP file.
The meter I’ve
made enquiries about is the Wyvern 2000
http://lci.gb.com/Products/ProductPage.aspx?MProductID=1
If we do decide to
go for a new meter then it might be an idea to have the smartcard and PC
connectivity options incase we want to look at coin free options in the future.
Please circulate
your views as usual please,
Cheers, Steve
From: Edwards, Steve [mailto:Steve.Edwards@imperial.nhs.uk]
Sent: 10 August 2010 12:59
To: Chris.Stott@icr.ac.uk; gunnlion@yahoo.co.uk; Louise.Johns@icr.ac.uk;
Laura.Robison@icr.ac.uk; Mark.Sydenham@icr.ac.uk; Antigoni.Divoli@icr.ac.uk;
James.Darcy@icr.ac.uk; Jonathan.Gear@icr.ac.uk; Sandra.Edwards@icr.ac.uk;
Michael.Swan@icr.ac.uk; Chris.Bunton@icr.ac.uk; edwards@sketters.co.uk
Subject: Squash Coin Meter
Dear All,
Just a short note to let you
know that the coin meter is playing up again.
It’s been doing so for
around a year but is now becoming really unreliable and difficult to reset, so
I think we need to buy a new one as discussed sometime ago.
I’ll fish out the details
and circulate, but would like to illicit opinions immediately please.
I’ll stick a note on the
meter tomorrow to ask people to adhere to an ‘honesty policy’ of putting in
money whilst the meter is on over-ride.
Cheers, Steve
Steve
Edwards
Ups Club
Squash Section Chairman
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