This installation guide covers L-series Washers. These readers use Pulse communication to trigger payment on the machine. Some common model numbers include L1125, L1075, L1040 and more.

Required Parts

Card Reader Kit
- The reader board MUST be "Generic Relay" - Part #: ASSY-02-02-11
Card Reader Wiring Harness
- Part #: 02-06-56
12V External Power Supply Adapter
- Part #: 03-01-46
High Voltage Sensor box (to determine the whether door is open or closed)
- Part # HV-SENSOR-01

Installation Summary

"Generic Relay" Card Reader board type must be used
Card Reader harness with spade connectors for coin drop emulation
External power supply used for Card Reader power
Machine Side settings: Configure the machine to start from 1 pulse

Installation Steps

Step 1: Turn Machine Power Off

It is always recommended to power the machine off before install the card readers.

Step 2: Remove coin-drop (For Card-Only Installs)

The Card Reader will be mounted in the area where the Coin Drop has been removed.

Step 3: Number the Card Reader using the reader's DIP switches:

In order to configure a Card Reader to report as a specific Washer or Dryer number, you need to set the reader's DIP Switches to specific positions. These DIP Switches ONLY affect what the reader will display as for it's machine type (Washer/Dryer) and it's machine number:

Review our: Reader DIP Switch settings article for details on how to set the Card Reader's Machine Type, and Reader Number.

You need to do this BEFORE mounting the Card Readers onto the machines, as accessing the back of the card reader is required.

Step 4: Card Reader Pulse/Start Connection

Open the machine and locate the brown wires with female spade connectors as shown below.

There should be BLUE wires coming from X9-7 and X9-11 on the machine;

these wires may be loose or going to an existing coin drop. Disconnect them from the Coin-drop if needed.

Connect these two blue wires to the GREEN and WHITE wires (called the START wires) on the provided Card Reader wiring harness

On L1125, L1075 model machines:

Machine Schematic - Coin Switch Inputs

On L1040 models, the wires might be 37 and 38

Step 5: High Voltage Sensor Connection

Locate the two blue wires with female spade connectors with as shown in the step above. Connect these wires to the two red wires from the provided High Voltage sensor box.

Step 6: Reader Power Connection

Connect the 12V power supply to an available outlet. Otherwise, splice the power supply to 110V/220Vac and connect the 12Vdc plug to the mating plug on the harness.

When connecting to the machine directly, you'll be cutting off the AC prong, and splicing these wires directly to the machine (we recommend consulting the manufacturer, or an electrician, to confirm this type of connection).

Step 7: Mounting the Card Reader

If you ordered Card-Only reader kits, follow this general guide.
If you ordered Hybrid (Coin + Card) reader kits, follow this general guide.

Step 8: Activate the Card Reader

Activate the card reader using the Activation Card for this specific location:

Note: you MUST use the Activation Card for THIS SPECIFIC LOCATION,
or else the card reader will not appear on the LaundroPortal for this location.

This will activate the reader and programs the reader with the location's specific Support and Location IDs.

The Card Reader will then automatically connect to VAC01's wireless network and once connected, will be visible on the LaundroPortal where you can configure it's vend prices.

Setting Vend Pricing

Set Vend pricing via the LaundoPortal.

Note that the reader, is emulating a coin drop, and ONLY sends one pulse to trigger the machine to start, so you need to configure the machine to start a cycle off of this ONE pulse.

For additional information about machine vend pricing, review our Configuring Card Reader/Machine Vend Prices article.

Troubleshooting

Below are problems commonly encountered during installation of readers on these machines.

For more general card reader troubleshooting, see the Card Reader Troubleshoot section of our Help Center

Issue	Explanation and resolution
Reader takes money, but machine cycle does not start	The Card Reader will only sends ONE pulse to the machine, so ensure that the machine is configured to start off of one pulse. If the machine is only deducting 25cents from its displayed vend price, when a Laundry Card is used, then the Card Reader is installed correctly, but the machine side settings need to be configured so it starts from 1 pulse (the machine is currently registering the pulse, but only as a 25cents payment instead of the entire vend price). Therefore, inside the MACHINE's configuration settings, you can either: Change the value of one pulse to be equal to the full vend price of the machine, or Change the machine's vend price to $0.25 or less. In either case, the one pulse from the reader would satisfy the machine's vend price and trigger the machine to start it's cycle.
The machine starts, but once the cycle is over the Card Reader continues to display "Busy"	The Card Reader's Cycle Time (mins) setting is out of sync with the machine actual cycle time of the machine: Pulse communication Card Readers are NOT communicating with the machine directly, so the only way the Card Reader knows how long a wash cycle lasts for is based on the amount of time programmed into the Card Reader's Cycle Time (mins) setting. Regardless of what's actually happening with the machine, once the reader takes a payment, it starts a timer based on this setting, and the reader will display "Busy" until it's internal time has expired. The machine is in complete control of the cycle time, so adjust the machine settings to set the actual cycle time, then ensure you configure the reader with the same cycle time. If you have different cycles that last for different amounts of time, the reader should be programmed with the shortest cycle's time.
Card Reader reboots itself whenever it takes payment from a Laundry Card	Check the external power supply to ensure it's pulling power from a source that provides constant power at all times. It may be the case that the power supply is connected to wires that only provide constant power when the machine is at idle, but during a cycle start, power may be interrupted temporarily causing the reader to reboot. If you've confirmed that the reader receives constant power during the machines start up sequency, try doing a swap test to see if the power supply or card reader board has a hardware issue.
Reader display showing "BUSY" but machine is not running	The problem is likely in one of these four issues: the High Voltage Sensor is not properly connected there's a problem with the High Voltage Sensor. there's a problem with the washing machine there's a problem with the card reader If this is a new installation.... Chances are it is issue #1, so double check the splicing to the two grey wires. You should also do a Reader Swap with a reader/machine that IS presently working. If this reader/machine was working before...then it is likely issue #2 or #3. Call the Laundroworks support team for assistance. If it's an issue with the High Voltage sensor, we can configure the reader to ignore the High Voltage Sensor to see if reader can start the machine.

Continental-Girbau L-Series Washers