Navy Cash Standard Operating Procedures - Financial Management ...

A.2 Merchant CardsFor vending operations, a Merchant Card is a normal Navy Cash card that has beenassociated with a particular type of vending machine in the Navy Cash Application, that is,Vending Soda, which works in all soda machines, and Vending Store Items, which works insnack, phone card, and soap vending machines. Merchant cards cannot be used to vend or buyproducts in the vending machines. Each vending machine type will have one and only oneMerchant Card associated with it.A.3 Phase One—Close Out All Vending Machinesa. Step 1. Verify that the off-line queue in the CAD is empty by pressing the centerhidden button on the CAD, using the “No Card” Template to help locate the correct button. Amessage is then displayed on the CAD in the format “QUEUE : x” where x is the number ofmessages that have not been sent. In order to ensure that all transactions are included in thecurrent month, the queue should be empty, that is, the number of messages should be “0” beforeproceeding with the EOM and inventory.b. Step 2. When ready, insert the Merchant Card associated with the particular type ofvending machine into the CAD. A message is displayed on the CAD that indicates thatprocessing is taking place while the card is authenticated and checked against the negative cardlist.c. Step 3. If the Merchant Card is valid for that particular type of vending machine, theCAD in the machine will then display the date and time of the last EOM message on line 1 andthe Terminal ID on line 2. The date is shown in the format MM/DD/YY hh:mm. The Terminal IDis shown as a 16-digit number. The vending machine operator should record both thedate/time stamp and the Terminal ID. If no previous EOM has been performed, the CAD willdisplay the message, “EOM Not Done Yet.”d. Step 4. When ready, activate the EOM function by pressing the right-hand hiddenbutton on the CAD. The CAD will display the message “End of Month Activated,” and the EOMmessage is sent to the Navy Cash server. An EOM message is sent every time the button ispressed; however, to help prevent unnecessary EOM messages, the CAD will not send anotherEOM message for 15 seconds.e. Step 5. The inventory team can then count the merchandise in the machine.f. Step 6. Repeat steps 1 through 5 for the rest of the vending machines.A.4 Phase Two—Close Out All Vending and Ship’s Store Merchants (Parents)a. Step 1. When all vending machines have been closed out and inventories completed,log into the Navy Cash Application and click on the “Vending and Ship’s Store” link. The“Merchants and Vending Machines” box displays all the merchants, all the vending machinesassociated with each merchant (if any), and the Terminal ID numbers for the CADs tied to eachof the vending machines.(1) Click on the “+” of the Vending Soda Merchant (parent) to display all the sodamachines with associated CADs (a green traffic signal with a date and time is displayed for allvending machines inventoried).NC SOP Ver 1.12 x-Appendices.doc A-2 17-Aug-07