Cale BriParc have recently installed a total of 23 mains powered pay and display terminals across the City of Sunderland, UK. Cale terminals were chosen primarily for their resistance to vandalism as well as for their sleek, subtle appearance, as many of the terminals were to be located in the more historic areas of the city.
All of the Cale terminals at Sunderland are linked to a central back office computer via the GSM network. The Windows based software allows the Council to remotely operate ticket vend statistics, audit and event information.
In the event of a warning or alarm, such as a terminal is running low on tickets
or the cash box will soon need emptying, the terminal will dial up and report to the central computer. An SMS text message alarm can then be sent to a prescheduled mobile phone.
Different alarm types can be sent to different scheduled phones according to the time of day. As an example, an out of hours cash box removal can be reported to an appropriate officer.
