Patent ID: 8328087

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: an automated banking machine, wherein the automated banking machine is operable responsive at least in part to data read from data bearing records to cause financial transfers, wherein the automated banking machine includes a plurality of devices including: a card reader, wherein the card reader is operable to read card data from user cards, wherein the card data corresponds to financial accounts, a cash dispenser, wherein the cash dispenser is operable to selectively dispense cash stored in the automated banking machine, a keypad, and a receipt printer; at least one processor in operable communication with each of the devices, wherein the at least one processor is operable to communicate with at least one of the devices to acquire device condition information from the at least one device; wherein the at least one processor is operable to communicate output data to a hand held device positioned adjacent the automated banking machine, wherein the at least one processor is operable to encode the acquired device condition information in a machine readable format in the output data, such that the hand held device is operable to determine the acquired device condition information from the output data for use by a technician with servicing the automated banking machine.