I’ve recently started looking after a vending machine and had a couple of situations where the screen froze and the card reader stopped responding. A simple power cycle fixed it both times, but I’m wondering if that’s actually a normal troubleshooting step or if I should be looking for an underlying problem.

I found this guide while trying to figure out the proper procedure: https://neuroshop.tech/blog/vending-machine-reset

For those who operate vending machines regularly, how often do you have to restart or reset them? And do you usually handle these issues yourself or call a technician whenever something goes wrong?