Computer software used in the management of electronic parking meter equipment; computer software used to communicate with other computers and with electronic parking equipment such as parking meters, pay and display machines, pay-by-space machines, multi-space machines, automated vending machines and automated metering devices, to configure, monitor and audit parking meters, to track the components of parking meter systems, to reconcile the count of cash validated and recorded by parking equipment with the physical count of cash collected from the equipment, to generate and maintain records and to generate statistical reports; parking meter equipment, namely, parking meters, pay-by-space machines, namely, an automated stand alone venue for motor vehicle parking lot or space management, namely, a device which receives payment via coins, tokens, credit cards and smart chip cards, issues receipt and authorization tickets and tracks the allocation of parking services, automated vending machines, parking meters; parking space or lot metering devices, namely, an automated stand alone kiosk providing parking lot or parking space rental management services in the form of cash, credit card or other electronic payment acceptance and parking approval and acknowledgement with physical receipt, which receives, records, acknowledges, provides physical receipt for and manages payment for parking lot or parking space rental by way of card or coins; pay and display machines, namely, automated stand alone kiosk for motor vehicle parking lot management, namely, a device which receives payment via card or coin, issues receipt and authorization tickets and tracks the allocation of parking services within a defined geographic area; multi-space machines, namely, automated stand alone kiosk for motor vehicle parking lot management, namely, a device which receives payment via card or coin, tracks the allocation of individual parking spaces within a defined geographic area