Milan / Paylink System Manual
Issue 1.5 29 January 2020
CONFIDENTIAL
Not to be disclosed without prior written permission from Aardvark Embedded Solutions Ltd
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SYSTEM Details
The
SYSTEM
keyword introduces a section of overall configuration, which includes one or more of:
|USING DONGLE
This causes the Paylink driver program to look for a authorization dongle on a system that
only use USB connections to devices.
SIMULTANEOUS HOPPERS <Count>
Earlier versions of Paylink would only run a single hopper at a time in order to protect the
power supplies. If an installation has the power to run multiple hoppers at once, then this
parameter can be used to increase the number of simultaneously running hoppers.
WATCHDOG [On] [OUTPUT] <Pin>
The CheckOperation() facility already allows Paylink to discover that PC application is no
longer in contact, and to inhibit all the peripherals. This entry causes output <pin> on the
Paylink to be driven only when Paylink is in normal operation, to allow for the control of
arbitrary external equipment.
CODE VERSION [BETA | <Number>]
The Windows version of the Paylink driver checks to see if the firmware is a FULL release,
and puts up a warning message if not. This entry allows for the supression of such a
message.
POWER ON [ON] [OUTPUT] <Pin> DELAY <MSec>
To allow for the power on sequencing of the elements within a cabinet, this allows the Paylink
device to control an output that turns on a specific time after the Paylink powers up. This
entry causes output <pin> on the Paylink to be driven <Msec> milliseconds after the Paylink
itself powers up.
POWER ON RESET [ON] [OUTPUT] <Pin> DELAY <MSec>
For the situation where a Paylink can be used to correctly reset a PC, this generates a reset
pulse of <MSec> at startup, unless the PC driver establishes communication within 5
seconds.
MECHANICAL METER <Meter No> [ON] [OUTPUT] <pin>
This entry can repeated up to 8 times. Each entry defines to the Paylink meter functionality
that a mechanical meter <Meter No> is connect to output <Pin>. (More details are above.)
POWER FAIL [ON] [INPUT] <Pin>
This does not appear anywhere in the API. If used, this is a switch connection that should be
shorted to ground whenever the power supply is satisfactory and go open circuit as soon as
there is a problem. This input is used in two places:
1. As soon as this output triggers, all acceptors are disabled. This primarily allows coin
acceptors to reject coins that will not complete correct acceptance before the power fails
complete.
2. The mechanical meter processing will not start a pulse if this input is not satisfactory.
This removes the possibility of a pulse being cut short by a power failure.
COLOURS <Red D> <Green D> <Blue D> <Red E> <Green E> <Blue E>
This defines the system acceptor colours, as six numbers is the range 0 to 255. The first 3
numbers define a colour to used for a disabled acceptor, the 2
nd
three numbers define a
colour to used for an enabled acceptor.
At present this is only implemented on the Innovative SmartPayout.
