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Manual 18-ccTalk Version 0.6
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6. Serial Communication: Why and how to use it
This section describes some differences between a conventional build machine and a machine using
a network like ccTalk.
Serial Communication: One (cheap) network cable does it all
Traditional build machines have a central control board that controls all attached devices.
Each hopper is connected to the board with it's own 4 wire cable and connectors.
Money acceptors are connected to the board using flat cables of 10 wires or more with their own
connectors.
Traditional machine wiring
You can be seen that you need often 3 different cables (1 coin acceptor, 1 note acceptor and 2
hoppers) in order to build a system. This is a quite expensive system.
Network wired machine
shows how a system looks if a ccTalk network is used.
As can be, a networked solution is much simpler, because only 1 long cable consisting of 3 wires
(power, data, and ground) connect all devices to the control board. Each device would typically use
the same connector.
Machine Control Board
Coi
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Not
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Hop
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Hop
p
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Coin
Acceptor
Note
Reader
Hopper 1
Hopper 2
Machine Control Board
ccTalk
connector
Coin
acceptor Note
acceptor Hopper 1 Hopper 2
ccTalk network: 3 wires