E 10210 12 - 2005
Protocols:
MODULAR X6 CCTALK VALIDATOR 6
1.
CCTALK
®
SERIAL COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL
This technical manual comprises the serial communication protocol cctalk
®
implemented on
the X6 validators.
1.1
Introduction
The communication protocol that has been implemented in the Validator is compatible with
cctalk®. The specification used for the implementation of this communication protocol is the
following: cctalk Serial Communication Protocol, Generic Specification, Issue 4.3.
General characteristics of working in serial mode:
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The validator will have a default address assigned in the factory, but this can be
changed with cctalk commands (“Address change” “Address poll”).
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The validator can work with a total of 16 different types of coins.
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It has 16 inhibit bits, one for each type of coin (command “Modify inhibit status”).
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The validator can work with a 5 or 3 ways sorter.
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The default sorter path can be programmed with the command “Modify default sorter
path”.
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The sorter paths can be inhibited: command “Modify sorter override status”. Each coin
has programmed 4 possible sorter paths. If the path programmed as a first optin (path
1) is inhibited the coin will be diverted to path 2. If this is inhibited will be diverted to
path 3 and if it is inhibited the coin will go to path 4. If all the paths are inhibited the
coin will go to the default path.
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After the switching on the validator or after a reset all the coins will be inhibited.
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The exit code of the coins that are being accepted by the validator can be transmitted to
the machine in reply to the command “Read buffered credit or error codes”. It is advised
that the machine poll the validator with this command at intervals from 100 ms. to 900
ms.. If the time is above 1 second without the machine polling, the validator inhibits the
acceptance of all coins until it receives a new “Read buffered credit or error codes”
command. This way of working avoids the validator admitting coins when the machine is
not working correctly.
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The Validator has the possibility to work in “secure mode”: certain commands are not
admitted in order to avoid the modification of the working way of the Validator.