User Manual
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4.
Interfaces, connections and terminal configuration
The Apollo terminal series supports various different interfaces to connect to a host machine.
Section Error! Reference source not found. gives an overview of the available interfaces.
For more information on the use of the interfaces and the configuration of the relevant
parameters, see chapter 0.
Interface mode
Description
MDB
Multidrop bus (MDB) is an industry standard for interfacing with vending machines. If your
machine supports an MDB cashless device, then integrating and connecting to the cashless
device is easy, provided that the MDB standard has been implemented properly in your
machine. An advantage of MDB is that the interface also supplies power to the terminal,
requiring no additional power supply.
Executive
The Apollo series terminals can be combined with the VendBox to enable executive mode
functionality. The VendBox is a Payter product and acts as a converter between the
executive and the MDB interface.
Potential Free
Pulse Contact
A configurable potential free pulse contact is available to signal your application that a
payment transaction has been successfully processed. In addition, an input port is available
to enable or disable the terminal, if, for example, the machine is out of order. Although the
potential free pulse contact interface is widely used, there is no standardization and
attention must be paid to electrical details before it can be used.
RTP
The Remote Terminal Protocol (RTP) is used to manage the functionality of the terminal
from your software application from anywhere in a LAN or through a USB connection.
PVP
The message-based Payter Vending Protocol (PVP) provides basic functionality for
machine-to-terminal communication, over an RS232 connection.
CCI
The message-based Coffee Credit Interface (CCI) is used in certain coffee machines and
communicates over RS232.
Table 1: Available host machine interfaces
Internet connection
Table 2 lists the available options to connect the terminal to the internet.
Internet
connection
Description
LAN
A LAN port allows the Apollo series terminals to connect to the internet through a LAN
network.
3G/HSPA modem
If there is no access to a LAN network, a 3G/HSPA modem is optionally available.
Table 2: Available internet connections
