bill acceptor question

[mrcram]

hey is there a way I could set up a bill acceptor to a computer. like a dolllar would be 5 minutes, etc.

[Ken Layton]

Not with just a bill acceptor. You need a "coin timer box" like on a kiddie ride. Check out www.vendapin.com and their line of standalone bill/coin timer boxes.

All a bill acceptor does is process and verify the bill, then output a pulse from a relay or a small transistor to an external controller of some kind.