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Can Any Bill Acceptor connect to a PC?

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BASS!:

--- Quote from: TalkingBull on July 25, 2008, 02:16:53 am ---I recently got a bill validator off eBay that is already set to take all the new bills.  I need to get a new coin door to hold it though... I have an old Midway 2-chute door with no port for a validator in it.  If anyone has a spare, please let me know.

As to the interface, it has a power cable and nothing more... I don't know what the heck I am going to do with this thing... just think it would look cool in my machine.

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You could always just have it eat money, and have your friends be on the honor system, heck they are your friends right? :P

TalkingBull:
I don't make my friends pay to play on my machine.  I have coin-up buttons on the CP.  I put in the Coin Door because there was this huge hole to fill (Ultimate Arcade II) and once it was in there, I had to get it to work!  It bugged me!  I just think it would be cool to have a bill validator.. and yes, I could have it just suck up cash and make it a somewhat unique bank, I would get irritated that I wasn't getting credits racked up.  I think I will end up getting the serial adapter that is sold over at HAPP along with their 12V adapter I apparently need.  I still need that coin door though...

M.Lanza:
I have a mars 2000 series bill validator installed in my megatouch.

It seems like the bill validator sends out electrical pulses when currency is inserted,
with each pulse being equal to one coin.

For example:
$1.00 bill = 4 pulses
$2.00 bill = 8 pulses
$5.00 bill = 20 pulses

I am by no means an expert on this stuff, but it seems possible that
some kind of circuit exists that will translate these electrical pulses into
button presses similar to how a coin door microswitch would be connected
that would be far cheaper than what happ is offering.

Also, if your bill acceptor can operate on 12v DC current, I don't see why you couldn't
connect it to your computer's powersupply.

I'm not absolutly sure that what i've typed is correct, so maybe someone
more knoledgable can offer more insight into this.

Ken Layton:
Bill acceptors come in many different operating voltages, mounting configurations, snout styles, upstacker/downstacker/stackerless, wiring pinouts, output configurations, communication protocols. There were a limited number of Midway "Ms Pacman" style coin doors made with a cutout for a Rowe "OBA" series bill acceptor (stackerless) used on the Midway "NFL Football" laserdisc games.

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