Summary of Contents for AUTOMATROM PICOBRIDGE RS232
- Page 1 PICOBRIDGE RS232 (Executive ↔ MDB bridge mode) v06.05.2018 © - 2018 – AUTOMATROM SRL – www.automatrom.ro Page 1/26...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
19. Read bills counter - METREADBILLSCOUNTER..........19 20. Write bills counter – METWRITEBILLSCOUNTER(value)........19 21. Read change counter - METREADCHANGECOUNTER........20 22. Write change counter – METWRITECHANGECOUNTER(value)......20 23. Read cashless counter - METREADCASHLESSCOUNTER........20 © - 2018 – AUTOMATROM SRL – www.automatrom.ro Page 2/26... - Page 3 C. Unsolicited messages....................23 1. Vend request......................23 2. Vend result.......................23 3. Bill accepted......................23 4. Coin accepted......................24 5. Change requested....................25 6. Cashless finish session...................25 7. Cashless start session.....................25 8. Button pressed......................25 Notes:...........................26 © - 2018 – AUTOMATROM SRL – www.automatrom.ro Page 3/26...
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Page 4: Device Overview
(vend success, vend failed); • reading informations about the cash inserted and about the change returned to the; • reading informations about the VMC status; • resetting the device. • © - 2018 – AUTOMATROM SRL – www.automatrom.ro Page 4/26... -
Page 5: Hardware Overview
J4 – RS232 DB9 female connector. You need a straight cable or you can connect • an USB to RS232 cable. Please make sure your USB to RS232 cable/converter can correctly handle hardware flow (RTS/CTS). Best results were obtained using FTDI © - 2018 – AUTOMATROM SRL – www.automatrom.ro Page 5/26... -
Page 6: Power Supply Requirements
The PICOBRIDGE can be powered with 24V AC/DC or 12V AC/DC, depending on your MDB PERIPHERALS. NOTE: If you apply 24AC, please make sure that your MDB peripherals can support 34VDC input. Otherwise, use a DC power supply. © - 2018 – AUTOMATROM SRL – www.automatrom.ro Page 6/26... -
Page 7: Device Memory Map
Bill counter (accumulated bill accepted value) 827 → 830 Coins counter (accumulated coins accepted value) 831 → 1023 Products counters (2 bytes for each product, from selection 1 to 96) © - 2018 – AUTOMATROM SRL – www.automatrom.ro Page 7/26... -
Page 8: Low Level Communication Protocol
As a convention for the protocol description tables, B0, B1, … Bn represents “byte number” and b0, b1, … bn represents “bit number”. Also, we will refer to this interface as “device” or as “bridge” © - 2018 – AUTOMATROM SRL – www.automatrom.ro Page 8/26... -
Page 9: Write To Memory
0. <HEADER> <CMD> <PARAMETERS> <CRC> (B0) (B1) (B2 to Bn) (Bn + 1) 0xFA 0x03 No parameters 0xF9 Device response ACK or NACK, according to the command execution result © - 2018 – AUTOMATROM SRL – www.automatrom.ro Page 9/26... -
Page 10: Get Device Status
- B76 – B87 – device serial number (ASCII representation of HEX serial number) Most of the above values may be modified by using writemem command at the right address (see memory map table) © - 2018 – AUTOMATROM SRL – www.automatrom.ro Page 10/26... -
Page 11: Send Some Credit To The Machine
- B6 → B9 – The value (not scaled) of the current cashless credit on the machine (if an MDB cashless device is connected and the cashless media is inserted). © - 2018 – AUTOMATROM SRL – www.automatrom.ro Page 11/26... -
Page 12: Product Selected - Unsolicited Message
- B2 – B5 – the value (not scaled) of the credit available on cashless media For example, for EUR1.00 the values will be: - B2 = 0x00 - B3 = 0x00 - B4 = 0x00 - B5 = 0x64 © - 2018 – AUTOMATROM SRL – www.automatrom.ro Page 12/26... -
Page 13: Cashless Finished Session - Unsolicited Message
- if the change operation is inhibited in the interface settings Pressing changer escrow lever while the current credit is 0 will be ignored. No message sent in this situation. © - 2018 – AUTOMATROM SRL – www.automatrom.ro Page 13/26... -
Page 14: High Level Protocol
First parameter of this function is the address to start reading, the second parameter is the length (in bytes) to read Device response "{DeviceMessage": "ReadMemory", "StartAddress": 0, "DataLegth": 10, "MemoryData": [0,0,0,100,0,0,0,150,0,0]} © - 2018 – AUTOMATROM SRL – www.automatrom.ro Page 14/26... -
Page 15: Send Credit To The Machine - Metsendcredit(Value)
This device has no temperature sensor, it will always return 0.00 – kept for protocol compatibility 6. Device reset - METRESET This command will reset the device Command METRESET Device response {"DeviceResponse": "Acknowledge","MessageID": 101} {"Error": "Syntax Error","ErrorCode": 1001} {"Error": "Unknown command","ErrorCode": 1002} © - 2018 – AUTOMATROM SRL – www.automatrom.ro Page 15/26... -
Page 16: Read Product Price - Metreadprice(N)
For example set max credit to EUR 5:.00 value is loaded only once, at start-up METWRITEMAXCREDIT(500) Device response {"DeviceResponse": "Acknowledge","MessageID": 101} {"Error": "Syntax Error","ErrorCode": 1001} {"Error": "Unknown command","ErrorCode": 1002} © - 2018 – AUTOMATROM SRL – www.automatrom.ro Page 16/26... -
Page 17: Read Maximum Change Setting - Metreadmaxchange
Command Description METREADSCALINGFACTOR - Reads the SCALING FACTOR settings credit and price display. Below is the an example answer to the METREADSCALINGFACTOR command (where scaling factor is Device response {"DeviceResponse":"ReadScalingFactor","ScalingFactorValue":"10"} © - 2018 – AUTOMATROM SRL – www.automatrom.ro Page 17/26... -
Page 18: Write Scaling Factor - Metwritescalingfactor(Value)
- Writes the DECIMAL POINT. For example set decimal point to 2: Requires METRESET after issuing this command, since the METWRITESCALINGFACTOR(2) value is loaded only once, at start-up Device response {"DeviceResponse": "Acknowledge","MessageID": 101} {"Error": "Syntax Error","ErrorCode": 1001} {"Error": "Unknown command","ErrorCode": 1002} © - 2018 – AUTOMATROM SRL – www.automatrom.ro Page 18/26... -
Page 19: Read Coins Counter - Metreadcoinscounter
Command Description METWRITEBILLSCOUNTER(value) - Writes the bills counter. For example resetting the counter on cash-collect: METWRITEBILLSCOUNTER(0) Device response {"DeviceResponse": "Acknowledge","MessageID": 101} {"Error": "Syntax Error","ErrorCode": 1001} {"Error": "Unknown command","ErrorCode": 1002} © - 2018 – AUTOMATROM SRL – www.automatrom.ro Page 19/26... -
Page 20: Read Change Counter - Metreadchangecounter
Command Description METWRITECASHLESSCOUNTER(value) - Writes the cashlesscounter. For example resetting the counter on cash-collect: METWRITECASHLESSCOUNTER(0) Device response {"DeviceResponse": "Acknowledge","MessageID": 101} {"Error": "Syntax Error","ErrorCode": 1001} {"Error": "Unknown command","ErrorCode": 1002} © - 2018 – AUTOMATROM SRL – www.automatrom.ro Page 20/26... -
Page 21: Read Product Counter - Metreadproductcounter(N)
Writes the vending settings in the device’s memory Requires METRESET after issuing this command, since the value is loaded only once, at start-up Device response {"DeviceResponse": "Acknowledge","MessageID": 101} {"Error": "Syntax Error","ErrorCode": 1001} {"Error": "Unknown command","ErrorCode": 1002} © - 2018 – AUTOMATROM SRL – www.automatrom.ro Page 21/26... -
Page 22: Read Current Credit - Metreadcurrentcredit
- y = year - 00-99 - wd = week day – 1-7 (1 for Sunday, 2 for Monday, etc.) Device response {"DeviceResponse": "Acknowledge","MessageID": 101} {"Error": "Syntax Error","ErrorCode": 1001} {"Error": "Unknown command","ErrorCode": 1002} © - 2018 – AUTOMATROM SRL – www.automatrom.ro Page 22/26... -
Page 23: Reading Rtc
This message is send by the device, every time a bill is inserted into the bill validator and stacked. Message {DeviceMessage": "BillAccepted","BillAcceptedValue": 500} Description “BillAcceptedValue” is the value of the last accepted bill (in this example, bill of EUR5.00). © - 2018 – AUTOMATROM SRL – www.automatrom.ro Page 23/26... -
Page 24: Coin Accepted
This message is send by the device, every time a coin is inserted into the coin acceptor and sorted to a tube or to the cash-box. Message {DeviceMessage": "CoinAccepted","CoinAcceptedValue": 50} Description “CoinAcceptedValue” is the value of the last accepted coin (in this example, coin of EUR0.50). © - 2018 – AUTOMATROM SRL – www.automatrom.ro Page 24/26... -
Page 25: Change Requested
This message is send by the device, every time a button is pressed. Message {"DeviceMessage": "ButtonPressed","ButtonNumber": 1} Description - “ButtonNumber” is the number of the pressed button (in this example, button #1) © - 2018 – AUTOMATROM SRL – www.automatrom.ro Page 25/26... -
Page 26: Notes
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