MDB, which stands for "Multi-Drop Bus," is a communication protocol used in vending machines to allow the exchange of information between different components, such as the payment system, the coin mechanism, the bill validator, and the control board. MDB is a standard developed by the National Automatic Merchandising Association (NAMA) and is widely used in...
RS232 in Vending via MDB RS-232 (in former times also called V.24) is a really ancient standard for serial interfaces. RS-232 actually is an electrical standard, defining voltage levels and maximum cable lengths, but it is commonly used for a specific way to send bits too (asynchronous, with start and stop bits etc). Almost everyone in the...
MDB 4.3: The Ultimate Guide to the Latest Vending Protocol If you're involved in the vending industry, you may have heard the term "MDB" thrown around. But what does it stand for, and what does it have to do with vending? MDB stands for "Multi-Drop Bus," and it is a type of communication protocol used in vending...
MDB 4.3: The Ultimate Guide to the Latest Vending Protocol What is that new version of the Vending Machine Peripherals Protocol, and how does it affect me? MDB is THE standard for interfacing payment peripherals to Vending Machines. Its internal controllers (commonly written as VMC- vending machine controllers). The standard is decades old, it was first defined in...
Immutable Records on the Blockchain Hello! Today we will talk about battling transparency in industry. How can we, as customers, assure that the products we buy are really local? Or aren’t being produced using child labor, slavery or other unethical or illegal exploitations? On the other hand, how can we as producers assure to our customers that our products...
No-Touch Product Dispense. More interesting and easy than ever! Description Do you want to "remote control" a vending machine, build a solution where you select the available products in an app and use your mobile to pay and dispense? We have the technology for you. Qibixx will release a new firmware for the MDB-USB and MDB Pi HAT products...
Description Today we will show you how our Qibaccount works on a real life setting. By scanning a QR Code the system accesses the user's Cloud Wallet and informs the machine if there are funds available or not to dispense the product - in this case, an espresso. Read More: In this video we present a real-life demonstration of...
Description See how we enable any coin accepting machine to get credited with Twint thanks to the "Digital VMC" from Qibixx. In this video we show you how this works with a Bally Pinball Machine. Read More: In today's video we show how we have enabled a coin-activated Pinball Machine to accept Twint Payments. We are using our Barionet 1000...
This video explains the basics of digital interfacing, what to watch out for, and how this works on Qibixx and Qiba products. Important if you want to interface with contacts, voltages or the like to trigger a payment or credit action..
Hello! In this solution we will be showing you a very interesting application of our interface with a Palm Reader peripheral...
