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...
Welcome! In this tutorial we are going to teach you how you can license your MDB-USB Interface from Qibixx. All you need is your MDB-USB Interface (obviously), a USB cable and our MDB Toolchest Software. Read the text below or watch the video to learn more...
Learn how to connect a machine (Vending Machine controller) – in this case, a Raspberry Pi – to our MDB Pi Hat so it can credit the machine and successfully vend something...
In this concept review we will be teaching you how to properly update your Interface’s Firmware. It’s really simple and fast to do it and there’s a couple of different ways to do it...
Use your MDB-USB Interface or MDB Pi Hat to connect to the MDB Bus and sniff it. Along with the MDB Toolchest Software you can record and keep the data that’s being “shared” between your VMC (Vending Machine Controller) and your peripherals in the MDB Bus...
