Bill Acceptor

BACKGROUND A bill acceptor validates paper currency and then sends a corresponding I/O signal to its output connector. It doesnt give change, validate coins or scan magnetic cards. Bill acceptors are found in vending and gaming machines, amusements, gasoline pumps, drop safes, automated payment systems and Internet kiosks. TABLE 1: BILL ACCEPTOR TYPES
Type Non-stacking Unit How it works Validated currency passes through an anti-cheat/sensor gate consisting of an optical or mechanical sensing device and falls out the back into the units cabinet. Validated currency passes through the validator head and is pushed into a cashbox where it is neatly stacked.

Application Note

A bill acceptor typically contains between five to 20 optical sensors such as LEDs and/or magnetic sensors. These sensors read data points off the bill, which are then digitized and compared with internal currency recognition software for validation. The three main types of bill acceptors are listed in Table 1.

Advantages/Disadvantages Bills become scattered over the bottom of the units cabinet. Bills are neatly stacked in a note cashbox. Multiple currency and wide interface capabilities available. Variety of sensors, locking cashboxes, diagnostics and industry specific units available.

Cost Range Low US$85-$300

Vertical Stacking Unit

Medium US$200-$300

Vertical and Horizontal Stacking Unit

Validated currency passes through the validator head and is pushed into a cashbox where it is neatly stacked.

High Up to US$800

SOLUTIONS
Table 2 lists the Honeywell system critical sensors and switches that may be integrated into bill acceptors.

TABLE 2: BILL ACCEPTOR APPLICATIONS Application Honeywell Solution and Link to Associated Product Family Web Page Leading Edge Detection SEP, SDP infrared sensors (Infrared Sensors)

Product Use Detect the bills leading edge, turning on a motor which drives the mechanism that pulls the bill across the scanning sensors Scan and read points of data or reflectance across the bill that are digitized and later compared with currency recognition software Validate currency with magnetic properties

Bill Validation

HOA, SEP, SDP infrared sensors (Infrared Sensors)

Ferrous Metal and Magnetic Property Detection

SS400 Series Hall effect digital position sensors (Solid State Position Sensors) 2SS52M magnetoresistive sensors (Solid State Position Sensors)

Sensing and Control

Bill Acceptor
Application Anti-cheat Sensor or Gate (Usually associated with the non-stacking type unit.) Honeywell Solution and Link to Associated Product Family Web Page V7, UM Series electromechanical switches (Basic Switches) SS400, SR16 Series Hall effect digital position sensors (Solid State Position Sensors) HOA infrared sensors (Infrared Sensors) HOA, SEP, SDP infrared sensors (Infrared Sensors) DM, UM Series electromechanical switches (Basic Switches) SS400, SR13, SR16 Series Hall effect digital position sensors (Solid State Position Sensors) HOA infrared sensors (Infrared Sensors) SS400, SR13 Series Hall effect digital position sensors (Solid State Position Sensors) FSL Series force sensors (Force Sensors)

Application Note

Product Use Ensure the bill completely enters the machine and is not allowed to be extracted Sensors may be strobed to ensure an open door state is recorded Provide door open detection

Money Door Open (After the bill has passed into the machine, it is collected or stacked in a holding area either a stacking box or a locked cabinet door.)

Money Collection Box Presence/Absence

Monitor for this indication

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