MDB-RS232® (MDB2PC®)
For Easy Vending Machine Payment Interface Design
An easy-to-use, powerful MDB converter. It can connect MDB interface bill acceptor, coin validator, and cashless payment device to RS232 interface VMC board, for example: Computer, Android motherboard, PLC or Raspberry Pi board. Complete a reliable payment interface for the vending machine.
How does the MDB-RS232 work with the VMC board? All data from the MDB payment devices (Bill acceptor, Coin validator and Cashless device) are available to the VMC board. Additionally, all commands can be sent to the MDB device from the VMC board through MDB-RS232 box (ie. Dispense, Enable, Disable etc...). The basic purpose of MDB-RS232 is to connect peripheral devices with only MDB interfaces to VMC motherboards with only RS232 serial ports. Implement the transmission of MDB protocol data..
MDB-RS232® (Pro Engineer)
Support Age Verification and USD device
If you need to develop vending machines for selling similar products such as cigarettes or alcohol products. In some countries, these products may be restricted to different ages, so the vending machine needs to confirm the age of the purchaser before the automatic vending.
Therefore, when you develop a vending machine, you need to have an MDB age verification interface. Or reserve the interface that may be needed for later expansion. And the PRO version also provides more device connections, such as Cashless 2 and USD devices. Of course, our Pro version of the MDB box is fully compatible with other versions..
MDB-RS232® (Raspberry Pi Hat Version)
MDB2PI - Easy to Design a Smart Raspberry pi VMC
The MDB Raspberry Pi Box (mdb2pi) is your good solution for an MDB integration with Raspberry pi. It can fit a Raspberry Pi, an MDB2Pi board and comes in a one box (MDB2PI board plug onto the Raspberry pi GPIO connector).This gives you all the features of the MDB-RS232 and the convenience to fit together with the Raspberry pi.
The MDB Raspberry Pi Box makes it easy to develop a smart MDB vending machines. The MDB2Pi inside the box takes care of the MDB specific 9-bit format and timing constraints and simply forwards the MDB data to your application running on the Raspberry Pi, using a simple serial protocol. Then the Raspberry Pi will serve as a mini motherboard for the vending machine, and receive the payment and control the MDB payment devices through the MDB2PI.
About The MDB-RS232 Adapter box
Smart MDB communication module for vending machine design!
Smart Designed MDB-RS232 Adapter Box
The vending industry standard NAMA Multi-Drop Bus (MDB) payment device may now be interfaced to a PC through the MDB-RS232 adapter box. The MDB-RS232 allows Coin Acceptance, Change Dispensing, credit card reader and bill validator all controlled by the VMC (RS232 interface),such as PC, PLC or android board.
Conforms to all NAMA MDB specification and is compatible with any MDB compliant vending device. Hardware interface comes with cables,user's guide and user's protocal.
We have been designing the MDB adapter for more than 15 years, and the updated version of MDB-RS232 will always be compatible with the previous version. Therefore, users can use our equipment with confidence, even if our products have been updated and your technical staff may have left. But our new MDB box will remain compatible. You can still buy it directly, plug and play. It will not cause you to be unable to provide services to customers because you cannot purchase the previous adapter.
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MDB-RS232's Main Features
Happy to select and use our MDB box. It is very easy to start!
Innovative Design
Simple to start and use our mdb box.
Good quality in manufacture
We manufactured more than 10,0000 units mdb box for the worldwide market.
Low Pricing
Provide the economical solution for mdb vending machine development.
Fully Secured
The safe and stable MDB communication module is the basic guarantee for your vending machine design.
Easy to Use
We provide the simple fast start manual.
Good service
We provide good technical service and fast response on the skype.
We Design, Manufacture and Sale
Hot-selling products from WAFERSTAR related to vending machines!
VMC Simulator's Main Features
Smart VMC board for cashless device test. It is very easy to start!
Innovative Design
Simple to start and use our VMC board with your project.
Full support for multiple MDB payment devices
Support MDB coin accepotr,bill validator,cashless payment device
Good price
Provide the economical test board for mdb cashless module development.
Fully Secured
The safe and stable technical module is the basic guarantee for your Cashless payment module design.
Easy to Use
We provide the simple fast start manual.
Good service
We provide good technical service and fast response on the skype.
Letpos's Main Features
Connect the MDB payment device to Pulse interface payment vending machine!
Innovative Design
Simple to start and use our letpos board with your simple pulse payment vending machine.
Plug and Use
Plug letpos board and then can use MDB cashless payment device for your vending machine
Full support for multiple MDB payment devices
Support MDB coin acceptor,bill acceptor, MDB card reader.
Fully Secured
The safe and stable MDB communication module is the basic guarantee for your vending machine design.
Easy to Use
We provide the simple fast start manual.
We tested...
We have tested with Nayax , PAX , MEI, ICT ....
MDB-SPY's Main Features
Monitor the MDB bus to learn MDB protocal,mdb sniffer to find out protocol errors, incompatibilities, timeouts!
Simple to use
Just simply plug it to the MDB bus of the vending machine
Simple to learn the protocal
Master and slave data are clearly separated in the serial port tool
Full support all MDB devices
Support MDB coin acceptor,bill acceptor, MDB card reader and all other devices
Good MDB development tool
Easy to use, no need special software, Raw MDB Data easy to be understood
Easy to Use
We provide the simple fast start manual.
We tested...
We have tested with Necta , FuJi , TCN , ICT ....
What Our Users Say’s
See what our happy Customer say about MDB-RS232. We are proud to have our users.
"Very easy to use, let us quickly complete the development of the vending machine. And it has been shipped in bulk. From R&D to shipment, it only took less than two months.”
Rik Vermeer User from India “WAFERSTAR's technical support is very professional. We have used this device for more than 10 years.”
Simon Brown User from USA “We trust WAFER very much, and we have been working together for more than 8 years. From the MDB-RS232 adapter, they continue to introduce new products and solve many problems for us. Including the cashless payment adapter we have ordered these days, it is very simple and applicable.”
Nicola Jacques User from Canada “We met 10 years ago and WAFER's technical strength is very strong. They have been making this product for more than 10 years and it is stable, reliable.”
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Relative products
We have a series of related products available!
MDB-RS232
COM Version
- RS232 interface
- Good Technical Support
- Long-term application guarantee
- Simple and Professional
- Online Skype Service
MDB-RS232
USB Version
- Fully Compatible
- FT232RL USB chip on board
- Comprehensive USB driver support
- Simple and Professional
- Online Skype Service
MDB-RS232
Raspberry Pi Version
- Plug on the Raspberry PI
- Well-designed plastic case
- Communicate through RXD and TXD on GPIO
- Output DC5V for Raspberry PI
- Online Skype Service
RS232-MDB
For Cashless Payment
- Different from MDB-RS232
- For existing vending machine
- Working as mdb cashless payment device
- Simple and Professional
- Online Skype Service
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Frequently Questions and Answers
You can find the questions and answers of your interest here!
MDB is the protocol developed by NAMA members. The "Multi-Drop Bus" (MDB) protocol is not compatible with the standard PC RS232 protocol and therefore a hardware and software converter is necessary. The MDB-RS232 is a designed to convert the MDB protocol to an RS232 protocol and also performs the necessary voltage conversion. The MDB-RS232 also relieves the Polling requirements thereby allowing the same PC to perform other tasks easily.
The MDB-RS232 is necessary to interface the standard Vending machine MDB protocol to a standard PC because:
Of course, the MDB-RS232 of the USB interface is connected to the motherboard, and the USB driver needs to be installed on the motherboard. In this way, when the USB version of MDB-RS232 is plugged into the motherboard, a virtual COM port will be generated. The RS232 communication control can be carried out in accordance with the COM port mode.
Of course, the hardware connection is relatively simple. A professional hardware engineer is not necessarily required. However, you need to have a professional software engineer to complete the subsequent VMC software development work. At the same time, you also need to research and read the MDB standard protocol so that you can fully control the equipment and develop a higher quality software system.
Therefore, after received the MDB-RS232 samples, you need to connect the MDB bill acceptor and coin acceptor (of course we also can connect the MDB cashless device together at the same time), connect the other DB9 end to the computer, and turn on the Waferstar's MDB pc test tool (open the correct serial port). Then start to power on the devices with DC24V. After power is supplied, MDB-RS232 will automatically send polling POLL commands to each MDB device, and all valid data after the device is powered on will be forwarded to the computer's serial port. At the same time, you can also send MDB commands to control the payment device through the MDB test software. For example, "Enable", "Disable" and so on. You can use bill currency and coins for testing. After receiving the banknotes or coins, the data will be sent to the computer in time.
In this way, after a simple test, we will have a preliminary understanding of the MDB protocol and commands. Then we can compare the MDB protocol to learn and understand according to the sent commands and the received data.
Next, you can start your own application design, you can choose to use the WINDOWS system, of course, many customers will also choose to use the Android system motherboard.
Of course, there will be some problems in the your design process, and we can also consult the technicians of waferstar. We will provide the best assistance to help you understand and complete the project design quickly.
Of course, if you need the source code of the PC test software, you need to purchase the SDK. The SDK also includes more detailed and Quick-response technical support (this is the key point) and two USB-to-serial adapters.
After purchasing the SDK, our technical staff will assist you to understand the MDB protocol, analyze the errors in the receiving and sending of MDB commands, including subsequent understanding of the protocol. It is equivalent to a small amount of expense for you and one more technical guidance of the MDB protocol to help you quickly understand and complete the development.
Of course, for new users, we strongly recommend the 2020 new version of MDB-RS232. Because the new version not only has some command optimizations, but also supports more slave devices, such as Cashless 60H address device, USD devices, etc., which can facilitate subsequent system upgrades. As for the old users, if they don't want to change the software, or for the convenience of after-sales, they can continue to use the previous version of MDB-RS232.
In WAFERSTAR's online shop, there is an MDB-RS232 adapter. There is also an RS232-MDB adapter. They look similar in appearance, but they are actually two completely different products. If customers do not read the product description carefully,then will easily place an order incorrectly. Please read the following carefully. If you are not sure, you can also contact us before ordering.
MDB-RS232 is used to connect the MDB bill acceptor,coin validator,cashless payment device to the RS232 device, for example a computer or PLC. then you will design the Software that will run in the PC and work as the master main vending controller. For example,you develop the kiosk information machine. then you need to connect the MDB bill acceptor,coin validator to computer,but you don't know how to connect the MDB interface payment device to computer, because computer only has the RS232 port, no MDB port.then you need to order the MDB-RS232 adapter (MDB2PC Adapter ).
RS232-MDB is used to connect the pc to existing vending machine.then you will need to design the Software that will run in the PC,POS or other RS232 devices and work as the slave cashless payment device.and then you PC will work as a cashless payment device to existing vending machine. For example,you want to use the PC to give payment credit to existing vending machine, or if you want to make the internet connection to the vending machine and give credit to vending machine remotely, then you need to order the RS232-MDB adapter (PC2MDB adapter ).
From the above description, it can be seen that in fact, RS232-MDB can be used as a cashless payment device and can be connected to the MDB-RS232 device. Here MDB-RS232 is directly connected to the PC as a host device. The RS232-MDB is a kind of slave payment device which is parallel to the Bill acceptor and coin validator at the same time.
CHICAGO — August 22, 2019 — NAMA announced today the release of the latest version of the Multi-Drop Bus (MDB) standards – Version 4.3.
This spring, NAMA VDI Task Force Chair Chris Lilly (Compass Group USA) appointed an ad hoc technical standards committee headed by Bob Ross (Ellenby Technologies, Inc.) with special assistance from Scott Hudis (Fawn Engineering Corp.), and Joe Simpkins (USA Technologies, Inc.) to implement revisions to MDB Version 4.2. Fifteen NAMA members volunteered to participate in this latest update, and significant contributions were also provided by the European Vending Association (EVA) with guidance from Vladimir Lopatin (Uvenco Group).
“As VDI coordinator, I applaud the fine work of this committee under the skillful leadership of Chris Lilly, Bob Ross, and Vladimir Lopatin,” said Michael Kasavana, Ph.D., NAMA Endowed Professor Emeritus. “Committee members provided valuable input that impacts our industry tremendously. MDB Version 4.3 allows for a comprehensive treatment of cashless transactions across convenience services. The MDB standard has a long history of quality and reliability, and MDB Version 4.3 is built on the same proven principles,” he concluded.
The MDB Version 4.2 standard had not been revised for eight years. MDB Version 4.3 is now available as a downloadable PDF on the NAMA website. Download your copy here. It is important to note that compared to the earlier version, MDB Version 4.3 revisions only appear in ‘Section 7 - Cashless Devices.’ The revised Section 7 is color coded to help clarify the changes. All other sections of MDB Version 4.3 remain identical to those of MDB 4.2.
MDB-RS232 supports the NAMA MDB protocol in V4.3
For example, credit card payment needs to be approved by the bank at the time of payment. Therefore, Cashless devices need to be connected to the payment system before they can be used.
Such as NAYAX equipment, although it can be connected to any vending machine. However, you must be sure it can be connected to the NAYAX system through other 4G or other networks. The Nayax system need to confirm the security and registration of the device. Therefore, when using this type of device, you must first communicate with the service provider for example Nayax company to ensure that the device you need to use is valid and can connect to the payment system.
Of course, if Engineer is not an experienced serial port communication design, or want to simply understand the command design and processing, you can also buy the SDK. The SDK mainly includes the source code of the PC test tool. The most important thing is that if you purchase the SDK, we will provide more technical support for the MDB protocol. Such as protocol analysis, instruction processing, and flow design. These can save you part of the design time.
Of course, our services will not be specific to a certain programming language, nor will we analyze the customer’s software code.
In other words, MDB-RS232 is only an interface for receiving and paying, not all of the vending machines. You also need to configure the power supply system, drive circuit, sensor circuit and so on.
For example, if you need to design an information query machine, you may need a printer to be connected.
For example, if you are designing a self-service coffee machine, you may need a drive board, the main board sends instructions to drive the motor to grind coffee, and needs to detect the status of various sensors and so on.
Because there are many kinds of payment devices, such as pulse interface (of course you will need a pulse-to-serial device, we can also provide it). You can also directly use payment devices with RS232 interface. Then you can directly connect to the serial port of VMC. Of course, the biggest problem of this design is that the serial port protocol is not an international standard protocol, it is a protocol defined by each manufacturer. This is not universal and replaceable. That is to say, you must use the same equipment when you maintain and upgrade in the future. If you export to other countries, the maintenance of the sales will be very troublesome.
The MDB interface equipment is an international standard. Any brand manufacturer, any currency type equipment, any coin device, banknote device, credit card reader, as long as it is an MDB interface, must comply with the same protocol. In this way, it can be easily replaced with any manufacturer's equipment during post-production and maintenance, and will not be restricted.
2. Since the system design, sales and market training of vending machines take a long time, we can continue to provide technical support and after-sales service for many years. If you choose a product from an unstable company, after you complete the design, the supplier company may go bankrupt, business changes, product discontinuation, product quality issues and other accidents may occur, resulting in the embarrassment that you cannot continue to buy. Or after encountering some product or technical problems, you will never get technical support or solutions.
3. We have a competitive price. Of course, for self-service vending products, price is definitely not the most important thing, because stability is very important in unattended situations. Only then can the machine generate trouble-free benefits for customers.
4. We provide solutions and upgrades for a series of products, and our upgrades will provide compatibility. To provide our customers with good product support.
2. Our MDB Pro Engineer version also can support the USD and Age verification
3. Normally for new customer,just use our MDB-RS232 V2020. if you need to develop the vending machine with the age verification function,then would need to order the Pro engineer version.
http://www.letpos.com The letpos board can receive payments from MDB payment devices and convert them into a certain number of pulse outputs at a pre-set price.
The addresses below are defined. Note again that the bits shown are the upper five bits (7,6,5,4,3) of the Address Byte and will be used for all addressing including the File Transport Layer described in Section 2.6. The lower three bits (2,1,0) are used for the command.
Address Definition
00000xxxB (00H) Reserved for VMC
00001xxxB (08H) Changer
00010xxxB (10H) Cashless Device #1
00011xxxB (18H) Communications Gateway
00100xxxB (20H) Display
00101xxxB (28H) Energy Management System
00110xxxB (30H) Bill Validator
00111xxxB (38H) Reserved for Future Standard Peripheral
01000xxxB (40H) Universal Satellite Device #1
01001xxxB (48H) Universal Satellite Device #2
01010xxxB (50H) Universal Satellite Device #3
01011xxxB (58H) Coin Hopper or Tube – Dispenser 1
01100xxxB (60H) Cashless Device #2
01101xxxB (68H) Age Verification Device
01101xxxB (70H) Coin Hopper or Tube – Dispenser 2
01111xxxB (78H) Reserved for Future Standard Peripherals
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. . .
. . .
11011xxxB (D8H) Reserved for Future Standard Peripherals
11100xxxB (E0H) Experimental Peripheral #1
11101xxxB (E8H) Experimental Peripheral #2
11110xxxB (F0H) Vending Machine Specific Peripheral #1
11111xxxB (F8H) Vending Machine Specific Peripheral #2
2. Order a MDB-RS232 Professional version adapter box.
3. Order a MDB Interface Age verification slave device,if you don't have a real age verification device, just want to verification the function,you can order a Age verification simulator box from the waferstar company. Of course, it is best to order a standard MDB interface AGE verification device.
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About WAFERSTAR
Design experts in the field of vending machine payment products
WAFER Company is a specialist in vending system design and manufacture the MDB converter for more than 15 years. Since 2006,HUOBEI Powered by waferstar and designed the MDB-RS232 adapter box and registered the brand for kiosk vending machine system application. After around 10 years in the field of MDB payment technology, and become the leading designer and manufacture of payment adapter in China. and also exported to many countries. Can provide self-service payment, comprehensive solutions for products in the field of vending machine systems.
MDB-RS232®,MDB2PC®,RS232-MDB®,PC2MDB® all are registered brand by waferstar. With rich experience in vending machine cashless payment module and MDB VMC controller design and continuous design updates and upgrades, our products already have a good market sales and long-term operation guarantee, and have won the trust of customers at China and abroad market.
MDB-RS232®,MDB2PC®,RS232-MDB®,PC2MDB® 均为上海威佛微电子有限公司（waferstar）注册品牌。 凭借在自动售货机无现金支付模块和MDB VMC控制器设计方面的丰富经验和不断的设计更新升级，我们的产品已经具备了良好的市场销售和长期运营保障，赢得了国内外市场客户的信赖。
MDB-RS232®,MDB2PC®,RS232-MDB®,PC2MDB® son marcas registradas por waferstar. Con amplia experiencia en el módulo de pago sin efectivo de la máquina expendedora y el diseño del controlador MDB VMC y actualizaciones y mejoras continuas del diseño, nuestros productos ya tienen buenas ventas en el mercado y garantía de funcionamiento a largo plazo, y han ganado la confianza de los clientes en China y en el extranjero. mercado.
MDB-RS232®,MDB2PC®,RS232-MDB®,PC2MDB® sont tous des marques déposées par waferstar. Avec une riche expérience dans le module de paiement sans numéraire des distributeurs automatiques et la conception du contrôleur MDB VMC et les mises à jour et mises à niveau continues de la conception, nos produits ont déjà une bonne vente sur le marché et une garantie de fonctionnement à long terme, et ont gagné la confiance des clients sur le marché chinois et étranger.
MDB-RS232®, MDB2PC®, RS232-MDB®, PC2MDB® являются зарегистрированными торговыми марками waferstar. Благодаря богатому опыту в разработке модулей безналичных платежей для торговых автоматов и контроллеров MDB VMC, а также постоянных обновлений и модернизаций конструкции, наши продукты уже имеют хорошие продажи на рынке и гарантию долгосрочной работы, а также завоевали доверие клиентов на рынке Китая и за рубежом.
MDB-RS232®, MDB2PC®, RS232-MDB®, PC2MDB® sind alle eingetragene Marken von Waferstar. Mit reichhaltiger Erfahrung im bargeldlosen Zahlungsmodul für Verkaufsautomaten und dem Design von MDB VMC-Controllern sowie kontinuierlichen Design-Updates und -Upgrades haben unsere Produkte bereits einen guten Marktverkauf und eine langfristige Betriebsgarantie und haben das Vertrauen der Kunden auf dem chinesischen und ausländischen Markt gewonnen.
MDB-RS232®, MDB2PC®, RS232-MDB®, PC2MDB® ทั้งหมดเป็นแบรนด์จดทะเบียนโดย WAFERSTAR ด้วยประสบการณ์อันยาวนานในโมดูลการชําระเงินแบบไม่ใช้เงินสดของเครื่องจําหน่ายสินค้าอัตโนมัติและการออกแบบตัวควบคุม MDB VMC และการอัปเดตและอัปเกรดการออกแบบอย่างต่อเนื่องผลิตภัณฑ์ของเรามียอดขายในตลาดที่ดีและการรับประกันการดําเนินงานระยะยาวและได้รับความไว้วางใจจากลูกค้าในตลาดจีนและต่างประเทศ
MDB-RS232® ، MDB2PC® ، RS232-MDB® ، PC2MDB® كلها علامة تجارية مسجلة من قبل WAFERSTAR. مع خبرة غنية في وحدة الدفع غير النقدي لآلة البيع وتصميم وحدة تحكم MDB VMC وتحديثات وترقيات التصميم المستمرة ، تتمتع منتجاتنا بالفعل بمبيعات جيدة في السوق وضمان تشغيل طويل الأجل ، وقد حازت على ثقة العملاء في الصين والسوق الخارجية.
MDB-RS232®, MDB2PC,® RS232-MDB®, PC2MDB® sono tutti marchi registrati da waferstar. Con una ricca esperienza nel modulo di pagamento senza contanti dei distributori automatici e nella progettazione del controller MDB VMC e nei continui aggiornamenti e aggiornamenti del design, i nostri prodotti hanno già una buona garanzia di vendita sul mercato e di funzionamento a lungo termine e hanno conquistato la fiducia dei clienti in Cina e nel mercato estero.
MDB-RS232®、MDB2PC®、RS232-MDB®、PC2MDB®はすべてWAFERSTARによって登録されているブランドです。自動販売機のキャッシュレス決済モジュールとMDB VMCコントローラーの設計と継続的な設計の更新とアップグレードの豊富な経験により、当社の製品はすでに良好な市場販売と長期運用保証を持ち、中国および海外市場で顧客の信頼を獲得しています。
MDB-RS232®, MDB2PC,® RS232-MDB®, PC2MDB® todos são marcas registradas pela WAFERSTAR. Com rica experiência em módulo de pagamento sem dinheiro de máquina de venda automática e design de controlador MDB VMC e atualizações e upgrades contínuos de design, nossos produtos já têm uma boa garantia de vendas no mercado e operação a longo prazo, e ganharam a confiança dos clientes na China e no mercado externo.
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