I’m not related to any of the following companies or websites. I didn’t verified any seller, software or item with the exception of the simple USB cable ( because it was simple ) one Acrosser board and the cables in the second blog post. Here are links to other sites, many thanks to their owners. You can find some more links in the “” post.

1.2 What is cctalk? Cctalk ( lower-case, pronounced see-see-talk ) is the MCL serial communication protocol for low speed control networks. It was designed to allow the interconnection of various types of cash handling and coin validation equipment on a simple 2-wire interface ( data and ground ). Dec 6, 2017 - Interface coin acceptors and other hardware speaking ccTalk. That use the ccTalk protocol over a serial line or serial line emulation over USB.

I didn’t upload any documentation, source code or utilities that I don’t own because I don’t want to break any intellectual property law but if you really need something and cannot find it here or anywhere just ask me by mail to ccTalktutorial at gmail dot com or in the comment (better) ccTalk official documentation Later edit: The upper link to cctalk page is broken but the documents are still available as direct link: Second later edit, the direct links are also broken now, I changed the links to WordPress. Where can you find a ready made ccTalk cable • From Alberici: • From Azkoyen: • From e2c • From MoneyControls ccTalk-USB Pod kit How can you make your own ccTalk cable • Simplest: (tested but recommended only for one slave). • On serial RS232 port, a bit more complicated and in Spanish: • And of course,. • Read also,, and post about connecting the cable to various devices PC boards with integrated ccTalk interface • From Acrosser • From Advantech • From Ganlot and many others.

As a rule, almost any dedicated gaming PC board has at least one ccTalk communication port. CcTalk source code • C# – • Java – • Java – • Python – • Python – • Visual Basic 2008 in. Very few as you can see, I didn’t tested any of them excepting mine, many are incomplete but you can use them as a starting point. Ready made solutions If you’re targeting a quick small series where you need to drive more ccTalk peripherals and even non ccTalk devices, some companies have hardware + software products to handle the low level protocol with a software interface much closer to what a PC programmer is used to handle. • The one that I strongly recommend, the oldest and still the best is the Milan/Paylink interface. It’s over ten years in field ensures reliability, it can be supplied with all cables you need and it have also some input lines for buttons or sensors and some output lines that can handle low voltage relays or light bulbs.It can drive ccTalk, ID003, MDB and CCNet devices It’s also fully documented without any bullshit non disclosure agreement. The software and the documentation can be downloaded from who also sell this product or from the manufacturer.

There is available a light version, Paylink Lite, with only two inputs and only ccTalk protocol and also a pure software version Paylink Micro. • Also from Crane there is the Payment Manager, a free demo can be obtained at request but even the full version works only with NRI/Crane devices. • Something that looks like a improved Paylink clone can be found at E2C, the documentation and software can be obtained at request after signing a non disclosure agreement. CcTalk devices manuals ccTalk is a free to use protocol, there is a minimum acceptable implementation for ccTalk slave devices in ccTalk part 3 documentation but since there is no certification whatsoever many manufacturers are skipping some headers. Each manufacturer must specify clearly in the product manual the ccTalk headers supported. If you design a slave, please use at least the minimum acceptable implementation and fully document all headers and features supported, if you design a host read the documentation for all the devices you want to be compatible with.

Here are some links to see headers, status codes and features supported by some common ccTalk devices. From Moneycontrols: • SR3i coin acceptor page 63 • SR5i coin acceptor page 40 • Condor Premier page 28 • Serial Compact Hopper • Ardac Elite bill acceptor From Innovative Technologies • Go to their website, to the products page, in each product page there is a link to the technical manual, sometimes it’s a pdf file, sometimes some zipped pdf files the cctalk documentation is in the software implementation guide section, usually section 5. Alberici • AL66, AL55 ccTalk coin acceptor • Billy One bill acceptor page 12 • Ory One bill acceptor • Hopper CD • And many others can be found on each product page/download on NRI/Crane coin acceptors and hoppers form their website • V2 colibri (zipped) page 40 • G13.mft page 42 • V2 Falcon (zipped) page 39 • G40 page 38 • Coin hopper h2 nano page 48 • For some devices the ccTalk specifications are available only on request Comestero • RM5HD coin acceptor • RM5Evolution coin acceptor.