This coin acceptor is a high speed, multi-coin, field programmable device.
It is designed to operate in any coin-operated application, ranging from Gaming through Vending, Amusement to Carwash.

For "front-entry" applications, the Microcoin QL can be provided with its own mounting faceplate, offering a modern, stylish appearance to your machine.

As an independent unit, the Microcoin QL can be fitted into any top-entry application with ease by virtue of its industry standard size and mounting pin positions.

Features :

• Multi-coin Programming

• Single Coin Programming

• Coin Inhibit

• Coin Enable

• Universal size - one fits all

• High speed, multi-coin acceptance up to 10 cps

• Internet-capable

• Comprehensive handheld programming device

• Unique, multi-featured mounting faceplate

• New, revolutionary coin discrimination techniques

• Highly critical and unique coin path design which virtually eliminates the possibility of coin jams.

• Superior all-round performance

• Maximum fraud coin rejection
   

The Microcoin QL validator has a patented discrimination technology which allows it to accept up to 12 different coins or tokens at speeds up to 10 cps. The coins travel along a highly engineered coin path which accepts or rejects the coins at speed without compromising the operation of the validator.

Special steps have been taken in the design of the product to maximise coin acceptance and minimise the effects of fraud.

Once a coin enters the validator, it always remains in contact with a control surface during its transition through the validator. Unlike other products, this means that the validator does not lose control of the coin and cause possible poor discrimination or coin jams.

Gaming :

The world of Gaming requires special detail to coin acceptance rates, fraud minimisation and particularly security. To meet these exacting standards, the Microcoin QL validator can be specifically configured as a secure, high speed, multi-coin or single coin acceptor.

In this Gaming configuration, the Microcoin QL is plug compatible with industry standard connectors and will mechanically fit into any 17mm-32mm coin operation. Coupled with the Microcoin QL is the Microcoin 2 way separator, which provides a high speed, electronic diverter replacement for existing mechanical, solenoid operated divert systems.

Coin Acceptance
The Gaming industry requires coins to be accepted at speeds up to 10 coins per second. The Microcoin validator is rated at these accept speeds even for multi-coin operation. Using its "open gating" method of operation, coins can be accepted at these high speeds and any frauds or invalid coins within the coin stream are rejected without disrupting the valid coin acceptance.

Fraud
Managing frauds is an on-going process and fraud minimisation is achieved through our highly developed coin discrimination technology. Should a fraud be detected, it can be examined and a solution put in place extremely quickly by virtue of the tools and facilities available at the factory.

Security
The subject of security is of paramount importance. Not only does the validator have to counter coin fraud, there must also be protection against human fraud. That is, the ability to cheat the validator through manipulation or by altering its programmable features. The Microcoin validator has the capacity for on-board programming and can be field programmed using the Micromate hand-held programmer. Access to these features, however, is completely disabled under the Microcoin "security" option, with the exception of enabling or disabling a coin. Security is activated for all Gaming applications.

Amusements :

The coin operated amusement industry broadly covers :

Video Games
Redemption
Pool Table
Pinball and many more....

All typically require multi-coin operation in either front or top entry configurations. The Microcoin validator can be set up to operate in any mode these markets require. The 10 way connector and mechanical design makes the Microcoin QL validator industry compatible in both electrical connectivity and mechanical fit.

Features which target this market are :

Price Accumulator
A strong Microcoin feature is the built-in price accumulator or credit line. This allows multiple coins to be inserted and whose values are added up within the validator. When a pre-programmed value has been reached, a credit pulse is issued on the credit line.

For example, 5 x 20p coins will generate 1 x £1 credit pulse if the accumulator is set for £1.

Coin strimming prevention
This is where coins are attached to string or fishing line and inserted into a validator. When a credit is registered, the coin is pulled back in an attempt to get a "free game". The Microcoin has a mechanical anti-strimming gate and an electronic "yo-yo" alarm available in both top-entry and front-entry formats.

Once a coin has passed the anti-strimming gate, it prevents a coin from being drawn back through the validator. To obtain a credit, the coin must have passed this gate, which makes this type of fraud very difficult to achieve. Located below the anti-strimming gate is a set of optics which track the passage of the coin. If a coin is sensed to be moving in the reverse direction, an electronic alarm is immediately issued. Additionally, the front-entry model has a V-shaped cutter, which will cut lines inserted into the faceplate.

Quick Learn on-board programming
The new Quick Learn on-board programming features allow you to turn coins on or off and program up to 5 new coins/tokens. These, combined with the visual diagnostics make the Microcoin QL very appealing to operators.

Carwash :

The car wash industry is an extremely rugged environment for coin validators to operate in. Chemical aggravation, water egress, vandalism are all par for the course in this challenging market. The Microcoin validator has been operating in the carwash industry throughout the world with huge success and the Microcoin QL carries on the tradition of its predecessors for long term reliability.

Typical applications are :

Wash Bays - Coin operated self-service carwash, which requires customer to insert coins into control panel to "buy" time. Customer can then use the facilities of the wash bay to clean, rinse, wax the vehicle.

Autocashiers - Entry systems to automatic car-washes. Customer drives up to the autocashier, inserts coins and/or notes to purchase a wash. Typically there are up to 4 different wash cycles to choose from.

Vacuums - Coin-operated vacuum system located on the car-wash site or at a petrol station to offer a car cleaning service to the customer. Customer inserts coins to buy time for the operation.

Fragrance Machines - Coin-operated machine which offers various fragrances to spray into the vehicle.

Change Machines - Change machines offer on-site facilities to change notes to coins for use at the wash site. Coin validators are used to accept higher denomination coins and to dispense correct change. For example, £2 coins are accepted and 2 x £1 coins are dispensed.

Vending :
Vending applications are wide and varied and broadly speaking, they cover the exchange of a good or service in return for cash. Nowadays, cash can mean coins, notes or debit cards. Typically, vending falls into two main categories.

a. Change-giving
b. Non change-giving

Change-giving applications include drink and confectionery dispensing, where coins are inserted and change is given.

Non change-giving applications include car park ticketing, Internet kiosks, phone card dispensing, coffee vending, laundrettes where coins are inserted but change is not offered.

The Microcoin validator is designed to support non change-giving applications. It can be set up in a front-entry mode, where coins are inserted through a Microcoin faceplate, or can be placed in any generic bracket of the client's choice.
The validator's function is to signal to the host machine, (a) which coins have been inserted and/or (b) the accumulation of the coin values to a pre-programmed vend amount. Microcoin can advise on coin handling and process control solutions to customers who are designing non-change giving applications from the ground up.

Typically the Microcoin validator will look after the cash-handling aspect of the vending process including external control inputs from the machine itself. It is connected to a separate controller, which in turn, should have control inputs and outputs to the machine, including :

Product available– checks that there is product available to be dispensed
Product unavailable– vend selection is disallowed, money is not debited
Product dispensed– checks that the vended item has actually been dispensed
External credit input, i.e. Bank note reader– provides additional credit input
Individual product selections
Money display– indicates money received