Company: Debitek, Inc.
Product: Vending Machine Interface System

This might interest anyone who knows someone who runs a vending service. It might also interest MLSs looking for a new sales tangent on which to branch out.

Debitek, Inc. has a new card reader attachment for vending machines called the Multi-drop Bus (MDB) Vending Interface System (VIS). It's a secure cashless acceptance device offering new opportunities for vending service operators.

Operating on Debitek's trademarked MoneyClip platform, the MVIS-MDB reads pre-loaded smart cards or mag stripe cards as a stand-alone function, or can interface with bill and coin acceptors. The readers are separate units, independent of the machine manufacturer, installed onto vending machines in place of the bill acceptors.

According to a company spokesperson, the MVIS-MDB unit will fit any vending machine made in the last 20 years.

It's an offline system, which means there is no wiring back to the host required and there are no transaction fees. Once a reader is installed, it's the operator's to use. The installation kit includes the reader, mounting hardware, cables and cable connections.

Closed groups such as companies that offer vending services to their employees, or universities that issue stored-value cards to students for cafeteria meal plans, photocopies and laundry, can also use Debitek's unattended cash revalue stations along with the reader.

The MVIS-MDB features a two-line display that offers greetings, instructions and card balances to users. Its memory is sufficient enough to store over 3,000 individual transactions and is protected by a five-year battery back-up system.

It offers external transaction collection capabilities; external programming capabilities through a PDA or other card-based programming; multi-language support; offline card expiration and shutoff abilities.

Debitek, based in Chattanooga, Tenn., is an Ingenico subsidiary and has been in the cashless payment systems business for 18 years. The company's specialty is in providing electronic cash systems for schools, correctional facilities, corporate campuses, hospitals, laundries and libraries.

The MVIS-MDB is available through reseller programs or distributorships.

Debitek, Inc.
2115 Chapman Road, Suite 159
Chattanooga, TN 37421
423-894-6177
800-332-4835
www.debitek.com