November 5, 2005—USA Technologies recently announced the completion of a smaller, less-expensive cashless transaction device in its e-Port product line for vending machines, and that one of the biggest Coca-Cola bottlers has already installed it.
USA Technologies says the new Generation 5 e-Port, reportedly the first “one-piece” design for cashless vending, can be installed into a vending machine in five minutes or less. It also comes with wireless connectivity, instantly enabling a vending location to accept credit/debit card transactions.
As with earlier versions of the e-Port device, IBM will host USALive, which is the company’s transaction processing and data network. With USALive Online, USA Technologies’ customers have real-time, Web-based access to sales (cash and credit), inventory, and maintenance data from their vending machines.
The G5 e-Port is one of the products made possible by a networking application that combines USA Technologies’ e-Port software for global transactions with ZiLOG’s eZ80Acclaim! family of flash microcontrollers (MCU’s). For more information or to watch a demonstration of the installation of the G5 e-Port System, visit USA Technologies.
