JEA Technologies releases the Currenza Clip and the C² 6-Tube Changer, the ideal Vending Payment Solution 

JEA Technologies releases the Crane Payment Solutions Currenza Clip, a stored-value cashless payment system. As well as this there is the Currenza c²  6-Tube Change giver, an accessory to the Currenza Clip payment system.

Developed by Crane Payment Solutions, the Currenza Clip makes use of the very widely used MiFare proximity-coupling technology. The Clip reader, which mounts in the vending machine, can accommodate not only the Clip (a key like housing for the integrated circuit, designed to conveniently clip onto a pocket) but also a card of traditional appearance. It uses the contactless MiFare (ISO 14443) standard, which features open architecture that permits configuring the Clip (or card) for additional applications such as access control.

The system is offered in two versions, Currenza Clip MDB and Currenza Clip Multi. The first features the popular Multi-Drop Bus interface and therefore integrates readily with coin changers and bill validators complying with the MDB protocol. It also provides a connector for the Currenza c2 change giver or the Currenza SMV Vending note validator.

The Clip Multi version accommodates Simplex V (Executive) and BDV, as master and slave, with price-holding supported by the Simplex V interface. It also provides the G-40/G-13 parallel connector, and offers an RS-232 serial interface through which firmware updates can be downloaded to the reader.

Rounding off the system is the Currenza Clip RF, a programming interface for Clip and/or card, and the Currenza clip Manager software suite, which runs under Microsoft Windows. The Currenza Clip RF connects to a desktop computer through either a USB or an RS232 interface.

The Currenza Clip Manager software is used to configure clips and/or cards, as well as the reader. It’s available in a Full package that handles all data management functions, and in two special-purpose versions.

The Card version is used to configure clips and/or cards, and the Audit version processes transaction data. Full and Audit implementations perform audit data conversion to the vending superset of DEX/UCS, EVA-DTS.

The Currenza Clip is designed to keep costs low, starting with the simplicity of installing the system.

These products are supplied by JEA Technologies, the authorized Australian and New Zealand Distributor of Crane Payment Solutions.