Breeze Kiosk v2.1 onwards supports payments using standard payment systems such as the Nayak VPOS Touch contactless credit card reader (shown below). To use this you need to run our free MDB Payment utility software and to buy the necessary hardware (a Qibixx MDB-USB Interface, PSU and cables and a suitable MDB payment system such as the Nayax VPOS Touch).
The MDB Payment utility monitors the state of the kiosk by reading the pathname of the screen being displayed and communicates with any suitable MDB payment system via the Qibixx MDB-USB interface.
MDB is a standard interface used by the vending machine industry to connect a wide range of payment systems to vending machines (or in this case a photo booth). A typical payment system for a Windows based kiosk is shown below:
For more information please see the help file for the MDB Payment Utility.
The MDB Payment Utility can be downloaded from the Downloads & Support page on our website.
Alternative Payment Systems
Payments can also be accepted when the print payment screen is displayed by sending a F6 key press the Breeze Kiosk. To use this option you need to interface a payment system to the computer which monitors the screen displayed by Breeze Kiosk and sends F6 to Breeze Kiosk when a payment has been accepted.
Screens/Workflow
When the maximum number of print copies the user can select is set to more than one the workflow is:
| 1. | User taps the printer icon in the main screen and the print screen (print.jpg) is displayed with +/- buttons to select the number of prints. |
| 2. | Tapping on the +/- buttons will increase or decrease the number of copies displayed in the print screen. |
| 3. | If the user taps the cancel button or doesn't tap the screen and the print timeout occurs the printing is cancelled and the main screen is displayed. |
| 4. | If the user taps the print button in the printing screen the print payment screen is displayed. The filename of the screen image displayed for print payment screen includes the number of copies selected by the user e.g. print_payment1.jpg, print_payment2.jpg, print_payment3.jpg etc. |
| 5. | When the print payment screen is displayed Breeze Kiosk waits for the payment to be accepted (either a "Payment accepted" command from the MDB Payment Utility or a F6 key press) before printing. If the print timeout occurs before the payment is made or the user taps cancel the printing is cancelled and the main screen is displayed. |
When the maximum number of print copies the user can select is set to one the workflow is similar to above but skips the print screen because the user can't select the number of copies to print:
| 1. | User taps the printer icon in the main screen and the print payment screen is displayed (print_payment.jpg). |
| 2. | When the print payment screen is displayed Breeze Kiosk waits for the payment to be accepted (either a "Payment accepted" command from the MDB Payment Utility or a F6 key press) before printing. If the print timeout occurs before the payment is made or the user taps cancel the printing is cancelled and the main screen is displayed. |