Required Cable:

To connect to the PC's USB Port, use:
USB Flash Cable; Part Number 05AA0026
You must have the proper Windows drivers installed to use this cable. These drivers are automatically copied to your PC when you download and run the Acceptor Tools program. The drivers will be configured when you connect the cable to the PC.

For 9-pin serial ports, use the following two cables:
PC Adapter Cable; Part Number 05AA0018
and Palm Flash Download Cable; Part Number 05AA0011

Acceptor Tools for PC version 2
for Trilogy and Apex Bill Acceptors
Includes USB Drivers
Requires Windows operating system

This program allows you to setup your Trilogy or Apex bill acceptor: Configure the acceptor, read the existing configuration, or get a status report to display the revision level and perform diagnostics. You can also Flash Program new firmware releases into the acceptor.

Acceptor Tools for Windows (Windows Vista, XP, 2000, ME, 98)

Acceptor Tools Instructions

It's easy to add bill acceptors to your kiosk or PC application with PTI's RS232 Interface Software!

Required Cable:

To use the PC's USB port:
USB / RS232 Cable:
Part Number 05AA0023
You must have the proper Windows drivers installed to use this cable. To install these drivers, download and run the latest Acceptor Tools Setup program (see top of this page for more info). If you are already using the Acceptor Tools program with the USB flash cable, you should already have these drivers installed.

For 9-pin Serial Port, Use:
RS232 Comm. Harness;
Part Number 05AA0009

The RS232 Interface Program for PC.

setup232.exe (download and run to install)

Click here for a full screen shot.

This PC software demonstrates a complete implementation of the RS232 interface. It allows you to configure your polling rate and set the enable/disable status of the bills on-the-fly. The easy-to read monitor window shows you exactly what is happening with the bill acceptor as it happens, and displays a running total of credited bills. There is also a real-time display of the actual data being exchanged.

This program is an excellent diagnostic tool for RS232-based kiosk or vending systems which employ Pyramid bill validators. It's reliable, easy to use, and best of all it's free for you to download.

The Visual Basic source files are available (upon request) to PTI customers who wish to combine PTI's RS232 interface code into their own applications. Our software was developed specifically for the purpose of making it easy to integrate into other programs. The serial communications programming it's already done for you so you can focus on your kiosk or PC-based vending system development.

Requires Palm Flash Download Cable; PTI Part Number 05AA0011. (This cable connects to the Apex bill acceptor.)

Also requires a Serial Hotsync Cable. (This is not the same as a USB Hotsync cable or cradle.) These are available from most Palm accessory retailers, but we also have them available for your convenience. Please note that if you have an m100 or m105, you do not need this cable - simply use the Serial Hotsync Cradle which came with your m100 or m105.

Acceptor Tools for Palm (TM) handheld computers
(for Apex only - use the PC program for Trilogy)
Requires Flash and Serial Hotsync cables.

Version 1.04 for OS4 Palms (m100, m105, m125, m130, m500, m505, m515):
Apex5000_OS4.ZIP

Version 1.05 for OS5 Palms (Zire 71, Tungsten series T, T2, T3, C, & W):
Apex5000_OS5.ZIP

If you were previously using v.1.05 with an OS4 Palm, you should revert to version 1.04.

Use your Palm to perform diagnostics, configure the acceptor, and "Flash Program" the latest releases of firmware right to the bill acceptor! No EPROM programming hassles or delays, simply download any new firmware release from this web site, "Hotsync" it to your Palm, and use this Palm software to transfer it to the Apex acceptor. (PTI customers will be given access to Flash firmware updates).

Some of the functions will not respond properly until you actually connect the Palm to a PTI bill acceptor using the proper cables. This download lets you "test drive" the Palm software to get an idea of what it can do, even if you do not have an Apex acceptor.

The Apex Tools software will run on the following Palm handhelds: m100, m105, m125, m130, m500, m505, m515, Zire 71, Tungsten series T, T2, T3, C, & W. This software will not work with the Zire 21 or Tungsten E, which do not have the "Universal Connector" required for the Serial Hotsync cable.

Once you have the Apex5000.PRC file unzipped to your PC, you must Hotsync it to your Palm in order to use it. This requires the Palm Desktop Software which you probably installed from the installation CD you received with your Palm. You can also download the Palm Desktop Software from www.palm.com.