Patent ID: 8480483
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A device for installation in a gaming machine, wherein the gaming machine includes a central control unit and a bill validator, and wherein the bill validator is configured to communicate with the central control unit via a data cable connected at one end to a data cable port of the bill validator at its other end to a data cable port of the central control unit, the device including: a body that is configured to be connected by data cables intermediate a bill validator and the central control unit of a gaming machine, the body providing: a processor that is coupled to the first data connection port and to the second data connection port, thereby to isolate the validator from the central control unit, such that: a further a communications port coupled to the processor, the further communications port being configured to communicate with one or more components external of the gaming machine; wherein the processor is configured to: