The PisoVendo Box
Accept physical coins and online e-wallet (GCash) payments on any coin-operated machine, and see every peso on your cloud dashboard.
Two ways to use it
Replace the timer board entirely, or leave your machine as it is and simply add online payments.
PisoVendo Box as a Standalone Timer
The PisoVendo Box completely replaces any legacy or local timer board. It counts physical coins on its own input pin, accepts online e-wallet payments over the internet, drives its own display, tracks the countdown and directly controls the machine's power through its internal relay.
Flow of events
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Initiation
The machine is idle (00:00 on the PisoVendo Box display). The customer chooses to pay with physical coins or an online e-wallet.
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Branching payment path
Choose a path below: coins or e-wallet.
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Internal processing & relays
The Box aggregates the time, whether it came from its own input pin or the internet. If time is added mid-cycle, it dynamically extends the active time pool.
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Execution
The Box closes its internal relay to supply power to the machine and shows the active countdown on its screen in real time.
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Completion
At 00:00 the Box opens its internal relay, cuts power to the machine, and logs the unified transaction.
Payment paths
Physical coins
The customer drops coins into the slot. The mechanical switch sends pulses directly to the input pin of the PisoVendo Box, which decodes the pulses into time value.
Online e-wallet
The customer scans the QR code on the Box display with their phone and pays via e-wallet. The Payment Gateway sends a success webhook to the Box over the internet.
PisoVendo Box as an Online Payment Add-On Module
For an existing machine that already has its own native controller and timer. The Box does not manage the countdown or control the main power relay. Its sole job is to bring online e-wallet payments to the machine by acting as a “virtual coin dropper”.
Flow of events
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Initiation
The customer approaches an existing coin-operated machine, such as an arcade game or washer with its own built-in board and display, and scans the QR code on the attached PisoVendo Box module.
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Selection & online payment
On their smartphone browser the customer selects a time or service package and authorizes the payment through their e-wallet.
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Cloud-to-module communication
The Payment Gateway processes the payment and sends a success webhook to the Box over the internet.
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Automatic coin trigger
On confirmation, the Box triggers its internal pulse output line, sending electronic pulses into the machine's coin input terminals.
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Native machine takeover
The machine's native controller believes coins were just dropped: it registers the credits, updates its own display and triggers its own relay to start the cycle.
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Completion
The machine finishes its cycle using its own timing logic. The Box records the digital revenue event to the cloud dashboard and resets to standby.
Why an add-on?
- ✓Keep your machine. No new timer board; the native controller stays in charge of the cycle.
- ✓Wired like a coin. The pulse output goes straight into the existing coin input terminals.
- ✓Digital revenue tracking. Every online payment is recorded on your cloud dashboard.