The Suzo-Happ group have released a new generation of toppers for casino and AWP machines. It is well known that toppers work to attract players to gaming machines. The first generation of toppers were individually controlled by the host machine. The R&D department was tasked by Suzo management to generate a new technology, to further strengthen the player pull generated by a topper.
Not only one solution came to fruition, but two strong advancements. The first was the move to colour (RGB) toppers. Now the toppers can be fitted with multi-coloured LED’s – using ultra-bright nichia LED’s.
The second solution is the networking of toppers – up to eight toppers can be linked together. This technology uses computer network patch cables, allowing the toppers to be synchronized. Casinos can even link this synchronization to create unique patterns, for example a snake pattern that runs from one topper to the next.
The LED’s that Suzo has chosen are current driven. This means that they give an improved, longer life. The communication of the synchronized hoppers is via ccTalk, so OEM’s can easily control and create new commands to the toppers, allowed a whole range of possibilities. For the RGB toppers, different colour combinations for flashing pattern can easily be selected. Therefore, a topper can flash with unique patterns for different states - such as prize winning, playing and stand by.
The Trilogy Series Bank Note Acceptors are competitively priced and designed for indoor use in the amusement, gaming, vending, lottery and kiosk markets.
Trilogy Bank Note Acceptors can accept notes from 60mm to 85mm in width, thus including the GBP 50 UK note. Pyramid Technologies have been able to design an excellent, high-security, easy-to-use product but at a price that will raise many eyebrows within the market.
The Trilogy can boast a number of features, including dual-stage optical anti- stringing and a removable note path for easy cleaning and maintenance. A very high acceptance rate comes with high security against fraudulent notes. This 12V DC unit can accept up to 12 notes (all four directions) and has an accept rate of approx. 20 notes per minute.
Ticket-In Ticket-out (TITO) applications on gaming machines is seeing a real increase in popularity in Europe. Many operations managers have seen the success of TITO in US casinos and are now seeing the benefits of implementing TITO themselves. However, in Europe, the majority of the note readers in use are not TITO ready. ?It's only in the last couple of years that TITO ready note readers have been available? commented John Carroll, Product Manager for Suzo International.
Therefore, the Suzo Happ group has teamed up with its TITO partner FutureLogic to offer a solution to gaming machines already in the market place already. ?We can offer the casinos a series of solutions?, stated Patrick Suverein, CEO of Suzo International. ?These range from the individual Ticket Scanner to an attractive side-box solution containing the Ticket Scanner and FutureLogic GEN2 Ticket Printer. This means that older gaming machines can be updated to be TITO ready. These solutions should further enable operations managers to make full use of the benefits of TITO across an entire operation?.
The Ticket Scanner when used in conjunction with FutureLogic Thermal Printers for TITO applications, will read, accept and validate bar coded gaming tickets. When a bar coded ticket is inserted into the Ticket Scanner module it will automatically scan the bar code and transmit the information to the host system for validation. If the information stored within the bar code is valid, the ticket is accepted and the Ticket Scanner will transfer the ticket through to a storage box. If the host machine does not recognize the bar code, the Ticket Scanner will reject the ticket and return it back to the user.
John Edmunds, General Manager of FutureLogic Europe stated: ?We are delighted to be working with Suzo International in Europe to offer more customers the benefits of TITO across new and old gaming machines.
The Escendo Hopper ( escalator hopper ) is more and more used by manufacturers all over the world. The new high tech PCB will provide the customer all technics he need. The coin transport system with brushes ( patend ) is unique and works without any problem and without jams.
Since july 2005 SUZO is the MEI European platinum supplier for the gaming industry. The new SC series note acceptor ( Secure Cash Box ) is a very competitive high secure product with very good results in the market. You will find it in many Casino related products already. The SC series is the perfect match with the FutureLogic ticket printer. For the new TiTo system you can use the FutureLogic printer to print your barcode ticket and the MEI SC Series note acceptor as the secure acceptor of it.
The evolution hopper is a great extension to the hopper line of Suzo. This belt driven hopper has been re-engineered and the result is a improvement over existing belt driven hopper in it's performance and maintenance. The unique concept provides a single build type hopper that is suitable for 95% of the world's coin and tokens without needing adjustments. The evolution hopper is suitable for many applications such as :Vending,Parking,Change,Amusement and Gaming. Features: Two interfaces: Standard parallel and CCTalk Modular space-efficient system. High capacity >1100 coins of 1 Euro. Payout speed : 4 coins per second. Inbuild agitator to prevent coin jams. Hopper is protected by anti-jam electronics. Large motor reduces motor noise. High quality materials for long trouble free operations. Easily removable and accessible electronics. Hopper connector can easily be changed from front to back. Supplied with standard quick-fit and release plate Low and high level sensing. Competitively priced Low cost of ownership
Since December 2004, Suzo International (NL) BV is the European distributor for the products of FutureLogic. One of the products that Suzo distributes is FutureLogic's new second generation thermal printers, GEN2?. This thermal printer (PSA-66-ST2) builds on the exceptional success of the industry's first and most copied cashless printer, the PSA-66-ST. While maintaining the robustness and reliability of its predecessor, the GEN2 offers improvements such as ITH ? (Intelligent Ticket Handling). The ITH technology alone sets the printer apart from competing thermal printers by making the "cashout ticket" available ONLY after the ticket is fully printed internally and automatically burst. GEN2 also offers new technological advances such as the introduction of their Promotional Matrix Couponing System, a dedicated promotional printing port, color printing capability, and the option to store up to 1000 coupon templates in an 8MB chip.
