Glossary

1. EVA: Short for European Vending Association. 
2. EVA-DTS: Data Transfer Standard - NEW VERSION 6.1 AVAILABLE developed by the EVA Standards Committee in close cooperation with the North American Vending Association, NAMA. EVA-DTS including two protocols:  DDCMP and DEX/UCS.
3. DEX: Short for DEX/UCS, our remote monitoring function based on this protocol.
4. VMC: Vending Machine Controller or vending machine mother board.
5. DTU: Data terminal unit, Back 2 Base system uses a standard DTU to read audit data from VMC through DEX Protocol. And upload the data to server through GPRS/3G network.
6. GPRS: GSM Packet Radio Services
7. HTTP: Hyper Text Transfer Protocol IP Internet Protocol
8. XML: Extensible Markup Language vOpen Cashless Communications Protocol
9. ROUTE: A route is the group of machines that an operator might visit on a day to day basis for restocking or cash collection purposes.
10. Location: A location is the place in which you machines are installed, like a Shopping Centre or factory.
11. Vend: A vend refers to one individual item sold.
12. B2B: Back to base vending machine monitoring system.
13. UPC: The Universal Product Code  is a barcode zymology, that is widely used for tracking trade items in stores. The barcode is found on the item you are selling and has a number underneath the barcode as well.