Standards & Protocols

The EVA is a strong advocate of standards designed by, and for, the industry

The EVA maintains and updates 5 industry standards and works in close cooperation with the American Vending Association, NAMA on the MDP ICP and EVA DTS.

• 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 CVS - Cashless Vending Specification - NEW VERSION 1.3 AVAILABLE
  
  
• EVA MPS - Mobile Payment Specification
  
  
• EVA EMP - Energy Measurement Protocol - NEW VERSION 2.1 AVAILABLE
  
  
• EVA TMP - Temperature Measurement Protocol

EVA CVS and EVA MPS are developed by the Cashless Committee

EVA EMP, EVA TMP are produced by the Technical Committee

The MDB/ICP (Multi-Drop Bus/Internal Communication Protocol) can only be downloaded from the NAMA website.

EVA standards are supported by NAMA, and marketed on the American continent by them.

The EVA supports the EVA DTS as a data retrieval specification and MDB/ICP as interface and will reinforce promotion of these standards in the future.

More recently, closer contacts have been established with the Japanese Vending Machine Manufacturers Association, JVMA, notably in the area of mobile phone applications, mainly mobile payment.

Due to the confusion resulting from the existence of various interfaces in the vending market, the EVA, in co-operation with its members, has drafted this Overview of Vending Machine Interfaces.