EVA MPS

The EVA MPS specifies:

• Basic electrical and mechanical requirements for vending machine and mobile payment equipment designers/manufacturers.
• The essential user interface and functional (process) characterisrics; i.e. customers' requirements for easy-to-use mobile payment devices.

Using your mobile phone to pay for vends is gaining credibility. In Far-Eastern countries, mobile payments are already widespread. In Europe, several trials are being conducted to assess their commercial viability. With the arrival of new mobile technology and services, and a general shift towards secure, electronic transactions, mobile vending payments could be common place in Europe within 3 to 5 years.

This specification is published to support both vending machines and mobile equipment designers and manufacturers.

Advantages

Equipment manufacturers wish to design plug-and-play products that are easily installed and function intuitively on power-up. Vending protocols such as MDB ICP  and EVA DTS are examples of open-standards that meet these objectives.

By complying with the essential characteristics specified in the EVA MPS, manufacturers can progress a long way towards providing vending operators with machines and mobile modules/devices that also meet these objectives.