Vending and Unattended Payment Applications

CardLogix offers a wide variety of technologies and products for Vending and Unattended Payment applications. These applications are typically configured as stored value cards, where value is contained in the smart card. If you are building an unattended payment system or are just learning about how each technology should be applied in a system, we recommend that you review our Loyalty & Stored Value Cards white paper.

Vending and Unattended Payment smart cards are used in a wide variety of applications. These include cashless payments at vending machines, gas pumps, laundry washers and dryers, and other unattended systems.

Typical locations for Unattended Payment systems include corporate and academic campuses, gas stations, laundromats, apartment buildings, sports complexes, health and fitness facilities, prisons, cruise lines, and cafeterias.

Many corporate facilities are incorporating both physical access as well as cafeteria and vending payments into their corporate identification cards. This is quite similar to what schools and universities have been doing for many years.

Smart Cards and Software

Millions of CardLogix smart memory, low cost microprocessor, and secure contactless smart card technologies have been used for unattended payment applications. CardLogix provides a complete line of smart cards to meet you exact requirements. From vending machine applications to laundry systems, our cards are empowering many value propositions that are harvesting real rewards—including cost savings—for the card issuer.

By building your system with CardLogix cards and software platforms you can enable your customers' needs with a cost effective solution. We recommend the following low cost, secure smart cards as the basis of your programs:

Part Number (Click for Tech Brief) Product Type Cost Basis Infrastructure Considerations Minimum Order Functionality / Applications User Memory
CLXSA001KK1 Smart Memory Ultra Low Limited reader and terminal options 500 On-card password protection for both read and write functions. For use with loyalty, stored value, data record storage, pre-paid systems, and conventions. 1k bit
CLXSA001KK2 Smart Memory Very Low Limited reader and terminal options 500 On-card password protection for both read and write functions. For use with loyalty, stored value, data record storage, pre-paid systems, and conventions. Two (2) password protected zones of 64 bytes each. 1k bit
CLXSA002KK3 Smart Memory Very Low Limited reader and terminal options 500 On-card password protection for both read and write functions. For use with loyalty, stored value, data record storage, pre-paid systems, and conventions. Two (2) password protected zones of 64 bytes each. 1.5k bits
CLXSA002KB5 Smart Memory Very Low Many reader and terminal options 50,000 On-card password protection for both read and write functions. For use with loyalty, stored value, data record storage, pre-paid systems, and conventions. Two (2) password protected zones of 64 bytes each. 2k bits
CLXSA004KK4 Smart Memory Low The widest range of reader and terminal options 10,000 Authentication and on-card password protection for both read and write functions. For use with loyalty, stored value, data record storage, pre-paid systems, and conventions. Four (4) password protected zones of 128 bytes each. 4k bits
CLXSA004KK5 Smart Memory Low The widest range of reader and terminal options 10,000 Authentication and on-card password protection for both read and write functions. For use with loyalty, stored value, data record storage, pre-paid systems, and conventions. Eight (8) password protected zones of 128 bytes each. 1k Byte
CLXRN512UN1 Contactless Moderate Many reader and terminal options 500 Authentication and on-card password protection for both read and write functions. For use with loyalty, stored value, data record storage, pre-paid systems, and conventions. Four (4) password protected zones. 64 Bytes
CLXRN002KN2 Contactless Moderate Many reader and terminal options 500 Authentication and on-card password protection for both read and write functions. For use with loyalty, stored value, data record storage, pre-paid systems, and conventions. Four (4) password protected zones. 320 Bytes
CLXRN008KN3 Contactless Moderate Many reader and terminal options 500 Authentication and on-card password protection for both read and write functions. For use with loyalty, stored value, data record storage, pre-paid systems, and conventions. Eight (8) password protected zones. 1k Bytes
CLXSU128KJ4/T=0ED Microprocessor Low The widest range of reader and terminal options 500 Multifunctional high-security design. Features SHA-1 authentication and dynamic session DES/3DES encryption, purse/wallet, and read/write protection for individual files. For use with stored value, loyalty, and e-commerce applications. 16k Bytes
CLXSU256KJ4/T=0ED Microprocessor Low The widest range of reader and terminal options 1,000 Multifunctional high-security design. Features SHA-1 authentication and dynamic session DES/3DES encryption, purse/wallet, and read/write protection for individual files. For use with stored value, loyalty, and e-commerce applications. 32k Bytes