fdecrist Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Hi Guys, I hope you all had a great new year. Question: Does the Crane National 148 need an updated control board for credit card reader compatibility or will an E-Prom chip suffice? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngryChris Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 5 hours ago, fdecrist said: Hi Guys, I hope you all had a great new year. Question: Does the Crane National 148 need an updated control board for credit card reader compatibility or will an E-Prom chip suffice? Thanks! No eprom will make it MDB (what you need for card readers) so you have to replace the board. An InOne or VE board will work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdecrist Posted January 4, 2022 Author Share Posted January 4, 2022 @AngryChris Intesting. So on top of the needing a control board, it also needs an eprom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngryChris Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 No. The EPROM is to update the software. If you replace the board, it's completely up to date with modern software. The original board on the 147/148 is completely incapable of handling MDB. On a slightly newer version such as the 157/158, you can replace the EPROM and some other parts and it will handle MDB because it was capable of doing so. There may be something on a 147 that a new EPROM will fix such as allowing you to install certain coin mechs or validators that it couldn't do before but that's about it. It still won't do MDB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdecrist Posted January 5, 2022 Author Share Posted January 5, 2022 (edited) @AngryChristhat makes sense! Thanks Chris. I ordered a new board from frank at VEI today. best Edited January 5, 2022 by fdecrist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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