Aardvark Paylink - Introduction; Purpose of Document; Intended Audience; Associated Document(S)

Milan / Paylink System Manual Issue 1.5 29 January 2020
CONFIDENTIAL
Not to be disclosed without prior written permission from Aardvark Embedded Solutions Ltd
Page 7 of 71
Introduction
Purpose of Document
This document describes the structure of a system using the AES Intelligent Money Handling
Equipment Interface (Milan / Paylink), as seen by the person designing and setting up the system
Intended Audience
The intended audience of this document is the system engineer or programmer who is configuring
the system that will be using Paylink.
Associated Document(s)
This document is one of a pair that together cover creating and using a Paylink system. This
document is written for the use of the person who is possibly not a programmer, but is concerned
with designing and setting up the system centred around a Paylink unit. That document covers the
configuration setting that are used to describe the units connected to Paylink, and the way in which
such units are controlled.
The companion document “Milan / Paylink Application Program Interface Manual” is written for the
use of programmers and covers the details of how to write the programs that interface to Paylink.
Naming
The system described here has a few names. This section attempts to explain them.
AES Aardvark Embedded Solutions - us.
IMHEI Intelligent Money Handling Interface Equipment. This was the original name for the
project,
This was however difficult to say, and so was replaced in common use by Milan. It remains
in the names in of the header files etc.
Milan This was originally the name of the first hardware build. It has however become the name
of the overall project. Most documents from AES talk about Milan to cover the whole family
of products that are used with this API
Paylink This is the name of the USB module made and sold by Money Control under licence from
AES. There are at present three versions of Paylink:
Paylink The original, metal cased version.
Paylink Lite A much smaller, plastic cased version with a reduced function set.
uPaylink (Micro Paylink) a PC software only version, for use with Money controls
USB peripherals.
PCI Card This is the original obsolescent hardware unit. It was known as Milan a long time ago, but
this is its current name,