- (a) Metering information is generated on an EGS and collected by the interface element and sent to the online monitoring system via a communication protocol.
- (b) This information may be either read directly from the EGS or relayed using a delta function.
(c) The online monitoring system must collect and store the following meter information from each EGS:
- (1) Total in (credits-in);
- (2) Total out (credits-out);
- (3) Total dropped (total value of all bills, tickets, and other approved notes in the cash box or drop);
- (4) Hand paid (handpays);
- (5) Cancelled credits (if supported on EGS);
- (6) Bills in (total monetary value of all bills accepted);
- (7) Individual bill meters (total number of each bill accepted per denomination);
- (8) Games-played;
- (9) Cabinet door (instance meter which may be based on online monitoring system count of this event);
- (10) Drop door or doors (instance meter which may be based on online monitoring system count of this event);
- (11) Tickets in (total monetary value of all tickets accepted); and
- (12) Tickets out (total monetary value of all tickets produced).
(d)
- (1) Please refer to the EGS software electronic accounting and occurrence metering requirements for more detailed descriptions of the above meters.
- (2) While these electronic accounting meters should be communicated directly from the EGS to the online monitoring system, it is acceptable to use secondary online monitoring system calculations where appropriate.