Software Used in ATM's

[Pho3nix]

Was pondering about this the other day.
Is it stock Windows XP or Linux with "special" software loaded onto for the interface?

 

[MKFrost]

I've seen then rebooted once, a while back, and it started up with Windows so think its a stock Windows [XP] setup.

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

Most of them are Windows based. Just read an interesting article on it earlier the week: http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/20/5326772/windows-xp-powers-95-percent-of-atms-worldwide

 

[Fudzy]

Most of them are Windows based. Just read an interesting article on it earlier the week: http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/20/5326772/windows-xp-powers-95-percent-of-atms-worldwide

Lol I was just about to reference the same article, yeah must of them are Windows based, what usually gives it away is chimes.wav that plays when the money comes out

 

[Veroland]

Depends on bank to bank, some develop their own software and so the os can vary.

There is companies like Absolute System that manufacture and supply ATM's to banks

 

[Veroland]

what usually gives it away is chimes.wav that plays when the money comes out

Or that newish ABSA ATM's where every time you withdraw money from it, it sounds like you won on a slot machine

 

[Fudzy]

Or that newish ABSA ATM's where every time you withdraw money from it, it sounds like you won on a slot machine

Is it? That must be pretty odd when their are notes coming out and not coins.

 

[mercurial]

Most of them are Windows based. Just read an interesting article on it earlier the week: http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/20/5326772/windows-xp-powers-95-percent-of-atms-worldwide

Lol I was just about to reference the same article, yeah must of them are Windows based, what usually gives it away is chimes.wav that plays when the money comes out

Me too

 

[Nerfherder]

Its mainly windows because the ATM hardware is very specific and mainly supports windows drivers also there are way more people with windows skills so its cheaper to maintain.

At the moment:

FNB: Develop ATM software in house
ABSA: Using BITES to develop ATM software
Standard Bank: Using Diebold
Nedbank: Not sure but I think its Diebold

At the moment most banks are opting to have one provider to provide software and hardware (Both Diebold and BITES are hardware providers)

 

[ScottulusMaximus]

All I know is that the older ATM's are so damn slow it's scary!

It follows the pattern I've found that things that perform a multitude of tasks perform all the different things incredibly well while ANYTHING that only has to do one thing is incredibly dimwitted and slow.

Computers/Tablets/Phones = fast
Decoders/ATMs/Card Machines/Tills/TV's' etc etc = pulling hair out before it does anything

 

[longboy]

Windows XP in South Africa. Look at the attached pic.



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[karnuffel]

The Diebold software ive seen, years ago, ran Windows CE

 

[Arthur]

Increasingly Windows XP Embedded. Service for that only ends in 2016, not in three months.

This is a non-issue. For years many ATMs in SA ran under OS/2, long after it, er, passed away. I know because I sold it to them.

 

[mercurial]

NCR software at ABSA ATMs. They make software for ATMs globally.

 

[SBSP]

There is this FNB ATM in the Irene Mall, Which you can use to EFT , Its makeing use of an OS looking very similair to Ubuntu.
Its slightly modified, If you close the browser it simply reopens it again, and all other menus are not available, ctrl+Shif+esc doesnt work I tried Haha!

Its a bit worrying, what if the browser goes into a non responding state, and then comes alive after you left before the FNB session times out.

 

[mercurial]

Windows XP in South Africa. Look at the attached pic.



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I've seen the Add New Hardware wizard at several ATMs.

 

[Nerfherder]

NCR software at ABSA ATMs. They make software for ATMs globally.

From what I heard they were getting the local BITES guys to do the dev for them. BITES represent NCR locally ?

 

[mercurial]

From what I heard they were getting the local BITES guys to do the dev for them. BITES represent NCR locally ?

Perhaps, yes. I don't really know much about the industry.

 

[karnuffel]

Perhaps, yes. I don't really know much about the industry.

Absolute systems also wrote some software for ATMs for ABSA, not sure if they still do.